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Good to hear. Looking forward to it.

To blame 9 mins of stupid rugby on one player, playing at 13, is a bit over the top. The tactics were wrong. The forwards who had 'outmuscled' the Wallabies, were unable to outmuscle 7 Wallaby forwards. But they kept trying to bash it up through the middle playing into the Wallabies' hands...

'Outmuscled' the Aussies in the forwards, but got dominated in the scrums? The Wallabies were courageous in defence, but not at their best either. Their big game was last week. I'd also like to think that most top teams would take advantage of playing 15 on 13 for 9 minutes when hot on attack in...

Of the Bok team that started that Cardiff game, I think there are 5 likely to be in the starting XV this weekend. No doubt there are quite a few changes in the Welsh team is well. So hard to read too much into that result I'd say. I don't think we're in the same place we were mentally when we...

Where is it that you think Wales have the edge over the Boks, Cardiffblue? You've commented a few times in other threads how you're quite confident of beating the Boks. Do you think the win in Cardiff last year gives them a mental advantage?

Two big selection questions for the Boks as I think the rest of the squad picks itself. 1 - Will Meyer break up the young lock combination that have been outstanding to bring Victor back? 2 - Has Malherbe done enough to convince Meyer that he should be starting THP? In my mind, both Lood and...

IMO if you let your focus drift slightly from this week's game to which players you need fit for the SF and Final and who you might face there, you risk letting that mindset spread through the rest of the squad and setting yourselves up for a flat performance in the QF. Obviously the extent of...

Haha resting players in a RWC QF? You're lucky the coaching staff will have more sense than you.

Where is the rule that states that to compete for a ball in the air, a player has to be in the air? Your image clearly shows Habana has eyes for the ball only and in fact has his arms raised in an attempt to catch it. To suggest that Habana is only pretending to look at the ball whilst he takes...

Good to finally see some positive comments from some Bok fans! I agree, we certainly weren't perfect but I feel like we are making improvements each week and heading in the right direction. I can't think of a team in the WC that's played fantastic rugby, consistently up to now. All of the 'big'...

Serfontein (and Pollard to some extent) are victims of Ludeke's (lack of) coaching! Both have so much natural talent, and still produce moments of brilliance, but neither of them have kicked on (yet) since becoming regular senior players. Hopefully this will change from next year and both...

JPP hasn't had the best season, but there are no other wingers banging the door down with their form. Hendricks didn't have a great year and was even benched a few times for the Cheetahs! He is also suspect in defence - I have seen Savea make him look like less than a speed bump on too many...

For what it's worth, my run on team would be: Le Roux, Pietersen, Kriel, De Allende, Habana, Lambie, Du Preez, Vermuelen, Alberts, Louw, De Jäger, Etzebeth, Jannie, Bismarck, Beast. Subs: Britz, Kitshoff, Malherbe, Matfield, Burger, Pienaar, Pollard, De Villiers (if fit).

Yes, came on for the last 10-15mins of this game. He struggled for form all year (when he was fit), the Bulls looked better every time Burger Odendaal started at 12 ahead of him IMO. When last did he play 13 PB? Very big call on your part to select an out of form 12 to start at 13 and an in...

Unfortunately it is likely that there will be decades of pain whilst this 'new normal' process takes place or until corrupt Government officials realise that they no longer need to be enforcing race based selection criteria In all areas to achieve an outcome that they can be satisfied with. Will...

To some degree PB, that is the difference between some of us "chicken runners" and you - we cannot accept BS policies and ridiculous criteria that are used to pick candidates for positions in sport as well as in the workforce. We choose not to simply adapt and accept that as a new normal.

Congrats to the Brumbies - well and truly the better team on the night. They certainly turned up mentally for this one and they set the tone for the game very early with Tomane's try within the first 3 or 4 minutes. Whether or not they were the better team over the whole season is debatable, but...

TahDan threw a line out there and you well and truly took the bait! You are not going to win a AUS vs SA debate on an Australian Rugby forum. Suggest we all move on and discuss the game in question.

Agreed - home town decisions have happened in each of the 3 conferences. As they have in every other season. Each of the away teams in the finals series will have to deal with this, not only the Brumbies.

@spikhaza - The Sharks still managed to comfortably knockout the Reds, then fly back to SA, knock over the Stormers and made the final in that year. If the Brumbies are a better team than the Stormers, they should be able to do the same this year?