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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
About what I expected against the All Blacks. Kiwis' offloading game is just too good and negates Wales' defensive advantage against most teams, which is why I was so thrilled at the opportunity to play England in the finals.
Oh well. Insert [gif] we suck again [/gif]
Oh well. Insert [gif] we suck again [/gif]
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Look, Wales was gutted 40-17 and the game was never close, but I don't think Wales sucks. They played the Boks straight up. That's a really good team, ORD. They did you proud.
What South Africa finally learned was to not peak too early. They played two sides in the championship this year and lowered the demands on the key players. They put the RWC first, as the All-Blacks always do. South Africa is peaking in the RWC but they still face an uphill battle tomorrow.
Today's game was never going to be easy against a side that was playing their beloved retiring coach's last game.
Look for Wales to spring back quickly!
What South Africa finally learned was to not peak too early. They played two sides in the championship this year and lowered the demands on the key players. They put the RWC first, as the All-Blacks always do. South Africa is peaking in the RWC but they still face an uphill battle tomorrow.
Today's game was never going to be easy against a side that was playing their beloved retiring coach's last game.
Look for Wales to spring back quickly!
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The streets in South Africa were alive with sounds of the game. There is absolute joy that a truly multiracial team has won the Rugby World Cup.
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
Congrats, @Steve19 . I honestly thought England would take it. I guess I underestimated the Boks all along. I'll wear the 99 World Cup jersey that I bought in CT in 2000 today as penance.
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Thank you for your kind comment. They were lucky to get by Wales and England suffered in losing a strong front row player in only the 3rd minute. Everyone here is delighted. I'm staying off the roads tonight for sure. 
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
It's been too long since I enjoyed some tasty, tasty Springbok loin at La Colombe down in Constantia.
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Another Rugby World Cup triumph, another iconic moment for South Africa
They started carving South Africa's name into the Webb Ellis Cup with five minutes of the match remaining. This was as destructive a performance as you'll ever see in the sport as South Africa suffocated and out-muscled England to win their third Rugby World Cup.
The true impact of this World Cup win for the Springboks and South Africa will only be quantifiable in time, but as Siya Kolisi lifted the Webb Ellis Cup into the Yokohama night sky, it capped one of the most remarkable sporting changes of form and fate in living memory.
Eighteen months ago, the Boks were sixth in the world and tonight, as those in green and gold cried, stared and roared in wonderful disbelieving ecstasy, Rassie Erasmus' side hammered England 32-12 to cement their spot at the top of the rankings. As the podium was being built, the chant of 'Rassie, Rassie' came from the stands as the Class of 2019 joined those Springboks immortals from 2007 and 1995.
The historical merged with the present when Francois Pienaar, the 1995 captain, punched the air as Cheslin Kolbe danced past the prone Owen Farrell to score the try that was the championship-winning, definitive slam of the arm-wrestle. The Boks out-muscled and outplayed England, outscoring them two tries to nil in a win built on power over prowess.
South Africa have been unapologetic about their physical, route one style of rugby in this World Cup, and why shouldn't they be? It's proven to be the right cocktail to win the sport's biggest prize in the past, too. Duane Vermeulen was immense as he steered a scrum that won six penalties to suffocate England and leave them heartbroken in a match they entered as favourites.
But make no mistake -- England did not lose this match; the Springboks won it.
England threw absolutely everything at the Boks but found no way through the impenetrable wall, moulded by the Springboks' mastermind Jacques Nienaber. There will be statues built of this team, but get that man to carve it -- this defensive system was a masterpiece painted on granite. England did their best to force the same sort of openings they enjoyed against New Zealand, but the Boks' defence was unrelenting and never once lost focus or offered an opportunity.
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Another Rugby World Cup triumph, another iconic moment for South Africa
They started carving South Africa's name into the Webb Ellis Cup with five minutes of the match remaining. This was as destructive a performance as you'll ever see in the sport as South Africa suffocated and out-muscled England to win their third Rugby World Cup.
The true impact of this World Cup win for the Springboks and South Africa will only be quantifiable in time, but as Siya Kolisi lifted the Webb Ellis Cup into the Yokohama night sky, it capped one of the most remarkable sporting changes of form and fate in living memory.
Eighteen months ago, the Boks were sixth in the world and tonight, as those in green and gold cried, stared and roared in wonderful disbelieving ecstasy, Rassie Erasmus' side hammered England 32-12 to cement their spot at the top of the rankings. As the podium was being built, the chant of 'Rassie, Rassie' came from the stands as the Class of 2019 joined those Springboks immortals from 2007 and 1995.
The historical merged with the present when Francois Pienaar, the 1995 captain, punched the air as Cheslin Kolbe danced past the prone Owen Farrell to score the try that was the championship-winning, definitive slam of the arm-wrestle. The Boks out-muscled and outplayed England, outscoring them two tries to nil in a win built on power over prowess.
South Africa have been unapologetic about their physical, route one style of rugby in this World Cup, and why shouldn't they be? It's proven to be the right cocktail to win the sport's biggest prize in the past, too. Duane Vermeulen was immense as he steered a scrum that won six penalties to suffocate England and leave them heartbroken in a match they entered as favourites.
But make no mistake -- England did not lose this match; the Springboks won it.
England threw absolutely everything at the Boks but found no way through the impenetrable wall, moulded by the Springboks' mastermind Jacques Nienaber. There will be statues built of this team, but get that man to carve it -- this defensive system was a masterpiece painted on granite. England did their best to force the same sort of openings they enjoyed against New Zealand, but the Boks' defence was unrelenting and never once lost focus or offered an opportunity.
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
England continues their longstanding tradition of being the entitled bitches of world rugby. First, they say they're disappointed that they didn't get Wales because "we have some unfinished business with them" (maybe you should have been thinking about who you were actually going to play!) and then they refused to put on their silver medals after the game.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/r...ugby-World-Cup-final-defeat-South-Africa.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/r...ugby-World-Cup-final-defeat-South-Africa.html
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New Zealand were disappointed but sent a warm message to SA rugby and they wore their bronze medals proudly.
England by comparison
England by comparison
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