[RWC 2023 Final] New Zealand v South Africa 28/10/23 20:00 BST

[saulan]

Stage 3, bargaining

'Sub-standard': All Blacks stayed in 'dog of a hotel' on eve of World Cup

Members of the All Blacks were forced to sleep on mattresses in the hallway.

www.nzherald.co.nz

That is wild. Someone in the NZ broader team needs to get fired for this. I know SA does planning and detailed assessment of places on site in advance of the World Cup. Just incredibly poor and a great disservice to their players.

 

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[Umaga's Witness]

Can't help but thinking if the all blacks won the players wouldn't do a lot of celebrating, they'd just have the absence of disappointment.

 

[Twistie]

Can't help but thinking if the all blacks won the players wouldn't do a lot of celebrating, they'd just have the absence of disappointment.

Yep the fear of losing plus old school attitudes, tall poppy syndrome etc .Just the way we are i suppose.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

 

[die_mole]

Erasmus set to retake Boks head coach role

Rassie Erasmus is to return as head coach of South Africa for the foreseeable future, he confirmed to local media on Sunday, reprising the position he held when the side lifted the Rugby World Cup in 2019.

www.espn.com

Hmmmmm

 

[Alex Anghel]

🚨Video comes out online showing how the Springboks played the referee in a way that goes against the ethics of the game

What a cracking final that was on Saturday night between the powerhouses of Rugby Union. After the game there's been a lot of talking online of the style of rugby the South Africans played. A video has come out online now of the complaining the Springbok players use do compared to the All Blacks..

www.benchwarmers.ie

 

[IT157]

Good stuff. Why do people dislike this guy again?

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Good stuff. Why do people dislike this guy again?

People dislike him?

 

[IT157]

People dislike him?

Yeah plenty on this board for some reason.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Yeah plenty on this board for some reason.

I know I've been gone for 8 years, so I have not kept up with the ins and outs of TRF, but SquidgeRugby popped up on my Youtube recommendations in 2019, and my wife (Who's American) has learned so much from his videos and developed an actual interest in the sport. I don't understand what's there to dislike.

 

[ncurd]

I know I've been gone for 8 years, so I have not kept up with the ins and outs of TRF, but SquidgeRugby popped up on my Youtube recommendations in 2019, and my wife (Who's American) has learned so much from his videos and developed an actual interest in the sport. I don't understand what's there to dislike.

I've not watched him (I don't have the time) but he was suggesting during the 6 nations last year Eddie had a grand master plan for England....

 

[Jimbo]

I know I've been gone for 8 years, so I have not kept up with the ins and outs of TRF, but SquidgeRugby popped up on my Youtube recommendations in 2019, and my wife (Who's American) has learned so much from his videos and developed an actual interest in the sport. I don't understand what's there to dislike.

I don't dislike him as such, he thinks his analysis is a lot more in depth and enlightening than it actually is, same with his humour, he has tendencies to go on and on about certain individuals relentlessly like Sexton and IF, it just gets a bit boring and repetitive.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

I don't dislike him as such, he thinks his analysis is a lot more in depth and enlightening than it actually is, same with his humour, he has tendencies to go on and on about certain individuals relentlessly like Sexton and IF, it just gets a bit boring and repetitive.

i think thats it for me, he acts like he spitting pure facts...when his analysis is just as bias or one sided as anyone else's, some teams bend the rules and theyre the "cheeky upstart" and others are the Big Bad scourge of rugby

 

[Draggs]

I know I've been gone for 8 years, so I have not kept up with the ins and outs of TRF, but SquidgeRugby popped up on my Youtube recommendations in 2019, and my wife (Who's American) has learned so much from his videos and developed an actual interest in the sport. I don't understand what's there to dislike.

As if she would learn anything about rugby from a Dutchman! Smart woman, learn from the Welsh.

(8 years and I remembered my password)

 

[saulan]

As if she would learn anything about rugby from a Dutchman! Smart woman, learn from the Welsh.

(8 years and I remembered my password)

Love that it's been 8 years... skipped the last World Cup and avoided jumping back into any of the World Cup discussion over the last two months... but this... this was the comment that made you log back into because you couldn't not comment on it.

 

[Draggs]

Love that it's been 8 years... skipped the last World Cup and avoided jumping back into any of the World Cup discussion over the last two months... but this... this was the comment that made you log back into because you couldn't not comment on it.
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I actually skipped 3 entire world cups. Every time I figured I'd return, I had a move/job change literally the same time as an RWC/Lions Tour.

All you guys have changed usernames since, so I have no clue who is who. I bet the St. Mary's kids are all grown up (not mentally, of course).

 

[Jer1cho]

I actually skipped 3 entire world cups. Every time I figured I'd return, I had a move/job change literally the same time as an RWC/Lions Tour.

All you guys have changed usernames since, so I have no clue who is who. I bet the St. Mary's kids are all grown up (not mentally, of course).

After the forum had a revamp/overhaul, it was overs. I pop back in now and then, but never like we used to be. Glory days on here was the 2009 Lions tour. Im still FB friends with some legends (TRF Bullet and St Helens RLFC)