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Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:02 pm**

Blake wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:44 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:35 pm
PCPhil wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:33 pm That pitch looks awful. When did they get the cows off it?
It's worse than the Sydney one earlier. How TF is it this bad in SA?
It's a football pitch on sandy soil. We mention this every time there is a match there and everybody bitches about it.

Was never designed for rugby to be played on it. Doubt the City of Cape Town is going to invest in having it resurfaced until they get Western Province / The Stormers to commit to a long term lease.

Surely this would be worse to play football on? But thanks for the info.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:03 pm**

boere wors wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:00 pm Kwagga is on for who?

Wiese I think. Didn't see him go off or get injured though, but I think its him.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:05 pm**

Blake wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:03 pm
boere wors wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:00 pm Kwagga is on for who?
Wiese I think. Didn't see him go off or get injured though, but I think its him.

Ah ok, thanks. Missed it as well. Wiese was weak i thought.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:05 pm**

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:02 pm
Blake wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:44 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:35 pm

It's worse than the Sydney one earlier. How TF is it this bad in SA?
It's a football pitch on sandy soil. We mention this every time there is a match there and everybody bitches about it.

Was never designed for rugby to be played on it. Doubt the City of Cape Town is going to invest in having it resurfaced until they get Western Province / The Stormers to commit to a long term lease.
Surely this would be worse to play football on? But thanks for the info.

Our locals moan along about it. We have the strongest scrum but it neutralize it

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:05 pm**

Jonathan Davies still looks 17! Bstd.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:06 pm**

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:02 pm
Blake wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:44 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:35 pm

It's worse than the Sydney one earlier. How TF is it this bad in SA?
It's a football pitch on sandy soil. We mention this every time there is a match there and everybody bitches about it.

Was never designed for rugby to be played on it. Doubt the City of Cape Town is going to invest in having it resurfaced until they get Western Province / The Stormers to commit to a long term lease.
Surely this would be worse to play football on? But thanks for the info.

Actually it was a great pitch for football, it was layed for the WC in 2010. But this is the first season the Stormers played there, so a season of URC was not good for this pitch. Before this season only sevens were played on it which do not damage the pitch much.

But definitely need a new surface for rugby long term

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:06 pm**

Blake wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:59 pm Finally!

Just before halftime too. Need to get back into the red zone to milk a yellow card.

Wonder if that "team warning" is still in effect?

Yep. But Wales also super cynical in the red zone. Very annoying to play against that

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Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:07 pm**

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:02 pm
Blake wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:44 pm It's a football pitch on sandy soil. We mention this every time there is a match there and everybody bitches about it.

Was never designed for rugby to be played on it. Doubt the City of Cape Town is going to invest in having it resurfaced until they get Western Province / The Stormers to commit to a long term lease.
Surely this would be worse to play football on? But thanks for the info.

Think it was surfaced in 2010 according to FIFA standards.

WPRU has this on-again off-again issue with Newlands and are in deep financial distress. They need to level Newlands and sell the very valuable lots under it, invest whatever is left after paying their debtors and commit to Cape Town Stadium as their new home base. May the City will then resurface it properly to "Newlands Standard".

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:07 pm**

Hope our bom squad fire.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:10 pm**

Pollard and Lood also great so far.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:12 pm**

boere wors wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:05 pm
Blake wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:03 pm
boere wors wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:00 pm Kwagga is on for who?
Wiese I think. Didn't see him go off or get injured though, but I think its him.
Ah ok, thanks. Missed it as well. Wiese was weak i thought.

Ja, he hasn't been half the player for the Boks that he has been for Leicester.
He gets over the advantage line well enough, but he is so one-dimensional.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:14 pm**

Blake wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:12 pm
boere wors wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:05 pm
Blake wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:03 pm

Wiese I think. Didn't see him go off or get injured though, but I think its him.
Ah ok, thanks. Missed it as well. Wiese was weak i thought.
Ja, he hasn't been half the player for the Boks that he has been for Leicester.
He gets over the advantage line well enough, but he is so one-dimensional.

Carry the ball with one hand and got turned over.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:15 pm**

50800 crowd.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:16 pm**

Wales have another 2 replacements on.
We are fecked

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:18 pm**

PSdT having a shocker

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:18 pm**

C69 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:16 pm Wales have another 2 replacements on.
We are fecked

Whatever happens, the days of the 50+ losses with humiliation and pity seem well in the past.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:19 pm**

Looked forward by a mile.
Edit. That crowd. Worse than Saturday night French morons.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:19 pm**

That looked forward to me...

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:19 pm**

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:18 pm PSdT having a shocker

ja, he is totally off the pace

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:20 pm**

A yard forward

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:20 pm**

Jaden and Amm making magic

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:21 pm**

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:18 pm PSdT having a shocker

He is so far off the pace. Can't be out of rugby for 12 months and then start with test rugby against Wales.

I get that Nienaber wants him to get some game time before TRC, but he really is a passenger out there. Same thing in the first test.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:23 pm**

The pitch is a disgrace

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:24 pm**

Already 3 disallowed tries, the boks cant keep passing up opportunities. Keep passing up chances last week too

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:24 pm**

Elrigh to 7

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:26 pm**

Boks should have tied this game up long ago

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:27 pm**

C69 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:26 pm Boks should have tied this game up long ago

Yup. The longer this persists, the more likely SA will screw it up.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:29 pm**

Hardy really is a bit pish.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:30 pm**

C69 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:26 pm Boks should have tied this game up long ago

As so often, that team is standing in its own way again

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:33 pm**

Sharks boys making it count

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:34 pm**

Oh Captain my Captain!

Siya over the line.

Some relief, but I'm sure Wales will counter punch from the restart.
They just know how to stay in the contest against us.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:34 pm**

The ref is reallly very lenient on Wales when it comes to penalties in their own 22. Keep giving warnings without doing anything about it

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:36 pm**

bok_viking wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:34 pm The ref is reallly very lenient on Wales when it comes to penalties in their own 22. Keep giving warnings without doing anything about it

I think they have been on the edge but just enough of a gap to allow it.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:36 pm**

Lovely stadium. Pity about the pitch

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:38 pm**

PCPhil wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:36 pm
bok_viking wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:34 pm The ref is reallly very lenient on Wales when it comes to penalties in their own 22. Keep giving warnings without doing anything about it
I think they have been on the edge but just enough of a gap to allow it.

Yep; playing the referee very well. Pushing the limit.
Every time they are on a warning, they stop infringing and the Boks score, but if you are getting away with it, why not?

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:39 pm**

This game feels like it has already been playing for 2 hours.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:39 pm**

North has had a very good game in defense and attack.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:40 pm**

Blake wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:39 pm North has had a very good game in defense and attack.

Not x factor any more though.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:40 pm**

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:39 pm This game feels like it has already been playing for 2 hours.

All of the last 5 or 6 Bok vs Wales matches have felt like that to me. They just crawl by. I hate them.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:41 pm**

Blake wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:40 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:39 pm This game feels like it has already been playing for 2 hours.
All of the last 5 or 6 Bok vs Wales matches have felt like that to me. They just crawl by. I hate them.

TBH, I don't even know why I tuned in to this one. Not like I have any stake in this.

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