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    Quote Originally Posted by TheAvenged87 View Post
    No one mentioning the England vs Wales game? IMHO, the best game so far in the entire tournament.
    i managed to catch glimpses of the game at the wedding i was at and was quite chuffed at one stage as i had the right score and then england buckled....
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    So, a month or so before the World Cup I started telling everyone that I predict an Ireland vs New Zealand final, and after the first 2 rounds I am still sticking to that predicament. Ireland is playing a brand of rugby that is really effective, and really expansive. Also they have one of the best attacking back lines in the competition.

    Whales showed that England is very susceptible to the pressure of being the host nation, and I think they have a real possibility of missing the play-offs. Nobody in their pool is going to beat the Australians, and the only saving grace for the poms are if Fiji can upset the Welsh somehow.

    France is too up and down this year and although they have a good enough team to beat anyone at any time, their form is too inconsistent for any real chance.

    The Boks showed that they can bounce back, and I am not sure we will know the relieve that is felt in that camp after the week they had. After the Japan game, they were on the ropes, and they came back and played the rugby we as South Africans are known for and have given us so much success. We will beat Scotland and USA comfortably I believe, and probably face Whales or England in the quarters. If we play Whales, it will be an easy game, but England will not be easy to beat in the knock-out games in England. But we will probably progress to the semi's where we face the All Blacks, and I'm sorry to day that I don't think we have the team or the form to beat them. If we reach the final, however, NOBODY will beat us there. Not a single team stands a chance then.

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    [MENTION=9789]DieGrootHammer[/MENTION]

    I have to agree with you. The Ireland looks like an amazing team. I wasn't too impressed with them before the tournament started but they have proven me wrong. Wales really surprised me by beating England. I really expected more from England.

    Don't write France off. They are a consistent performer at World Cups even though it never really looks like they can get going. I still have this suspicion that France may beat Ireland.

    It's an exciting World Cup!

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    Quote Originally Posted by DieGrootHammer View Post
    So, a month or so before the World Cup I started telling everyone that I predict an Ireland vs New Zealand final, and after the first 2 rounds I am still sticking to that predicament. Ireland is playing a brand of rugby that is really effective, and really expansive. Also they have one of the best attacking back lines in the competition.

    Whales showed that England is very susceptible to the pressure of being the host nation, and I think they have a real possibility of missing the play-offs. Nobody in their pool is going to beat the Australians, and the only saving grace for the poms are if Fiji can upset the Welsh somehow.

    France is too up and down this year and although they have a good enough team to beat anyone at any time, their form is too inconsistent for any real chance.

    The Boks showed that they can bounce back, and I am not sure we will know the relieve that is felt in that camp after the week they had. After the Japan game, they were on the ropes, and they came back and played the rugby we as South Africans are known for and have given us so much success. We will beat Scotland and USA comfortably I believe, and probably face Whales or England in the quarters. If we play Whales, it will be an easy game, but England will not be easy to beat in the knock-out games in England. But we will probably progress to the semi's where we face the All Blacks, and I'm sorry to day that I don't think we have the team or the form to beat them. If we reach the final, however, NOBODY will beat us there. Not a single team stands a chance then.
    while driving back from KZN yesterday we were listening to OFM/SAFM not sure which one it was but the guy doing the sports had an interesting bit of trivia on the Springboks.

    Chester Williams scored a hatrick against samoa in 1995, Habana also scored a hatrick in 2007 against them. and now this weekend Old JP Peterson also scored a hatrick. coincedence? Maybe. i have my hopes on SA reaching the finals but i also think Ireland is the inform team with NZ and i do think Hammer is on the right track with his prediction
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    Quote Originally Posted by Solitude View Post
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    I have to agree with you. The Ireland looks like an amazing team. I wasn't too impressed with them before the tournament started but they have proven me wrong. Wales really surprised me by beating England. I really expected more from England.

