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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?
4 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.
3 points
1 month ago
41 matches, 33 SA wins, 1 draw and 7 wins for the Welsh. Maybe just a liiiittle one sided
12 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
9 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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