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Cray said:
There are some properly salty people on twitter bitching about the lack of a neutral venue (i.e. European) for the final.

Pretty easy to work out, you want a home final, finish higher on the log.
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Lol, are these the same salty b*tchers who decried the entry of SA into the URC, claiming it would weaken the competition. Well, three years, 3 finals in SA, 4 teams represented (2 x Bulls, 2 x Stormers) and hopefully two champions if the Bulls do the business.
 
Agent_Smith said:
Lol, are these the same salty b*tchers who decried the entry of SA into the URC, claiming it would weaken the competition. Well, three years, 3 finals in SA, 4 teams represented (2 x Bulls, 2 x Stormers) and hopefully two champions if the Bulls do the business.
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Yup, the very same :ROFL:
 
Agent_Smith said:
Lol, are these the same salty b*tchers who decried the entry of SA into the URC, claiming it would weaken the competition. Well, three years, 3 finals in SA, 4 teams represented (2 x Bulls, 2 x Stormers) and hopefully two champions if the Bulls do the business.
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Well, clearly they were right... Their teams went from winning to losing, clearing weakened, duh /s
 
www.news24.com

Pieter-Steph named captain as Springboks pick 4 debutants for Wales Test at Twickenham | Sport

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has named his first team of the 2024 season for Saturday's Test against Wales at Twickenham in London.
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15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit (captain), 6 Kwagga Smith, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche
Substitutes: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 Salmaan Moerat, 20 Ben-Jason Dixon, 21 Grant Williams, 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23 Damian de Allende
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Solid squad, my only concern is Fassi at test lvl. Haven't seen anything to suggest his defensive frailties have been sorted out imho.
 
Magandroid said:
Well Munster clearly thought they had it in the bag when they jumped the gun to erect this sign over the weekend.

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Edit: and here is the article https://www.thesun.ie/sport/13184623/munster-thomond-park-big-screen-glasgow-warriors-urc/
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Apparently it was human error that caused the wrong "screen" per a Scottish pundent who looked into it.

Makes sense, as these things would need to be designed beforehand and be ready to go up once relevant.... Feel for the person who made the mistake.
 
Irish squad for the upcoming tour

Forwards: Ryan Baird, Finlay Bealham, Tadhg Beirne, Caelan Doris, Tadhg Furlong, Cian Healy, Rob Herring, Cormac Izuchukwu, Oli Jager, Ronan Kelleher, Joe McCarthy, Peter O’Mahony (captain), Tom O’Toole, Andrew Porter, Cian Prendergast, James Ryan, Dan Sheehan, Nick Timoney, Josh van der Flier.

Backs: Bundee Aki, Caolin Blade, Craig Casey, Jack Crowley, Ciaran Frawley, Robbie Henshaw, Jordan Larmour, James Lowe, Stuart McCloskey, Conor Murray, Calvin Nash, Jimmy O’Brien, Jamie Osborne, Sam Prendergast, Garry Ringrose, Jacob Stockdale.
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2 x tickets bought... I need a brannas now
That was stressful

In totally unrelated news, I have no money for brannas, someone bring
 
SAguy said:
2 x tickets bought... I need a brannas now
That was stressful

In totally unrelated news, I have no money for brannas, someone bring
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The prices are crazy. o_O And tickets are almost sold out.
 
SAguy said:
2 x tickets bought... I need a brannas now
That was stressful

In totally unrelated news, I have no money for brannas, someone bring
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Very stressful indeed. The time ticking off was the worst. I managed to get 7 but need 2 more to avoid a family fight. Does not look like it’s gonna be easy though. If you decide you want to upsell those tickets please DM me first
 
DeTector said:
Very stressful indeed. The time ticking off was the worst. I managed to get 7 but need 2 more to avoid a family fight. Does not look like it’s gonna be easy though. If you decide you want to upsell those tickets please DM me first
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Will do, it was nuts trying to get tickets
I reckon there's a lot of people who would buy just to resell, which is pretty poor form
 
Japan v England at 7:50 this morning.

Supersport Action or rugbypass.tv for those keen to watch.
 
cavedog said:
Japan v England at 7:50 this morning.

Supersport Action or rugbypass.tv for those keen to watch.
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Turned on just before half time and was disappointed to see Japan being hammered. Then I remember Eddie is their coach and felt a little surge of delight flow through my body.
 
Speedster said:
Turned on just before half time and was disappointed to see Japan being hammered. Then I remember Eddie is their coach and felt a little surge of delight flow through my body.
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First 10min Japan was wild. After the first English try it was over for Japan.
 
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