2014 IRB Junior World Championship

[sand_man]

Damn it. Not watching live. Was trying to resist your updates Mickey and apoc but caved. Missing a cracker, recording it though. Sounds a frustrating game though!!!

 

[FoXtroT]

What happened. I had to leave the tv

 

[APoc184]

Whoo hoo! Lekker Bokke.

 

[sand_man]

Are we going to win this one gents?

 

[atomcrusher]

CONGRATS to the Junior Bokke .. great win over Kiwis!

 

[sand_man]

Oh!!!! Awesome!!!

 

[atomcrusher]

Now for the Poms in the final

 

[greg0205]

What happened. I had to leave the tv

32 to 25 to the baby bokke... Next up, the final vs England

 

[sand_man]

Next up England in the final. Going to be tough.

 

[APoc184]

Going to be a tough one against England but if we cut out the silly errors, poor defence at times and *** TMO calls we can certainly defend the title.

 

[greg0205]

I know he got sent off for a dangerous, and by dangerous I mean awesome, tackle but that 12 is a beast. He's bigger than most of our loosies!

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Only watched the last 30 minutes, but we were beastly. Great looking set of players.

Pollard has a bright future!

 

[APoc184]

So impressed with Pollard and his leadership. With Goosen probably out injured yet again, HM would do well to start including him in Bok camps. Future Bok 10 and possible captain

 

[MickeyD]

I know he got sent off for a dangerous, and by dangerous I mean awesome, tackle but that 12 is a beast. He's bigger than most of our loosies!

106kg at centre...

 

[MickeyD]

Just did some research on the teams that started yesterday and today:

Boks forwards + backs: 926 + 659 = 1 585 kg
Baby Boks forwards + backs: 888 + 659 = 1 547 kg

Only 38 kg between them!!!

 

[Mortymoose]

All that kicking pissed me off, but I still enjoyed watching and am looking forward to the final!

 

[Creag]

Just did some research on the teams that started yesterday and today:

Boks forwards + backs: 926 + 659 = 1 585 kg
Baby Boks forwards + backs: 888 + 659 = 1 547 kg

Only 38 kg between them!!!

Thank you for this post. Missus and I were watching the replay of game at lunch today. She noted how big the players were. Friend of mine was telling me about school boy game he watched yesterday and how big they were. They really are breeding players bigger and more mobile these days.

 

[Creag]

SOUTH AFRICA 32-25 NEW ZEALAND

Just when sudden death extra-time seemed to be looming at QBE Stadium with the scores locked at 25-25, South Africa got up a head of steam with a driving maul and hooker Corniel Els dotted down in the corner to break New Zealand hearts.

New Zealand had been overpowered by South Africa in the pool stages, but this was a much-improved performance that got off to the perfect start when hooker Hame Faiva raced down the touchline to open the scoring in the fourth minute.

South Africa captain Handre Pollard - who during the match became the leading point scorer at both JWC 2014 and in the competition's history - pulled his side ahead after judging a pass well to intercept and race clear under the posts.

The Baby Blacks, with Damian McKenzie a livewire at full back, hit back again through Tevita Li but South Africa would have been relieved to go in trailing just 15-10. The seesaw nature continued after the break with Sergeal Petersen and Vincent Tavae-Aso trading tries before South Africa fought back from 25-20 down with tries from Andre Esterhuizen and Els.

Awesome sauces!

http://www.irb.com/jwc/news/newsid=2071952.html#south+africa+face+england+juniors+final

 

[MickeyD]

Final day's schedule

02:20 - 04:35 (SS5) - 11/12th: Fiji v Italy
04:20 - 06:35 (SS1) - 5/6th: France v Australia
04:55 - 07:10 (SS5) - 9/10th: Argentina v Scotland
06:55 - 09:10 (SS1) - 3/4th: Ireland v New Zealand
07:25 - 09:40 (SS5) - 7/8th: Wales v Samoa
09:10 - 12:00 (SS1) - Final: England v South Africa

 

[OrbitalDawn]

The four-leaf clovers giving the Kiwis a run for their money!