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Don't blame the forwards, Cooper was pants. It was almost Yakkity Sax time again. Refused to tackle, refused to take the ball into contact. Full-on gutless, shithouse, run 10 laps of the park before you even think about showering kind of performace. But we don't really have a back-up 10, unless...

I'l add one last thing about Nigel Owens in this game. He really seemed to be star struck in the same way Rolland used to be. Rolland has seen New Zealand play a bit more now and refs much better than he did in my video. Owens might get better too, but on this effort the black jerseys had the...

... 3 metres on the wrong side of the ruck. Nigel Owens is a joke. He's one of these refs who haven't seen much of New Zealand and isn't capable of stopping their crap.

No, I said fuck 'em. 'Em!

Bondi Kiwi is hating on the poms at the breakdown. But I think it's deserved. The Rosbifs went into the game with the idea of slowing down the French ball with just 3 or 4 at the ruck, and for the rest to fan out. It worked until Steve decided to ping 'em every time. Don't see England having...

Those of you feeling sorry for New Zealand -:confused: :tard - you know we're hoping to play them in 7 days time? I hope the whole squad gets food poisoning and they have to play Tony Woodcock on the wing. Fuck 'em. :angryfire:

Watched the Samoa video. You know yourself, Blue, that no-one deserves the cheap shots more than Skulk. Well, one person, but he wasn't playing. He might have got banned from rugby until 2050 if he had.

All this talk about "unlocking" the Boks' defence. The Wallabies will do what they have done for the last 2 or 3 years. Score all our points from individual brilliance - Beale, JOC (James O'Connor), Cooper. You don't play a guy like McCabe if you are expecting to unlock anything. He doesn't even look for the...

Amazing how close that list is to what I'm (and others here) are thinking. Although I admit I'm still learning about Poite. For reffing the Wallabies, I like Barnes and Owens. They seem to have an emphasis on fair play and that suits us. Joubert is very much a "reward dominance" kind of ref...

Quick - hide it. Amanda or Angryseahorse might be along any minute.

I'd say that Barnes and Rolland will ref the semi-finals. Honestly - Bryce again!? What can you say? I really hope that Bryce has nothing to do with who wins on Sunday because I might go postal if he does. Somebody prepare the tranq darts!

On form, the Saffers are ahead. But on the day, who knows who will have "the vibe".

9-6 Irish; game getting a touch of filth off the ball. Ireland with all the running, look like they might "cut loose" in the second half, but Italy taking the points whenever they're downtown. The status is the same as it was at 0:00 - Italy in with a chance, but Ireland are clear favourites.

Thoughts? How about: :lmao: Nice try Steve.

Plus, if we are playing a forward on the wing, shouldn't it be Higgenbatty? He looks a bit fitter to me. One or two long chases from Radike will give him a stroke. I always think that you pick the best 10, the best 12, etc. I don't believe that backs are easily switched around, as Deans does...

I just to say that the proposed lineup is not acceptable to me. You can't start with forwards on the wing. It's farcical. Call up Gits - he's the obvious choice.

:o I've posted the permutations in the pool thread. The bonus point is potentially important.

Just wondering - why did the thread title change from "Guru Rob." That opening post was a thing of wonder.;D

Cheers Antipodean. Just the right tone for the "Rugby spirit" thread.

I'm just trying to invent the scenario where we beat Russsia but still miss out. It's something like this: Italy beat Ireland and get a bonus point (15) Ireland get a bonus point loss (14) and we fail to get a bonus point against Russia (14) OR Ireland get 2 bonus points in their loss to Italy.