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Come on, we owe this ****ers for the last World Cup Final and a few other times. If we somehow beat them, I'll take everything back about Borthwick and Farrell, I'll get a tattoo of them both on my arse !


Tonight will have busted SA energy wise.
Ye have a complete free hit. On any given day……
 
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Alas not mate, the missus has stage 4 cancer of the liver. She previously had breast cancer twice and the 2nd time she had a mastectomy, somehow though the ****er has returned in the liver and is automatically stage 4 secondary cancer. We've seen the specialists over the last couple of months , and unfortunately it can't be cured. On Chemo drugs which will extend her time, but no way of telling how long she has as everyone reacts differently to it. Very grim ****, and I still haven't fully got my head round the situation ! Thanks anyway

Lost both my parents to that c*** of a disease.

My sincerest best wishes to your wife and yourself Hammer
 
What a game, that was four cracking quarter finals.

Hopefully the same happens to S. Africa that happened to us four years ago when we played our final v New Zealand in the semi's. We had nothing left in the tank when we got to the final. ( He says more in hope than expectation. )
I hope we get the French ref lol
 
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I’m hopeful that Wales, Ireland, England and France will all win but …..

Argentina can beat (virtually) any side on the day. Betting against the ABs is rarely a sound investment, whilst South Africa can overpower and beat most teams.

However, whichever way I ‘look’, I can’t see England losing to Fiji <cheers>
NZ v SA final
 
Recorded the 2nd half as things got a bit busy last night.
Didn't know the result and just watched it back.
What an unbelievable game of rugby.
Such an intense 2nd half after that unbelievably open 1st half.
SA are a machine and are massive favourites against us in the semi final.
Our only hope is how much that match has drained them, but I fear we'll be well beaten.
Still, as Nuts said, on any given day.....
 
The number of England supporters made it feel as if you were at Twickenham.

England now the only unbeaten side in the tournament. <ok>

Sitting at the airport now waiting for the flight back to Gatwick - 30 minutes delay, compared with 3 hours on the outward journey, is fine by me <cheers>
 
The number of England supporters made it feel as if you were at Twickenham.

England now the only unbeaten side in the tournament. <ok>

Sitting at the airport now waiting for the flight back to Gatwick - 30 minutes delay, compared with 3 hours on the outward journey, is fine by me <cheers>

Yes, it felt as though the England fans weren't given the same acknowledgement as some of the other nations by commentators etc.
The stadium looked packed with England fans.
 
Alas not mate, the missus has stage 4 cancer of the liver. She previously had breast cancer twice and the 2nd time she had a mastectomy, somehow though the ****er has returned in the liver and is automatically stage 4 secondary cancer. We've seen the specialists over the last couple of months , and unfortunately it can't be cured. On Chemo drugs which will extend her time, but no way of telling how long she has as everyone reacts differently to it. Very grim ****, and I still haven't fully got my head round the situation ! Thanks anyway


Hammersmith I am so sorry, that is so desperate. I would not get my head round that in any way either

I do hope you can get some quality time together . Not sure what else I can say, aanyone can say.
 
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