RWC Final - New Zealand v South Africa 29/10/23, 0800 NZDT

[waiopehu oldboy]

Barnes to ref, please WR (World Rugby).

 

[kiap]

Barnes to ref, please WR (World Rugby) (World Rugby).

So do you guys, ... uhh, ... like Barnesy now?

TBF you wouldn't want BOK ...

Unless you're a bok.

 

[zer0]

Gonna repeat my plug for a 6-2 bench split. idk diddly squat about scrums but certainly looks to me as though there may be a case for reversing the props. i.e., having de Groot and Lomax on the bench.

 

[zer0]

Also hoping that, whoever the ref is, he immediately implements O'Keef's warning of penalising teams with loitering trainers, physios, water boys, professional shoe tiers etc...

 

[Wilson]

Also hoping that, whoever the ref is, he immediately implements O'Keef's warning of penalising teams with loitering trainers, physios, water boys, professional shoe tiers etc...

Should probably be a pre-match warning at this stage, it was great to see O'Keefe say enough is enough this morning, but it should've happened much sooner in that game.

 

[zer0]

"Look here cnts. We're playing like it's the 60's. I don't wanna hear it unless the coroner is issuing death certificates."

 

[drewprint]

Raynal with a last minute stitch up penalty to Argentina South Africa to win the game please.

 

[Lindommer]

Barnes to ref, please WR (World Rugby) (World Rugby).

...or Berry or Gardner, best three refs at the RWC. I'd suggest it should be an English speaking whistler. NOT Raynal!

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^ yeah, Raynal's a hard "non" from me.

So do you guys, ... uhh, ... like Barnesy now?

Funny that non-kiwis keep telling us how much we supposedly dislike him...

Funny, too, that no-one remembers the AR who had an even better view than Barnes of the forward pass I assume you're alluding to & did nothing.

 

[Brumby Runner]

...or Berry or Gardner, best three refs at the RWC. I'd suggest it should be an English speaking whistler. NOT Raynal!

Think Raynal might get it just to have a French rep in the final.

 

[Penriff_boy]

Im going to pick a South Africa to win by 5 .I have predicted all the finals games correctly so far.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Think Raynal might get it just to have a French rep in the final.

I have a horrible feeling you're probably right

Im going to pick a South Africa to win by 5 .I have predicted all the finals games correctly so far.

You know what they say, every time you get something right you're one step closer to getting something wrong...

AB by six in a game that will be labeled the Greatest RWC Final Ever.

 

[wamberal99]

I wonder what the weather will be like during the week? Obviously a fast dry track will suit the Keewees.


If it's a slow track it is hard to look past the Bokke. They have a full bag of tricks.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^ forecast is for 13-15C with a 65% chance of rain & a 25km/h breeze.

 

[Penriff_boy]

^ forecast is for 13-15C with a 65% chance of rain & a 25km/h breeze.

If it's raining, surely that will favour the Japies?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^ you'd think so, it certainly seemed to today esp once Pollard & Faf came on.

 

[KOB1987]

If it's raining, surely that will favour the Japies?

^ forecast is for 13-15C with a 65% chance of rain & a 25km/h breeze.

I'm not sure, that's pretty standard day in NZ isn't it? i.e. Miserable. Maybe the France conditions are a bit warm and a lower chance of rain I guess.

 

[Penriff_boy]

The Ab's look like a better attacking team with their backline, the Japies probably have a better forward pack. Im looking at it like that

 

[The Red Baron]

Thanks Ireland and Argentina, you've forced me to go for the ABs in the final.

 

[Goosestep]

Thanks Ireland and Argentina, you've forced me to go for the ABs in the final.

I ethically can’t bring myself to support either….