The Rugby Championship - Round 3

[Sards]

Let's hope that we never see Fassi in a Bok jersey again.

Actually had another great game. Was rated equally with Sasha ultimately. The 2 stars of the backline.

[Sards]

Regarding the 2 controversial decisions.

The ABs double banking. Yeah that definitely happened. Wasn't looked at by the TMO. Good luck to the ABs.

Bongis try. It dislodged but he did get it under control before it was grounded. Wasn't referred to the TMO. Good luck boks

[OomStruisbaai]

Will be interesting to see if Rassie is brave enough to make a lot of changes again. We might see Willie, Mapimpi, Am, AE, Moodie, Libbok, Moerat. Escom & Kitshoff.

[Clogs]

Regarding the 2 controversial decisions.

The ABs double banking. Yeah that definitely happened. Wasn't looked at by the TMO. Good luck to the ABs.

Bongis try. It dislodged but he did get it under control before it was grounded. Wasn't referred to the TMO. Good luck boks

What is double banking?

[Sards]

Will be interesting to see if Rassie is brave enough to make a lot of changes again. We might see Willie, Mapimpi, Am, AE, Moodie, Libbok, Moerat. Escom & Kitshoff.

Vok Libbok and Moerat

Kitshoff is done

[OomStruisbaai]

Regarding the 2 controversial decisions.

The ABs double banking. Yeah that definitely happened. Wasn't looked at by the TMO. Good luck to the ABs.

Bongis try. It dislodged but he did get it under control before it was grounded. Wasn't referred to the TMO. Good luck boks

What is double banking?

Sards is worse then anybody else when it come to ref bashing.

[OomStruisbaai]

Will be interesting to see if Rassie is brave enough to make a lot of changes again. We might see Willie, Mapimpi, Am, AE, Moodie, Libbok, Moerat. Escom & Kitshoff.

Vok Libbok and Moerat

Kitshoff is done

Moerat will captain the Springboks at his home.

[Sards]

Regarding the 2 controversial decisions.

The ABs double banking. Yeah that definitely happened. Wasn't looked at by the TMO. Good luck to the ABs.

Bongis try. It dislodged but he did get it under control before it was grounded. Wasn't referred to the TMO. Good luck boks

What is double banking?

Sards is worse then anybody else when it come to ref bashing.

You Stomps are another breed. ... such weak characters Always trying to throw shade on everyone else and not prepared to look at yourself . ..

Where the vok was I ref bashing you twat

[Slick]

Didn’t see any of it yet but that looks like a decent result for the Aussies

Currently in Ghana that seems to have a 24 hour rugby channel in the hotel!

[Kiwias]

Regarding the 2 controversial decisions.

The ABs double banking. Yeah that definitely happened. Wasn't looked at by the TMO. Good luck to the ABs.

Bongis try. It dislodged but he did get it under control before it was grounded. Wasn't referred to the TMO. Good luck boks

What is double banking?

My question too. Sards?

[SaintK]

What is double banking?

Sards is worse then anybody else when it come to ref bashing.

You Stomps are another breed. ... such weak characters Always trying to throw shade on everyone else and not prepared to look at yourself . ..

Where the vok was I ref bashing you twat

The irony meter is off the scale when you guys are arguing!

[Monk]

Regarding the 2 controversial decisions.

The ABs double banking. Yeah that definitely happened. Wasn't looked at by the TMO. Good luck to the ABs.

Bongis try. It dislodged but he did get it under control before it was grounded. Wasn't referred to the TMO. Good luck boks

What is double banking?

My question too. Sards?

when the lineout jumper lands there is a teammate from either side between him and the opposition.

look at the ABs first try

penalty offence

[boere wors]

Will be interesting to see if Rassie is brave enough to make a lot of changes again. We might see Willie, Mapimpi, Am, AE, Moodie, Libbok, Moerat. Escom & Kitshoff.

Well, not making any changes has always backfired on us, but that is a bit far fetched

[bok_viking]

Will be interesting to see if Rassie is brave enough to make a lot of changes again. We might see Willie, Mapimpi, Am, AE, Moodie, Libbok, Moerat. Escom & Kitshoff.

Well, not making any changes has always backfired on us, but that is a bit far fetched

I do not think there will be that many changes for this game, if big changes are coming up, it will be for the Argentina game, Because if the Boks can win the next game, the Championship is basically theirs.

There will be some forced changes already though, Kolisi out with a possible fractured cheekbone, Arendse out with Concussion. Personally I would want Reynach out of the starting lineup, I thought his delivery was very slow yesterday and allowed the AB defense to much time to get to us. So my guess will be 3-4 changes to the starting lineup at most. There might be a small chance that Am and Willie gets a run out.

[Sards]

Will be interesting to see if Rassie is brave enough to make a lot of changes again. We might see Willie, Mapimpi, Am, AE, Moodie, Libbok, Moerat. Escom & Kitshoff.

Well, not making any changes has always backfired on us, but that is a bit far fetched

I do not think there will be that many changes for this game, if big changes are coming up, it will be for the Argentina game, Because if the Boks can win the next game, the Championship is basically theirs.

