Springboks v British & Irish Lions II
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Kyle cleared: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/58073121
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@sidbarret you’re right to highlight our backs’ alignment. Reality is that it takes time to get the timing/coordination right for fluent backline moves in the face of modern defences.
And it’s harder when your scrummie isn’t a real fringe threat and isn’t the crispest passer. The boks are also missing a dynamic forward strike runner to keep the defence honest. Wiese needs to be sat in front of the iPad learning that, at this level, you run at the daylight. He’s getting marginally better every game, but a long way to go before he’s at Duane or even RG levels.
That said, the two tries we scored on the weekend ought to buy the boks a bit more space this weekend. And if the Lions don’t adjust then Pollard’s boot should punish them again. (Which is a good time to mention that his dummy chip for Mapimpi was a fine piece of work.)
In optimistic moments I find myself daydreaming about the bok forwards shaking another layer of rust off, Reinach testing the fringes, and now that the glory boys are back on a first name basis again, maybe they will also remember that Pollard taking the ball flat to the line has paid good dividends against better teams and it’s not a bad option to send a speculative inside ball to the eel dowsed in Vaseline masquerading as Kolbe.
But there’s a perverse part of my psyche that says to hell with creating the half yard of space Am needs to deliver golden balls to his wings. What this series needs is Pollard, Steyn, Willemse, Kolbe and even WLR just raining drop goals from our 10 yard in. And let the Lions cope with the challenge of trying to play off contestable 22 drop outs (and the inevitable scrums) whenever the scoreboard hasn’t crept up by another three points.
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@pakman said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions II:
Kyle cleared: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/58073121
Absence of clear evidence. I note no outright denial from Lions camp.
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@crucial said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions II:
@pakman said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions II:
Kyle cleared: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/58073121
Absence of clear evidence. I note no outright denial from Lions camp.
Well, apart from Sinckler categorically denying it. But yeah not much in the way of back up from the coaches.
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@catogrande said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions II:
@crucial said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions II:
@pakman said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions II:
Kyle cleared: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/58073121
Absence of clear evidence. I note no outright denial from Lions camp.
Well, apart from Sinckler categorically denying it. But yeah not much in the way of back up from the coaches.
When you eliminate the impossible, what is left is the answer?
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@machpants said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions II:
Best banter from Squidge, 6:16 in - so true
Excellent analysis on Lawes and the fold
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@mikethesnow said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions II:
Excellent analysis on Lawes and the fold
Yeah I was amazed at that, was he just too tired, or covering for the hooker that looked to have an injury
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@machpants said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions II:
Best banter from Squidge, 6:16 in - so true
The brushing under the carpet has worked its magic on me. I don't remember any Guilford only a Guildford..
