The Rugby Thread - Part Deux

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Bok Friday predictions at work …

Someone says AB 2 and Boks 18 …..

I mean 2 ?! Wtf

 

[RedViking]

Bok Friday predictions at work …

Someone says AB 2 and Boks 18 …..

I mean 2 ?! Wtf

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Exactly!

Predictions are silly.

 

[sand_man]

Bok Friday predictions at work …NZ got the conversion for the try they never scored?

Someone says AB 2 and Boks 18 …..

I mean 2 ?! Wtf

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Hahaha, Bok Friday office predictions, a game everyone can play, eh?

 

[Werner1975]

Hahaha, Bok Friday office predictions, a game everyone can play, eh?

Most people in my office only realize we play when I wear my Bok jersey and cap. Most watch soccer. I'm the odd one out.

 

[lexity]

Bok Friday predictions at work …

Someone says AB 2 and Boks 18 …..

I mean 2 ?! Wtf

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Have you not heard the latest rule-change?

A try can be reversed into the next game, by officials, if there is sufficient footage from the game before suggesting foul play...

Can you effen believe it?????!!!

 

[Nerfherder]

Exactly!

Predictions are silly.

especially impossible ones.

 

[RedViking]

especially impossible ones.

they have so many rules now, nothing is impossible

 

[ctriaan]

SPRINGBOKS and their high schools:
15 Cheslin Kolbe (Brackenfell High School)
14 Kurt-Lee Arendse (Paulus Joubert)
13 Jesse Kriel (Maritzburg College)
12 Damian de Allende (Milnerton High School)
11 Ethan Hooker (Westville Boys’ High)
10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (Bishops)
9 Cobus Reinach (Grey College)
8 Jasper Wiese (Upington High School)
7 Pieter-Steph du Toit (Swartland High School)
6 Siya Kolisi (Grey High School) (c)
5 Ruan Nortje (Wonderboom High School)
4 Eben Etzebeth (Tygerberg High School)
3 Wilco Louw (HTS Drostdy)
2 Malcolm Marx (King Edward VII School)
1 Ox Nche (HTS Louis Botha).

 

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Thunderstorms could crash Boks-All Blacks showdown | The Citizen

Severe weather is expected to move across Johannesburg around the same time as the Rugby's Greatest Rivalry showdown gets underway.

www.citizen.co.za

 

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[netstrider]

Nice little short showcasing the trophy.

 

[sand_man]

Tomorrow is the series decider as far as I'm concerned.

Baltimore is an exhibition match. Money grab. Wake the sleeping giant, grow the game, malarkey.

 

[RedViking]

Thunderstorms could crash Boks-All Blacks showdown | The Citizen

Severe weather is expected to move across Johannesburg around the same time as the Rugby's Greatest Rivalry showdown gets underway.

www.citizen.co.za

Airlink already predicted this.

 

[Speedster]

Airlink already predicted this.

Can't be. The expits insisted the weather will be great for a flyover

 

[Heisenborg]

Severe weather forecast for tomorrow. What a bloody bummer. And if there is lightning around, no game

 

[netstrider]

Severe weather forecast for tomorrow. What a bloody bummer. And if there is lightning around, no game

We will play and we will win.

23-20

 

[lexity]

Unpredictable weather can be worked around...

Maybe next time have a back-up venue, and have that reflect in the ticket terms.

For example this match could have been moved to Ellis Park, due to bad weather, instead of being called off/interrupted.

Aren't the 2 grounds an hour apart?

 

[lexity]

fnb stadium for 5th sep 2026



Rain doesn't look to be a problem but that looks quite windy.

Not good for anyone relying on a kicking game.

 

[Werner1975]

Match day, boys! Hope the weather behaves. I'm worried about the strong winds. Gonna play havoc with the kicks. Hope there's no lightning. Go Bokke!!!!

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Angus/Rennie definitely found a way to depower our scrum, via the media and direct contact with World Rugby.

The tactic backfired to some extent IE we still won the match...

The Georgian ref, Nika Amashukeli, comes from a country with a scrummaging culture. I don't think he'll be easily influenced or conned.

In addition to that he's going to be officiating in front of 95 000 rabid South African fans... that alone should help us garner our fair share of the 50/50s...

Tough assignment for him, in all honesty.

The ref and how he interprets the breakdowns and scrums will likely have a fundamental bearing on the outcome of the test.

An upcoming ref getting such a massive international test debut, will not want to upset his overlords and influence his own career trajectory.

He will have a big influence on the Bok scrum, just you watch today.