The management team have Georgia backed with the handicap
Wales will be hard bet
That Freddy Mercury eyyyyyy oooooh thing is head wrecking.
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Bantz
Surprising lack of upsets during RWC2019 so far.
Is that Senator Catherine Noone on the DƔil junket to Japan?
Did she get sorted with match tickets?
They paid their own way apparently
Having a good look at the tapes and South Africa are so similar to munster under razzy. Very little creativity and will rely on a power game to score. Schmidt will pick this defense apart with three weeks to plan. Iād already be suggesting the 12 and 13 have to be henshaw and ringrose. South Africa are shooting up in the 13 channel trying to force teams to play narrow. If ringrose can pass or kick outside their 13 Chanel South Africa are in huge trouble. Earls/Conwa/stocdale will have a field day. South Africaās back three are very shakey under a high ball but thankfully the All blacks didnāt go after them. Murray was back to his best and if we can isolate any of Kearney, stocdale or henshaw under 50 50 high balls they are in huge trouble too. Kolbe for all his talents is positionally poor. I think if Ireland can hold out during the early onslaughts weāll win. Our defense is brilliant and will only get better with henshaw and bob back. Theyāve a something out of nothing player in kolbe and then itās pick and go. Very basic. Our pack is fairly huge with hendo, furlong, Ryan and stander too. Iām predicting Ireland 27 South Africa 14. Itās very like last years all Ireland hurling final. Weāve all the aces. Will need a little luck early on but this is finally our time.
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Was the NZ SA game not just shadow boxing? Hence SA may have more up their sleeve? Or does that Razzie bloke know no different?
Samoa v Russia.
Donāt forget itās all on your wall chart kid.
Rassie didnāt look too disappointed after it anyway
Whatever about New Zealand thereās no way South Africa would want to be playing Ireland if they had the choice of Scotland/Ireland. I think when New Zealand and South Africa play theirs invariably an edge to it as theirs genuine hatred between the squads. I donāt think razzy is a great coach in the Schmidt sense. Heās more of a ceo/director of rugby type. The job heās done with South Africa is similar to the one heās done at Munster. Took over A mess, instilled discipline, improved fitness and built a very simple game plan on a teak tough defense. He didnāt have long with Munster but he seriously lacked an end game. When plan A didnāt work they looked listless. I see some similarities with South Africa. What I also find with South Africa and New Zealand is theyāll beat you their way. New Zealand beat teams because they are better. South Africa because they are bigger. Ireland will beat you because they are more tactically flexible. Theyāll look to exploit your weaknesses. South Africa wonāt change up their back three to deal with Murrayās kicking game. Where Schmidt is a horses for courses type. Heāll bring back in Kearney as he knows heāll combat the saffers style. The genius of Schmidt and his ability to read opposition teams and allow himself to be flexible in selection and tactically gives Ireland a punchers chance against any team. I think razzy is moving already from South Africa post World Cup to head up rugby in South Africa across the board.
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Felix Jones knows the whole game plan and is it any wonder rassie picked him up for an assistant coaching job. Weāve been caught off guard here big time.
How does Felix Jones know The Whole game plan ? He never worked with Schmidt. Jones was ran out of Munster.
Youāll be an expert by the time Iām done with ya kid 
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