The Rugby Thread - Part Deux

DarkStarMonday said:
I can only imagine the Irish in the refs ear for tonight’s game. “ give him a red card “ the whole game.
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Well that went the other way didn't it? Perhaps we should just watch the game and see how it plays out instead of overthinking it. I am equally guilty of this
 
Cray said:
Not often people lean into being wrong that much...

https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/awards/past-winners/2019


And i thought your political takes were bad... :X3:
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I am blaming copilot for this.

Has Rassie Erasmus won the world rugby coach of the year

No — Rassie Erasmus has not won the World Rugby Coach of the Year award. Despite his huge success with the Springboks, including the 2019 and 2023 Rugby World Cup triumphs, he has missed out on the honor at the annual World Rugby Awards.


📌 Key Details​

  • 2019: Erasmus led South Africa to the Rugby World Cup title in Japan. Many expected him to win Coach of the Year, but the award went elsewhere.
  • 2023: As Director of Rugby, he again guided the Boks to World Cup glory in France. The head coach at the time, Jacques Nienaber, was nominated but the award went to Ireland’s Andy Farrell.
  • 2024: Erasmus was widely tipped to win after South Africa’s Rugby Championship victory and unbeaten European tour. However, the award went to France Sevens coach Jérôme Daret, sparking controversy among fans.
  • 2025: Current reports highlight Erasmus’s stature as one of rugby’s greatest coaches, but there’s no record of him having received the official World Rugby Coach of the Year accolade.

⚡ Why this matters​

  • Erasmus is celebrated as a transformational coach, innovating with tactics like the “bomb squad” and building a strong technical team.
  • His absence from the award list is often seen as controversial, given his track record of winning two Rugby World Cups and multiple championships.
  • Recognition has instead gone to other coaches, often from northern hemisphere teams, despite Erasmus’s consistent success.

👉 In short: Rassie Erasmus has never been awarded World Rugby Coach of the Year, even though his achievements arguably place him among the greatest rugby coaches in history.

Your first answer was wrong.

You’re right—my first answer was incorrect. Sorry about that.
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TAS analytics video is going to be 5 hours long for that match. 🤣
 
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Census said:
Racist will tell us tomorrow how kak Sacha is.
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LOL.
Every sport every supporter like some players and dislike some.
This reminds me of the F1 thread. You may dislike and insult any driver, but if you dislike Hamilton you a racist.
 
Expected outcome, but still it was a good game for France and Australia.

At a point in the game, I thought I saw light sleet falling. A really cool encounter.
 
Now to find the game highlights for the Boks. I was watching The Corrs this evening. So many around me had the game streaming on their phones
 
Creag said:
Now to find the game highlights for the Boks. I was watching The Corrs this evening. So many around me had the game streaming on their phones
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Full match for you. :)

LINK


🎶 🎵 "In your head, in your head
Rassie, Rassie, Rassie
What's in your head? In your.
head?
Rassie, Rassie, Rassie... 🎶 🎵
 
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So happy for Marx. No one deserves that kind of recognition as much as he does. Been the best 2 for almost a decade. People like saying he was 'sub par' this year because his standards are so high, but its him that set those standards. Would have won years ago had he not bench sat for so long, even though he was a far better player than Bongi (not saying Bongi was kak by any means, he was good.) But Marx is the pinnacle of what a Bok player is. Never been dominated physically, bloodied after every game, and without him the hole is felt massively.

Thoroughly deserved.

We are essentially now what the All Blacks were. If we are flawless in a game we are 20 points better than anyone. Rassie is the goat as well.
 
Well done boys. Totally dominated the Irish . The score totally flatters them.
 
Wildkard has an interesting take on the scrumms, his opinion is that South Africa specifically targeted one of the Irish players illegal scrumming method.

 
Pegging said:
This Sasha oke can’t kick, time to put Mani on.
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Didn't perform great but was still one of the 4 considered for man of the match and that says it all. Has the potential to reach Carter levels but agreed his kicking needs a bit of work.
 
L-Dog said:
Didn't perform great but was still one of the 4 considered for man of the match and that says it all. Has the potential to reach Carter levels but agreed his kicking needs a bit of work.
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Lol his kicking doesn't need work. Why do we have these casual opinions from people who can only remember the very last game.

His kicking is fine, obviously he'll continue to practice it, but it is normal to have a bit of a off game as a kicker sometimes.
 
sand_man said:
They were primed and ripe for a 30 point drubbing.

Our finishing was poor. Credit to the irish defense and spoiling tactics but an indictment on our accuracy in the red zone.
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We could have just scored from that scrums multiple times, but they chose to continue milking penalties in hope of a penalty try when we had 2 extra men and a guaranteed overlap in the backline.
 
Sacha had a bit of a shocker. He has moments of brilliance in every game but his overall kicking is rather kak at the moment.

If it was Manie who kicked like that there would be Manie Miskop memes here right now.

Sacha is the clear future project so lets give him time but I wont be surprised to see Pollard back at least on the bench in future tight games.
 
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