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RWC'15 Semi-Final 1: South Africa vs New Zealand, Sat 24/10 16:00

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    #482
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Guirado at least had no choice. If he has taken him low Savea would have just fallen over the line.


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    #483
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users Posts: 5,972 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    CurryFlavoured wrote: »
    Great player, best 6 of the tournament.

    Except he's a 7. RSA number their flankers the other way round.


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    #484
    nehe milner skudder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,182 ✭✭✭nehe milner skudder


    CurryFlavoured wrote: »
    Great player, best 6 of the tournament.

    he is an open side.burger is the blind side.


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    #485
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Burger has been the best '6' of the tournament though.


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    #486
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Burger has been the best '6' of the tournament though.

    He probably has been. Although Fardy was pretty heroic today


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    #487
    [Deleted User]
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    So no citings from the match. Can't imagine the were any from the Australia match either. 2 near full strength teams in the final. Should be good.


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    #488
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    I thought there might be one from the Oz Arg game. It was a tip tackle, or looked like one, that happened just before the yellow card for Folau but they never looked at it.


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    #489
    Ardillaun
    Registered Users Posts: 2,550 ✭✭✭Ardillaun


    molloyjh wrote: »
    And they all tried to tackle him around the shoulders.

    There's a whole pile of reasons Savea scored that try. His size and power contributed. But so did the fractured defence, his momentum and the poor attempts at tackling him high up as opposed to low down. He's a great winger, but a few people seem to have lost all perspective after that try. As with a lot of other things this RWC.

    I am not just thinking about that try. Even just considering Ireland, quite a few players have bounced off him. It's just one factor but he is special.


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    #490
    irishbucsfan
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    Ardillaun wrote: »
    I am not just thinking about that try. Even just considering Ireland, quite a few players have bounced off him. It's just one factor but he is special.

    We handled him very well in 2013. He scored a lovely try from a kick through but didn't look particularly special outside of that.


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    #491
    Ardillaun
    Registered Users Posts: 2,550 ✭✭✭Ardillaun


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    We handled him very well in 2013. He scored a lovely try from a kick through but didn't look particularly special outside of that.

    There was an attempted tackle by Tommy Bowe that did not go too well.


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