RWC QF 1 WAL v RSA (Twickenham) 18th Oct 0200 AEDT

[Brisbok]

But that's history now. Gotta think about next week now and we re up for it

Good to hear. Looking forward to it.

 

[Bardon]

North ran more metres than anyone. On the other hand His number of passes equaled Samson lee. He's a great player but not at centre. The incidents for thirty minutes of second half are myriad. In retrospect it would've made more sense to take three and use the numerical advantage from further back. But that's history now. Gotta think about next week now and we re up for it

The upside of Wales not taking the points is that they have a chance to learn from it this RWC. No such luck for Chris Robshaw and England.

 

[Cardiffblue]

It ll be immense. Especially forward battle. Looking forward to awj vs etsebeth. In cement we trust

 

[BDA]

We outmuscled the Aussie forwards but you're right South Africa look better than against Japan. Wonder why they didn't put Scotland away tho. The jocks were awful

Not sure that's fair assessment. outsmarted at times perhaps, but outmuscled? you had about 5 scrums and a number of rolling mauls on our 5 metre line with 8 on 7 and you couldn't get over the line.

 

[Cardiffblue]

Not sure that's fair assessment. outsmarted at times perhaps, but outmuscled? you had about 5 scrums and a number of rolling mauls on our 5 metre line with 8 on 7 and you couldn't get over the line.

We might get the chance to settle the point either way in the final

 

[PaarlBok]

Have at it, peeps.

Cyc please you know Oom is very good with this. Bokke by 50!

 

[Blue]

We outmuscled the Aussie forwards but you're right South Africa look better than against Japan. Wonder why they didn't put Scotland away tho. The jocks were awful

I DARE you to write a piece that discusses , in detail, this outmusclification you sprout and post it in a new thread titled "Wales and the wholesale outmuscling and associated bumjobbing of those pansy Aussie forwards".

Go on. Show us you're a real man.

 

[Blue]

I was curious so found the team Wales beat by 12-6 last year:

South Africa: Le Roux, Hendricks, Serfontein, De Villiers, Mvovo, Lambie (Hougaard 58), Reinach, Mtawarira (Nyakane 54), Bismarck du Plessis (Strauss 58), Oosthuizen (Redelinghuys 70), Etzebeth (De Jager 69), Matfield, Coetzee, Mohoje (Carr 54), Vermeulen.
Replacements (not used): Pollard, De Allende.

So only Le Roux at 15 in the backline.

More similar in the forwards with 5 of the 8 likely to start again. That was a terribly unbalanced back row.

Interesting but I think that game makes zero difference to us. For Wales maybe some confidence.

 

[Dewald Nel]

I was curious so found the team Wales beat by 12-6 last year:

South Africa: Le Roux, Hendricks, Serfontein, De Villiers, Mvovo, Lambie (Hougaard 58), Reinach, Mtawarira (Nyakane 54), Bismarck du Plessis (Strauss 58), Oosthuizen (Redelinghuys 70), Etzebeth (De Jager 69), Matfield, Coetzee, Mohoje (Carr 54), Vermeulen.
Replacements (not used): Pollard, De Allende.

So only Le Roux at 15 in the backline.

More similar in the forwards with 5 of the 8 likely to start again. That was a terribly unbalanced back row.

Interesting but I think that game makes zero difference to us. For Wales maybe some confidence.

Thank fuck Mohoje isn't there again this year. Nyakane and Paige are way better quotas than he ever was.

 

[Scotty]

I DARE you to write a piece that discusses , in detail, this outmusclification you sprout and post it in a new thread titled "Wales and the wholesale outmuscling and associated bumjobbing of those pansy Aussie forwards".

Go on. Show us you're a real man.

It certainly is the weirdest out muscling I have ever seen. Wallabies came out on top in scrums, mauls and I expect turnovers at the ruck. Lineouts pretty even.

The only reason they were well in the game was that the wallabies were so poor at diffusing the high ball. Wales gained a lot of metres in this area .

My gut says Wales have had their 'final' and that the Boks will win this one pretty comfortably.

 

[Blue]

Thank fuck Mohoje isn't there again this year. Nyakane and Paige are way better quotas than he ever was.

Oh and this is the game where de Viller's knee was on the one side of the halfway line and he was in the in goal area.

But we lost on the day.

This team is so much better though. Bring it I say.

 

[Shelts89]

I personally think that SA go in slight favourites due to the injuries to Wales, however it'll be close. Wouldn't really want to call this one.

 

[whatty]

NZ TAB
1.27 SA
3.50 Wales
About right.

 

[Dewald Nel]

So looks like I'm alone in thinking this is 50/50, at best, if not Wales' to lose.

We've had 3 decent games in a row - 2 more than at any time in the last 3 years - so I'm inclined to think the house is about to fall down very soon.

 

[Brisbok]

So looks like I'm alone in thinking this is 50/50, at best, if not Wales' to lose.

We've had 3 decent games in a row - 2 more than at any time in the last 3 years - so I'm inclined to think the house is about to fall down very soon.

Time to be positive Dewald! Yes, we've had a terrible 12 months by our standards, but we seem to be getting it right now and moving in the right direction. Let's not forget that before the EOYT 2014, we were clearly the 2nd best team in the world. We also started this season off in reasonable form with a last minute loss to the Wallabies in Brisbane and a close loss to the AB's at home. I think our form (and selections) is closer to what it was in those games than the disasters against Argentina and Japan.

The Welsh have had some terrible luck with injuries and are almost struggling to field a backline. Can't see how you could think it's their game to lose. It will certainly be close, but I think the weekend's physical battle would have taken it's toll on them and our boys should have too much in the tank.

 

[Cardiffblue]

I DARE you to write a piece that discusses , in detail, this outmusclification you sprout and post it in a new thread titled "Wales and the wholesale outmuscling and associated bumjobbing of those pansy Aussie forwards".

Go on. Show us you're a real man.

Dear mods. Can I start a thread ' Wales and the wholesale out muscling and associated bumjobbing of those pansy Aussie forwards' so that I can prove to someone that I am a real man?

What's that? No?

Ok I guess I'm not then. Won't lose any sleep

 

[Cardiffblue]

Thank fuck Mohoje isn't there again this year. Nyakane and Paige are way better quotas than he ever was.

Who came on when de villiers went off? Can't remember

 

[Cardiffblue]

I personally think that SA go in slight favourites due to the injuries to Wales, however it'll be close. Wouldn't really want to call this one.

We ll see. I think we ll be ok

 

[Cardiffblue]

It certainly is the weirdest out muscling I have ever seen. Wallabies came out on top in scrums, mauls and I expect turnovers at the ruck. Lineouts pretty even.

The only reason they were well in the game was that the wallabies were so poor at diffusing the high ball. Wales gained a lot of metres in this area .

My gut says Wales have had their 'final' and that the Boks will win this one pretty comfortably.

apart from the scrums we did better than that. But it doesn't really matter. It's done now. We blew the game through dumb choices.

 

[Shelts89]

We ll see. I think we ll be ok

Like I said, I don't want to call it. I think this game will be tighter than a nuns private parts.

Though De Allende and Kriel are probably better than any possible centre combination yo guys have available at the moment. I like North, but he is no 13.