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Post by monkman5000 on Oct 14, 2023 20:55:33 GMT
Sexton looked his age at the end, stiff as a board.
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Post by Ulythium on Oct 14, 2023 20:57:38 GMT
An absolutely excellent game.
Kudos to Ireland for taking it right to the wire; kudos to the All Blacks for a damn good performance.
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Post by sport✅ on Oct 14, 2023 20:57:49 GMT
Imagine receiving the ball after phase 107,
"Piss off I got nothing left lads!"
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Post by muddyfunster on Oct 14, 2023 21:01:24 GMT
Fine margins between two excellent sides. I really wanted Ireland to do it and 'just' a quarter-final doesn't seem a fair return for this generation.
On the plus side, a narrow win for Borthwick's mighty whites and a narrow loss for France tomorrow would mean that we're definitely the best northern hemisphere team.
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Post by Danno on Oct 14, 2023 21:01:36 GMT
Crazy game, felt like a final.
I can see Ireland needing a few years to rebuild now. Shattered confidence and Sexton, Murray, PoM, Henshaw, Furlong etc won't be around much (or any) longer.
Woe betide anyone who has to interview Sexton in a few minutes, he looks like he's about to open a portal to hell to fight the devil.
Could be all SH semis now. ALLES LES BLEUS!!
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Post by zerimski on Oct 14, 2023 21:03:24 GMT
I just want to give Bundee a hug.
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Oct 14, 2023 21:03:34 GMT
Jordie Barret holding up that try was huge.
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Post by muddyfunster on Oct 14, 2023 21:04:59 GMT
Imagine receiving the ball after phase 107, "Piss off I got nothing left lads!" That pretty much happened on around phase 29. Can't remember who it was but one the Irish forwards caught a pass stood stock still and more or less collapsed on the spot bereft of any energy or ideas or possibly just not trusting himself to do anything else. Don't blame him. |
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Post by sport✅ on Oct 14, 2023 21:07:15 GMT
Jordie Barret holding up that try was huge. Yup, turning point. Herculean. |
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Post by Ulythium on Oct 14, 2023 21:14:32 GMT
It was an amazing effort, and they got closer to the NZ try line than they had any right to, given how far back on the pitch they started (and how knackered they all were).
I would've liked to see Ireland go through.
Glad to see Wales go out, though - any sympathy I had for them evaporated at the sight of Biggar waving his arms at Dickson during the ruck from which Argentina got their first try. A petulant brat to the end.
I'll be fine with a Fiji victory tomorrow, although I'm certainly not expecting one. Just hope France can beat the Boks.
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Post by zephro on Oct 14, 2023 21:34:01 GMT
We're all french now. Though Argentina have got a hell of a whirlwind coming their way for the first semi.
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Post by muddyfunster on Oct 14, 2023 21:54:08 GMT
I suspect a lot of England fans would prefer to lose to Fiji tomorrow when the only other realistic scenario appears to be total humiliation by France or South Africa a week later.
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 14, 2023 22:02:45 GMT
Holy shit that ending.. I really thought they were going to do it.
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Post by elstoof on Oct 14, 2023 22:18:24 GMT
I suspect a lot of England fans would prefer to lose to Fiji tomorrow when the only other realistic scenario appears to be total humiliation by France or South Africa a week later. I’m hoping for total humiliation by Fiji |
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Post by Danno on Oct 14, 2023 22:55:39 GMT
Watch us play our final against... yeah, a dramatically understrength Fiji
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Post by Dougs on Oct 15, 2023 0:09:04 GMT
I missed most of the game, due to a poorly timed 90s music quiz I'd been dragged along to. But luckily the other guy who had been dragged along was also a sports fan, so watched the laat 10 on my phone. Huge props to Ireland for even getting anywhere near the try line, they looked fucked. Disappointed to miss it, and for Ireland. Doesn't seem fair tbh
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Post by elstoof on Oct 15, 2023 7:35:56 GMT
How long do we have to put up with this rubbish
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 15, 2023 7:52:42 GMT
I'm massively out of touch (no pun) with rugby recently. What's the hate towards England about at the moment?
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Post by Resident Knievel on Oct 15, 2023 8:51:02 GMT
Terrible discipline.
A coach who plays the most boring and safe kicking rugby imaginable despite having access to great players.
Limited captain who has a cult of personality around him.
Overconfidence going in to a quarterfinal in spite of playing against middling sides who had poor performances against us.
We are insufferable as fans. We moan too much or are overconfident.
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Post by Danno on Oct 15, 2023 11:33:59 GMT
How long do we have to put up with this rubbish Enjoy. |
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 15, 2023 15:16:38 GMT
Rather handy try there and of course Farrell can't convert.
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Post by monkman5000 on Oct 15, 2023 15:27:25 GMT
Surely that head contact is not deliberate.
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Post by X201 on Oct 15, 2023 15:31:22 GMT
Accidental. It was the change of direction that caused it
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Post by elstoof on Oct 15, 2023 15:37:57 GMT
Quite an evenly matched tussle between these two tier 2 teams
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 15, 2023 15:49:53 GMT
Not quite ireland/ new zealand is it lol
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Post by Resident Knievel on Oct 15, 2023 16:06:48 GMT
Fiji have been abysmal at the breakdown
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Post by neilch on Oct 15, 2023 16:10:11 GMT
Nothing about this match makes me think England have a chance of winning the cup.
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Post by Resident Knievel on Oct 15, 2023 16:14:05 GMT
So scrappy this, Fiji making so many mistakes
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 15, 2023 16:16:36 GMT
Not quite ireland/ new zealand is it lol Watching this feels a lot less tense and I was a neutral watching that game. |
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Post by Resident Knievel on Oct 15, 2023 16:27:26 GMT
England's gameplan of playing kicking rugby, safe passes and letting their opponents make mistakes trying to play in the midfield has worked brilliantly.
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