But he's just made an enemy of Matt Williams lol. Anyone who backs South Africa is an instant enemy.

I swear these Northern Hemisphere blokes are so delusional with their predictions, not even a mention of SA winning. Props to Jones for his grounded response. He's played against this team, he knows how good they are and how much better they've become.

Williams is a wallaby

Great respect for the man. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦.

Respect #🇿🇦

I don't have the SA flag lol, but I agree with the two above. Much respect from SA.

I called it and it has become a fact 💯😎

You got it right mate 🎉

Danko

Probably up there as favourite but please less of arrogance great team but swear no other has to turn up and there's plenty of good managers

I agree with everything you said except your comment about Erasmus. Galthié is the biggest rugby brain for me.

One good performance in a warm up game, it was very impressive, but they haven't proved the case yet

France is playing home and last game against the bocks was won by the french...france beat the all black yesterday without really going top gear...

Thé boks demolished a NZ team which hadn't played for 1 month and who played at 14 for the majority of the game....and in a warm up game, not a RWC game. Without forgetting that this SA got easily dispatched by NZ in the last RC

Agree. Even though France won, my opinion that they can still be beat at home hasn't changed a bit.

Fully agree. This guy is a joke!!!

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He's long enough at it in fairness 😅

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Unbiased lol 😂😂 keep telling yourself that . That said ye could beat them

That is a very balanced view, observed by another completely unbiased South African who can appreciate level-headed analysis that is has nothing to do with patriotism and nonsense like that.🤣🤣

As a completely biased and patriotic South African, I can say that Alun Wyn is speaking facts😂

Exactly

Totally agree with you. I root for the ABs but I have said to my friends that the Springboks bruising game is built for World Cups. And that backline is second only the All Blacks in my opinion, with you guys having a significant advantage in the forwards pack. I think South Africa can retain, but they should just not meet the ABs before the final because with these two teams the form book usually doesn't mean much.

No player from 2007 world cup squad is in the squad. Meaningless to point to that wc win. Sa hammered nz in a friendly a few weeks ago. But nz beat them by 15 points in the rugby championship in July. Its only 2 months ago

​@@kevinkilbane2007No players from prior Real Madrid teams were in the current one, but pedigree and history made them win

Much appreciated #🇿🇦

Because he's controversial

He's controversial

If the Boks were that good how come they got murdered in the Rugby Championship a matter of weeks ago? 🤔

@@ciaranoconnor4027 2 reasons… only team that experimented & NZ at home is always immense.

​@@ciaranoconnor4027 You mean the team that won multiple World Cups while Ireland regularly bombs out in the QFs???🤔

@@lane_5645 Were they 'immense' when Ireland put them away there a handful of months before? I mean the word YOU used was 'always'. So I guess Ireland were able to put away a team that are 'always immense' whereas South Africa we're not able to achieve this. You see the clear blue water between the two.

@@ciaranoconnor4027 what’s up with you leprechauns, you beat the ABs in NZ for the first time in the history of the game and you think you rugby gods… but have never made it to a RWC semifinal & it’s quite likely going to happen again. Just enjoy being a tier 1 team for a few years cause it won’t last.

Why would that be?

@@archie6945 because Bill Beaumont runs the IRB.

@@charliepepper3039 As a dictator? How did England fare at the last World Cup? Could that have a bearing on the seeding?

When you see the red cards been rescinded Makes you think

@@johnmcintyre800 What does it make you think?

So anyone picks South Africa is only one making sense. France can do it too irlenad just behind France and the boys.

He's played against this team, so he knows first hand how difficult it is to beat South Africa.

Respect #🇿🇦

SAFs kicking will let them down Plus Ireland will beat them.

Agreed.

Ireland or France won't fear them. They'll be excited to face them, but nothing more. Nothing less.

Vous êtes tellement arrogants les sud africains. Ne prenez pas vos adversaires de haut. Ça peut vous jouer de mauvais tours. 😉

@@aliceg6745You should of listened to us now look at you 😂

@@aliceg6745😂😂😂 are you still crying junior?

