Yes, it appears so. Although no team has won the Rugby championship(or whatever it has been called in the past), and won the world cup in the same year.
Something has to give.
Rugby World Cup 2015 | Reminiscing Thread
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Yes, it appears so. Although no team has won the Rugby championship(or whatever it has been called in the past), and won the world cup in the same year.
Something has to give.
South Africa vs New Zealand
Rugby's greatest game is on at Twickenham today. RSA vs NZ is something bloody special.
Biggest and most successful teams in the sport IMO. I truthfully think this is a very underrated rivalry.
I'm bricking it for today. NZ without a doubt the favourites for this, but in a semi final anything can happen. Come on you Bokke!!!
The rivalry is criminally underrated here in Australia. It'll be closer than people expect. I think New Zealand by 7, but I hope you beat the kiwis by 60!
Ya, I think NZ will take it by a few. I think it will be a cagey affair with very few tries.
Almost game on. God I hope there's no refereeing controversy or TMO shenanigans.
Last prediction: All Blacks to win 7 and whoever wins this will win next week.
Not sure about that. Anyone can beat the Boks on any given day, they have a habit of playing to the opposition's level. They're just as capable of being amazing and beating the AB's as they are losing the plot against someone like Argentina.
Is it just for me but the audio seems to be slightly ahead of the picture? Also, NZ look a bit nervous.
My audio is okay. And yeah, that kick out on the full wasn't a good start.
De Jager with a terrible tackle lol classic All Blacks though.
Looked like a forward pass to me in that try.
Was close, but it looked flat to me in real time.
It's hard to tell with these camera angles.
Yeah. To be fair, even though I'm going for the Boks, I'd prefer those ones to be called flat and play on.
It looks like we will have to win this from the boot.
Looks like you might just though, so far.
AB's look like they'll win if they cut the silly decisions, they are dynamic with ball in hand right.
Why are NZ conceding so many penalties?
Damn the Boks are doing quite well at the breakdowns, didn't think AB's would cede that area so easily.
To be fair, it's been their pattern through the whole tournament and is not a surprise. They've been giving away loads of penalties.
We can't lose our own line-outs. It's criminal.
Habana coming up on quickly on defence for the intercept has already cost them a try, it could cost them another.
I know. Matfield won't be happy about that.
The South Africans are big boys. 
Really hope New Zealand don't mess this up. Don't like South Africa. Too many of those I know get scary when it comes to sport...
Dan Carter miss :S
Damn I thought it was advantage over and the intercept try was on.
Dirty.
Yeah, for all the talk from the commentators about them clamping down on that, I'm surprised there's no card for it. Then again, this is Garces who gave no card for leading with the head into a ruck last weekend.
wtf Boks have lost 3 of their own lineouts. Unheard of.
How did he expect to get away with that?NZ indiscipline is getting unbelievable. Really, really naive and they'll get cards soon.
Edit: There we go!
Edit: There we go!
Listening to butthurt Justin Marshall on commentary is the best part of that yellow card.
Could they be choking!? Can't believe the scoreline so far.
Such a silly penalty from Kano, deserved sin bin and SA kick the penalty to give themselves a 5 point lead.
Actually another naive error there at the end with the grubber kick when time was up. Poor game management by NZ.
Could be, but AB's have won plenty of games with yellow cards, some against the Boks too. Boks made a lot of tackles in the first half, and they don't have as much depth as the AB's, who are notoriously good after the 70th minute.
This is far from over.
Agreed, but there was always the risk that they could've been out of sight by now. Their poor discipline is actually pathetic. If they were just patient and willing to wait for their chances, they'd cruise to this WC.