Rugby Union

* it. England will win this. Fiji too slack. Love their free running attacking, but got to be able to defend for 80 minutes at this level.

 

At least this game should be top notch.

 

Fiji gave the Poms a real scare there and deserve to go home, heads held high.

 

What a game so far

 

Fantastic game so far. Back and forth, great attacking play at both ends.

 

Incredible game, think the winner of the tournament comes from this match.

 

Beat me to it, was just about to say the same, what a first half

 

Wish it were that simple. While I agree whoever wins this has to be big, big faourites going in against the Poms, anyone who writes the All Blacks off does so at their own peril. Would be great for the sport if Argentina made it, but let's be honest, they are by far the longshots of the teams still in this.

 

What a game this has been.

 

Such a contrast with the explosive first half, ths one has been old school, tough and disciplined. Both teams really showcasing they have it all in their respective lockers, but this is far from over. Going to be one * of a finish.

 

This weekend has been the best rugby I've ever seen. Ire v NZ and this game were utterly incredible.

 

Great game..

Not a great weekend for the Northern Hemisphere.

 

That was one * of a special game of rugby. All in all, the quality and especially the drama across all 4 QF's has been top notch.

 

I really rate borthwick tbh and England in 12 months will be way better than they are now under him. Saying that even though they have been pragmatic in all their games up to now, if they loose by less than 20 points to SA in the semi, it will be a good result imho after watching that tonight. Fancied the all blacks before tonight but now think SA may well win this again.

 

The QF games have been amazing viewing.

Really hoped Fiji could have pulled off an upset. Some of the tries they scored were wonderful to watch.

The way that SA fought back as well and got the win was pretty much a masterclass in game management from them.

Eben Etzebeth getting his trying and bombing through 2 or 3 French players was fun to watch... just old school "I'm a big *, I'll run through you all"

 

For sure the 2 big games between Ireland and New Zealand and France and South African really lived up to all the hype which so often in those types of games doesn't happen. Incredible viewing. Obviously gutted that we could not pull it our right at the end there but if you were a neutral you sure were entertained this past weekend.

 

Well it looks set to be a dream of a final with the 2 biggest Rugby Union Super Powers going head to head to decide who is the greatest with 3 World Cups each, only Argentina have the slightest chance of stopping this.

 

Most likely your right. It's hard to see past a South Africa v New Zealand final now. For me as gutted as I am about the weekends loss to New Zealand I think while we likely would have made the final that would have been a massive ask to beat South Africa twice within the span of a few weeks.

 

Think tonight's Semi final between The All Blacks and The Pumas is going to be a cracker, with the Pumas going down fighting.
Then tomorrow South Africa will stuff England to set up a Dream Final, hurray!!!!