    Don't write France off. They are a consistent performer at World Cups even though it never really looks like they can get going. I still have this suspicion that France may beat Ireland.

    It's an exciting World Cup!
    It is indeed a very exciting world cup, and one thing has to be said about the minnow teams, they are more of a challenge than in previous RWC's. You can see that most of the smaller teams suffer from second half burn-out, where better teams are able to run in 4-5 try's without any issue. Also, I think World Rugby really dealt the smaller nations a bad deal with all the fast turn-arounds from one match to the other they have to do. It sucks, because in a world where Japan had 7 days to recover after the grueling game against SA, they would've been much more competitive against Scotland.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DieGrootHammer View Post
    It is indeed a very exciting world cup, and one thing has to be said about the minnow teams, they are more of a challenge than in previous RWC's. You can see that most of the smaller teams suffer from second half burn-out, where better teams are able to run in 4-5 try's without any issue. Also, I think World Rugby really dealt the smaller nations a bad deal with all the fast turn-arounds from one match to the other they have to do. It sucks, because in a world where Japan had 7 days to recover after the grueling game against SA, they would've been much more competitive against Scotland.
    Apparently the short turnaround happens to most teams. Like we have a short turnaround before we play the USA. I want to say all teams but someone said that it doesn't happen to Ireland. I never checked though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Solitude View Post
    Apparently the short turnaround happens to most teams. Like we have a short turnaround before we play the USA. I want to say all teams but someone said that it doesn't happen to Ireland. I never checked though.
    Our shortest turn-around is 5 days, which is still not too bad, but England, Wales and Ireland all have the longest turn-arounds, with the shortest for them of 6 days. Some tier 1 teams can even have up to 11 days between games. Also, for teams like the All Blacks, a short time between games are no problem. They made 13 changes to the team that beat Argentina to play Namibia, and they STILL fielded a team better than any other nation. Most of the tier 1 nations do have lots of depth, but other nations are not that lucky. It also comes down to game time, as most minnow teams don't get the same amounts of games to play like we do, bringing their overall match fitness in question. I just think it should be all placed on a level playing field, where everyone get's enough time to recover after any game, regardless of which team it is

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    Now, onto the challenge we are facing on the captain front. With JdV out of the competition, we have to play Victor Matfield as the captain of the team. Sure, there are players with equal experience in the team in better form, but it's gonna be the John Smith debacle all over again. We need someone like Victor in the team, not because he is the best lock in the team, but because he is the best captain for the team. His performance hasn't been that bad at all, and it will be sorry to bench someone like Lood De Jager. But there is no other player in the team that has the captaincy experience Victor has. When the knock-out stages comes, we need someone that will be able to keep the team calm and collected in any situation, even when they are behind and need to chance the game. Schalk Burger can lead the team, but he's not the guy you want to lead in crunch time. Victor has proven that he can captain in those dire situations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DieGrootHammer View Post
    Now, onto the challenge we are facing on the captain front. With JdV out of the competition, we have to play Victor Matfield as the captain of the team. Sure, there are players with equal experience in the team in better form, but it's gonna be the John Smith debacle all over again. We need someone like Victor in the team, not because he is the best lock in the team, but because he is the best captain for the team. His performance hasn't been that bad at all, and it will be sorry to bench someone like Lood De Jager. But there is no other player in the team that has the captaincy experience Victor has. When the knock-out stages comes, we need someone that will be able to keep the team calm and collected in any situation, even when they are behind and need to chance the game. Schalk Burger can lead the team, but he's not the guy you want to lead in crunch time. Victor has proven that he can captain in those dire situations.
    i have to disagree with you here Hammer. i think Schalk or Andries Strauss can quite easily lead the squad going forward as they lead by example which will keep Lood in the starting 15. However knowing old HM, Vic will probably get the captaincy.
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    Well i would mentions 3 or 4 players here Victor being one, then there is schalla, duane and you can even have a look at Adriaan and Fourie.

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