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Stop with the crazy talk!I foresee the 2007 final all over again, except the scores will be reversed. England will win this one.
In the famous words of Victor Matfield: " I'll take an ugly win over a beautiful defeat every time".
Rassie has made it clear that we won't be playing to score tries. And my guess is we will continue with the same style we did against Wales.
But what will be interesting is who will Rassie pick. for me he should seriously consider to start all the guys that are playing in England. Koch, Mostert, Flouw, Faf or Reinach, and dare I say it Willie. These guys have first hand knowledge of their opponents, and might even pick up on things in the match.
The thing is I think we will go with the same team as against Wales, depending on injuries.
I wonder how much the fact England missed a game and have had an extra days recovery will factor?
I expect a tough physical game all the same.
SA won't allow England the same go-forward NZ did. We can also win despite being nullified in attack because we nullify ourselves in attack more often than not. I still give England a 7 point margin BUT we are due our game managers having good games collectively surely even if only due to the 'law of averages'? If that happens I actually see us winning handsomely providing Pollard picks up and carries on with the 100% at goal he had vs Wales.
This plus you have to remember your hardest games in the pool was against the ABs at the start of the tournament. Your 12 days gap was preceded by a game against Canada and then you got Japan as a first knockout.Nah, I think we are long past England having a game off. You can also argue SA had close to an extra week off as well even if we had an extra game.