The Rugby Thread

[Chazza]

Fancy Wales to win tomorrow.

[Buzzo]

No stopping England if they continue to play like that.

The only way would be the physical battle v SA.

[RichC]

Williams being out is a loss but Halfpenny is a great player to bring in. Navidi a loss but I still fancy the Welsh to do it

[bacon]

Even Leicester scored more than NZ ����

Cmon Wales let’s make it an ENG v WAL final.

[Zapater]

England were brilliant. Thought NZs backs would get them out of jail, but they were off the pace. Think SA will win tomorrow but it'll be tight. Don't rate either team very highly.

Can't see Wales beating England if they get through, would give us a small chance but would need to turn it into Stalingrad to win.

[RichC]

Wales haven’t lost this year, not been their best this WC so far but if they turn up they can beat anyone.

Pressure on SA as I’m sure they think they should win, if not that’ll be 5 on the bounce to Wales as well

[Irishnev]

I tipped England pre tournament off the back of them beating Ireland in Dublin in the 6 Nations. They had their full strength side that day and played a physical game I’d never seen before.

They have managed to avoid serious injury and that has been massive. The ABs couldn’t live with their physicality and England forced them to play on the back foot and they seemed normal.

I actually think England would prefer ZA as Wales have had their number in recent years and seem to be an antidote for their style of rugby. It’s theirs to lose now.

[Buzzo]

Also, losing to Wales would be absolutely unbearable for the English.

Both finals could be great, but a Wales England final would have a massive amount of needle.

[RichC]

Dreadful first 20 to watch

[Buzzo]

Just about to post the same.

So scrappy. Ball in the air all the time.

Dan Biggar having a strange game.

[RichC]

It’s like watching a game from the mid 90s.

[Buzzo]

I don’t think I’ve seen either team go through more than 5 phases.

[Buzzo]

George North

No way could he play on.

[RichC]

My god what a dreadful half. Think the ref has been pretty poor. Few forward passes and High tackles missed

[Buzzo]

Half time.

Nothing in it. SA have a bit more muscle but the tactics of both teams creating a dull stalemate.

England will fear nothing on show here.