The Springboks vs British & Irish Lions 1st Test Thread

[Margin__Walker]

Love that the one posted today is exactly the same style of content. Complete with freeze frames and yellow highlights.

What a guy. Zero shits given.

[Sards]

Rassie all over Twatter trying to highlight borderline foul play decisions from match. What an absolute arsehole.

Serious? Where is this?

Just check his twitter. He's quoting/liking etc clips from an account that's either his, or one he's given his team access to.

The one he posted himself is a mixed bag. Moan about the decision, but tacked onto a legitimate point about leaving injured players alone to make it seem less moany.

I have met Rassie. He is a very intelligent individual. It says more about Nienaber that he is allowing Rassie to micromanage everything.

[Ymx]

Not a Twitter regular as some here might be.

Who is the other account?

Perhaps send a link to the exchange for our amusement too?

[Margin__Walker]

Not a Twitter regular as some here might be.

Who is the other account?

Perhaps send a link to the exchange for our amusement too?

This is basically him retweeting himself. Pretending to brush off the refs impact, whilst actually being a whinge about it.



His own content from today, which is basically identical in style

[JM2K6]

So we all following the hilarious twitter saga going on at the moment? Rassie is retweeting and talking to himself, via a very obvious dummy account he runs

It's Planet Rugby level multi quoting :D.

It's superb. 4d chess and all that

That other account is 100% him or someone close to him.

It's him. The 16 liked tweets were all liked at times that he was with the team. It also has access to high def angles from the match etc. 0 followers at the time, yet Rassie magically finds it?

Tbf the account tagged Rassie, so not that hard for him to find. And Rassie's made all of two tweets about it all? Have some been deleted?

[Raggs]

Tbf the account tagged Rassie, so not that hard for him to find. And Rassie's made all of two tweets about it all? Have some been deleted?

Think it's just the two from the burner, and a new one from Rassie himself.

Squidge probably explains it better than me, you can follow his thread on it here, but he posts some more comments in replies, like both using the same style, this twitter nobody obviously having access to video feeds, rather than just taking from broadcast etc:

[assfly]

It is definitely tongue in cheek. If my name was Johan and I wanted to start a burner account, I would not pick the name Jaco

[tc27]

A bit sad really - pretending to be all graceful in defeat then using a Twitter sock puppet account to have a proper whinge picking out all the incidents that always occur in games (and doubtless could be done from the Lions perspective too).

[SaintK]

A bit sad really - pretending to be all graceful in defeat then using a Twitter sock puppet account to have a proper whinge picking out all the incidents that always occur in games (and doubtless could be done from the Lions perspective too).

He spent too long at Munster

[Blake]

A bit sad really - pretending to be all graceful in defeat then using a Twitter sock puppet account to have a proper whinge picking out all the incidents that always occur in games (and doubtless could be done from the Lions perspective too).

Probably doing it to draw media attention away from the team.

[pjm1]

A bit sad really - pretending to be all graceful in defeat then using a Twitter sock puppet account to have a proper whinge picking out all the incidents that always occur in games (and doubtless could be done from the Lions perspective too).

Wank sock?

[sorCrer]

That is really bad from Mako. WTF is he trying to do?

[assfly]

That is really bad from Mako. WTF is he trying to do?

I think he was trying to demonstrate that Kolbe was feigning injury to milk the penalty. Basically told him to get the fuck up.

[sorCrer]

That is really bad from Mako. WTF is he trying to do?

I think he was trying to demonstrate that Kolbe was feigning injury to milk the penalty. Basically told him to get the fuck up.

You don't go around picking up players from the opposition regardless. I would have smacked the fat overweight twat.

[SaintK]

That is really bad from Mako. WTF is he trying to do?

I think he was trying to demonstrate that Kolbe was feigning injury to milk the penalty. Basically told him to get the fuck up.

You don't go around picking up players from the opposition regardless. I would have smacked the fat overweight twat.

Really?

[assfly]

You don't go around picking up players from the opposition regardless. I would have smacked the fat overweight twat.

Ja I agree.

