sand_man
Honorary Master
Valid points, mostly. Our lineouts weren't bad. 1 lineout Ruan fumbled and Ox knocked it. 1 lineout was a genuine over throw. Moerat wasn't lifted high enough, or the timing was out. And another lineout Arg lock got in front of Eben and poached the ball, that's no one's fault. That's good play Arg. Eben returned the compliment when Arg were hot on attack deep inside our 22, might have been a lineout on the 5 metre line. I must rewatch the test but our lineout woes are being grossly exaggerated.
Yeah, we lost ball in contact, we knocked a few on, we turned over possession a couple of times when we were hot on attack. Scrum free kick from an attacking scrum just outside (or was it inside) Arg half.
As we learnt in the RWC, when you win by 1 you 20 moments away from losing/wiinning by 1, you 2 or 3 knock on's away from losing/winning by 1, you 1 penalty away from losing/winning by 1, 1 scrum free kick away form losing/winning by 1, you 2 or 3 lost lineouts away from losing/winning by 1.
It really is a game of fine margins, clichéd but true.
Argentina were brilliant for a period of 10-15 minutes were they scored some scintillating tries. After that the game got tight and the 2nd half we won 6-3, 1 point short of making up the first half deficit.
It is what it is. I really expect to roll them in Nelspruit.
And I feel we need to persist with Tonyball. We were unplayable for the first 10 minutes of that test match. Tonyball effects our structure on attack. It shouldn't impact our structure on defense.
