Diffeomorphism

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[Will Owen @will_owen9]

@RugbyEdgeTips 13 year pro career including 169 appearances for Harlequins btw

[Diffeomorphism @Ldawsonza]

@businessXplain Good time to sell, oil in rands at a relative low, strong pricing power (dominant in domestic routes, especially the busy CT <-> JHB route. I’ve seen very few empty seats on these flights).

Airlines probably more like miners, invest in the depression, not earnings peak

[Oom Rugby @Oom_Rugby]

in the Lood and Franco red card cases , I think it is quite simple to “untangle” and to hold it up to the light

we got more than enough video footage to go over , and we got World Rugby own protocol’s to see how they arrive at that decisions and if the decisions was correct.

and there is maybe another conclusion we can draw at the end of it all…

first , Lood went in with no arm. Ramos level change so he took the shoulder to the head. 1) clear head contact 2) Lood always reckless so no mitigation 3) red card. fine ✅

then Franco , also went in with no arm. 1) but no head contact 2) so the protocols doesn’t come into play 3) should have been a yellow. adjudication error ❌

the issues i take away is obviously that World Rugby is failing at making the right calls within own framework. and also that they “over cooking” the constant use of TMO in the flow of play. it is like my mother in law in my ear all the time over December holiday and it mean we just can not have a lekker time and enjoy ourself.

but i also take away that in both cases the Springboks did not wrap… we can’t escape this guys

it wil be easy for the Boks to look outward and purely be victims. but it is also worth to look inward and ask if they doing things in the right way.

weather we got treated unfairly or not , the fact remain if you go in with a shoulder you opening yourself up to messy situations 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Diffeomorphism @Ldawsonza]

@jaredwright17 This is because Warren pronounced his name as “mTuna” too many times

[Diffeomorphism @Ldawsonza]

Delay at Heathrow, but Rassie’s speaker is coming in handy. 00:26 waiting for shuttles to the hotel. #

[Diffeomorphism @Ldawsonza]

@glove931 Spotted in Cobh 🇮🇪 yesterday

[Tina @Tina_Hokwana]

I’m still here 😮‍💨

‘I want you to look in the mirror and ask yourself, where was I when Gaza was going through a genocide? SA is here, before this court, in the peace palace. It has done what it could. It is doing what it can, by initiating these proceedings, by seeking interim measures, against itself as well as against Israel.’ 🇿🇦🇵🇸

[Riaan Louw @Ringo26]

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[DHL Stormers @THESTORMERS]

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[Diffeomorphism @Ldawsonza]

@jaredwright17 Have to call it the Chamberlain or something like that. Magical to see and what a difference that made in the end

[Rory Petzer @RoryPetzer]

People of Gauteng, please take note. #KeDezembaBoss

[Andrew Fraser @Arfness]

@AS_Davids_PE If the Karpowerships get moored and start generating power, there'll be a ready-made 20-year customer for gas that can act as an anchor customer for these gasfields. That's the reason that the RMI4P was so biased towards gas generation and why the DMRE are so supportive of KPS.

[Diffeomorphism @Ldawsonza]

@oxnche Wait, are we being serious here?
Ox Fox and Mots have TAKEN over SA rugby

[Daniel Gallan @danielgallan]

Not one high shot. Maybe the way the game is reffed is fine.

[Khaya Dlanga @khayadlanga]

Siya Kolisi is the greatest rugby captain of all time.

It is true that Ritchie McCaw marshaled back to back World Cups with The All Blacks in 2011 and 2015.

In 2011 The All Blacks won the World Cup at home New Zealand. Our back to back titles were won on foreign soil.

First of all playing at home has significant advantages in any sport. In soccer the chances of winning at home are between 60% - 70%, in rugby it’s 60%.

Not to be disrespectful towards other teams but the opposition 🇳🇿 faced in 2015 was easy compared to the adversaries 🇿🇦 faced in 2023.

These are the countries, their rankings and final scores played by 🇳🇿 , (they were ranked world number 1 and were the overwhelming favourites going into the competition in 2015).

New Zealand 26 - 16 Argentina (ranked 9th)
New Zealand 58 - 14 Namibia (ranked 23rd)
New Zealand 43 - 10 Georgia (ranked 15th)
New Zealand 47 - 9 Tonga (ranked 13th)
New Zealand 62 - 13 France ((ranked 7th)

The only real opposition they faced that year were the Springboks in the semifinals:
New Zealand 20 - 18 South Africa (ranked 2nd)

Final: New Zealand 34 - 17 Australia (ranked 5th)

This Springbok team’s victory and Siya Kolisi’s captaincy outstrips All Black’s back to back titles by some distance in my opinion because of the quality of opponents they faced and the fact that other nations have upped their game.

