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And there goes the World Cup.
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Eddie is going tear England a new one at halftime.
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We need it though. Silly handling errors galore.
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Amazing accuracy that South African flyhalf has converting those penalties. Can't be easy from 40 metres and under the pressure of a final.
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We won the semi and everyone moaned about the ref then too. It's pretty obvious.
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England have been poor but haven't had any breaks from the ref, simple as that really.
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Frustrating watch so far. But doesn't feel like it's over yet, one converted try and we're back in front, 40 minutes remaining, England can do this.
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Were never gonna get any favours from a Frenchman are we.
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Next score very important, if SA get further ahead that’s it I reckon.
Not after favours just consistency, his arm is up straight away when anything looks a bit iffy from England but when SA are constantly fouling (see the 20+ phase where they were playing from the floor and constantly trying to go over the top) he said there was only 2 fouls, gimme a break there were at least 7 that he would've given to SA.
Let's be fair here. Most of the England supporters were expecting a walkover in this game. You're not getting that here so now it's time to complain about something other than how the team are playing.
South Africa's defence has been astounding, both here and against Wales. The game will come down to mistakes by the players and that's what's happening now. Even the pundits are saying so in the studio.
Also, I think everyone expected SA to come out and kick like they did against Wales. That was just a tactic in that game. They're so strong in the scrum and the mail, and also when moving forward. In fact, I was annoyed when they didn't roll forward more in the game against Wales because they were overpowering them everytime they played that way.
No? They got 25 phases in to trying for a score against a stalwart SA defence and had a penalty to play. They played it and couldn't get over the line, so kicked the penalty. No breaks at all really.
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Need more Manu gainline breaks and quick ball, the pull backs are playing to SA defence style.
Yeah definitely, we need to hold the ball longer and be confident that we'll break through
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SA defence has been brilliant, credit where it's due. England making too many errors though, and giving the ref too many chances to dink them.
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Dominated in the scrum, complete domination.
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Game over