RWC final: predictions/thread

[upsidedownwalrus]

What's your prediction then?

 

[The Boy]

Sa by 20.

Or England by 5

 

[Teaboy]

Sa by 20.

Or England by 5

Thats pretty much what I think. If it's a close game I fancy England to just scrape it. If SA win it will be by a good margin.

 

[London_Calling]

Tight as a Nun's arse. Back to the studio . . . >

 

[Donna Ferentes]

I predict I shall not be watching.

 

[Poi E]

Sa by 20.

Or England by 5

Me too.

 

[bodach]

I hope South Africa stuff them.

 

[Pingu]

will be either close or a rout

i reckon sa will edge it though unles the english can keep the ball in close. any attempts at expansive play will see the boks grinning from ear to ear

 

[Flashman]

ABSA

It's quite something for England to be playing a team even more cocky, arrogant and generally annoying, than themselves.

England by 2-5.

 

[marty21]

now my brave argie bet has fallen, now i will placing a few quid on a treble

england to win the world cup
england to beat russia
hamilton to win the world title

your country expects

 

[Flashman]

Ahh, the bookies just love a patriotic bet

 

[marty21]

Ahh, the bookies just love a patriotic bet

a fool and his money

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

now my brave argie bet has fallen, now i will placing a few quid on a treble

england to win the world cup
england to beat russia
hamilton to win the world title

your country expects

What are the odds on that?

 

[marty21]

What are the odds on that?

haven't checked yet, good chance of it coming off, i'll have to bet now, just in case it does

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Not that good a chance. Can't see us winning in russia with that dodgy pitch/dodgy formation etc.

 

[Flashman]

What are the odds on;

Lose
Lose
Lose

?

I wouldn't have a clue about that sort of info.

For the record a more likely outcome would be;

Lose
Draw
Win

IMO.

 

[mrs quoad]

Sa by 20.

Or England by 5

20 is an understatement IMO

And the 5 well intentioned, but fundamentally wrong

I'm expecting a whipping of the highest magnitude. I won't particularly grumble if I'm wrong, but I fully expect England to take it royally, bent over a chair, with lashings of KY jelly

 

[Gingerman]

Seen as I though the Aussies would stuff the English,that the French would stuff the English,I think the Saffies will stuff them,cant be wrong for third time now,can I

 

[aylee]

Seen as I though the Aussies would stuff the English,that the French would stuff the English,I think the Saffies will stuff them,cant be wrong for third time now,can I

That pretty much sums up what I'm thinking. So if I tell everyone for the third time that I won't feel disappointed if England go out as long as they don't get whipped and give the Aussies/Frogs/Springboks a good match, then they'll win.

 

[Rogue]

England. But only if you......http://www.blesstheboot.com/


lol wtf. I love this mass hysteria

 

[gabi]

From the beeb...

England coach Brian Ashton hints at tactical changes as the build-up to the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday continues.

so, to recap. Ashton's tactics fail abysmally in the first games of the world cup, so bad in fact that the players take matters into their own hands and stumble upon tactics that actually work.

now ashton wants to change them. genius.

36-0 again.

 

[Flashman]

It's tricky because they're pretty much better than (or at least equal too in areas) us at everything.

 

[gabi]

So were australia, so were france... (except wilkinson)... your tactics somehow worked against them, so why change them?

or is this 'mind games'?

 

[Rollem]

i reckon england have 'peeked'

but we'll still stuff em

(i know next to nothing about rugby)

 

[Flashman]

So were australia, so were france... (except wilkinson)... your tactics somehow worked against them, so why change them?

or is this 'mind games'?

Aus were playing the wrong code though, which was a slight miscalculation on their part.

France could have gone either way, and but for the great tap-tackle would have gone their way.

I did have a paragraph about kicking for touch (losing line-outs) kicking deep (good backs) and other trinkets but frankly I'm not sure what I'm on about so I'll leave it.

I just wish it wasn't SA in the final, cos now I am bothered about the game properly and I didn't really want to be.

 

[N_igma]

My mind says SA, my heart says SA. They've played by far the most attractive rugby of this championship and I don't think England have the raw skill to do anything about it.

36-0.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I don't see them as the all-conquering force some seem to. Fiji matched them very evenly for large sections of the QF. That's Fiji, everybody.

 

[Gingerman]

now my brave argie bet has fallen, now i will placing a few quid on a treble

england to win the world cup
england to beat russia
hamilton to win the world title

your country expects

Wonder what the odds are for Hamilton to win the Rugby world cup and the England rugby team to win F1? seriously though I bet you woulda got humongous odds at the start of the year for Hamilton to win F1 and England to win the rugger .

 

[g force]

When it was announced Hamilton was, I think 50/1 for the title, then 25/1 after 1GP and 8/1 after his first win. No idea on the rugby.

 

[JTG]

Aus were playing the wrong code though, which was a slight miscalculation on their part.

I find it a bit odd when people prize back play so far over and above what the forwards do in Union. If you hate forward play, rucks, mauls etc etc then watch League. The choice is there, don't complain when you give up on the pack and then teams which haven't are successful.