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

submitted 1 year ago by Fridge@lemmy.one to c/rugby@sh.itjust.works

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[-] Fridge@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] Deebster@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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: