Comments on: Rugby World Cup 2019 Contenders: South Africa

By: Don P

Don P — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 21:36:49 +0000

Joint favourites.. with whom?!

By: Mike L

Mike L — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:44:54 +0000

Not much to say here. Springboks are real contenders, closing on joint favourites for me

By: Don P

Don P — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:10:18 +0000

Ask & ye shall receive. Thanks TRB.

By: Don P

Don P — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:08:27 +0000

Any more contenders TRB? Not running out of songs to play like CCR are you? C’mon, feed the backs!

By: Don P

Don P — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 14:10:07 +0000

Life looks sweet.

By: Leon

Leon — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:27:12 +0000

Good idea Legoland for the opening weekend and then Alton towers for the Quarters
Reckon I can get away with two games a weekend for the semis and final

By: Don P

Don P — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:40:29 +0000

Could try sending them on a rotational basis over the nxt mth or so to Alton Towers & Legoland.

By: Leon

Leon — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 07:39:28 +0000

I know the difficulty is going to be convincing the wife that all 4 games (inc. England match) are must watch games and I cant leave the house until the afternoon no matter how stir crazy the kids are getting

By: MarkB

MarkB — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 19:11:57 +0000

And you’ve got France v Argentina as well, not completely a group decider but will have a big influence on who goes through from that pool.

By: Leon

Leon — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:41:12 +0000

It is one hell of a blockbuster opening weekend with both SA v NZ and IRE v SCO looking like group deciders first up.
SA have looked much improved this season and while having a fairly R1 game plan have some game breaker like Kolbe and De Klerk who can produce a bit of magic. They are genuine contenders for the final. Even if they finish 2nd in their group they would fancy their chances against Ireland Wales or Australia at the moment

By: Don P

Don P — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:00:08 +0000

The Times’ & ST’s’ hacks, incl Dallaglio, back the Saffers according to Barnes. BOD backs England. The bookies back NZ. As a pointer, guess we’ll know more on the 21/9. SA will go with trad R1 running @ & over opposition via both fwds & backs. They’ll use de Klerk’s boot. They’ll also use their rush defence. Barnes opined that the latter ‘forced’ the AB’s into deploying their 2 playmaker system. Maybe. Hid it pretty well v Tonga though. Perhaps it was a planned option? Anyway, gauging by recent results, SA will be a formidable opponent. Opposition will have to shut down their loose ball supply & defend diligently & durably. On the back foot their wide men may be defensively vulnerable, in particular to aerial attack. Their midfield are vigorous & aggressive, certainly on defence. However, they may lack some finesse in attack. Will some teams attempt to outlast them by cutting of their ball & running them around the park with dual 7’s systems? Time’ll tell. Whatever, they’ll still take some stopping I think.