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Either Kwagga Smith or Ox Nché instead of Willemse and I would be perfectly fine with that list.

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Less forward than Bealham's pass to Keenan for Ireland's first try against France this year I would say

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DuPont played a couple of games - no one outplayed him. Smith outplayed him in the opening match - which was the gist of Rocketz post. That’s not to say Smith is better than DuPont. Just was better against him in the first match. Don't agree at all. NZ went out of their way to neutralise him (and d...

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Aaron Smith outplayed Dupont in this world cup. He is going to be very hard to replace. I dont see it (yet) in that red headed dude. Maybe its coming but he folded like wet oragami in the final What did Smith do in that game offensively? Cause people say he neutralized DuPont (albeit he might have ...

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 4:33 pm I absolutely despair of this place sometimes.

The number of people who've picked Dupont at 9 is embarrassing.

He was good against NZ, went off after 45min against Namibia, and then played absolutely bang average rugby in the QF loss.

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I can see why Ramos made FB, even if his final game of the year should probably have ruled him out! I'd pick Keenan myself but I am biased. In terms of Farrell getting coach of the year, he lost one test and not the one against the WC winners. It seems that some people want coach of the year to aut...

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One chance to kick them into the lead which, given their field position at that point in the match they might well have held to the end, and he missed. Lovely footwork for the disallowed try but his kicking has been poor this World Cup. The great players step up for the big moments in the big match...

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I don’t think it’s the end but there are serious issues to be addressed. 1. Scrums as a penalty machine. The debate about scrum penalties is an interesting one that have bothered me for a while but there is my final take about it: a dominant scrum should absolutely be rewarded and possibly in penal...

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UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:38 pm It was actually a really good game of rugby regardless.

If the SH's 20 min red system had been in action then the TMO lottery then has less impact. For some reason the NH don't want it.

And I still fail to understand why.

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The issue is with the ruck. The banning of proper rucking incentivised teams to slow ball with little fear. This is the result. Slow rucks also mean more headshots and cards. Bring back rucking. Of course and the insane improvement of all players when it comes to jackling in the last decade has mad...

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OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:49 pm What a last game for a true Springbok legend. He was a worthy rolling stone.

Incredible to think he could have easily been a 3 times RWC winners as he could have well been selected in the 2007 SA squad.

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The pace and accuracy of his passing will be hard to replicate. Someone should do a YouTube montage of his career just passing from set piece or rucks. Some of it was just mind blowing and mostly displayed in Super Rugby. Hiffing a ball 15-20 meters at speed and pinpoint accuracy to a runner aiming...

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triplebogey wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:12 pm I really don't like the SA team, but Kolisi is a legend.

The same for me

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Willemse has been crap

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SA's lineout has been manshamed

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Lol to people who were calling NZ's scrum weak

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Telea is truly unbelievable

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Mounga on that play, wow
Best defensive 10 in the world without a doubt

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That's one of worst butchered try I've ever seen at this level

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True Blue wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 8:37 pm Went backwards

NZ lineout sucks

I'd say it has a lot to do with SA's lineout.

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Just watch the game again. The amount of times the french have handling errors is shocking. They can only blame themselves 11 handling errors is a bit high but still acceptable against such a high pressure defense as SA's defense. NZ for example had 7 handling errors when they played SA in the last...

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Already better than Matfield to me.
Far more complete all around the park

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Hosted a brilliant World Cup. Which will be a worse place without the hosts. Brilliant team. Missed Ntamak yesterday IMO. By far my second favourite team after Ireland, although the fierce rivalry or recent years has often made me forget it. Chapeau. Bar his ridiculous missed kick (Ntamack himself ...

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Hosted a brilliant World Cup. Which will be a worse place without the hosts. Brilliant team. Missed Ntamak yesterday IMO. By far my second favourite team after Ireland, although the fierce rivalry or recent years has often made me forget it. Chapeau. Bar his ridiculous missed kick (Ntamack himself ...

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Just watched the game again and 2 moments cost France, the appalling attempts (if that is what they can be called) at catching the high kicks that both led to trys. Both times the players just flapped at the ball and both times trys were scored. :(( Really poor. I think France's scrambling defense ...

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Oh gawd, you don't really understand rugby, do you? Ok try to help me to understand a sport I've actively followed for almost 30 years then Why do you think handling errors happen? Are players just dropping the ball, all on their own, under no pressure at all? Do teams who have less possession tend...

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Tell me, how and why do you think scrums happen? They mostly happen because of knock ons but I hope you won't dare telling me DuPont was the main responsible of our knock ons during the 2nd half, right? Oh gawd, you don't really understand rugby, do you? Ok try to help me to understand a sport I've...

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Let's be honest with ourselves here, he was bang average in that second half. I counted five occasions where he picked the ball up and just dithered, inviting the rush defence onto his team, before throwing a bad pass or being tackled. He gets away with play like that when France are bossing the ru...

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:) Yes there is. New Zealand, South Africa, England, and Argentina are currently in contention to win that very title. Sounds like something someone who's team just got knocked out of the tournament would say, tbf. Nah. Winner on the day doesn't necessarily mean you are the best team in the world. I...

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No disrespect to SA and NZ fans whose teams played unbelievably well on the weekend to scrape past both France and Ireland but that's a clear YES to the OP's question Haha France didn't deserve to go further . Cry baby fans too. France never had the world cup winning mentality and now they lacked t...

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I think that's just an attempt to try and deflect public criticism from his subpar performance. Subpar performance, really? I'm wondering if you have ever played rugby. Anyway, I see almost everyone in most British and French medias are praising his performance, especially in first half where he wa...

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Talk about ruthlessness and taking the tiniest oppprtunities.

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I dunno man. I like Willemse, but I don't think he'd make a ballsy move like that and something as unorthodox as that, without the blessing of the coaches. My gut tells me the the coaches identified it as an available law that most people and players have forgotten about to use in an "in case of em...

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The stats tell a story of a team that didn't know how to adapt and win that game. As I've said countless times, that French team have been successful in spite of their coaching, rather than because of it. A well-prepared team don't approach that game the way they did, and they don't continue hammer...

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Dupont, in the press conf, saying the ref wasn't at the level of the match He is really not one to complain about referees usually so there might be some truth in it. Though the main difference between the two teams was SA's bench I think that's just an attempt to try and deflect public criticism f...

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TheFrog wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:48 am
Ramos extremely slow.

Corrected for you

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Dupont, in the press conf, saying the ref wasn't at the level of the match He is really not one to complain about referees usually so there might be some truth in it. Though the main difference between the two teams was SA's bench Nah he just got found out to be a overrated player No point crying a...

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Off the side of his boot Sure, Just rare it's that bad. The other weird one was Willemse calling the scrum off the mark, immediately. :? Very weird one and obviously pre-planned. Willemse called for it immediately. We know France kick long and want a return kick into open play so we denied them tha...

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I wondered if he had taken a knock on the head at that point... This, and some other "details" could point to some mental weaknesses under pressure. While less abysmal, Ramos' direct kick into touch was something too. When pressure gets to you. In these games of small margins, it is huge. I am plea...

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No disrespect to SA and NZ fans whose teams played unbelievably well on the weekend to scrape past both France and Ireland but that's a clear YES to the OP's question

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