Springboks v All Blacks

[DMX]

@rocky-rockbottom

But ABs also failed to convert 2 dead certain tries so kind of balances out.

[rustycruiser]

Pollard needs to start. Assuming he is not broken again

[Bones]

@rocky-rockbottom du toit was 7....but that's blindside.

[Bones]

Thanks de Allende! You are my kinda dumbass. Rough card, but no one else made you put yourself in the cross hairs...

Crotty huge. DMac only the one glaring error, good on ya fella, those rocket shoes certainly made up for it. Havili is made for black.

What a match, brutal. Top stuff springboks, great to see the passion. Probably would have won if they hadn't lost.

[Stargazer]

I hope Havili gets a start soon. So much promise! That try assist was brilliant.

[Samurai Jack]

Yeah, loved that game. Test rugby at its best. The free for all at the breakdown lead to a pretty physical game.
However, if any South African complains about Pocock 2011 Rugby World Cup geting a free for all and not supporting his own body wieght......Boks No.2 Marx tonight had exactly the same free for all. It was silly at times.

[Crucial]

@stargazer said in Springboks v All Blacks:

Wow, red! A bit harsh?

Late unnecessary contact made it a penalty.. using the elbow made it a yellow...making contact with the neck/head made it red. Left the ref no choice.

[ACT Crusader]

Man that was a physical test match.

Crotty and DMac were superb, as was NMS before going off.

SBW’s handling and decision making was a little off again, but we are fortunate to have him and Ioane, both are like extra forwards out there when they carry.

They compliment our other backs quite well.

The start of the match we looked awesome but just couldn’t finish off the moves, making some errors.

Our replacements played well.

Boks defend like demons, but their attacking game is very iffy. Their phase play and formation is fairly predictable. They need some creativity out there.

[Crucial]

Garces is nearly as shit a ref as Nutbrown. Zero control at breakdown. Mauls called in seconds. Turnover penalties when rucks had been formed before hands were on.
What was that penalty against Read about after the knock on by DMac? A bok had kicked the ball! Offside had disappeared

[mimic]

@crucial Read was penalised for playing at the ball while he was on the ground. A fair penalty.

[Bones]

@crucial showed on the screen as offside, but I think it was actually for holding on or playing the ball on the ground, which was fair enough if so. If it was for offside it was diabolical as Read was well onside, even without the boks playing it.

[akan004]

SBW was not good at all. I rate the guy but his performances this year have been underwhelming to say the least.

Was also disappointed with Scott Barrett. He fell off a lot of tackles and PT was a huge step up off the bench. For the Boks, Marx and Estebeth were unbelievably good. Marx just put in the best performance from a forward in a test match I think I have ever seen.

[mimic]

I thought SBW was huge on defence. Saw him make a few cover tackles..
In attack, I was worried every time they passed him the ball

[Kruse]

@crucial said in Springboks v All Blacks:

@stargazer said in Springboks v All Blacks:

Wow, red! A bit harsh?

Late unnecessary contact made it a penalty.. using the elbow made it a yellow...making contact with the neck/head made it red. Left the ref no choice.

Add in jumping to ensure the contact with neck/head, FFS what a stupid fluffybunny. He pretty much did everything possible to get himself off the field.

[Kruse]

And that game made me realise: I'm fine with ABs being "boringly dominant". Blood pressure is cool with enjoying the close hard-fought games between sides where I only have a slight preference for the winner.
Also, well done Boks... a brutal 90 minutes to wake us up at the perfect time.

[Stargazer]

@akan004 said in Springboks v All Blacks:

SBW was not good at all. I rate the guy but his performances this year have been underwhelming to say the least.

Was also disappointed with Scott Barrett. He fell off a lot of tackles and PT was a huge step up off the bench. For the Boks, Marx and Estebeth were unbelievably good. Marx just put in the best performance from a forward in a test match I think I have ever seen.

No, he didn't. According to the match stats, he only missed 2 tackles.

[Stargazer]

@mimic said in Springboks v All Blacks:

I thought SBW was huge on defence. Saw him make a few cover tackles..
In attack, I was worried every time they passed him the ball

Yes, on attack SBW was poor, but he made 22 tackles (the most of all players!) and missed only one. Source: ESPN

[akan004]

@stargazer Will have to watch it again but it seemed like he slipped off more than a couple upon first viewing.

[akan004]

Stuff gave SBW an 8.5 and DMac and Crotty a 7 each. Were they even watching the same game?

[Bones]

@stargazer said in Springboks v All Blacks:

@mimic said in Springboks v All Blacks:

I thought SBW was huge on defence. Saw him make a few cover tackles..
In attack, I was worried every time they passed him the ball

Yes, on attack SBW was poor, but he made 22 tackles (the most of all players!) and missed only one. Source: ESPN

Which would be bloody grand if he wasn't the one turning the ball over forcing everyone to have to make those extra tackles.