Although it did have similarities so Brussow picking up Williams in 09

[tc27]

I think he was trying to demonstrate that Kolbe was feigning injury to milk the penalty. Basically told him to get the fuck up.

You don't go around picking up players from the opposition regardless. I would have smacked the fat overweight twat.

Really?

Kolbe got busted for faking an injury - if I was a Bok supporter I would probably not want to draw attention to this.

[sorCrer]

I think he was trying to demonstrate that Kolbe was feigning injury to milk the penalty. Basically told him to get the fuck up.

You don't go around picking up players from the opposition regardless. I would have smacked the fat overweight twat.

Really?

Yep.

[sorCrer]

You don't go around picking up players from the opposition regardless. I would have smacked the fat overweight twat.

Really?

Kolbe got busted for faking an injury - if I was a Bok supporter I would probably not want to draw attention to this.

Bullshit. Should have bene a penalty for being played in the air BUT more importantly Kolbe wasn't directly into touch.

[Sards]

Vokket Sauce let it go.....

FFS

[JM2K6]

Really?

Kolbe got busted for faking an injury - if I was a Bok supporter I would probably not want to draw attention to this.

Bullshit. Should have bene a penalty for being played in the air BUT more importantly Kolbe wasn't directly into touch.

I do agree. It should've been a penalty.

Fucking mad thing for the coach to start highlighting after the game, though. Just fodder for everyone (like me, when I have time) to comb through the game and find 50 incidents like this.

[Ymx]

Oh, the swings and roundabouts argument.

Unfortunately, there were undeniably a number of key pivotable decisions against the Boks.

[JM2K6]

Oh, the swings and roundabouts argument.

Not really?

It was a nothing incident - a wrong call by the ref, but the sort of wrong call that happens all the time. Plenty of stuff is missed. Rugby simply isn't the sort of sport that holds up to intense scrutiny with lawbook in hand. I could find offences at every ruck if I wanted to. In every match, every team gets away with stuff and every team is incorrectly penalised for stuff.

The point is that this stupid highlighting of marginal errors by the guy coaching the world champions does nobody any favours. This isn't Tana vs BOD we're talking about.

[sorCrer]

Oh, the swings and roundabouts argument.

Not really?

It was a nothing incident - a wrong call by the ref, but the sort of wrong call that happens all the time. Plenty of stuff is missed. Rugby simply isn't the sort of sport that holds up to intense scrutiny with lawbook in hand. I could find offences at every ruck if I wanted to. In every match, every team gets away with stuff and every team is incorrectly penalised for stuff.

The point is that this stupid highlighting of marginal errors by the guy coaching the world champions does nobody any favours. This isn't Tana vs BOD we're talking about.

Yeah look I fully accept that this is how the game works. I'm sure there will be howls of outrage again if these sort of decisions go the either way this weekend.

However, I really don't think Mako should be walking in and picking up an opposition player, injured or not. It's one of the first things we were taught decades ago.

[GogLais]

That is really bad from Mako. WTF is he trying to do?

I think he was trying to demonstrate that Kolbe was feigning injury to milk the penalty. Basically told him to get the fuck up.

Is not leaping to your feet straight away feigning injury? CK wasn’t doing a footballer rolling around in agony act.

[assfly]

Is not leaping to your feet straight away feigning injury? CK wasn’t doing a footballer rolling around in agony act.

That was my impression. What's yours?

[GogLais]

Is not leaping to your feet straight away feigning injury? CK wasn’t doing a footballer rolling around in agony act.

That was my impression. What's yours?

If that’s your impression as well we agree don’t we? CK ends up on his back, doesn’t get up immediately but neither does he roll around or clutch an allegedly injured part of his body.

[Sandstorm]

Is not leaping to your feet straight away feigning injury? CK wasn’t doing a footballer rolling around in agony act.

That was my impression. What's yours?

If that’s your impression as well we agree don’t we? CK ends up on his back, doesn’t get up immediately but neither does he roll around or clutch an allegedly injured part of his body.

