[RWC2019][Semi-Final 2] Wales vs. South Africa (27/10/2019)

[ThebigARena]

now i wanna see farrell and bigger go up against each other in the final . . . both of them hate losing so so so so much

Id like that as well because we've come out on top twice this year..
But whoever faces England in the final will fancy their chances, SA dont have that mental block of being beaten by NZ already in this tournament and Wales dont have the psychological battle of the demons with NZ but know they can beat England in big games , whatever happens tomorrow I expect the final to be very close.

 

[ThebigARena]

I used to have a soft spot for the Welsh until the started beating us

ditto

 

[ThebigARena]

Build up starts at 7:30am so I'm getting up for 6am just to be sure... and still have time to cook a decent breakfast.

Sounds good to me but not sure ill be able to stomach a breakfast tomoorow..

 

[bushytop]

Sounds good to me but not sure ill be able to stomach a breakfast tomoorow..

Stress burns energy, make sure you have some energy to burn

 

[Ben Gerber]

Coming from an Englishman.. I think the Welsh deserve to be in the Semis. They've had a solid couple of years and Gatland has done a good job getting them where they are at today. Getting to the final isan incredible achievement.. win or lose.

 

[ThebigARena]

Stress burns energy, make sure you have some energy to burn

Good call! will make room for some lavabread and cockles then

 

[Goodey]

I'm going to have to support SA here. I feel like winning a final against either would be equally joyous. But losing to the Springboks would be disappointing while losing to Wales would be unacceptably awful. I'd have to become a hermit.

 

[ThebigARena]

Coming from an Englishman.. I think the Welsh deserve to be in the Semis. They've had a solid couple of years and Gatland has done a good job getting them where they are at today. Getting to the final isan incredible achievement.. win or lose.

Gatland has done a great job of making us a consistently good team if not terribly exciting for a few years now. I guess pivac will change things up quite a bit and our win ratio and consistency is likely to suffer as a result of the new management and changing tactics. I just hope we keep 80 per cent of that defensive discipline that we have engraved In Welsh Rugby throughout the years of training from shaun and hope we can find that extra 20 per cent in attacking creativity and less risk averse rugby that us Welsh fans have become accustomed to, Its not great when we have to go back to 60s /70s rugby clips to watch Wales play *bit harsh)..

All being said , Gatland has freedom of Cardiff because of what hes achieved , he will have freedom of Wales if he goes one step further though...

 

[ThebigARena]

I'm going to have to support SA here. I feel like winning a final against either would be equally joyous. But losing to the Springboks would be disappointing while losing to Wales would be unacceptably awful. I'd have to become a hermit.

I think most English fans would prefer the Saffas in the final pal

 

[TRF_heineken]

I think most English fans would prefer the Saffas in the final pal

And most Saffas would've preffered England ahead of NZ.

But after today, I'm not so sure...

 

[ThebigARena]

And most Saffas would've preffered England ahead of NZ.

But after today, I'm not so sure...

Wales are trust me , if we make it to the final we stand a better chance of beating England than the mental demons of NZ . I think most welsh supporters will agree..

 

[duncanb]

Looking forward to this match again it's a semi so will most likely be a tight affair.
To say either team prefers one or another from other semi when top in world are playing is
1. disrespectful to Eng or NZ.
2. stupid
Teams that get to a final deserve to be there then have to win who ever you play.
Quite frankly posters don't understand sport if you don't respect this basic principle.
Again best of luck to SA and Wales whoever we play will be worthy finalist and a tough team to beat or be winners

 

[Kevin Earley]

Yeah, ain't that the truth! Apparently they got on like a house on fire on the Lions tour, which I didn't see coming.

That's easy to work out........mutual respect.

 

[ThebigARena]

Looking forward to this match again it's a semi so will most likely be a tight affair.
To say either team prefers one or another from other semi when top in world are playing is
1. disrespectful to Eng or NZ.
2. stupid
Teams that get to a final deserve to be there then have to win who ever you play.
Quite frankly p

Since we like to do this in point format...

1.Disrespecful? explain in what regard? all I stated was Id prefer to play England than NZ for obvious reasons stupid theres no disrespect (really?)
2. stupid? oh well im so offended...
3. no.3 , well you never put that but ill put it there anyway.

Looking forward to this match again it's a semi so will most likely be a tight affair.
To say either team prefers one or another from other semi when top in world are playing is
1. disrespectful to Eng or NZ.
2. stupid
Teams that get to a final deserve to be there then have to win who ever you play.
Quite frankly posters don't understand sport if you don't respect this basic principle.
Again best of luck to SA and Wales whoever we play will be worthy finalist and a tough team to beat or be winners

Disrespectful? really surely its just historic analysis of past games, I dont disrespect England , I respect their victory but I also factually realise that we have a better chance of beating England than NZ and that is a fact because we have not beaten NZ for a very long long time , people are allowed preference and freedom of speech but does not mean it is disrespectful good chap, now dry your eyes..

 

[duncanb]

Disrespectful? really surely its just historic analysis of past games, I dont disrespect England , I respect their victory but I also factually realise that we have a better chance of beating England than NZ and that is a fact because we have not beaten NZ for a very long long time , people are allowed preference and freedom of speech but does not mean it is disrespectful good chap, now dry your eyes..

sorry mate I will agree to disagree and don't need to dry my eyes as I'm far to old for that I cry for real reasons not partisan reasons.
again best of luck to your team.

 

[ThebigARena]

Why not just give EngLand the World

sorry mate I will agree to disagree and don't need to dry my eyes as I'm far to old for that I cry for real reasons not partisan reasons.
again best of luck to your team.

What? explain your reasons? Youve given no reason to support your earlier accusation so bye bye

 

[ThebigARena]

sorry mate I will agree to disagree and don't need to dry my eyes as I'm far to old for that I cry for real reasons not partisan reasons.
again best of luck to your team.

Youve had a few too much and I cant blame you pal. But think before you post especially when you have nothing clean to go off ffs!

 

[duncanb]

Youve had a few too much and I cant blame you pal. But think before you post especially when you have nothing clean to go off ffs!

Sorry buddy I'm a tea total person as a the dedicated driver tonight as others drink.
No need to be trivial .
Again best of luck
PS the reason was you purport to talk for all Wesh supporters.
And I would love a NH final.

 

[ThebigARena]

Sorry buddy I'm a tea total person as a the dedicated driver tonight as others drink.
No need to be trivial .
Again best of luck
PS the reason was you purport to talk for all Wesh supporters.
And I would love a NH final.

Sorry mate your grammar would make think otherwise and trust me i'm **** at grammar too but his isn't a grammar exam im told...

 

[ThebigARena]

what is"purport" to talk for Welsh suppporters.