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Wallabies v. Springboks, 18th July 2015, Suncorp, Brisbane

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Peter Johnson (47)
Cut both ways. Bokke have nothing to lose. Will be a bonus if they win but if this happen, I geuss the Walabies with chicken runners and all will be bleak.
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o_O not sure about that. They've hardly brought over a second string outfit, like they did in 2011. Arguably its their strongest available side (or close to). I certainly think it's not crucial that the Boks win, but a loss to either side would be a disappointing way to start the season.
 
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daz

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Froggy said:
Daz, I take your point about NH players, but this isn't primary school, where everything has to be fair. This professional test rugby, and we want to be able to bring the best possible Australian team to the WC.
We sit back here and pontificate about how superior SH rugby is to NH, but I would suggest, with respect, that having coached Leinster and Stade Francais Cheika has a fair bit more knowledge of NH rugby than most posters here, and thus the selection Mumm, Giteau and Mitchell. Anyway, I'm sure we'll test all that out through the RC.
Look, I too would have picked Jones ahead of Mumm (and Horwill and Arnold), but then, the only team I ever coached to a premiership were under 12's!
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Don't get me wrong, I completely understand your point and I'm not that naive to ignore what the coach and the rugby public want, which is success.

It doesn't change the fact that I feel a bit miffed around how the squad was pulled together in the first instance, and I don't agree with some of the selections in the final squad. In fact, I disagree very strongly.

However, after years of moderating threads on this site where every man and his dog has had one tin-foil-hat conspiracy theory of some type or another (some of which ran to lengths that could stretch to Pluto and back), I reckon I'm allowed to have one of my own for a change.

Whether I am right or wrong is irrelevant. It's just my view and I'm entitled to own it.

Let's reconvene after RWC15, and I'll either take my medicine and retreat suitably chastened, or unload a post the likes of which GAGR has never seen before.

Or possibly something in the middle ground. Depends what medication I am on.

;)
 
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Moono75

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Me, I know how to deal with chickens. I just roast the little fuckers and eat them. Nom nom nom.

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^Australian chooks are twice this size! Them's fighting words :D
 
Tomikin

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Simon Poidevin (60)
daz said:
Don't get me wrong, I completely understand your point and I'm not that naive to ignore what the coach and the rugby public want, which is success.

It doesn't change the fact that I feel a bit miffed around how the squad was pulled together in the first instance, and I don't agree with some of the selections in the final squad. In fact, I disagree very strongly.

However, after years of moderating threads on this site where every man and his dog has had one tin-foil-hat conspiracy theory of some type or another (some of which ran to lengths that could stretch to Pluto and back), I reckon I'm allowed to have one of my own for a change.

Whether I am right or wrong is irrelevant. It's just my view and I'm entitled to own it.

Let's reconvene after RWC15, and I'll either take my medicine and retreat suitably chastened, or unload a post the likes of which GAGR has never seen before.

Or possibly something in the middle ground. Depends what medication I am on.

;)
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I don't think I've ever got myself in trouble here.. All my posts are reasonable.. Just sober Tomikin has to deal with Drunk Tomikin's fun.. Sober Tomikin hates drunk Tomikin :D:cool::p:eek:

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KOB1987

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John Eales (66)
PiXeL_Ninja said:
Well, that leaves us under no illusion of who the favourites are here :) Whether that translates to an 18 point win. I'm not so sure.
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Statistically the odds aren't trying to predict the margin. Using the Betfair odds (which is an exchange not a bookie, therefore no margin) which is the true market:
AUS $1.70
SAF $2.60
Draw $32

What this means approximately is that if you played the match under the same conditions 30 times, AUS would win 17, SAF would win 12 and there would be 1 draw.

So it's closer than it looks.
 
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Nev Cottrell (35)
daz said:
Yoda? Is that you?

On a slight tangent here, that post reminded me that I'd be pretty chuffed if a ref one day asked the TMO for a ruling on "Try, or Try not?"

Anyway, back to the thread.


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Do or do not, there is no try
 
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Frank Row (1)
What's the crowd looking like for tomorrow my Australian friends? They had around 45,000 last year for the same fixture, I presume it will be around the same this year?

I'm hoping for a good Australian win!
 
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Arch Winning (36)
Was at sydney airport the other day when the boks were there, etzebeth is the smuggest looking mother f$&ker I've ever seen, hope he gets the crap belted out of him during the game, doubt it will happen though :(
 
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