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We would shout for both teams in that case being as my OH is half Welsh and half English. ;)

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I will back Wales tomorrow.

But I am forever England.

I wont be watching as I'm not a rugby fan

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Good luck South Africa :tu:

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You've got to laugh.... (unless your name is Russ). :p: :D

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:D:D

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Shame England won.

The other match I didn't really mind, grew up in RSA, uni and a soft spot for Wales. But Wales have had so many injury issues that if they had gone through they would have had a really hard time to beat either NZ or England.

So will be cheering for RSA in the final. I would have likes something like Japan/Wales final just to give Japanese rugby a boost and see a new name on the winners list whatever the result.

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Don’t worry, we will certainly be ready to take the **** when you lose. And in the unlikely event you get past SA, we’ll take our glory from beating the “world champions” at the 6 nations like we usually do :D

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Strange how you manage to do that when you actually have a negative head to head count against England? ;)

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Well, I’m Scottish, but I’ll be supporting England in the final (just like I would have supported Wales or Ireland if either of them had got through instead of England).

I’ve never understood the ABE* mindset...

*Anyone But England

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No it's small minded and a bit weird, wonder if it's jealousy at having never won it or even troubled the final

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Bet the bloke who paid £50k for a ticket is a bit pissed off !

SA better team by far, so Eng can have no complaints

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No excuses at all.

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Bad luck England. Took the opportunity to go shopping while the final was on, my local supermarket was pretty much dead. I can bet that they will be rammed now.

Now to focus on building a bloody good team for 2023 in France. Of the 12 teams already qualified for it, only 4 are previous champions. England, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. Nice to see Japan will be back next time, wonder which big team they will upset next time?

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The impact in RSA will be bigger than the impact in England would have been if result reversed. Here is hoping they can get rugby even more integrated.