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Jim Lenehan (48)
Yup! Clancey or Lacey
Garces was fair last weekend. South Africa just played him better. Plenty of opportunity for reaching over the rucks and Ritchie can take his time rolling away
RWC 2015 Semi Final 1 - NZ vs RSA Twickenham
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Yup! Clancey or Lacey
Garces was fair last weekend. South Africa just played him better. Plenty of opportunity for reaching over the rucks and Ritchie can take his time rolling away
FrankLind
Colin Windon (37)
Carter, Nonu and to a lesser extent Smith were superb against France last week.
SBW played one good game against Argentina in the RC and then has been very good as a sub when the game loosens up in the last 20 minutes. He was poor in our loss in Sydney.
I expect Conrad Smith to be subbed off at say 55-60 and Nonu to move to to center. This combo has been working very well.
I think 10,12, and 13 are very strong for the Boks playing wise, but weak in experience of pressure footy. We'll see.
aeneas
Tom Lawton (22)
Are you seriously saying Hooper is mature? If there was anyone in the Wobs that I'd pick to have a brain explosion at the worst possible time it's Hooper followed by Phipps. Hooper is a phenomenal player but mature he is not.
Dewald Nel
Cyril Towers (30)
Hoping they take after Frans Steyn and the way he matured in 2007 as a 20 year old. Same for Pollard.
Viking
Mark Ella (57)
Doesn't seemed to be affected by pressure though. Sure he has the occasional brain explosion, but so does Bismark, or Burger.
Although I get your point I probably should have used a better example.
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
In my view, Carter was best on ground against the French. Looked like the Dan Carter of old, controlling play, making line breaks and off loading for other (notably Savea) to score the meat pies. Add to that, his goal kicking is back to the highest standards. He definitely still has what it takes to be the best No 10 going round.
Dismal Pillock
Michael Lynagh (62)
Before last week I thought he was delusional.
Just not the NZ way to be so confident.
But the guillotine job in the quarters shows he isnt deranged.
Now I think Hansen's blase thing be a fuckin master stroke. He knows history lumps the weight of a nation onto these poor young exalted bastads, leave them prone to shitting the bed bigtime in these RWC games.
So change it up.
Exuding such a preternatural calm can only assuage the rampaging yips. So what if he looks like an arrogant fluffybunny. He'll wear it for the win. If he loses he can say "so what do you want me to do, front up to press conferences cock all-tremble for the lads to see?"
There are magic beans in the dry powder tank.
We've seen them.
Jesus, I was so excited during the Nappy Bonerfarte Jailbreak Massacre of 015 I was rubbing my own little magic beans.
Cardiffblue
Jim Lenehan (48)
I really liked De Allende on Sunday morning. Attack and defence. Gonna be a world great in the next couple of years
Viking
Mark Ella (57)
Yeah I didn't get to watch the whole France match but that's not what I wanted to hear
Looks like he picked the perfect time to return to form in the past 3 years, although I guess he deserves it given his injury run and his outstanding skill-set as a player.
Rugbynutter39
Michael Lynagh (62)
Looking forward to a tight hard contest full 80m contest of hard running rugby for SA vs AB's semi final so who ever faces us Aussies in the final are completely buggered
Jellic87
Chris McKivat (8)
He can definitely handle the pressure in close matches, but he is prone to the odd brain fade!
Looking forward to a tight hard contest full 80m contest of hard running rugby for SA vs AB's semi final so who ever faces us Aussies in the final are completely buggered
Why stop there ? Why not an additional 20 minutes of extra-time and then 20 minutes of sudden-death.
http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/tournament-rules
Rugbynutter39
Michael Lynagh (62)
Yes that sounds much better as of course only interested in ensuring Boks and AB supporters get an enthralling game and their full money's worth
ACT Crusader
Jim Lenehan (48)
Mank - much is said about the forwards winning games etc, however last week before the French test I wrote that how Carter and Nonu play will largely determine the result.
Both of them were standouts and we put on a big score. The Boks need to crowd them, particularly Nonu. Force him to catch the ball behind the gain line with no space to work with. Of course Nonu has been in superb international form for a number of years now. He's playing with a huge amount of confidence and will be tough to stop. However a few years ago when Deans was coaching the Wallabies, they did this very tactic and it not only shut down Ma'a but it shut down our attack and we were forced to do some very risky stuff that resulted in turnovers and errors. Wallabies won that test.
The other key is Aaron Smith. Whilst Carter and Nonu really set the tone of our attack, Smith's influence can't be understated. Take away his time and force him to kick (not a great kicking game) or dig around, it will starve or at the very least not provide Carter and Nonu the time to control the game.
Both of them were standouts and we put on a big score. The Boks need to crowd them, particularly Nonu. Force him to catch the ball behind the gain line with no space to work with. Of course Nonu has been in superb international form for a number of years now. He's playing with a huge amount of confidence and will be tough to stop. However a few years ago when Deans was coaching the Wallabies, they did this very tactic and it not only shut down Ma'a but it shut down our attack and we were forced to do some very risky stuff that resulted in turnovers and errors. Wallabies won that test.
The other key is Aaron Smith. Whilst Carter and Nonu really set the tone of our attack, Smith's influence can't be understated. Take away his time and force him to kick (not a great kicking game) or dig around, it will starve or at the very least not provide Carter and Nonu the time to control the game.
Dan54
David Wilson (68)
Hell teeth aenas do you think the ABs would be listening to talkback radio from home whilst in London, I sure they not or reading rugby forums, hell even on this one just a week or so again you could read a kiwi poster saying that the ABs had no chance at all against France and Ireland were 95% sure of beating them, not sure if you would remember who posted that
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Cardiffblue
Jim Lenehan (48)
He was ok against Wales.
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
Garces and Owens have been the two best refs in the RWC. No surprise that he has one of the semis and one suspects that Owen will now do the final.
Cardiffblue
Jim Lenehan (48)
Is it really a surprise that your fans and coach are cocky given the way all but one team have been clambering over each other to reach the other side of the draw and hoping that someone else will beat you. South Africans deserve credit for being the only team to see the all blacks as just another match in a v long seriesHell teeth aenas do you think the ABs would be listening to talkback radio from home whilst in London, I sure they not or reading rugby forums, hell even on this one just a week or so again you could read a kiwi poster saying that the ABs had no chance at all against France and Ireland were 95% sure of beating them, not sure if you would remember who posted that
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