Rugby Championship Match Thread - Sat 2nd - SA v NZ / Arg v Aus

[Kiwias]

JB my MotM

I said I’d be happy with a. 1-point win so I’m delirious at winning by 2

[Gumboot]

That'll do.

[OomStruisbaai]

Congrats to the All Blacks supporters. Bokke will have to wait another 100 years

[Sards]

Much better from boks....much much better

[Kiwias]

Much better from boks....much much better

Bloody hard battle out there

[OomStruisbaai]

Great to see the sportsmanship from the All Black players.

[Muttonbird]

Don't think I've seen a worse game of rugby.

[Kiwias]

Blackadder put in a bloody good spell too.

[Kiwias]

Don't think I've seen a worse game of rugby.

You missed the 2007 RWC final?

[Kiwias]

Great to see the sportsmanship from the All Black players.

From both teams.

[Muttonbird]

Much better from boks....much much better

How can you be proud of that? How is South African Rugby going to get better when they simply refuse to play rugby?

The SA medics were on the field longer than some of the subs.

[Gumboot]

Blackadder put in a bloody good spell too.

Yep, another great game. He's all heart.

[Gumboot]

Jordie's best test as well, so far.

[Kiwias]

Jordie's best test as well, so far.

Both Jordie and BLackadder are now set starters.

[Sandstorm]

Even if Mostert had caught that last pass, he was totally isolated and running at 5 AB forwards.

Boks are very badly coached and can’t play with their brains. All skill and thought has been drilled out of us.

[assfly]

We are our own worst enemies. Our forward pack set a great platform, and as usual we kick it all away.

Watching Faf box-kick when we're 21 meters from the All Black tryline is a just unforgivable.

[boere wors]

AB did well to drag us into their tempo helter skelter play there at the end. Boks should just have kept calm and not kick away all the posession. Just dumb play, should have never lost that game.

[Kiwias]

Does anyone have a feed for the Aus v Puma game?

[Ymx]

JB my MotM

I said I’d be happy with a. 1-point win so I’m delirious at winning by 2

Yeah, he was actually brilliant under pressure

[FalseBayFC]

Much better from boks....much much better

How can you be proud of that? How is South African Rugby going to get better when they simply refuse to play rugby?

The SA medics were on the field longer than some of the subs.

Always proud of the Boks. Held the best team in the world out until the 78th minute. But you're right and all the Saffer posters here and on PR have been saying this for the last 2 years. Unfortunately matches against the AB's is not the right place to try and do anything radical. The time to try new stuff was against Argentina.

[Ymx]

AB did well to drag us into their tempo helter skelter play there at the end. Boks should just have kept calm and not kick away all the posession. Just dumb play, should have never lost that game.

Well to be fair, you did manage to drag the game out for 2 hours. Add an extra 30 mins.

[Gumboot]

Relieved we won, but can't help thinking we're still short of being a consistently good test side.

[Ymx]

Jordie's best test as well, so far.

Both Jordie and BLackadder are now set starters.

Though I don’t know why he was the line out target.

We lost far too many line outs. Very poor

[boere wors]

Does anyone have a feed for the Aus v Puma game?

https://rugbystreams.me/australia-vs-ar ... e/stream-2

[Gumboot]

Jordie's best test as well, so far.

Both Jordie and BLackadder are now set starters.

Though I don’t know why he was the line out target.

We lost far too many line outs. Very poor

Need to watch it again, but initial impression was he caught all his throws. Not sure, but I think our lineout issues were elsewhere.

[Cartman]

Keo full of praise for going back to the SA way
The "SA way" is too attritional, great if you play a few tests a year yeah otherwise you get the last three tests results
We will never learn.

[OomStruisbaai]

Much better from boks....much much better

How can you be proud of that? How is South African Rugby going to get better when they simply refuse to play rugby?

The SA medics were on the field longer than some of the subs.

Always proud of the Boks. Held the best team in the world out until the 78th minute. But you're right and all the Saffer posters here and on PR have been saying this for the last 2 years. Unfortunately matches against the AB's is not the right place to try and do anything radical. The time to try new stuff was against Argentina.

Hope we can improve on this performance. Kicking and whatever.

All Blacks also looked kak today specifically their forwards.

[Certain Navigator]

The word 'awful' comes to mind, but that would be too kind. The players and referee should all be required to give back their match fees for such an appalling display of footie. Yes, that may be a bit harsh on two or three players, but collective responsibility and all that...

When you see box kicks inside the opposition 22, you know something has gone badly wrong, with the pain alleviated only slightly by the ABs eventually managing not to lose (calling it a win would be far too kind). Worse still, it came almost immediately after the Canty-Southland match, which I thought at the time had reached a new low that would be difficult to match. But the ABs and Boks (and the ref) managed it quite comfortably.

I can only hope the WBs-Pumas match is a significant step up. Otherwise it'll have been a significant waste of a day. O me miserum.

[Certain Navigator]

Both Jordie and BLackadder are now set starters.

Though I don’t know why he was the line out target.

We lost far too many line outs. Very poor

Need to watch it again, but initial impression was he caught all his throws. Not sure, but I think our lineout issues were elsewhere.

The lineout losses all came when they didn't throw to Blackadder. The problem with that is that short balls to the front really limit your options and are much easier to defend.

[Kiwias]

Does anyone have a feed for the Aus v Puma game?

https://rugbystreams.me/australia-vs-ar ... e/stream-2

[boere wors]

The word 'awful' comes to mind, but that would be too kind. The players and referee should all be required to give back their match fees for such an appalling display of footie. Yes, that may be a bit harsh on two or three players, but collective responsibility and all that...

When you see box kicks inside the opposition 22, you know something has gone badly wrong, with the pain alleviated only slightly by the ABs eventually managing not to lose (calling it a win would be far too kind). Worse still, it came almost immediately after the Canty-Southland match, which I thought at the time had reached a new low that would be difficult to match. But the ABs and Boks (and the ref) managed it quite comfortably.

I can only hope the WBs-Pumas match is a significant step up. Otherwise it'll have been a significant waste of a day. O me miserum.

But, but, but... this is test rugby!

(Totally agree, it was shit from both teams)

[Kiwias]

Both Jordie and BLackadder are now set starters.

Though I don’t know why he was the line out target.

We lost far too many line outs. Very poor

Need to watch it again, but initial impression was he caught all his throws. Not sure, but I think our lineout issues were elsewhere.

It was not Blackadder at fault in the line outs. He was very steady at the front.

[Kiwias]

JB my MotM

I said I’d be happy with a. 1-point win so I’m delirious at winning by 2

Yeah, he was actually brilliant under pressure

As well as which he kicked all his goals.

[Biffer]

What the fuck is with that jacket and why is it two sizes too small

[PCPhil]

SA should have won that but others have said, can’t seem to shake that kick mentality even when in possession and attacking.

[Ymx]

Both Jordie and BLackadder are now set starters.

Though I don’t know why he was the line out target.

We lost far too many line outs. Very poor

Need to watch it again, but initial impression was he caught all his throws. Not sure, but I think our lineout issues were elsewhere.

He let an absolute sitter go through in one instance.

[boere wors]

SA should have won that but others have said, can’t seem to shake that kick mentality even when in possession and attacking.

Even when having scrum advantage...

[Ymx]

The jersey colours are a bit similar in this one (in terms of dark shade)

[Kiwias]

The jersey colours are a bit similar in this one (in terms of dark shade)

Poor planning. Wallabies look best in yellow

[Kiwias]

Lavanini warming up well.