The Rugby thread

[skimread]

SA strategy bad. A try score behind and only a few minutes left and an extra players Jantjies box kicks.

 

[Heisenborg]

SA strategy bad. A try score behind and only a few minutes left and an extra players Jantjies box kicks.

Yep

 

[Agent_Smith]

Write NZ off at your peril. They hung in there and took their chances superbly. Can't deny them this. Back to the drawing board for the Boks.

 

[cavedog]

The kicks were bad. Defence was worse. It cost us the game.

 

[skimread]

Write NZ off at your peril. They hung in there and took their chances superbly. Can't deny them this. Back to the drawing board for the Boks.

They got an extra wind and finished it off.

 

[Agent_Smith]

Maybe we should play all our matches in Nelspruit

 

[backstreetboy]

Brilliant game ruined by an incompetent ref trying to be the center of attention

This. Ref should be man of the match.

 

[SAguy]

Write NZ off at your peril. They hung in there and took their chances superbly. Can't deny them this. Back to the drawing board for the Boks.

Yeah, two of the giants of the game... can't complain

 

[skimread]

The kicks were bad. Defence was worse. It cost us the game.

Yeah AB had more line breaks. Quite a few on the wings. Our defense was worse than theirs.
We couldn't rely on our usual strength the lineout. They also worked on their steals and got a couple.

The NZ public wants Foster fired so not sure they will be happy with a big win.

 

[Fulcrum29]

SA strategy bad. A try score behind and only a few minutes left and an extra players Jantjies box kicks.

Yeah, I don't know what happened there. We were already under pressure, then we chose a pressure game without time for any correction. A moment of failure, but our defence was mightily unstructured during the first minutes and closing minutes of the game. Perhaps the depth is not where we want it...

 

[SlowInternet]

Good game

 

[D4N]

Stupid fkn box kicks. What is the point of these? We don't contest the ball so do we just turn over possesion and hope they knock the ball in our hands?

 

[Heisenborg]

Good game

Brilliant game

 

[Vrotappel]

Bummer. Well done NZ. Showed some real guts.

 

[SAguy]

Stupid fkn box kicks. What is the point of these? We don't contest the ball so do we just turn over possesion and hope they knock the ball in our hands?

I think we should have ditched the box kicks knowing that other than mapimpi we had none of our star chasers kn the pitch.

 

[Agent_Smith]

Yeah, two of the giants of the game... can't complain

Lol, couple of 'armchair experts' here who disrespectfully disagree.

Thought it was a typically bruising encounter between these two as you say. NZ were the better team on the night.

 

[cavedog]

It's only a good game if you support the All Blacks.

 

[rvZA]

Beautiful! Cup going back to NZ where it belongs.

 

[Vrotappel]

Stupid fkn box kicks. What is the point of these? We don't contest the ball so do we just turn over possesion and hope they knock the ball in our hands?

They are ok if executed well. However it has been shown how NZ was blocking chasers without being penalised.

Some of the kicks that went directly into touch cost us the game. I think two of them lead to tries.

 

[Superman-7]

Tired, inaccurate, overused box kicks gave it away.