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Game Day 3 - New Zealand crush British revival

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Thursday, August 18 2011 @ 03:16 pm ACST

South Africa vs USA on Sunday could be interesting. Not sure who to tip. Probably still go with South Africa at this point, but it's worth noting that the USA crunched Japan by more than the Saffers did.

Whoever wins it will go in against one of NZ, PNG and Ireland for a spot int he final... So we may yet see how the USA go against them.

Game Day 3 - New Zealand crush British revival

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, August 18 2011 @ 03:24 pm ACST

I'm not persuaded that SA are good enough to make the top 2 yet, but I reckon they'll do the job against the US. But you'd have to think on a big stage like ANZ Stadium and given their good form, the US should give a good account of themselves, so you never know.

What worries me about the US though is that they struggled to dispose of Canada, and they crashed to GB, who collapsed against NZ. So if SA is anywhere near NZ that suggests way too good for the US. And note that in some of SA's games I've noted some of their top players not taking the field - they may have been resting them.

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Game Day 3 - New Zealand crush British revival

Authored by: RevoOldBoy
on Friday, August 19 2011 @ 01:26 am ACST

You comparison makes some sense, but I would point to a couple of factors for the US.

1. It was the US teams first match together (yes and Canada's too), and having limited practices together they are/were in a sense still feeling it out. They are improving day by day down there.

2. US VS Canada is a Derby and is always played close for the most part. Two big teams that always match up physically.

3. Having lost to the US could have been a HUGE FACTOR psychologically to Canada, in that despite all best efforts the team just couldn't recover and motivate for the GB game. "I'm not saying, i'm just saying..."

Just to show some impartiallity to SA... they played Japan on a much slicker wetter oval and so you would expect the point to be down.

The US has obviously focused on a speedier team than before while not trrying to sacrifice too much strength and size. The upcoming SA match will be the true test of this strategy. In 2008 SA's speed was a telling factor.

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Game Day 3 - New Zealand crush British revival

Authored by: Mister Football
on Friday, August 19 2011 @ 01:58 pm ACST

I look forward to hearing how the Revos go against SA.

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