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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 1145020" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>Agree with this. I doubted SA 4 years ago but they timed their run perfectly and look to be doing so again. I think their peak performance is slightly below Ireland's and France's but not by much or even to the point whereby a few marginal calls or bounces of the ball won't flip the result in their favour. I also think any advantage Ireland and France have wanes as the tournament progresses.</p><p></p><p>I reckon Rassie has been eyeing is up for a long time (and Farrell them), so much so that he more or less used our defensive tactics for Scotland last Sunday with the only change being to beat the **** out of Russell for good measure. Winner of that match goes to the final whilst the loser has only got a few weeks to regroup ahead of what will arguably be a bigger challenge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 1145020, member: 45598"] Agree with this. I doubted SA 4 years ago but they timed their run perfectly and look to be doing so again. I think their peak performance is slightly below Ireland's and France's but not by much or even to the point whereby a few marginal calls or bounces of the ball won't flip the result in their favour. I also think any advantage Ireland and France have wanes as the tournament progresses. I reckon Rassie has been eyeing is up for a long time (and Farrell them), so much so that he more or less used our defensive tactics for Scotland last Sunday with the only change being to beat the **** out of Russell for good measure. Winner of that match goes to the final whilst the loser has only got a few weeks to regroup ahead of what will arguably be a bigger challenge. [/QUOTE]
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