RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 4:50 pm
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RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
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Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 4:50 pm
Namibia by 15
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 5:17 pm
I reckon NZ could sneak this one.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 5:18 pm
Only with a bent ref.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 5:20 pm
Yeah Baby
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:41 am
Teams named today???
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 6:05 am
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:21 am
I wonder what a good outcome for Namibia will look like.
Like what can the coach say to the players to get the up for the game, when everybody knows it will be a spanking.
Like what can the coach say to the players to get the up for the game, when everybody knows it will be a spanking.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:26 am
Another one of the horrible mismatches this week.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:32 am
We were very spoiled with the first weekend. Now it’s probably only one more game worth watching in each pool over the next several weeks, and then time for the QF’s( for the rest of you)
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:35 am
All Blacks by 111
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:37 am
Last time the coach team play against the All Blacks we lost with a record score. 57-0assfly wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:21 am I wonder what a good outcome for Namibia will look like.
Like what can the coach say to the players to get the up for the game, when everybody knows it will be a spanking.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:16 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:37 amLast time the ex Stormers coach team play against the All Blacks we lost with a record score. 57-0assfly wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:21 am I wonder what a good outcome for Namibia will look like.
Like what can the coach say to the players to get the up for the game, when everybody knows it will be a spanking.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:32 am
True, What a kak coach he is.Chilli wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:16 amOomStruisbaai wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:37 amLast time the ex Stormers coach team play against the All Blacks we lost with a record score. 57-0assfly wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:21 am I wonder what a good outcome for Namibia will look like.
Like what can the coach say to the players to get the up for the game, when everybody knows it will be a spanking.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:34 am
GrandPa rate AC higher then RasNaber.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 3:23 pm
Does he?
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 3:23 pm
Sam Cane still injured. No Jordan, no Williams and no Blackadder or Frizell yet.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 3:48 pm
Roigard and D-Mac could be interesting.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 3:59 pm
Thought it would be a good match to try Jordan at fullback as well... it should be a 70 pointer... so nothing to lose really...
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 4:27 pm
I wonder how D Mac will manage with BB at “dual pivot”.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 4:46 pm
You ain't going to be too far off with that!!!
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:46 pm
Still hoping Fozzie could turn into a coach I see, I applaud your belief
If Namibia can keep this one under 50, then I would say they would be happy enough. Personally would be going for the win against this dysfunctional AB outfit
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:26 pm
Worked ok against Argentina?
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:39 pm
I’d actually forgotten that. D-Mac seemed pretty on fire in the black jersey.
Maybe it’s not a bad pairing.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:24 pm
He wasn't that flash in Bled 2, mind.Ymx wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:39 pmI’d actually forgotten that. D-Mac seemed pretty on fire in the black jersey.
Maybe it’s not a bad pairing.
That's the problem with these supposedly low pressure games, you don't really learn a lot about players. They can look a million dollars without being able to show they're capable of weathering the intense heat of a top level opponent in a KO test.
Anyway... Clarke at 14 has given me a good laugh this morning.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 6:21 am
I saw Clarke and thought of you 
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 6:48 am
It got me thinking “Who is your Clarke?”
I think for me it’s Sam Cane.
He’s become such a useless lump.
I used to absolutely love the guy. But he’s been far off for a very long time now. In fact I’d go as far to say it’s been since he broke his neck. He should have retired.
I think for me it’s Sam Cane.
He’s become such a useless lump.
I used to absolutely love the guy. But he’s been far off for a very long time now. In fact I’d go as far to say it’s been since he broke his neck. He should have retired.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:06 am
Cane will come right by the quarter finals, if we make it that far. Could be too little too late by then of course. We still have to get past Italy.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:21 am
Exactly what I just posted on PR... since that broken neck he has not been the same.. it was like he aged ten years when he came back... slower and injury prone... and misses tackles like he never used to. Gets carded a lot too. I would take Sam Cane pre-neck injury in a heartbeat... now he is the Caleb Clarke of the forwards... actually not even Caleb Clarke.. more Scott Hamilton...Ymx wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 6:48 am It got me thinking “Who is your Clarke?”
I think for me it’s Sam Cane.
He’s become such a useless lump.
