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Bold Tone

From the first minute to the last England were demonstrably the superior team.

Maro Itoje was named player of the match as England's pack dominated their All Black counterparts.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/50194297

invisibleman18

Muswell Hill Gooner wrote:
Not quite for me as I'm trying not to get too excited as the worry has shifted to not winning the whole thing after toppling both Australia and New Zealand.
I want Wales.

Living in NZ, the amount of abuse I've had about rugby over the years, especially after the embarrassment of the last World Cup, this is pretty fucking sweet. We dominated, they can't blame the ref this time as with previous World Cup failures. And they can't call it an end of season "exhibition game" against only half the proper team like when Ireland beat them. But of course we have to win next week for it to actually matter. Definitely more chance against Wales but don't see them being South Africa.

MuswellHillGooner

I can imagine.
Here it's very different as interest in Rugby has waned from the old days.

KingslandBarge

I can't take the end of this game - so nervous. 16-16 RWC SF with 7 minutes left.

EDIT: Bokke in the final! Come on

Claudius

Sloppy but exciting game. All things being equal, England should clean up.

KingslandBarge

Yep which I think played into South Africa's hands eventually. Its an ugly style they play. I agree England will come in as strong favorites - that will make the game much more enjoyable for me compared to 2007, and more liberating for the Springboks players.

invisibleman18

Finding it hard to concentrate on anything else at the moment. Never expected to make the final but now absolutely terrified at the possibility of not winning it after having put in that epic performance to knock out the team who were supposed to win it. Not going to be able to think about much else this week!

KingslandBarge

Not long now mate! Hoping for a cracking contest tomorrow morning. Never been so intimated but got a decent dose of belief to hold on to.

invisibleman18

Less than 3 hours. Bricking it now. Let's do this!

Bold Tone

I'm very confident we will do this.

invisibleman18

Terrible start with these box kicks and Sinkler gone after 3 minutes.

invisibleman18

Looks like too big an occasion. We're fucked here.

Clrnc

SA has started really well

invisibleman18

Just error after error. Don't get it after last week. Thought we'd at least handle the occasion. Totally lost the plot.

invisibleman18

Dropping the ball every fucking time. Totally not turned up for this.

KingslandBarge

Showed up to a pub full to the brim of tall people and ended up missing the first 20 minutes.

invisibleman18 wrote:
Dropping the ball every fucking time. Totally not turned up for this.

Been on both sides I think! Just that eagerness in a World Cup final that occasionally leads to a momentary loss of focus.

I thought England have been very good personally, very composed. But how about that defense from the Boks against that sustained run ?!? Fucking buzzing

invisibleman18

Absolutely no composure at all. Panicked every time with the ball and given a penalty every scrum. This has been a nightmare. Played out final last week by the look of it.

KingslandBarge

Pollard with some top class conversions. Magic.

KingslandBarge

Very tense and entertaining match between Ireland and South Africa tonight. Well done to Ireland. KingslandBarge missed Pollard big time failing to convert 4 kicks. Early days for the Bokke though.

invisibleman18

Every time we get back close they get another penalty.

invisibleman18

And that's that. Bitterly disappointing that last week's win was for nothing.

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