Semi final 1 match thread. 8pm UK Arg v NZ
Semi final 1 match thread. 8pm UK Arg v NZ
Can los pumas take on the mighty all blacks up front? Will king boff kick them to a half time squeeky bum time for the kiwis? Will Dmac light up the field and shut down all his detractors? Will we see a different haka tonight?
Find out later!
Head, heart and arse requested before the match please.
Your head being your rational prediction. Your heart your longed for. And your arse your 6 pints deep wild take.
Think I'm watching this an hour delayed tonight. We shall see
Head: NZ by 20 Heart: Arg by 5 Arse: early red for NZ with a draw at 80. Boff with the winning penalty
Head: New Zealand by more than 10. Heart: Argentina by 1 with a conversion in the red to seal it.
Arse: New Zealand to be over confident, rocked by two quick Argentinian tries and a very good lead at half time. New Zealand to reorganise in the second and force their way back into it for a nail biting finish.
Arse.
I was hoping for more of a contest here
Tomorrow more of a contest I should think
I don't think I'd bet on that!
And this with Richie Mo'unga having a rough day at the office.
They messed up the draw for the pools. The four in form "semifinal" teams met in the quarters.
I was thinking about that some more. I've been a bit anti the draw in the past because it was so lopsided. But; there's something to be said for doing the draw at least 2 years out. It makes test matches in the first 2 years of a World Cup cycle mean more. We want the tier 1 teams to try to be the best in the world all the time, not just from 18 months out from a World Cup.
Absolutely, watching the two games on Sunday it was like South Africa and France were playing a different sport
Yeah, it's too bad. Every QF was electric, which is great, but It really feels like France and Ireland should be in the semis
Finally blue get a ruck turnover. Maybe it won't all be one way traffic.
Pens and knock ons costing them really heavily this half
Knock ons from wonky passes.
Was hoping for more of a contest, though I think we all knew what was happening in this match before it started.
Think the try before half time ended the match as a contest, in as much as it could be described as such.
Shut up Fitzpatrick! Talks a load of bollocks and repeats what the others already said.
Yeah, he's looking increasingly out of his depth. A bit like Woodward and McGeechan
Smith: Fuck you taking the ball out of the scrum before I say so. Guess I'll just score the try myself.
2 minutes in, Argentina looking slick.
Managed to tune in live, only 5 min late. That they are from the 3 I've got. Long may it continue!
Whatever it was Reiko Ioane did to set that up, I think that's my sexual orientation.
Commentary trying to explain where there were no blue jerseys over there, but I didn't understand it.
Go blue! Go blue! Nice move!
Ending with what you expect sadly. ABs warming up for next week it feels here
"Sadly" LOL.
I do wish it was a little closer tho.