Semi final 2: England versus South Africa (lemmy.one)

submitted 11 months ago by Fridge@lemmy.one to c/rugby@sh.itjust.works

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[-] Fridge@lemmy.one 2 points 11 months ago

French crowd is cheering for England way more than I thought they would, even w RSA as reason for their exit.

[-] Tagger@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Is it a french crowd anymore or have lots of England fans managed to get out there?

[-] Deebster@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

I have some (English) friends there and they've been pleasantly surprised by the support from the normally anyone-but-England crowd:

french fans are whistling every time Sa are on screen

true story a welshman came up to me in a bar, a wales tattoo on his forearm and said - I cannot believe I am saying this but i hope England win good luck boys.

[-] theboy@jlai.lu 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The French love to boo. It’s all pantomime, but it’s the same in pretty much every sport. Heck, even the fancy pants Rolland Garros crowd will cheer/jeer based on basically the following order: