• TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    How much wetter is it today vs yesterday, because this is some of the most ambitionless rugby i’ve ever had the misfortune of watching.

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      1 year ago

      Double checking to make sure this is a RWC semi final match… yep 😞

      • TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz
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        1 year ago

        England didn’t play this negatively 4 years ago; and South Africa didn’t play this negatively last week. Hence i’m wondering how much wetter it is.

      • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Awwww were there not enough adverts for the poor wittle amewican? Or maybe you’d like them to have crash helmets and padding like a special needs kid at a park lol

        • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          Watching rugby for the first time this year, I genuinly like how it is shot with pristine picture and a real feel of both speed and intensity. This game was aweful for 60 minutes though

  • Olap@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    Were SA on the piss last night? Some shocking decisions. Blind side on that line out the pits

    England. You’re on a game a plan, and you’re up for it. A master class at being an even bigger shit houser than SA with how slow this game is

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      1 year ago

      Dumbass hypothesis: they’re all in the same boat as Heinrich Klaasen - never fully recovered from covid and their recovery time from last weekend’s exertions is longer than expected.

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    1 year ago

    Ah shit. Just realised I forgot today! Been travelling, weather shit, father about…

    Thank you @Fridge@lemmy.one

    England playing some great attritional stuff

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    1 year ago

    I know Pollard kicked the winning points, but I feel like the biggest impact players were Ox and Kwagga again

  • Fridge@lemmy.oneOP
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    1 year ago

    French crowd is cheering for England way more than I thought they would, even w RSA as reason for their exit.

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        1 year ago

        I have some (English) friends there and they’ve been pleasantly surprised by the support from the normally anyone-but-England crowd:

        french fans are whistling every time Sa are on screen

        true story a welshman came up to me in a bar, a wales tattoo on his forearm and said - I cannot believe I am saying this but i hope England win good luck boys.

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    1 year ago

    Kudos to England bucking the expectations! You know the Boks are going to be fired up in the second half. Expecting England to try and play it safe.

    • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      England is playing football at best, wrestling most of the time. No hand pass, no try, nothing. A boring game

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        1 year ago

        Hand pass in wet nono. Kick good make mistake opposite. Kick point. Still lose by 1 though…Bokke!

  • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    It’s a shitty game. Springboks were real devels against France and now they run like my Granny. English team had regional level games all the way to the semifinals and now they are fresh like a morning catch.

  • Olap@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    What a final few minutes at least! Go Bokkes, I reckon NZ will tear you apart and the France, Ireland and Scotland games took too much out of yous though. Time will tell!

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      1 year ago

      Yeah France definitely tore us apart. The unchanged squad definitely had an effect today