Nice to see it compressed timing wise, the 12 then wait til 5 a bit annoying for doing other stuff. All eyes on the 9pm local kick off though in Paris. A venue that Ireland haven’t had huge amounts of success in recent years, and against a ferocious South Africa that held Scotland to just 3 points a fortnight ago
But Georgia could do with a confidence boost, England might get a wake up call from Chile too, so all good to watch today!
| Home | UTC +1 | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1300 | Portugal |
| England | 1645 | Chile |
| South Africa | 2000 | Ireland |
As always, shots from pitchside, the pub, or your clubhouse all more than appreciated - please do share! And keep hydrated ;)
What a game.
The rest of the tournament all seems a bit flat compared to that. Completely absorbing for 80 minutes. Pure mental strength was the winning of it for Ireland.
Lmao don’t know if anyone else is watching on Peacock/NBC, but these commentators are coming up with the most insane metaphors. From “Etzebeth is built like a Bulgarian vending machine” (lolwut) to “they’re as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs”. Hilarious
Well fuck me. Hearing an entire stadium singing Zombie is like salt in the wound on top of that lmao
If this does repeat for the final. It’s in your head…
Fwiw, I’m not sure Scotland have had their last word. So while a win would seal it for SA, Ireland have a tough double header coming up.
Ireland were the target going into this tournament, South Africa just looking immense. Of course Ireland are our bogey team, so it’s going to need us to be at our 100% best AND a healthy dose of luck. Means likely France as a quarter, which Scotland would take over the All Blacks too. So yes, a bruising encounter for Ireland is what I’m hoping for, with a nice BP win for us tomorrow
“Is it time to question Georgia’s place in the Italy-should-be-replaced-in-the-six-nations conversation?”
Had exactly the same thought. Portugal, please keep continuing!
Omg this feels like a final
This fixture could well still be the final too
Would be an awesome final, judging by this game so far
SA can’t seem to hold onto the ball. Great job by Ireland finding a way through on a very stout defense
Aye, has it been raining? Lots of scrums
TTRRYYYY TIME
Bomb squad just got shown up though
Yeah :/ but that first bomb squad scrum was chef’s kiss
UGH 8 points from missed kicks now
Yeah, this one’s on Faff tonight sadly
Well Ireland are a bit terrifying, eh?
We are so fucked next week
Edit: 2 weeks!
Well, so far it seems the bomb squad is bombing. Gotta respect someone living up to their name.
Ireland for the cup?
Would like to see them break the quarterfinal curse
What an amazing and exciting start of the rugby matches today
Shoulder to shoulder for me. Penalty only
Great try by Portugal!
That’s us at half way for the group stages, 20 put of 40 matches. So a draw seems fitting
