'It was our World Cup and Springboks came and stole it off us': Lucu

Yeah connection is real kak here in Ireland like everything else.

Better late than never! Internet connection a bit shaky in your neck of the woods?

I know you eat potatoes, too. The average Irish male stands 177.5 cm while the average South African male stands 173.9 cm…

And rightfully so.

But a Potato Leprechaun lecturing about lecturing. Pot/Kettle!

So much for revenge, then. Perhaps next time.

Oops. Another one stolen

That’s very sincere and generous. Fully respect that. Right back at ‘ya!

We all have the right to be offended and the right to offend but never deliberately. That would be trolling and as you rightly say, there are sites for that nonsense.

This site is a breath of fresh air and your rugby chat is brilliant!

Enjoy watching your boys tomorrow.

Well let’s leave it there then. Living here and working hard, every day, to make this a better place is exhausting.

It’s nice to come here to be able to relax.

I’ve spent much time in Ireland and amongst the Irish. Next to South Africans (and the Scottish) - the friendliest people around.

That’s my fact for the day.

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All good.

Well, as a french, I still remember 1995, 2011 (hello AB fans ;)) and of course 2023. So yeah, I don’t really like SA rugby team, and I don’t have a good opinion on them. But let's say that SA u20 team won rightfully at the last u20 championship. That was indeed really impressive.

I don’t care about hosting rights and all of that. I care about rugby. Saying that France would have won after that 1/4 is stupid. But we should have get to that 1/2 against England. And England was robbed too at the 1/2 and AB were robbed at the final, i saw the matchs and there were a lot of unfair decisions against them. It’s sad, really sad for rugby. That being said, it’s really not good from RugbyPass to cut what Lucu said to make that putaclik title.

I’m just gonna say that, all these unfair things against some teams (not only France), makes rugby fans less interested in WR cup. It feels really unfair, and as french a lot of us are saying “why we get our players hurt at these cups, if even when we should win a match, we are robbed ?” and also “why look at these matchs on the TV ? we know the end already”. And it makes me sad because I love rugby.

Amen. Five games is plenty.

Participation award for making up the numbers.🤣 Leave the semis and finals to the big boys.

I believe it's just the 8 QF exits.

We have at least contested all 10 tournaments. We should get an award for that.

No 100% Win record in finals and 50% of wining the thing is pedigree. 10 QF exits not so much. Still two tries more than Ireland scored in a RWC final.

Yep, two tries in 4 finals screams pedigree.

Total rugby!

Yea no someone has to take pity on you and it might just as well be us since we know we will eventually win the thing. An act of kindness from a team with actual pedegree.

A South African lecturing about famine?

Quality!

You really should be beating us then in RWCs…

It’s simply sad to twist this interview like this and make it another reason for fans around the world to hate on each other. Lucu is an amazing guy, probably one of the most fair play, team player, good-spirited fellow we have. He gave a whole interview praising the Boks, saying that they went and snatched the victory from France on their own turf, and that he acknowledges how impressive a feat that is. But no, let’s butcher the translation and put the most clickbaiting kind of quote in the headline. Thanks Rugbypass !

Fair contests are always there for anyone to win, perhaps the French side wasn't lucky enough or was not good enough. 😜😜

Wow. Things escalated quickly around here. Glad the moderators are all over this for a change. I get comments blocked for silly jokes. Perhaps they disagree with some of the comments but totally agree with others?

Back to the rugby.

Lucu is being misinterpreted as far as I’m concerned. But there’s a lot of narrative around revenge floating around this game. Because of that game in 2023.

While I firmly expect the French to win at home - it does seem to me as though getting revenge and the expectations of the home crowd may be a reason the French trip up on Saturday. It might be a little distracting from the task at hand.

Anyhoo. Good luck to our French friends. Whether you win or lose this one - you’re on the right track to win another 6 Nations. This game is not that important in the greater scheme of things and I think Galthie is building nicely.

This is a helpful test of both teams’ mental strength - the pressure in this game will be palpable. Intense. Great game for the neutral.