After the treat that was Saturday’s matches, here’s two more to keep the couch full!
Can Fiji, everyone’s 2nd team it seems, perform the miracle vs an England team that are building and learning to do what it takes and win ugly? England did the drop goal game already in the Velodrome, will we see some more here?
Will the hosts be able to overcome the mighty Springbok defense and keep alive the northern hemisphere hopes? Will SA have brought their kicking boots and can french flair find room to maneuver?
All too close to call imo, the bookies always inflate England: these are going to the 80’!
Fucking hell. Whoever wins this match is winning the tourney
If they catch their breath in time
People rave about the defensive effort in NZ v IRE, but if the first 5 minutes of SA v FRA are to go by it could be the best quarterfinal purely from the attacking rugby.
This match is 🔥🔥 I came to the only bar I could find leaning pretty neutral, but the unexpectedly large rugby crowd is so lopsided for France I’m cheering with the 4 Spring Boks fans. Of course my Houston Sabercats have a huge contingent of Saffa players, so I might be seeing some of these guys find their way here in a few years!
Got some friends in Houston, good to hear. And hells yeah, create that atmosphere!
Tell them to go to Pheonix on Westheimer for the rest of the tourney!
This is a better match than IRE v NZ so far. Which team is going to tire sooner?
Those pressure-cooker 30-phase defensive plays were 🔥 too tho.
Oooooo we got ourselves a contest here!
What a final ten!
We love to see it.
Ok, WTF has Rassie cooked up that SA call a scrum from a free-kick when catching fairly deep in their own 22m?~~?~?
That was so quickly called by Willemse it must have been a pre-match decision; and the SA scrum wins the penalty too. This forces France to only do contestable shorter kicks or lose territory through penalties.
Four teams vying for a chance to lose to New Zealand in the final.
Meh. Either France or SA will fancy their chances against them.
Still reckon there’s a chance of England walesing their way to a final.
NZ-SA or NZ-FRA will be a very good match.
Shame it’s gonna be England :D
We’ll wish them best of luck in any case.
I didn’t expect it to be this close. Does this mean the Wallabies actually aren’t crap?
Lol, nah
Ommggggg comoooon Fiji!
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This Kolbe, is he made of Teflon?
His shit don’t stick, that’s for certain
Etzebeth charging straight through defenders like he’s Jonah fucking Lomu.
Well that has ruined my year. Some weekend of matches.
Guess I’m Argentinian now.
Tbe NH folding the story for me. Really thought the 6n had turned a corner, alas
In fairness ireland and France could easily have won their games.
By “easily” I mean it didn’t take a hugely different set of circumstances, such as a ref decision, bounce charged down conversion etc.
Both of those games were won on the finest of margins, and it just so happened that it was the SH teams that won both. Replay both those games ten times and I reckon you get like five wins apiece or whatever
Aw man would’ve loved Farrell to have gotten a card on that disgusting knock
I was thinking it wasn’t as exciting a game as yesterday’s two but then that final quarter happened. I think we were a little lucky to get away with that intentional knock on not being a yellow, but I think Eng haven’t played that well in a long while.
England keep getting better. Already written off for next week. But not by me
Damn Eng gonna win this on these 3-pointers
Knock out rugby at its best. England with more experience at this
SA intent on the hard way 2nd half
Allez les blues!