@@MrBonolothey all quiet now lol

So what

@@kevinkilbane2007go Bokke is what. Join the hype train brother there are plenty of seats.

@@kevinkilbane2007😂😂😂 “so what” Boks are the 4 time champions junior deal with it!

I'm a South African and Springbok supporter, but still back the All Blacks to take this one.

The boks won they whole thing you were wrong in your assessment. I still maintain, they are tje only international rugby side in the world who do not necessarily need form or be in good form heading into a tournament, they always pitch in tougher situations than the rest of the other teams. I call it now, they will win the next one in Australia come 2027.Difference is they know how to win whereas the rest don't have the psychological fortitude. You can't coach that.

It’s actually a 3 week break for their A team until the Q finals, after the Ireland match

@@pdewaal100 Exactly what I was thinking.

Which also means their games were more back to back at some point,

yh, they know how to resonate from flickers of opportunity

Looking into my crystal ball, you needn't worry. 🤣🤣🤣

No need to worry. Reckon we will beat them by 15 points. Comfortable win ;)

@@notenoughstones3873 great prediction.

How the F... Spot on mate.

No flippin way!!!!.....reading this comment is cooool

Dude, you should buy a lotto ticket! Spot on! Boks just won their 4th world cup ... Bokke 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

Yawn..

No possible, no?

@@bobbyhanly3466 It is very definitely possible.

Hahaha😂

The thing is we need to play all our games at the same intensity to make it out of our pool, tough ask and I suspect that Nienaber and Rassie was planning this for the last four years. I'm only taking the blue print from that game for the WC, we havent done well ourselves under pressure and our flyhalf needs to tested as well.

How do you watch the SA vs Scotland game and say that! The World Cup is NOT the Rugby Championship. The World Cup is tighter, is once every 4 years, and it’s do or die. SA played a completely different game against Scotland. I can’t say I watch all their games, but the one place I thought they could come unstuck is with a back line like Scotland. You know exactly what you’re getting up front, but with quick ball and a really good back line that’s your opportunity against SA. But how smart were those selections from SA and the game plan? The rush defence was outstanding and they stopped anything before it started because they chose a back line that was all pace. That wasn’t their best side, but was the best side against Scotland. Furthermore, they lost etsebeth early, a talisman, and you didn’t even notice he wasn’t there. There is so much depth they just keep going. From what has been seen, and the Ireland win was against a minnow so it’s hard to say where they truly are, but whoever beats SA is a worthy World Cup winner. If they come up against France, who knows which France will pitch up on the day, but SA will be prepared for them. The pressure of playing at home is also something that cannot be ignored, but you saying that 2 weeks ago beating a full strength ABs by a record margin with an experimental side, and playing a very different way against Scotland with a completely different game plan is irrelevant, is probably exactly what SA hopes everybody they play against will do and underestimate them. Look at any team and from their perspective ask, how do we beat SA, and they don’t have an answer. You almost discard them in a disrespectful manner, which is just a sign of bias.

@@theneutral1164 calm down. If south Africa were unbeatable then they'd never lose, they have lost recently, I wasn't disrespectful I was making the point that recently Ireland France and NZ have found ways to beat them. I think SA will do well at this tournament, but France and Ireland won't be afraid of them. I'm not biased, stop being sensitive

@@Bill-bn2ew I’m not being sensitive, especially since I’m not an SA supporter twat, I’m pointing out how dismissive your statement was, but clearly you’re still suffering the trauma of the record loss!

@@theneutral1164 what record loss? Also, I wrote that comment before the SA Scotland game you Dick

Boks lost with 3 points to Ireland and four points to France ,cause the kicking was wayward by Willemse if the kicking is spot on I don't see why they won't beat both of them honestly with all respect.

Well, I'm a Canadian who has only been a rugby fan since 2008, so I don't have the knowledge base others have, but I also don't suffer death by a thousand cuts when I see my favourite team (ABs) lose. On the other hand my favourite players are Marx , Faf and Etzebeth, so I won't be heart-broken to see them win.@@terwinterwin7792

You lost me at Scotland.

@@Karma-qt4ji : Come on. CONCENTRATE!

