Springboks vs Ireland 1
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Just watched the highlights, don’t have time to watch the full game ,
Those that did, overall how would you compare this game to ours ? Better quality or similar - competitive but scrappy ?
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@kiwiinmelb they were similar.
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Now I know Ireland were the best team after losing in the world world cup, are they still the best team in the world after losing this match?
Jokes aside - good game - harsh call on the Ire no try
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That last scrum of the Boks was huge.
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@Mattasaurus said in Springboks vs Ireland:
That last scrum of the Boks was huge.
It was
But as an observation, Pearce and Whitehouse are two of the most pedantic officials but Pearce didn’t signal any form of infringement until after the ball shot out on the Irish side
Straight to Penalty Try and YC
To me that’s lost possession to SA and play on
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A very weird match
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Agreed. It seems totally ridiculous to award a penalty try to a scrum that had lost possession of the ball
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Very much doubt highlights give a feel for game.
Boks good value for 13-8 at HT.
Bomb squad on about 50 and Boks went to bits. Irish had a try ruled out on TMO special around 60 minute mark. May have been technically correct but was totally merited on flow of game. Then softest of Boks scores after Lowe managed to keep ball in off Boks touchfinder but no Irish there to take it. Boks went down to 14 and were out on their feet.
Pollard missed three penalties and was right off boil.
Then Bok penalty try from attempted pushover, after Irish had had the better of Boks scrum in first 78.
Had Lowe try been awarded I think Irish would have taken it.
Weird game.
Takeaway for me is that Boks bench a big step down from starters, whereas Irish bench stepped things up. -
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Anyone who thought 'Napoleon' Pearce and 'Fat Controller' Whitehead had a good match may want to have a look at this
TASanalytics least biased effort to date IMHO
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Kolbe is some player. Exactly what you want in a winger, someone that can score tries from nothing to swing a tight test match. I always think SA don't use him enough.
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@MiketheSnow said in Springboks vs Ireland:
Anyone who thought 'Napoleon' Pearce and 'Fat Controller' Whitehead had a good match may want to have a look at this
TASanalytics least biased effort to date IMHO
My comments on Pearce being excellent were a reaction straight after the match. The video certainly show a lot of missed stuff. My feeling is that SA got the rub of the green and its been true for a few matches now....
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Tony brown in the house?
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