Wales v Springboks

[Kruse]

@mikethesnow said in Wales v Springboks:

Well done SA.
Deserved a try there.

Yep, looks like the halftime "Aww, come on guys, can you just play a bit better? Please?" speech worked.

[MiketheSnow]

3 1/2 autumn matches and we still can't put the outside man in space except by the cross-field kick.

Kick every time

[JustAnotherFan]

Well done Boks

[MiketheSnow]

TIme for our props to get cramp.

SA in ascendency.

Wales 21 - 22 SA

56 mins gone

[MiketheSnow]

SA lucky not to have yellow card for shoulder to AWJ head

[MiketheSnow]

Anyone's match with 17 to go.

[MiketheSnow]

Great lineout drive to within 5m for Wales but then blow the ball shift

[MiketheSnow]

Great patience and precision from Wales.

SA penalised for not rolling away.

Halfpenny with the three.

Wales 24 - 22 SA

67 mins gone

[Kruse]

This has been a great 2nd half so far, now that both teams are playing.
Gonna be disappointing if it turns into penalty attempt after penalty hunting.

[Tordah]

Louis Schreuder makes a big difference for the boks, but Jantjies with two knock ons in two minutes negates that

[MiketheSnow]

Brilliant from Faletau and Webb.

Make the Boks wirk for it.

[Tordah]

hilarious ending, Patchell with a worse than Donald-in-Hongkong-kick and then group cuddle maul till the final whistle

[MiketheSnow]

Fuck we made that look hard.

SA by far the better team in the second half.

Big result for Wales in the context of the Autumn series.

Tried way more players at this level compared with last year.

And some found wanting and some very much played their way in.

[Kruse]

Ended up being a decent game,
I think that means SA drops to 6 on world rankings, Scotland to 5th?
And probably a fair reflection, WTF?

[Crash]

Good second half from both teams.
About fitting that Hadleigh 'Jones' Parkes fella was MOTM
Navidi and AW Jones played well.
Jantjes will be kicking himself for sure for those 2 knock-ons. SA are a shadow of their former selves, reckon we may see an even greater exodus of SA players to these shores shortly.

[MiketheSnow]

Halfpenny - sub, squad
Evans - back to Scarlets
S Williams - start, sub, squad depending on combo
H Parkes - start, sub, squad depending on combo
(O Williams, J Davies, O Watkin in that mix)
H Amos - start
Biggar - start, sub, squad depending on combo
(Priestland, Patchell, O Williams in that mix)
A Davies - back to Scarlets
(Webb and Davies our best players)

Faletau - start
Navidi - start, sub, squad depending on combo
Shingler - start, sub, squad depending on combo
(Warburton, Tipuric, Lydiate, Young, Moriarty in that mix)
AWJ - start
Beard - start, sub, squad depending on combo
Rob Evans, Owens, Francis preferred front row (any of those injured, lottery)

[PN]

Thanks for taking the win Wales. This means we'll have another coaching team in the new year.

Are there any tier 1 coaches out there willing to risk their career in the position where their biggest threat comes from within South African policy? No takers? Early rumours indicate Peter de Villiers is the front runner for the job (yes, seriously)

http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Springboks/peter-de-villiers-set-for-shock-bok-return-20171202

SA doesn't have the coaching talent, and with the restrictive policies in place, you can be sure that foreign talent will remain exactly that.

SARU boys club are well and truly in a hole now since Coetzee refuses to resign, and without a performance clause in his contract, the cash strapped union will have to buy him out as he is only 2 years into his 4 year contract.

https://www.facebook.com/sarugbymagazine/videos/1756752664346427/

At least it's a healthy team environment!

You're going to have to choose soon SARU - pleasing the ANC, or staying relevant.

[Salacious Crumb]

@pn said in Wales v Springboks:

Early rumours indicate Peter de Villiers is the front runner for the job (yes, seriously)

http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Springboks/peter-de-villiers-set-for-shock-bok-return-20171202

Keohane says that's incorrect. Spelling error.

"They have interpreted it wrong. It is Pieter (with an i.e.) the SA born former French prop who will join Rassie as scrum coach. Not Peter (er) former coach."

[PN]

@salacious-crumb said in Wales v Springboks:

h

Hopefully, however, the article goes on to say that they are also looking at installing the current Kings coach, Davids as the Boks coach, you know the same outfit that is currently 0-10 on the Pro14 log. How's that for Window Dressing

Yup.. .Bok coach material that:

[Higgins]

He has got them firing well in the PA category, leading that category rather comfortably so maybe he might fit in to the role nicely.