[Tremolo]

Well done England

The only way to stop the english from scoring is by breaking the legs of that Wilkinson guy...me thinks

[Falco]

*Grits teeth*

Come. On. You. Bokke. C*nts.

[Dancer+]

England will lose, call me the pesimist, but it's the only way they will actually win in the end. Believe they will lose, say they will lose and they will win, it works! Believe me!

[caladanbrood]

Not when you say it on purpose!

[Dancer+]

That's the hard thing about it, I don't believe they can win even if I say this but it usually works. So it's just confusing...I still don't believe, but it's more likely they will win.

Thinking about it, it's entirely unrelated, so I can act in any way I want to

[dktorode]

Saturday will reveal all......

I don't need to say who i'm rooting for, do I ?

[Dancer+]

No, no...we all know it's England

What's your guess on the scoreline? or whether it will be high or low scoring?

[Flawed]

I think England really need to pull it out of the bag in the final. I think Dessembrae that either it will be another last ditch kick to win by England or tother team will run away with it easily.

It will be good though

[polishgenius]

The Cult of Dessembrae;214664 said:

No, no...we all know it's England

What's your guess on the scoreline? or whether it will be high or low scoring?

If it's high scoring, England will lose. Unless it's a shitloads of kicking type high-scoring.

It won't be though, it'll be tight and cagey, I reckon.

[caladanbrood]

Finals are never good matches, so the odds are it'll be low-scoring and very close.

[dktorode]

yea when its a final anything can happen...its do or die.
I wouldnt even attempt at guessing who is gonna win...its down to the side who makes the least mistakes.

[Fid]

I am as pessimistic as I was before the game 36 days ago - behind the posts in Stade de France was NOT a good place to be that night and before every game since...I would take a one point win with a Wilko pen or drop in the last minute that wobbles over the bar. Would be soooo sweet. Likely to happen? No - but have to travel hopefully or would never travel at all. And at least we are playing tonight - which did not seem likely at the beginning of September. And you do have to be in it to win it...

[Mort]

Well, no tries, which would normally mean a Pommie victory, but instead the 'Boks are on top of the dais today! (Thankfully; I really don't think the world could handle the Poms winning the cup twice in a row!)

Was a tight game in terms of the score, I think the Poms were generally outplayed, although they did come closest to scoring a try, and probably can feel unlucky not to have been given the benefit. But on the other hand, when you're losing lineout on a regular basis, have lost a scrum, turn the ball over and generally go sideways rather than over the advantage line... well, seems like you probably should lose.

SA played as well as they needed, held a good defensive line and waited for the mistakes. Was it as good as it could have been? No, but then again I'm sure all South Africans will take a win this way than a high scoring contest where the English got over the top... though I'm sure we can all be grown ups and snigger at the concept of a high scoring English Team .

Go the Springboks!

[Falco]

South Africa out-Englanded England and won, poetic justice in a way. Matfield and Botha were absolute monsters. Well done the Bokke.

[Dancer+]

Well Done South Africa.

All South Africans (and the rest of the world - if you want) enjoy this moment

[Hume]

HaHaha!

Eat Cock and Die England.
Now two Southern Hemisphere teams have won the world cup twice!

[Tsundoku]

Congrats to the Saffers. Pity there were no tries, but the fact that SA out-penaltied England is poetic justice indeed.

Cheers,

La Sombra, heaves a huge sigh of relief

[Flawed]

Well done SA. Well deserved.

England were a little annoying. Kept running into no position areas where there were 7 or 8 massive SA chaps already there to stop them.

If the try was ok'd it would of been a different story i think.

ANyhow. Well done SA good match.

[Fid]

To lose a game by giving away silly errors hurts more than being blasted away by brilliance. The major task still awaits however which is to rebuild English rugby properly this time - as we singularly failed to do since 2003 - not knowing our best team until Marseille quarter final - oh dear - must never happen again. But with the likes of Sackey, Tait, Hipkiss, Strettle, Flood, Ellis, Sheridan, Stevens, Haskell, Rees etc we do have a young core who could be moulded into as great a side as the Woodward era produced. We certainly have the resources.

But on the night well done to the Yarpies - and at least I had the satisfaction of not having to endure their celebration in my previous home in the northern suburbs of Joburg but in a very quiet street in Cheshire where we heard one firework at 10:01 PM and that was it!

[Binder of Demons]

Well done South Africa. Didn't get to see the final, but ye've probably been the most consistent side all tournament. Good job peaking at the right time too, considering how bad they looked in the tri-nations last season (not this season).

I'm curious how England fans will respond to losing in the final. Has Brian Ashton done better than ye hoped? Are ye confident he can take ye forward (obviously, as an Irishman I hoping not ;-p ). I'm glad to see Ashton do well, since I thought he did well enough for Irish rugby when he was in charge.

Again, well done the Boks.