Rugby World Cup

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Chrisull Nov 2019 12:56pm, 2 Nov 2019 15,448 posts	0 Chrisull When I heard the commentators in the second half talking about Kolisi's six miles total walk to and from school, and being South Africa's first black captain and people saying how it had the potential to change the trajectory of the country, I started thinking I might be supporting England, but yeah good on them, they deserve this.
TRO Saracen Nov 2019 1:01pm, 2 Nov 2019 19,913 posts	0 TRO Saracen Saw some shots of thousands of black folk dancing and celebrating in the townships. The Boks were the very symbol pf the white Afrikaner, not any more. Transformational indeed. Great scenes, cheered me up despite the shellacking we got.
Nicholls595 Nov 2019 1:15pm, 2 Nov 2019 18,394 posts	0 Nicholls595 Didn't Mike Gatting get into hot water for saying something similar TRO?
richmac Nov 2019 1:30pm, 2 Nov 2019 12,585 posts	0 richmac In other news, I get to listen to further disappointment later. But I enjoyed watching Baths best players on either side of today match. At least none of them came off with major injury.
ThorntonRunner Nov 2019 1:38pm, 2 Nov 2019 2,616 posts	0 ThorntonRunner Not sure whether I dare watch Tigers on BT Sport at 3pm 😕
jda Nov 2019 1:45pm, 2 Nov 2019 5,791 posts	0 jda Well having started out supporting England I had reverted to my Scottish roots by the end And seeing the pure joy of the SA team in their celebrations I'm not sorry they win.
Homer Nov 2019 2:04pm, 2 Nov 2019 13,438 posts	0 Homer Similar for me jda. The Celtic instinct reverted quite quickly
swittle Nov 2019 2:06pm, 2 Nov 2019 58,122 posts	0 swittle A double whammy in the southern hemisphere, with the GB RL Lions losing to NZ 12-8.
Badger Nov 2019 2:09pm, 2 Nov 2019 11,532 posts	0 Badger You’re playing Wasps, rich, all the disappointment will be mine.
Dai Bank Nov 2019 3:46pm, 2 Nov 2019 5,239 posts	0 Dai Bank Good summary by Cheg in the blogs. Cannot link but worth a read. For some reason this is the only comment I have been able to type!