Springboks V All Blacks
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@tim said in Springboks V All Blacks:
Reminder that this South African team lost to Argentina and Australia this year.
Yes and no. The Boks are France-lite. They raise their game on the Highveldt and against the ABs (providing they haven't decided they don't care about that particular fixture beforehand which is a very French trait in itself).
But yes, we were one handling error away from losing a brace against the Boks which should still be a huge wake up call for a team that failed at a major hurdle each of the past two years.
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Not a great All Blacks performance, but an amazing comeback. So happy to win. The All Blacks were only ahead for one second of that game, fortunately it was the last one.
So much respect for the Springboks and the Rugby supporters of South Africa. Your team outplayed ours for most that Test.
The All Blacks against the Springboks is the greatest rivalry in sport. Always special to win a close one away from home
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@chimoaus said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@booboo said in Springboks V All Blacks:
Wifey went to bed at 61 mins (30-13)
So did mine, still 4am over here so I can't blame her.
Yeah 3am here ... but got up to watch Richie's conversion, and has now insisted on watching the replay ( @Chris-B ) of the last 20 minutes.
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Can't knock a win, phenomenal thievery
It's fun laughing at the ends of games.
It was almost like shag had this dead rubber pegged for "newbie last minute win" initiation.
That first half needs discussing though, scoring first phase wonder tries against disinterested frogs or woeful wallabies is one thing but against a willing foe that impatient attack can fuck with game momentum
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@booboo said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@stargazer said in Springboks V All Blacks:
How disappointed all those NH scribes must be!
How many columns have had to be rewritten or binned ...
Watched the game with the Saffa commentators audio (who are actually very, very good) as Sky had the appalling Miles Harrison and Barnes doing the match.
Wish I'd switched over to Sky for the last 20 minutes now....
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@victor-meldrew said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@booboo said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@stargazer said in Springboks V All Blacks:
How disappointed all those NH scribes must be!
How many columns have had to be rewritten or binned ...
Watched the game with the Saffa commentators audio (who are actually very, very good) as Sky had the appalling Miles Harrison and Barnes doing the match.
Wish I'd switched over to Sky for the last 20 minutes now....
Not sure really what you watched. I can't remember any of the commentary as being either good or bad ... which, like a ref, is usually a good sign.
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@majorrage said in Springboks V All Blacks:
Not sure really what you watched. I can't remember any of the commentary as being either good or bad ... which, like a ref, is usually a good sign.
Normally I don't actually mind listening to Barnes but he was really rubbing one out as the Springboks got to 30 points...and he'd been more than usually strident from minute one, enough to make me mute him. TBH I'd about given up on the ABs for this game, because they were unable to get any cohesion going and almost no ball.
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Just got up from nice sleep,looking forward to watching the replay bacon eggs and pancakes,breakfast of champions..!,
Sounds like I should just fast forward the first half..! -
@steven-harris said in Springboks V All Blacks:
Just got up from nice sleep,looking forward to watching the replay bacon eggs and pancakes,breakfast of champions..!,
Sounds like I should just fast forward the first half..!And half the second
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@majorrage Miles Harrison is so bad he's almost become self-parody.
Stuart Barnes is OK, but nowhere near as incisive as say Martin Bayfield or Joel Stransky. TBF, he's better than Jonathan Davies whose sole input to any game is "space out wide..., space out wide"....
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I'm waiting for the 9 am replay. Oh, that's right.
A role reversal from Wellington when all the stats favoured the ABs but they lost.
As mentioned great impact from the bench, Ardie especially, but there are concerns that will need to be addressed. Franks looks old and slower to me. I don't think he's going to be any better in 2019.
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@tim said in Springboks V All Blacks:
Smith's deliberate pass at an SA player to milk a penalty was the low point of the game. He was so bad today.
Not my preferred option (use the space), and I hate that kind of cynicism, but it should have been a penalty. And maybe YC. The guy was offside preventing our attack.
If we base it solely on that game some of the second stringers are pushing for starts. TJP over Smith being one of them.
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@tim said in Springboks V All Blacks:
Smith's deliberate pass at an SA player to milk a penalty was the low point of the game. He was so bad today.
Happy that Gus ignored that but what about the SA player (Louw?) who played the ball on the ground at the next ruck?