Let me provide the same statistics for 2023, but for the Springboks this time. (For ease, I will use current rankings even though Ireland, France and Scotland were ranked number 1, 2 and 5 respectively when we played against them.)

By the way, these were the strongest ever Irish, French and Scottish teams. And this was the year the Northern Hemisphere sides were going to dominate. Ireland along with France were the clear favourites.

SA 18 - 3 Scotland (ranked 6th)
SA 76 - 0 Romania (ranked 20th)
SA 8 - 11 Ireland (ranked 2nd)
SA 48 - 18 Tonga (ranked 16th)

Quarter final: SA 29 - 28 France (ranked 4th)

Semifinal: SA 16 - 15 England (ranked 5th)

Final: SA 12 - 11 New Zealand (ranked 3rd)

We won three games in a row by a single point. That’s the sign of a team with unrivaled mental toughness. As Al Pacino said on Any Given Sunday, “It’s a game of inches.”

This team played 3 finals in a row and won each by a single point. A game of inches.

Do you understand the mental fortitude, and the trust you have to have in your teammates and your coaches to pull that off? Three. Times. In. A. Row?

This is why Siya’s leadership cannot and must not be downplayed.

The story of his own life is a game of inches. He clawed his way up from a difficult childhood that many black South Africans are familiar with, to a good school by clinging on to a believe that life had more for him and he also clung on for dear life to the faith he has in God.

Siya also knows that no one is self-made which is why he always talks about the other leaders in the group.

He makes the team and the team makes him.

This is what Rassie said after he made him captain, 'I lost a lot of friends when I made Siya captain. There was a lot of nastiness. Before the World Cup, my daughters' friends' parents would say, "Tell that f****** father of yours to stop sucking up for a pay cheque'. Well, we all know the history of this country.

In some ways, the adversities he faced as a young boy in the townships prepared him for such a time as this. To claw his way no matter what.

He transcends the sport in a way Ritchie McCaw didn’t. He is arguably the biggest global rugby icon right now.

He is without doubt the undisputed greatest rugby captain of all time. Leading the greatest rugby team of all time, coached by the greatest coaching team of all time, Rassie Erusmas and Jacques Nienaber. And they brought the cup during some of our lowest moments as a country since democracy.

And that’s that on that.

[Diffeomorphism @Ldawsonza]

@JamieWall2

[Justin Middleton @jmiddletonrugby]

Springbok RWC2023 squad by School paints more than a billion words.

1. Kitshoff - Paul Roos
2. Mbonambi - St Alban’s College 
3. Malherbe - Paarl Boys’ 
4. Etzebeth - Hoërskool Tygerberg 
5. Mostert - Brits High School
6. Kolisi (c) - Grey High School 
7. Du Toit - Hoërskool Swartland
8. Vermeulen - Hoërskool Nelspruit
9. de Klerk - Hoërskool Waterkloof 
10. Pollard - Paarl Gimnasium 
11. Kolbe - Brackenfell High School
12. de Allende - Milnerton High School
13. Kriel - Maritzburg College
14. Arendse - Paulus Joubert SS School
15. Willemse - Paul Roos
16. Fourie - Pietersburg High School
17. Nche - HTS Louis Botha
18. Nyakane - Hoërskool Ben Vorster
19. Kleyn - Hoërskool Linden
20. RG Snyman - Affies
21. Smith - HTS Middelburg 
22. Jasper Wiese - Hoërskool Upington
23. Willie Le Roux - Paul Roos
24. Koch - Huguenot High School
25. Marx - King Edward VII School
26. Orie - Hoërskool Tygerberg
27. van Staden - Hoërskool Bekker
28. Reinach - Grey College
29. Williams - Paarl Gim
30. Hendrikse - Glenwood High School
31. Libbok - Hoërskool Outeniqua
32. Esterhuizen - Klerksdorp High
33. Mapimpi - Jim Mvabasa SS School
34. Am - Hoërskool De Vos Malan
35. Moodie - Boland Landbou

#SSRugby #RWC2023 #RWC2023Final #NZLvRSA #RWC23Final #SpringboksRWC

[Bernard Jackman @bernardjackman]

Going back through the RWC final and blown away by the effort from both teams. But what a player Kwagga Smith is to bring off the bench. Here are some of his actions 👇#RWC2023Final #RTERugby #RSAvNZL

[EK Rugby Analysis @ek_rugby]

Feel for Aaron Smith tonight. Will bow out as one of the all-time greats.

#NZLvRSA

[Angus @AnalystGus]

25 year old, two-time World Cup Winner Damian Willemse 🏆🏆