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[RWC2023 SF2] England vs South Africa (21/10/2023)
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 1159646" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Was gonna say this should be our approach as well LOL. I almost expect we will more play the percentages here than anything else and trust our set piece. Marx will be missed this game more than any previous game (or a potential final if we manage it) IMO.</p><p></p><p>My thoughts exactly. That semi and also the 2007 final after the pool stages. The danger here as favorites is to try to avoid looking beyond this match because England will be coming out holding nothing back. Just the nature of a semi will very much even the playing field. My hope is that with it being England we'll get that little boost we get from playing them or NZ regardless of context. Another very long week!</p><p></p><p>Jip, the team vs France was our most capped pack of all time for instance. I expect almost half our pack to move on directly after the RWC and the rest maybe a quarter makes it to the next in the same Vermeulen made this one and the last quarter continue on for 2 or 3 years in a transition stage. That said we do have young enough players in and around the squad but its difficult to replace the experience of a Vermeulen etc and we'll not have the incredible depth in quality and experience we have ATM. Not for a while I expect. Was wanting to do that thought experiment but won't do it in this thread. I know for Ireland and France this is "their RWC" if you look at their 4 year cycle and Sexton's moving on etc but for us it also will be a kind of end of an era. Think next one will be better for France as they have a very young squad.</p><p></p><p>England for me are where we ought to be or could've been but we rather decided to keep the older players and coaching setup and back them for another go at it and so far so good but who knows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 1159646, member: 39190"] Was gonna say this should be our approach as well LOL. I almost expect we will more play the percentages here than anything else and trust our set piece. Marx will be missed this game more than any previous game (or a potential final if we manage it) IMO. My thoughts exactly. That semi and also the 2007 final after the pool stages. The danger here as favorites is to try to avoid looking beyond this match because England will be coming out holding nothing back. Just the nature of a semi will very much even the playing field. My hope is that with it being England we'll get that little boost we get from playing them or NZ regardless of context. Another very long week! Jip, the team vs France was our most capped pack of all time for instance. I expect almost half our pack to move on directly after the RWC and the rest maybe a quarter makes it to the next in the same Vermeulen made this one and the last quarter continue on for 2 or 3 years in a transition stage. That said we do have young enough players in and around the squad but its difficult to replace the experience of a Vermeulen etc and we'll not have the incredible depth in quality and experience we have ATM. Not for a while I expect. Was wanting to do that thought experiment but won't do it in this thread. I know for Ireland and France this is "their RWC" if you look at their 4 year cycle and Sexton's moving on etc but for us it also will be a kind of end of an era. Think next one will be better for France as they have a very young squad. England for me are where we ought to be or could've been but we rather decided to keep the older players and coaching setup and back them for another go at it and so far so good but who knows. [/QUOTE]
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