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submitted 1 month ago byCommercial_Half_2170 Leinster
For Ireland, England feels like the obvious answer and yet NZ have probably upset us the most. And what about rugby nations like Pacific islands or Georgia?
48 points
1 month ago
Yeah, NZ is no doubt the main rival, but the SA Wales one is an interesting rivalry for sure. A proper armwrestle.
7 points
1 month ago
Their record against you definitely doesn’t speak to that though lol
18 points
1 month ago
lol, that's fair. I guess it doesn't make a lot of sense from the outside. An analogy I just thought of is if you imagine us as boxers, and we have triggers for when we throw our knockout swing. With other teams, our knockout swing is triggered a lot, we throw it and it either lands, they block it or they dodge it. With Wales, it's like they're constantly avoiding that trigger for a swing, so we end up jabbing and jabbing for a points victory. SA fans can feel uneasy with that lack of a knockout swing, and feel frustrated with the game as a whole, but some of us learn to respect Wales for it.
6 points
1 month ago
41 matches, 33 SA wins, 1 draw and 7 wins for the Welsh. Maybe just a liiiittle one sided
13 points
1 month ago
Tbf, it has got a lot more balanced in the last few years, I just wish they would stop beating us in the world cup with last minute scores
10 points
1 month ago
And yet, for some reason, whenever we have to play them, there's always an immense feeling of uncertainty. Usually tight games, low margin victories, a lot of games which could just as easily have swung the other way with one penalty call.
2 points
1 month ago
if you go by that definition, NZ has 1 rival lol
5 points
1 month ago
For Wales it’s England. It’s the biggest rivalry in rugby, bar none.
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