There will be some forced changes already though, Kolisi out with a possible fractured cheekbone, Arendse out with Concussion. Personally I would want Reynach out of the starting lineup, I thought his delivery was very slow yesterday and allowed the AB defense to much time to get to us. So my guess will be 3-4 changes to the starting lineup at most. There might be a small chance that Am and Willie gets a run out.

Sascha made some mistakes. But his passion and commitment leads me to think we should perseve. It's a good investment. So Pollard will take the bench. He did a decent job at 12 and could comfortably cover 15 too. Nailed in. Libbok is where he shines most. CC .
Reinach has more gas than Hendricks so is dialed in. Williams works off the bench. BJD looked very off. Is he a bit inconsistent. I still wouldn't replace him with Moerat.

Rassie would make a mistake to not Chace a second victory.

[Biffer]

What is double banking?

Sards is worse then anybody else when it come to ref bashing.

You Stomps are another breed. ... such weak characters Always trying to throw shade on everyone else and not prepared to look at yourself . ..

Where the vok was I ref bashing you twat

I'm rolling on the floor here

[Sandstorm]

Reinach and Williams were both very untidy behind the ruck, cost us a lot of momentum. Fassi and Beauden also put in error-strewn performances and made some poor choices.

However the worst aspect was Marx. The lineout went to shit when he came on. Very unusual for him, it’s normally Bongi who can’t throw but he was impressive in the first half.

AB back line looked dangerous and scored some good tries.

[handyman]

Reinach and Williams were both very untidy behind the ruck, cost us a lot of momentum. Fassi and Beauden also put in error-strewn performances and made some poor choices.

However the worst aspect was Marx. The lineout went to shit when he came on. Very unusual for him, it’s normally Bongi who can’t throw but he was impressive in the first half.

AB back line looked dangerous and scored some good tries.

Agreed, Bongi was great, Marx strangely very quiet.

[handyman]

Who is going to the test on Saturday?

[Sards]

Reinach and Williams were both very untidy behind the ruck, cost us a lot of momentum. Fassi and Beauden also put in error-strewn performances and made some poor choices.

However the worst aspect was Marx. The lineout went to shit when he came on. Very unusual for him, it’s normally Bongi who can’t throw but he was impressive in the first half.

AB back line looked dangerous and scored some good tries.

Thankfully they don't ask you to rate the players because you are completely an idiot

You should be watching WP playing to get an update on the boks there

[Sards]

Who is going to the test on Saturday?

Couldn't get tickets
Going to be cold and windy

40 to 50 km winds ...... not going to be fun

[bok_viking]

One other good thing for Ellis Park is that they have revamped and re-opened the Ellis Park train station, so you can now use the Gautrain to Park station and jump onto one of the new PRASA trains and get off at Ellis Park. A private initiative started revamping the area around the stadium and the train station. Hope this can continue and more revamping of the wider area around the stadium will continue.
Will be trying out the trip myself instead of driving in and parking around the stadium.

Ja, it's a great initiative. I think the local property owners have realised that they are sitting on a goldmine if they can gentrify the area around the stadium. Lots of opportunity for pubs and restaurants if they can secure the area and manage traffic and people flow away from some of the adjacent areas. The guys from Local Abode are doing great work getting the ball rolling.

And kudos to Prasa for coming to the party as well by getting the rail line up and running for game days.

It's been a shitshow at Prasa from more than a decade now with a ton of corruption and graft, lack of investment, vandalism and sabotage, and lack of maintenance but it seams like they are finally starting to get their act together and their marketing department is also doing a good job documenting their efforts on social media and Youtube. I really hope they can get the city-bound trains in Cape Town running again to alleviate some of the traffic on the N1 and N2. By all accounts the Simonstown line is pretty decent again now.

Someone made a VLOG of the train trip to the stadium yesterday. I think the new station was a great success and loads of fans used it. [/Url][/url]

[assfly]

Couldn't get tickets

I keep seeing comments about how these test matches could be sold out 10 times over, but then there are sizable chunks of empty seats. Weird.

[Blake]

Who is going to the test on Saturday?

I applied in the lottery but didn’t get any.

[Gumboot]

Apparently the ref in Cape Town will be Matthew Carling.

He was in charge at Twickenham last year when the Boks inflicted that record loss on the ABs. It was a feckin' miserable night for Kiwi supporters. Cane got a YC and Scooter got 2, so upgraded to a Red. And Lomax copped a nasty gash to the knee, causing him to miss the start of the RWC, including our pool loss to France.

And that was just the first half...

[Sards]

Apparently the ref in Cape Town will be Matthew Carling.

He was in charge at Twickenham last year when the Boks inflicted that record loss on the ABs. It was a feckin' miserable night for Kiwi supporters. Cane got a YC and Scooter got 2, so upgraded to a Red. And Lomax copped a nasty gash to the knee, causing him to miss the start of the RWC, including our pool loss to France.

And that was just the first half...

