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Luckily Boks won. Albeit with a point. I think the Williams incident broke our momentum a bit (although I don't get that the Argentine oke wasn't even sent off with at least a yellow, not even a penalty).

Really questionable calls by the ref. Faf perpetually punting the ball away. Argentines playing dirty with their tackles as usual...

Let's hope we can do better next week in Buenos...
 
Vrotappel said:
How many lawnmower tackles did this clown miss?

In the first minute the guy was doing a charge down with his hip. WTF.
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The charge down was fine just unfortunate. The Argie player was lucky he got something on that ball, otherwise he was surely getting a red.
 
Not the greatest spectacle if I'm honest but the boys defended well. The amount of tackles they were forced to make was phenomenal. Fortunately, Argentina don't have NZ's nous in finishing.
 
PrimeSteak said:
Luckily Boks won. Albeit with a point. I think the Williams incident broke our momentum a bit (although I don't get that the Argentine oke wasn't even sent off with at least a yellow, not even a penalty).

Really questionable calls by the ref. Faf perpetually punting the ball away. Argentines playing dirty with their tackles as usual...

Let's hope we can do better next week in Buenos...
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This. Word for word.
 
Agent_Smith said:
The charge down was fine just unfortunate. The Argie player was lucky he got something on that ball, otherwise he was surely getting a red.
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I'll be interested to hear world rugby's comments on this during the week. My understanding of the current approach is that direct contact with the head is always foul play. The fact that he touched the ball doesn't mitigate the extreme danger he caused. As I said, it will be interesting to hear.
 
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I'll be interested to hear world rugby's comments on this during the week. My understanding of the current approach is that survey contact with the head is always foul play. The fact that he touched the ball doesn't mitigate the extreme danger he caused. As I said, it will be interesting to hear.
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Wasn't aware he got something on the ball, not sure if that changes things ?
 
Speedster said:
I'll be interested to hear world rugby's comments on this during the week. My understanding of the current approach is that survey contact with the head is always foul play. The fact that he touched the ball doesn't mitigate the extreme danger he caused. As I said, it will be interesting to hear.
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Yeah, interesting point that re head contact. Will see what they say. They may look to impose some post match sanction.
 
Squad travelling to Argentina for next week's match

Springbok squad to travel to Argentina:

Props: Thomas du Toit, Steven Kitshoff, Vincent Koch, Gerhard Steenekamp, Trevor Nyakane.
Hookers: Bongi Mbonambi, Joseph Dweba.
Locks: Lood de Jager, Jean Kleyn, Marvin Orie.
Loose forwards: Jean-Luc du Preez, Evan Roos, Jasper Wiese.
Utility forwards: Deon Fourie, Franco Mostert.
Scrumhalves: Jaden Hendrikse, Herschel Jantjies, Cobus Reinach.
Flyhalf: Manie Libbok.
Centres: Lukhanyo Am, Andre Esterhuizen, Jesse Kriel.
Outside Backs: Makazole Mapimpi, Canan Moodie, Kurt-Lee Arendse.
Utility back: Damian Willemse.

Players remaining in South Africa:
Forwards: Pieter-Steph du Toit (loose forward), Eben Etzebeth (lock), Siya Kolisi (flank), Frans Malherbe (prop), Malcolm Marx (hooker), Ox Nche (prop), Kwagga Smith (loose forward), RG Snyman (lock), Marco van Staden (flank), Duane Vermeulen (No 8).
Backs: Damian de Allende (centre), Faf de Klerk (scrumhalf), Cheslin Kolbe (wing), Willie le Roux (fullback), Handre Pollard (flyhalf), Grant Williams (scrumhalf).
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It was a fair charge-down, like it or not.

Similar incident ended Lambie's career so let's hope Williams is ok.

Bok management sticking to their plan despite iffy results and public opinion. I admire that.

Likely loss over in Arg with the mob we send over but hey, nothing like a good win by them to set us up. They are all playing for RWC squad spots.
 
Luckily the Santiago dude missed 3 easy kicks at goal, otherwise it would have been an embarrassing loss at home and in the highveld.
 
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