If SA revert to type I know folks love those really brutal tackle all day games but for me they get decided by the whistle too much so i’m kinda expecting the Wales v Aus game to be the more fun watch. NZ-ENG has Amushkavili in charge so it’ll be an absolute crapshoot at rucks.
Yeah, in knock out rugby SA’s game comes into its own, with these no jeopardy windows I hope we see all teams throw the ball around more!
Argentina by 3 is interesting too, any reason for the tightness? Frances form hasn’t been amazing, but they are still 4th in the world and the guly between the top 4 and rest has been there for some time
I have a counter-thought about SA’s knockout rugby; it only looks good because they squeaky bummed it in those games. But they only won by 1 point and it could easily have been a result the other way & then people would have been asking questions about why they don’t use their incredible backs more etc.
I just have a vibe about Argentina; they didn’t have as good a year as they would have hoped in '23 but it was still pretty decent and they’re playing at home against a French team that’s only just finished their playoffs. So if they were ever going to get a win it would be now. We’ve seen more of Argentina at home thanks to the Rugby Championship and they’re getting increasingly hard to beat there.
I’ll bite…
NZ by 12 OZ by 15 SA by 1 ARG by 3 SCO by 65
If SA revert to type I know folks love those really brutal tackle all day games but for me they get decided by the whistle too much so i’m kinda expecting the Wales v Aus game to be the more fun watch. NZ-ENG has Amushkavili in charge so it’ll be an absolute crapshoot at rucks.
Yeah, in knock out rugby SA’s game comes into its own, with these no jeopardy windows I hope we see all teams throw the ball around more!
Argentina by 3 is interesting too, any reason for the tightness? Frances form hasn’t been amazing, but they are still 4th in the world and the guly between the top 4 and rest has been there for some time
I have a counter-thought about SA’s knockout rugby; it only looks good because they squeaky bummed it in those games. But they only won by 1 point and it could easily have been a result the other way & then people would have been asking questions about why they don’t use their incredible backs more etc.
I just have a vibe about Argentina; they didn’t have as good a year as they would have hoped in '23 but it was still pretty decent and they’re playing at home against a French team that’s only just finished their playoffs. So if they were ever going to get a win it would be now. We’ve seen more of Argentina at home thanks to the Rugby Championship and they’re getting increasingly hard to beat there.