RWC - Has it become the fly half word championhip?
14 October 2007, 12:19 AM
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RWC - Has it become the fly half word championhip?
Are there no hard men left in RWC. It seems that if your fly half is on form you win and if they aren't you lose.
A few months ago Ireland licked the **** out of England with a fly half on top of his game. Unfortunately his game seemed to be billiards at the RWC. France and Beauxis battered Ireland, after Argentina battered France with an on form Contempi. For 4 years Wilkinson has been injured and England have been nobody. Suddenly he has a game which could only be described as merely average and they are in the final.
What happened to the big hard rugby men
A few months ago Ireland licked the **** out of England with a fly half on top of his game. Unfortunately his game seemed to be billiards at the RWC. France and Beauxis battered Ireland, after Argentina battered France with an on form Contempi. For 4 years Wilkinson has been injured and England have been nobody. Suddenly he has a game which could only be described as merely average and they are in the final.
What happened to the big hard rugby men
14 October 2007, 11:23 AM
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I know what you mean FB, seems like it's all down to the kicking game at the moment, at least with the northern hemisphere teams. At least we'll see South Africa scoring plenty of tries in the final against England.
14 October 2007, 08:53 PM
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14 October 2007, 09:56 PM
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The Boks are feking dirty and we really want to give them a fistful of revenge in the final. As for it only being our kicking game winning it for us we scored a try in record time against the frogs and they scored none. We have to hit SA hard and give them some of their own medicine.
14 October 2007, 11:18 PM
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I am not just being historically hysterical about Oirish people though. o back a couple of years to Jonah Lumo. There was a man who could win a match with noting more than sheer brutality. Sheridan should be doing the same for Englan. The man is a monster, but he doesn't seem to have the ability to punish teams in the worst way
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15 October 2007, 10:20 AM
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I am not just being historically hysterical about Oirish people though. o back a couple of years to Jonah Lumo. There was a man who could win a match with noting more than sheer brutality. Sheridan should be doing the same for Englan. The man is a monster, but he doesn't seem to have the ability to punish teams in the worst way
I've heard it all now.
16 October 2007, 01:03 PM
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16 October 2007, 01:35 PM
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. - Simon Shaw was carded for a high tackle in the French game in August.
- Vickery tripped a player in the USA game
- Dallaglio was sin-binned in the USA game
The point I was making is no team is 'clean'.
16 October 2007, 02:45 PM
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The point i'm making is its an integral part of the SA team play. I agree no team is clean but although you wont like it my opinion is that the SA team are the most dirty for high tackles, certainly during this World Cup.
I can't wait for the game but will have to wait and see if i'm right or wrong
I can't wait for the game but will have to wait and see if i'm right or wrong
16 October 2007, 05:56 PM
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I'll wait for Saturday and see if i'm right. SA seem to be trying to make a big thing of saying they are going to 'neutralise' Wilkinson so are they saying they are going to injure him early on as that what it sounds like? More dirty tactics Saturday.
16 October 2007, 10:02 PM
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However, even if they were saying what you are suggesting is it really surprising that a team would target the most influential player in the opposition side (and I'm not referring to dirty play)? I would be very surprised if England were not looking at ways to stop Fourie du Preez, Matfield or Habana.
Returning to the original point I was making about dirty play, it may surprise you but several teams regard England as dirty. To label the Boks as dirty without taking a good look at England and happily ignoring the view the rest of the rugby world has of England isnt a reasonable approach.
You have specifically cited high tackles as the burning issue for you yet you have ignored similar offences by English players based on an assertion that it's something the Boks do as part of their natural game. Right now your statements about the Boks are just not being backed up by the match statistics, which show the penalty count against them for their matches as being 'normal'. Unless of course theres a plot by the IRB to get the Boks to win the RWC by ignoring their foul play?
16 October 2007, 10:26 PM
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lol well like I say we only have to wait until Saturday to find out which team is worse. Nothing like a bit of pre game banter to build the game up
I have a feeling the 36-0 drubbing and previous defeats will be too much to overcome but then this team is playing the best rugby for the last 4 years and are on the top of their game so I just hope it turns out to be a great final I think having Lewsey out for us is a big blow as he has been playing brilliantly like the France game and our biggest concern in your team is Habana.
I have a feeling the 36-0 drubbing and previous defeats will be too much to overcome but then this team is playing the best rugby for the last 4 years and are on the top of their game so I just hope it turns out to be a great final
I think having Lewsey out for us is a big blow as he has been playing brilliantly like the France game and our biggest concern in your team is Habana.
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