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Solitude said:
Chances aren't that great but we have something on our side. Our depth. (Except for flyhalf which is a worry).

Some of the other teams are weakened considerably when players get injured.

I still feel positive for the world cup. Going to be bloody difficult though!
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Yeah that depth and the bomb squad put SA in a better position than most... momentum swung when the subs came on for the Boks

The slow start could be a mental / tactics thing - definitely not physical
 
RunningFromFat said:
It's almost the WC and they still say things like this???
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Yes that is what he said. It's a go to line after losing.

Then they have a post-match interview with Richie Mo'unga and he says look we need to be good now and the world cup will take care of itself later.
 
cavedog said:
Let's ben honest everyoine keeps talking about the World cup it's like we don't care about any other milestones. All our eggs are in the World Cup basket.
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We've always done that, it has greatly improved in recent years.
It used to be an excuse for being shít. This game was seriously not that bad.
 
rietrot said:
We've always done that, it has greatly improved in recent years.
It used to be an excuse for being shít. This game was seriously not that bad.
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We did fail the basics like catching a ball tackling so that is what made us look really poor. If we lost by a penalty or conversion I would have said yes we are on the correct path to enter a world cup but we were completely dominated so it's hard to see that we can win a world cup from this.
 
cavedog said:
We did fail the basics like catching a ball tackling so that is what made us look really poor. If we lost by a penalty or conversion I would have said yes we are on the correct path to enter a world cup but we were completely dominated so it's hard to see that we can win a world cup from this.
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Its hardly a zero-sum game though is it? As @Grubscrew said Boks can and will improve - ABs could well plateau
 
This thread reminds me why my interest in rugby is dwindling. Its always the ref or politics from some supporters.
F me, our rugby the last 5 years is probably the best in decades. Yes and also the most diverse selections.
We actually expect to win every game, even against the AB’s
 
Grubscrew said:
Also I don't think they will improve anymore, they are on top of their game and the game. We can however improve and I believe we can still overtake them and take the World Cup. I am going into this day not feeling too kak.
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If we make it to the Final we just need England to beat them for us first lol
 
cavedog said:
We did fail the basics like catching a ball tackling so that is what made us look really poor. If we lost by a penalty or conversion I would have said yes we are on the correct path to enter a world cup but we were completely dominated so it's hard to see that we can win a world cup from this.
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Lol. Maybe you just don't understand how rugby works.
 
I wasn't able to watch the game so no sure how the 10s went. I would however think that any potential WC success is highly dependent on Pollard's fitness
 
Mzezman said:
Its hardly a zero-sum game though is it? As @Grubscrew said Boks can and will improve - ABs could well plateau
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I think this was the peak for the all blacks. They can maintain it and it would be hard for anyone to beat them. I think most of the top teams are pretty equal.
 
Speedster said:
I wasn't able to watch the game so no sure how the 10s went. I would however think that any potential WC success is highly dependent on Pollard's fitness
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We don't even play the 10 as a 10 anymore. Don't know if that was trying to be creative or compensating.
 
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