Looked a bit winded to me. Normal to just lie there trying to catch your breath for a few secs.

[Openside]

Really?

Kolbe got busted for faking an injury - if I was a Bok supporter I would probably not want to draw attention to this.

Bullshit. Should have bene a penalty for being played in the air BUT more importantly Kolbe wasn't directly into touch.

Except it was a fair contest for the ball. Time to ban jumping for the ball if just being the higher of two players in the air = YC for the lower one...

[JM2K6]

Yeah, you're right. I focused so much on whether he was in the air I didn't even consider the actions of the "tackler". I've changed my mind - it's just a contest. He's going for the ball with 2 hands.

[assfly]

Even if I do feel we were on the wrong side of the ref, I must admit that this magnifying glass of the ref's performance worries me. We can't do this for every test, we should just accept that the ref is human and will make mistakes.

Besides, the Lions had all the momentum in the 2nd half and ended up getting the rub of the green with the ref. This is not uncommon. Moral of the story - stay on top of the game and make sure you're moving forward in a positive manner and chances are that the call may go your way.

[Chilli]

Even if I do feel we were on the wrong side of the ref, I must admit that this magnifying glass of the ref's performance worries me. We can't do this for every test, we should just accept that the ref is human and will make mistakes.

Besides, the Lions had all the momentum in the 2nd half and ended up getting the rub of the green with the ref. This is not uncommon. Moral of the story - stay on top of the game and make sure you're moving forward in a positive manner and chances are that the call may go your way.

As much as I agree that the bent TMO, biased Aussie Ref and sandy pitch all robbed the Boks of the win. The fact is that we were shit in the second half.

[Insane_Homer]

The only penalty the Lions conceded in the whole of the second half, was the tip tackle that should also have been a card?

[Ymx]

The only penalty the Lions conceded in the whole of the second half, was the tip tackle that should also have been a card?

That’s impeccable discipline. Like the French in 2007 RWC quarter final.

[Kawazaki]

Really?

Kolbe got busted for faking an injury - if I was a Bok supporter I would probably not want to draw attention to this.

Bullshit. Should have bene a penalty for being played in the air BUT more importantly Kolbe wasn't directly into touch.

But he was faking being injured.

[sorCrer]

Kolbe got busted for faking an injury - if I was a Bok supporter I would probably not want to draw attention to this.

Bullshit. Should have bene a penalty for being played in the air BUT more importantly Kolbe wasn't directly into touch.

But he was faking being injured.

Eh? Vuniploa is walking over too him before he even hits the deck. The whole thing is over in a few seconds. He doesn't roll about or carry on.

[Raggs]

Bullshit. Should have bene a penalty for being played in the air BUT more importantly Kolbe wasn't directly into touch.

But he was faking being injured.

Eh? Vuniploa is walking over too him before he even hits the deck. The whole thing is over in a few seconds. He doesn't roll about or carry on.

Mako was definitely in the wrong there.

I disliked that Rassie tagged on the complaint about the decision, but the player safety concerns are absolutely fair.

[Blake]

Kolbe got busted for faking an injury - if I was a Bok supporter I would probably not want to draw attention to this.

Bullshit. Should have bene a penalty for being played in the air BUT more importantly Kolbe wasn't directly into touch.

But he was faking being injured.

Or maybe he was just winded after landing flat on his back after having had one of his legs taken out in the air?

[Kawazaki]

Bullshit. Should have bene a penalty for being played in the air BUT more importantly Kolbe wasn't directly into touch.

But he was faking being injured.

Eh? Vuniploa is walking over too him before he even hits the deck. The whole thing is over in a few seconds. He doesn't roll about or carry on.

He was lying on his back with his hand on his forehead not moving. It looked unnatural. Because it was.

[Kawazaki]

Bullshit. Should have bene a penalty for being played in the air BUT more importantly Kolbe wasn't directly into touch.

But he was faking being injured.

Or maybe he was just winded after landing flat on his back after having had one of his legs taken out in the air?

Maybe. His response after being picked up suggests he was just fine. Players on the park tend to know when somebody is in trouble.