The Rugby Championship 2025
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Surprisingly few cards
They can fuck everyone’s form book right up
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That aged like milk
And it did
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With all teams on 1-1 and the ABs getting a crucial BP to sit atop the table, the next round of games have a fascinating dimension to them that I don’t think we have seen since we moved from tri-nations to the RC.
Aussies will return home with confidence but with a long injury list. They’ll be hoping their recent performances will provide good crowds to help them get over an Argentina side that has come off a historic win of their own without too many injury concerns.
The ABs will be happy to return home but know that there is a massive test that will have every Hyper-Bowl one liner attached tot he build up. Every one thinks that Rassie has targeted the EP test but he’ll be trying his best to make it just another AB v Boks match that already has its own level of anticipation.
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@pakman said in The Rugby Championship 2025:
But in reality nothing in it between Boks and ABs.
Wellington would suggest somewhat otherwise.......
I don't think there is that much between the Boks and the ABs in terms of player ability, skill and athleticism, but the Boks are the better led side by some distance on and off the field at the moment.
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@sparky said in The Rugby Championship 2025:
@pakman said in The Rugby Championship 2025:
But in reality nothing in it between Boks and ABs.
Wellington would suggest somewhat otherwise.......
I don't think there is that much between the Boks and the ABs in terms of player ability, skill and athleticism, but the Boks are the better led side by some distance on and off the field at the moment.
There was nothing in it in Caketin after 55. Our decision makers then went full on Blues chasing the game, which led to an extra 14 Boks or more. In the end the points difference was decisive.
Boks lost at Ellis and Eden Parks, so very beatable.
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I think a key difference is that the Boks enjoy almost unconditional support. So when we beat them fair and square at Eden Park the message was that they only lost because they didn’t convert the ample opportunities to win.
And unfettered self belief is very useful in 50:50 games.
ABs supporters are rightly of the view that standards are below par, but the impact on confidence is probably self reinforcing.
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@pakman said in The Rugby Championship 2025:
ABs supporters are rightly of the view that standards are below par, but the impact on confidence is probably self reinforcing.
I really hope the players have better things to do when preparing for a test than to scroll through here or to listen to talk back radio.
I suspect the coaching they receive has a much bigger impact on them rather our waffle
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The Rugby Championship has given me hope. We really have some very good players.
In a short period of time we have developed some decent wingers, centres, loose forwards.
Have strength in locks and props.
The big issues everyone knows about starts with captaincy and 10.
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The Championship really doesn't help itself
Final Saturday and the title is on the line
Night game in OZ followed by a 2pm afternoon match in London
Kick off to see if your team - in this case NZ - can win it all is 2am NZ time
FFS
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@sparky said in The Rugby Championship 2025:
@pakman said in The Rugby Championship 2025:
But in reality nothing in it between Boks and ABs.
Wellington would suggest somewhat otherwise.......
I don't think there is that much between the Boks and the ABs in terms of player ability, skill and athleticism, but the Boks are the better led side by some distance on and off the field at the moment.
Yep - I don't trust our current coaching staff to out smart the Boks right now.
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@pakman said in The Rugby Championship 2025:
@sparky said in The Rugby Championship 2025:
@pakman said in The Rugby Championship 2025:
But in reality nothing in it between Boks and ABs.
Wellington would suggest somewhat otherwise.......
I don't think there is that much between the Boks and the ABs in terms of player ability, skill and athleticism, but the Boks are the better led side by some distance on and off the field at the moment.
There was nothing in it in Caketin after 55. Our decision makers then went full on Blues chasing the game, which led to an extra 14 Boks or more. In the end the points difference was decisive.
Boks lost at Ellis and Eden Parks, so very beatable.
I think they're 10 points better than us.
Superior scrum.
Much better 10.
More depth.
More powerful loose forwards
Better coach.
More savvy players.
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@BerniesCorner said in The Rugby Championship 2025:
Biggest handbrakes are coaches and leadership.
The two most important things.