Going to be a sunny but very windy day saturday...so great for running rugby. I am not sure how Cape town stadium handles the wind. Newlands used to swirl inside the stadium. So might be a challenge for the kickers.

[Blake]

Going to be a sunny but very windy day saturday...so great for running rugby. I am not sure how Cape town stadium handles the wind. Newlands used to swirl inside the stadium. So might be a challenge for the kickers.

It handles the wind surprisingly well but it will have an impact on kicking.

I remember at the Sevens last year the. wind was howling outside. You had to lean forwards to brace against it, but because the field is recessed it handed it pretty well on the pitch. High up-and-unders, box kicks and goal kicking might be challenging.

What weather forecast are you using? I'm, getting sunny, 17C and winds of 35km/h on mine.

[Sards]

Going to be a sunny but very windy day saturday...so great for running rugby. I am not sure how Cape town stadium handles the wind. Newlands used to swirl inside the stadium. So might be a challenge for the kickers.

It handles the wind surprisingly well but it will have an impact on kicking.

I remember at the Sevens last year the. wind was howling outside. You had to lean forwards to brace against it, but because the field is recessed it handed it pretty well on the pitch. High up-and-unders, box kicks and goal kicking might be challenging.

What weather forecast are you using? I'm, getting sunny, 17C and winds of 35km/h on mine.

I had 40 to 50 gusts ....so pretty much still the same...hopefully it eases as the match nears

[OomStruisbaai]

Going to be a sunny but very windy day saturday...so great for running rugby. I am not sure how Cape town stadium handles the wind. Newlands used to swirl inside the stadium. So might be a challenge for the kickers.

It handles the wind surprisingly well but it will have an impact on kicking.

I remember at the Sevens last year the. wind was howling outside. You had to lean forwards to brace against it, but because the field is recessed it handed it pretty well on the pitch. High up-and-unders, box kicks and goal kicking might be challenging.

What weather forecast are you using? I'm, getting sunny, 17C and winds of 35km/h on mine.

I had 40 to 50 gusts ....so pretty much still the same...hopefully it eases as the match nears

You talking through your arse again? Its summer weather in Cape Town.

[OomStruisbaai]

Regarding the 2 controversial decisions.

The ABs double banking. Yeah that definitely happened. Wasn't looked at by the TMO. Good luck to the ABs.

Bongis try. It dislodged but he did get it under control before it was grounded. Wasn't referred to the TMO. Good luck boks

What is double banking?

My question too. Sards?

https://x.com/i/status/1830275342747189601

[Sards]

It handles the wind surprisingly well but it will have an impact on kicking.

I remember at the Sevens last year the. wind was howling outside. You had to lean forwards to brace against it, but because the field is recessed it handed it pretty well on the pitch. High up-and-unders, box kicks and goal kicking might be challenging.

What weather forecast are you using? I'm, getting sunny, 17C and winds of 35km/h on mine.

I had 40 to 50 gusts ....so pretty much still the same...hopefully it eases as the match nears

You talking through your arse again? Its summer weather in Cape Town.

Which means what............no wing....gusting winds......

[Blake]

Get a room you two.

[Sandstorm]

Get a room you two.

Only those two fools could argue whether Greenpoint is windy or very windy today.

[Gumboot]

Get a room you two.

Only those two fools could argue whether Greenpoint is windy or very windy today.

Sounds like "blustery" conditions to me.

[handyman]

I was lucky enough to get 4 tickets. Upper tier unfortunately. I am not going to pay R 2500 a ticket.

[Sandstorm]

I was lucky enough to get 4 tickets. Upper tier unfortunately.

Marx might throw your guys a lineout or two.

[handyman]

I was lucky enough to get 4 tickets. Upper tier unfortunately.

Marx might throw your guys a lineout or two.

He won't be that bad again. Can't be, surely.

[_Os_]

I was lucky enough to get 4 tickets. Upper tier unfortunately. I am not going to pay R 2500 a ticket.

That's what being an accountant gets you, the cheap seats looking through binoculars.

I looked at the prices for the Twickenham match and refused to pay (would've been double that price with travel/food/drink per person). SS went then twerked on here afterwards over seeing the record win.

[handyman]

I was lucky enough to get 4 tickets. Upper tier unfortunately. I am not going to pay R 2500 a ticket.

That's what being an accountant gets you, the cheap seats looking through binoculars.

I looked at the prices for the Twickenham match and refused to pay (would've been double that price with travel/food/drink per person). SS went then twerked on here afterwards over seeing the record win.

Close enough to the big screen haha. Will record the game as well.

[_Os_]

I was lucky enough to get 4 tickets. Upper tier unfortunately. I am not going to pay R 2500 a ticket.

That's what being an accountant gets you, the cheap seats looking through binoculars.

I looked at the prices for the Twickenham match and refused to pay (would've been double that price with travel/food/drink per person). SS went then twerked on here afterwards over seeing the record win.

Close enough to the big screen haha. Will record the game as well.

Feels like everyone on here is going to see the Boks get record wins over the ABs, but not me.