DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 New Zealand and Ireland both look up for this! Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Ireland are looking a bit off the pace at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
TeaCider24 12,616 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Fantastic win for England, puts the head to head record back level to 25-1-25. Can't see Ireland getting anything here, so we'll have to face down the All Blacks. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 New Zealand just look too sharp at the moment. If nothing changes, think we are definitely looking at a New Zealand vs England semi final. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 England vs New Zealand is going to be some game next Saturday! Link to post Share on other sites
Downsouth 6,326 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Great displays from both teams what a pity we are facing them in the semi-finals Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,968 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 13 hours ago, Downsouth said: Great displays from both teams what a pity we are facing them in the semi-finals Disagree, I think England definitely have what it takes to beat New Zealand. Like Australia against us, Ireland weren't really that much of a test for them. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Denzel Zanzibar said: Like Australia against us, Ireland weren't really that much of a test for them. I'd disagree with that, Australia definitely tested us and pushed us, especially in the first 15. After that it definitely got easier for us as the Aussies started to go away from what they did at the start. They started to play silly rugby and play in the wrong areas, which made it easy to pick them off. So Wales vs France is on now, this for me is the hardest game of the 4 to call. Depending which France turn up, it could go either way. If the France that smashed Wales, in the first half of their 6 nations, game turn up it'll be France all day. If it's the France that turned up for the 2nd half of the same game (and imploded), it'll be Wales all day. So far France do seem very good today! As I type this they have just scored 2 tries in as many minutes. Wales will have to be careful now, they can't afford to let the scoreboard get to high. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Wales managed to get themselves back into the game. But last 10 minutes it's been all France. Wales have been down to 14 men for the last 5 minutes and have done incredibly well to keep France out on 2 occasions. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 France their own worst enemy and have had a man sent off, for a stupid elbow in a maul. It'll take a huge effort from the French to keep Wales out for the last 30 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Wales manage to nick a try with less than 5 minutes to go. 20-19 to Wales. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Wales win, must say the try Wales scored to win is a contentious one. Looked as if the ball went forward after the strip. Anyway on to the big one Japan vs South Africa! All logic tells me the Boks will win, their physicality and strength should be way too much for Japan. But the speed and intricacy of the Japanese attack could cause some real issues against the big South African pack and also late in the game too. I'm expecting to see a hell of a lot of penalties against the Japanese in the contact area, when they cannot get to ground and are held up. Scotland had a lot of success with that tactic last game and I expect the Boks to target that. Link to post Share on other sites
Downsouth 6,326 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Well done to Wales, France lost that due to their own discipline to a degree, yes the try was possibly dubious but replays allowed it to stand. As you say the highly anticipated game of the quarter finals and I am a fan of the Japanese team now follows. Would love to see the "cherries" get through to the semi finals and their very polite fans go wild! Link to post Share on other sites
Essuuaitch 330 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 really enjoying this world cup and especially the quarter finals. im not usually a big watcher of rugby but not completely ignorant of what im watching. England have been very impressive both technically and entertaing wise , New Zealand are what New Zealand are . To quote a phrase used in football, if any team finishes above or does better than them ,they will be champions . Wales v France was a close run thing in the end probably dictated by the stupidity of the sending off. Now the final Quarter Final sees Japan v South Africa. South Africa were and are still my tip as finalists and even in thier defeat to NZ i saw evidence to stick to that prediction. But this game is thier banana skin , Japan have been joy to watch and are even better than four years ago technically add to that the passionate home support and youve got to respect thier chance in this game. tbh im enjoying watching them so much that i want them to win today and for me SA are slight better than Wales on the whole so if they do manage to win this theres no reason they cant actually make the final. this match is one im really looking forward to . the winners imo will be in the final. but will lose the final. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Powerful start from the Springboks. The difference in power is so obvious at the set pieces. Still think Japan's pace of attack will start to show. Link to post Share on other sites
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