[RWC2023 QF4] France vs South Africa (15/10/2023)

[ncurd]

Ref, two touch judges and the TMO bunker say it did - random on the internet watching on his TV says it did

Who to believe???

Yeah because it won't be the first time they've **** the bed.

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

But then, I'm not a fair-weather fan.

And your team is still in the comp.

 

[Superalexmarket]

Remember this....England will be the WChampion

 

[munstermuffin]

Not going to be f'ed off with that. Not enjoyed watching England these last 4 years and semis is as good as this team deserve.

A semi is as good as it ever got when I watched England

 

[Zootalaws]

Remember this....England will be rhe WChampion

In which decade? Are we limiting it to the 21st century?

 

[McTallshort]

So NZ v SA final then

 

[dirty harry]

Ref, two touch judges and the TMO bunker say it did - random on the internet watching on his TV says it didn't

Who to believe???

Be careful arguing from that perspective... plenty of rugby decisions are made like that, that we can 100% guarante are wrong.

 

[Jer1cho]

Clive Woodward having a meltdown as we speak

 

[Horacito]

If there's any french left in here, I'd just like to say that the future of french rugby looks extremely bright
you guys are amazing, truly amazing.

it took a WC Champion to bring you down by 1 point, truly remarcable

 

[Wichita]

Not even bothered. I'm shocked to see people say BOK gave us the win. I was cursing all the way because he absolutely refused to ref the ruck and we had no shot at a contest there up until the French tired and Fourie and Smith went in combo. Anyways. I'll re-watch. Certainly saw France get a short straw or three as well but felt like an uphill battle at times with a number of non calls I felt we were due.

But onwards. I do think that the semi's are potentially massive banana skins. Favorites tags mean nothing in a one off knock out game.

Yeah, re-watch and count the number of time boks tackler did not release or stayed put over the ball, then come back and tell us about the non calls...
BOK actually did not ref the boks

 

[Horacito]

can you imagine being ben o'keefe, waking up tomorrow morning in france? with 70 million people hating you, and knowing you look sort of like doug demuro? poor man

 

[Zootalaws]

Be careful arguing from that perspective... plenty of rugby decisions are made like that, that we can 100% guarante are wrong.

You can't 100% guarantee anything, mate.

Opinion =/= fact

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

can you imagine being ben o'keefe, waking up tomorrow morning in france?

 

[Which Tyler]

My interest in the remaining matches has seriously dropped

For now, yes, absolutely.
But I'm sure that a couple of juices, entertaining semi-fianls will see me right...

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

If there's any french left in here, I'd just like to say that the future of french rugby looks extremely bright
you guys are amazing, truly amazing.

it took a WC Champion to bring you down by 1 point, truly remarcable

And its a pretty young side as well. SA will be going into a bit of a rebuild after this one.

 

[Grizwald]

Oh yeah that charge down conversion would have been enough too.

SA are a much better team that beat England 4 years ago. Its cat in hells chance territory the scrum will be dominant and SA will just be able to chip away without needing to do much else.

 

[ikvat]

The bench, and some debatable ref décisions made the difference.

 

[dirty harry]

You can't 100% guarantee anything, mate.

Opinion =/= fact

Ok, so do me a favour and make the argument that Michalaks pass against NZ wasnt forward...

I'll wait hahahahah

 

[BakkiesBokke]

Wow. Well done France. Felt like a final. But I think some hurdles still await us so weird to say!

 

[Horacito]

Man I truly admire Zlatan Etzebeth

he is just hideous