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Simplistically, a team can only play as well as the opposition let them! England stopped the All Blacks playing their game and the All Blacks couldn’t stop England playing theirs....Wales couldn't stop the All Blacks playing their game and the All Blacks pretty much stopped Wales playing theirs!.........Which means we shouldn't underestimate the Springboks! They could stop England (no matter how good England looked against the All Blacks) playing their game....and England may not be able to stop the Springboks (however they played against Wales) playing theirs?


 

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1 minute ago, panoma1 said:

Simplistically, a team can only play as well as the opposition let them! England stopped the All Blacks playing their game and the All Blacks couldn’t stop England playing theirs....Wales couldn't stop the All Blacks playing their game and the All Blacks are pretty much stopped Wales playing theirs!.........Which means we shouldn't underestimate the Springboks! They could stop England (no matter how good England looked against the All Blacks) playing their game....and England may not be able to stop the Springboks (however they played against Wales) playing theirs?


 

A lot of truth there, but I think England know how to win in a variety of ways. The Springboks only know one way. We'll have to wait and see.

I think what will frustrate Wales about today was they had a real opportunity to beat NZ. They were not at their best by any means, misplaced lineouts, knocks on, errant passes, but at no point did it look like Wales could sufficiently capitalise. Comfortably fourth out of the semi-finalists

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6 hours ago, panoma1 said:

Simplistically, a team can only play as well as the opposition let them! England stopped the All Blacks playing their game and the All Blacks couldn’t stop England playing theirs....Wales couldn't stop the All Blacks playing their game and the All Blacks pretty much stopped Wales playing theirs!.........Which means we shouldn't underestimate the Springboks! They could stop England (no matter how good England looked against the All Blacks) playing their game....and England may not be able to stop the Springboks (however they played against Wales) playing theirs?


 

Not simplistic at all - Sometimes you just ain't firing on all cylinders for no particular reason and other days it all comes together and you're on top of the world. 

England for the win - 80 minutes of cool heads, accurate arms, strong legs and a very fair wind.

Bring it home chaps!!

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42 minutes ago, Fatcatsplat said:

Not simplistic at all - Sometimes you just ain't firing on all cylinders for no particular reason and other days it all comes together and you're on top of the world. 

England for the win - 80 minutes of cool heads, accurate arms, strong legs and a very fair wind.

Bring it home chaps!!

Amen to that!

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37 minutes ago, henry d said:

Will there be an kicking battle between the two sides? Who will win? Boks trying to win route one and England out wide?

Who cares, bring it on, bring it home!

I think SA's best (possibly only) chance to win is keep it tight, make it physical and grind out scores through penalties or kicks to touch from pens. If it's a kicking game, I think with Ford on the pitch, England are better. if it's wide and fast paced, England are better. And I still think we can match them with the heavies.

All words though! less than 11 hours to find out for sure!

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