I used to absolutely love the guy. But he’s been far off for a very long time now. In fact I’d go as far to say it’s been since he broke his neck. He should have retired.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:16 pm
Wallabies great David Campese has apparently stated NZ won't make the semis, really Dave, not keeping up on common opinion at the moment are you. People were stating this weeks ago.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:45 pm
Yep. It’s looking like we are either tanking early after loss to Italy, or we beat them and then face SA in the QF.Jethro wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:16 pm Wallabies great David Campese has apparently stated NZ won't make the semis, really Dave, not keeping up on common opinion at the moment are you. People were stating this weeks ago.
It’s hardly a profound opinion
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:50 pm
He still thinks of us as a tier one side which is quaint...Ymx wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:45 pmYep. It’s looking like we are either tanking early after loss to Italy, or we beat them and then face SA in the QF.Jethro wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:16 pm Wallabies great David Campese has apparently stated NZ won't make the semis, really Dave, not keeping up on common opinion at the moment are you. People were stating this weeks ago.
It’s hardly a profound opinion
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:29 am
Guess he doesn't want to acknowledge the Wobs are being beaten by a tier 2 outfit, sad reallyGrandpa wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:50 pmHe still thinks of us as a tier one side which is quaint...Ymx wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:45 pmYep. It’s looking like we are either tanking early after loss to Italy, or we beat them and then face SA in the QF.Jethro wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:16 pm Wallabies great David Campese has apparently stated NZ won't make the semis, really Dave, not keeping up on common opinion at the moment are you. People were stating this weeks ago.
It’s hardly a profound opinion
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 1:19 pm
The best ever rugby player from Namibia (Suidwes) was Jan Ellis.
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Jan Ellis : Doc Craven
Jan Ellis in many respects, was a marvel. He made his reputation in South West Africa, well away from the main centres of recognised rugby and it took a great deal of determination as well as talent to rise to the top.
Only a very gifted player could do that because you only play as well as your company allows. The company you play in tends to restrict you - and with respect, he was not playing in the best of company when he represented South West Africa.
Yet he became a Springbok and he remained a Bok for a long time. Jan also had a difficult temperament, because he was an artist, and this did not always help him.
But he gave South Africa wonderful service in his many years of test rugby, 11 years in all. It takes a great player to play at international level for so long while out of the recognised mainstream.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 1:22 pm
He played in the 1965 tour to NZ and 1970 All Blacks tour in SA
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 1:25 pm
NZ by 78
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:04 pm
This bit made me smile...OomStruisbaai wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2023 1:19 pm The best ever rugby player from Namibia (Suidwes) was Jan Ellis.
GenslinJan Ellis : Doc Craven
Jan Ellis in many respects, was a marvel. He made his reputation in South West Africa, well away from the main centres of recognised rugby and it took a great deal of determination as well as talent to rise to the top.
Only a very gifted player could do that because you only play as well as your company allows. The company you play in tends to restrict you - and with respect, he was not playing in the best of company when he represented South West Africa.
Yet he became a Springbok and he remained a Bok for a long time. Jan also had a difficult temperament, because he was an artist, and this did not always help him.
But he gave South Africa wonderful service in his many years of test rugby, 11 years in all. It takes a great player to play at international level for so long while out of the recognised mainstream.
Jan also had a difficult temperament, because he was an artist, and this did not always help him.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:10 pm
It's the red hair.
When I was a kid we played rugby in the park. One kid had to sit in the tree and did the commentary, he was Gerhard Viviers. Us players picked our names. I always pick Jan Ellis. He was my hero, probably because I grow up on the border of Namibia.
When I was a kid we played rugby in the park. One kid had to sit in the tree and did the commentary, he was Gerhard Viviers. Us players picked our names. I always pick Jan Ellis. He was my hero, probably because I grow up on the border of Namibia.
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:26 pm
Were you a flanker too?OomStruisbaai wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:10 pm It's the red hair.
When I was a kid we played rugby in the park. One kid had to sit in the tree and did the commentary, he was Gerhard Viviers. Us players picked our names. I always pick Jan Ellis. He was my hero, probably because I grow up on the border of Namibia.
I see he played NZ in 1976... and had a bit of a temper? That's the first series in South Africa I remember watching... I remember Gerald Bosch mesmerised me at the time... it was like he had the ball on a string...
Re: RWCR2 New Zealand vs Namibia - Fri 15th - 20.00 BST
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:27 pm
Have we lost yet?