@@Driver2616 I am concentrating, hence my comment. Scotland scored a mere 3 points against South Africa and while I expect them to put up a bit of a fight, are going to lose to Ireland in 3 weeks time.

yh, hopefully 9 or 10 months

Why hating Ireland yes we could loose Scotland more likely beat them mostly why u hate ireland😊

​​@@Jacknul24Just because his opnion hurts your feelings does not mean he "hates Ireland". Chill out dude.😂

Scotland will be sent home by Ireland. They scored three points against us dude, and that was the only scoring chance we let them have. Even as a SAFFA, I hope they don't beat Ireland because they will just be giving our potential final opponent an easier path. If we make it to the final, we want to play Ireland, or whoever beat Ireland; we don't want to play the team that put Scotland out of their misery or a team from the other side of the pool, we want to play the best to prove where we stand in the world.

Yes strong forwards full of steroids, skills are secondary.

@@arno222444 the SA forwards are all natural and hours and hours in the gym, we have mielie pap in our country and our boys grew up on it, that is why the world is saying we are build different

@@jaspermalan3640 I’ve played number 8 and I’ve done a lot of sport all my life and I’m 100% sure that it is not possible to reach this level without steroids, growth hormones and many many others chemical products. 100% sure, the human body just cannot be so muscular and so lean. Totally impossible. Assuming it’s possible to produce naturally the same level of muscles (I dont think its possible anyway) your level of fat will be way way higher. That said no team is 100% clean it’s just more obvious for the boks.

@@arno222444 my friend I get you 100 percent and of course I am not with the team to see what they take and don't take, but I do know our boys works hours, days and months in the gym

@@jaspermalan3640 sure they do I’m not questionning their work ethic. Roids or not you don’t reach this level without working your ass off.

France won’t peak before the knock out stage. They won’t impress against Namibie and Italy they will just win. Look at the last 6N watch again their first game and compare with the last one.

After last night's game, I have to agree. Ireland will "easily" take out either France or the AB's.

@@Keizer_Sozelol

It's based on current form, not on history. Still great teams but currently not on the level of France, Ireland or South Africs. However, this world cup could show otherwise

@@reggiega7989 we're only one round into the comp. A bit early to be talking about current form.

@@clemfandango619 but that's the point, we're basing off of what has been demonstrated prior to the world cup. England weren't a favourite coming into this world cup. In a few weeks maybe England and Australia will look amazing but based on most recent times, France, Ireland and South Africa have looked better than both. I'm just saying that world cup final appearances from years ago can't be used as reasoning to say a team is a favourite right now

@@reggiega7989 I believe there's world cup teams. Look at England yesterday, there was absolutely no relation between that performance and their games earlier this year.

@@clemfandango619 as I said, I'm not suggesting that England won't be one of the favourites after thr group stage and their performance against Argentina was good but the problem with England currently is the consistency, I guess it's what you could criticise Irelajd for as well, they're number 1 now but they've always had trouble with consistency especially at the World Cup. It's going to be a good world cup either way

Sure, we're only going to ask world cup winners who will win the world cup!

@@johnmc3862 maybe we will get a more informed answer.

All the Irish team's achievments that you listed are truly impressive. What you forgot to mention is that Ireland were also ranked no. 1 going into the last RWC, and yet they maintend their record of never having got past a RWC quater final. World Cup rugby is simply very different to test match rugby or 6 Nations rugby. I wish Ireland well and hope they play to their full potential but dont confuse their world ranking with their realistic World Cup ranking.

I hope they make it past the QFs first😂😂😂😂😂

itts because of tv rights.TF1 the channel that bought the rights for the games of team France exusively dealed a brodcast at peak hour

@@RegisLEVY Cheere for that info. A bit unfair I believe. Further more France have already hosted this event before so why not give it to the Celtic nations of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales to hold? Theses Countries give as much as any other top teir nations the right to hold this tournament. A bit unfair I believe.

Are you a yank?

Are you a Siberian?@@leonardodavinci7425

And AWJ has just made a new enemy lmao. Much respect to AWJ!!