Rugby World Cup Final 2019 Eng vs S Africa

ednwireland

here it is let's go

Clive Woodward on ITV commentary we've all been here (well brian o'Driscoll hasn't but let's not mention that )

Sanjuro

Gonna go out on a limb here and say England by more points than South Africa.

wanderer 22

Jesus, that reading out of the teams on rte was cringey..

ednwireland

england for me but as Eddie Jones says I think they will have to up there performance from the nz game if they don't they are in trouble

seligehgit

All logic points to an England victory but this is the Boks and there's no team quite like them historically who can grind out a win.

Ready4Boarding

colm18 wrote: »

Jesus, that reading out of the teams on rte was cringey..

Bizarre. They've had a week to prepare but still read it from a script.

FrancieBrady

Missed the teams...is Kolbe playing?

SharpshooterTom

Do South Africa stand any realistic chance? Feels like its a case of how much England win by not if they win.

Jacovs

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Missed the teams...is Kolbe playing?

Yep on the wing.

is_that_so

Yeah he's back.

is_that_so

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Do South Africa stand any realistic chance? Feels like its a case of how much England win by not if they win.

England would be heavy favourites. SA can front up to England's power and England need 70%+ of what they did against NZ. If it's below that it's game on.

Come on South Africa!!

mangobob

The only question for me is did England peak and have their world cup final last week. Likewise South Africa have not had a stormer yet - we haven't yet seen the saffer team that beat NZ and England twice last year. Will they show up for this?

All logic points to an England win but...

walshb

Come on, England!

LuckyGent88

Kind of seeing this like the Rassie led Munster games v Saracens.

We believe the packs are equal but when it comes down to it the English will be too powerful I believe. Expect a relatively close first half but England will pull away in second and win by 13 points.

Have had money on England since the end of the 6 nations. Just felt they had the full squad to go all the way.

Jacovs

SA players not looking as fired up during the anthems, very nervous.

lawred2

This SA anthem is a total mood killer

Doctors room ghost

Big game wanted from itoje

ednwireland

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Do South Africa stand any realistic chance? Feels like its a case of how much England win by not if they win.

yep its sport course they do

is_that_so

Surprised he missed that.

lawred2

Poor strike... Swiped across it

gooch2k9

Deliberately slow playing from SA there. Stopping England getting out of the blocks like last week.

SharpshooterTom

Bad miss, really need to nail those.

Jacovs

Bad bad miss.

SharpshooterTom

Think South Africa should've gone to the corner with that penalty if Pollards a bit nervous about kicking?

lawred2

This looks grim...

Replay looked innocuous enough. Must have hit the hip.

ednwireland

sinckler gone nooooh

Jacovs

Sinckler gone. Big loss for england.

is_that_so

gooch2k9 wrote: »

Deliberately slow playing from SA there. Stopping England getting out of the blocks like last week.

Ref didn't seem to think so. Not good to lose a player so early.

scott1974

Jacovs wrote: »

Sinckler gone. Big loss for england.

Sinclair according to Lenihan.

mangobob

I think I have watched far too much uk political coverage, because I am sure I just heard "Oh jeremy corbyn" being belted out by the crowd there.

Hurrache

lawred2 wrote: »

This looks grim...

Replay looked innocuous enough. Must have hit the hip.

Yeah, I thought it may have been an elbow. Pity for him though, he's had a decent cup.

Say Your Number

Hugh Cahill sounds a bit hoarse.

is_that_so

Cole can be a penalty liability.

lawred2

Cameras not showing anything. Hope he's ok.

Edit... He's ok.

blackwhite

Did he catch Itoje’s arm, or was it into Mapimpi’s hip?

Hard to even see where the head contact was

is_that_so

Itoje the culprit! Good to see him up and about.

gooch2k9

is_that_so wrote: »

Ref didn't seem to think so. Not good to lose a player so early.

Didn't mean in an infringing way. De Klerk had the ball available but took his time and let forwards set up before playing. Setting a slow pace to the game.

Aye not a fan of Sinckler but rotten luck for him. Two minutes into your dream game.

blackwhite

mangobob wrote: »

I think I have watched far too much uk political coverage, because I am sure I just heard "Oh jeremy corbyn" being belted out by the crowd there.

I don’t think rugby supporters who can afford a trip to the RWC final would be a fertile ground for labour votes :P

awec

How was that turnover legal?!

lawred2

Was that turnover ok?

SharpshooterTom

This really ought to be a thrashing for England. South Africa are so ordinary.

dmc17

Some catch :eek:

is_that_so

Well this is a different SA. Playing great rugby.

Jacovs

Good start by SA, be better if they can convert it into points.

seligehgit

Great start by South Africa.

Need points on the board.

lawred2

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

This really ought to be a thrashing for England. South Africa are so ordinary.

Ordinary?

What does that make the rest of the world?

ednwireland

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

This really ought to be a thrashing for England. South Africa are so ordinary.

huh ?

is_that_so

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

This really ought to be a thrashing for England. South Africa are so ordinary.

England haven't been out of their own half, barely out of their 22m.

is_that_so

Pressure telling, England scrum in a mess. Need to kick that ball up the pitch.

FrancieBrady

SA need to show something on the scoreboard soon.