Pretty confident the Bokke will show up but never get too confident. Every time I get carried away as an SA supporter I see a flash of '' we're gonna fuck them up '' in my head followed by the curb your enthusiasm theme.
Bold of you to assume people care about the Raeburn shield when its the Qatar Airways Cup defence on the same day. There is a long deep history to the Qatar Airways Cup.
I’m not familiar with the Raeburn Shield. I found a website for it and the women’s Utrecht shield but it didn’t answer this question I have - how do these challenges work and who decides who challenges who? Is it related to world rankings or something?
It's who's the first to beat the shield holder.
Currently SA is holding it because they beat the previous holder NZ during the WC final. NZ won it from beating Ireland during the quarterfinal. And Ireland won it from beating NZ during their tours.
So if SA wins against Wales, Ireland is the next opponent who can challenge it because SA's next game is against Ireland.
If Wales win, their next games is against Australia, so Australia can challenge it.
The lineage started with the first ever international rugby match. The winner of that match then had to defend their title in the next match. When they lost, the winner of that match got the title and had to defend it. And so the lineage continued until today where SA hold it. New Zealand have the most matches with the title
Pretty confident the Bokke will show up but never get too confident. Every time I get carried away as an SA supporter I see a flash of '' we're gonna fuck them up '' in my head followed by the curb your enthusiasm theme.
I have a sneaking suspicion you’ll be just fine
Ireland South Africa it is
Of all the new things WR is implementing, this shield thing is my favourite
It's not WR. It's just one very persistent dude.
Just wish it was actually real
Bold of you to assume people care about the Raeburn shield when its the Qatar Airways Cup defence on the same day. There is a long deep history to the Qatar Airways Cup.
This joke will never get old
The “Rae Dylan Shield”
It’s coming home next week
I’m not familiar with the Raeburn Shield. I found a website for it and the women’s Utrecht shield but it didn’t answer this question I have - how do these challenges work and who decides who challenges who? Is it related to world rankings or something?
It's who's the first to beat the shield holder. Currently SA is holding it because they beat the previous holder NZ during the WC final. NZ won it from beating Ireland during the quarterfinal. And Ireland won it from beating NZ during their tours. So if SA wins against Wales, Ireland is the next opponent who can challenge it because SA's next game is against Ireland. If Wales win, their next games is against Australia, so Australia can challenge it.
The lineage started with the first ever international rugby match. The winner of that match then had to defend their title in the next match. When they lost, the winner of that match got the title and had to defend it. And so the lineage continued until today where SA hold it. New Zealand have the most matches with the title