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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4680 on: October 27, 2023, 08:11:39 PM »
It's the sort of thing I'd not expect many people to pick up but the drift and draw from Smith before he put Earl through was exceptional. It's like 2-3 steps but it created the space for us to score.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4681 on: October 27, 2023, 09:07:13 PM »
Well done Dan, cocked up and made amends.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4682 on: October 27, 2023, 09:09:04 PM »
Well done Dan, cocked up and made amends.

Yep, considering he's a hooker that's a fantastic charge down. He's gotta be a regular starter before long, George has been on the downward slope for a couple of years now.

Ben Youngs is having the sort of impact I always expect from him...

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4683 on: October 27, 2023, 09:31:02 PM »
Tossers, booing the kicker!!!

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4684 on: October 27, 2023, 09:36:19 PM »
Following the big step forward last week this has been pretty poor tonight. Summed up by Tuilagi going off and choosing the bring on Ford instead of Lawrence to replace him, leading to 10minutes of utter Blues from England who looked like they had no idea how to approach the game without a battering ram in midfield.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4685 on: October 27, 2023, 09:54:51 PM »
Argentina are a bunch of whinging bastards, bloody hell.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4686 on: October 27, 2023, 10:31:05 PM »
If you’d had offered me a bronze medal before the World Cup I’d have been delighted. They’ve done well to get it, but the build has to start now.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4687 on: October 28, 2023, 10:50:36 AM »
Well done to England, did much better than expected.

Now go the AB's.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4688 on: October 28, 2023, 12:14:43 PM »
Major risk by Erasmus in not having a reserve scrum half in the 23

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4689 on: October 28, 2023, 02:18:29 PM »
Particularly when the one he has picked has the most punchable face in rugby….worth 10 minutes sit down for the All Blacks to clatter him

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4690 on: October 28, 2023, 06:27:25 PM »
Major risk by Erasmus in not having a reserve scrum half in the 23

He’ll probably cheat his way to get one in, if needed 🤔

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4691 on: October 28, 2023, 07:55:26 PM »
Have a feeling that New Zealand might just shade it, but I hope South Africa win tonight.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4692 on: October 28, 2023, 08:05:25 PM »
I hope NZ win.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4693 on: October 28, 2023, 08:09:11 PM »
Karma.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #4694 on: October 28, 2023, 08:21:46 PM »
I thought it looked like SAs to lose when I saw the teams/benches. The only thing that potentially changes it for me is an injury/booking for faf.

I don't think NZ have it in them to handle this degree of physicality, which is how they lost to France as well.

 


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