RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4)
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@Stargazer Landing not too much IMO - Earls lifted him higher. Beast has gone on with the tackle - driven the Japanese guy. I reckon Barnes went for the quick yellow to avoid having to discuss red.
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@mikedogz said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
Seen a pic on facebook showing some Springboks not wearing their official world cup jerseys.
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This whole game was poked once Barnes failed to red card Mtawarira. Japan got ripped off. The rugby public got ripped off. Would go so far as to say it also happened in the France-Wales game.
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@Duluth said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
@Billy-Webb said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
Thought the Boks were inaccurate in the first half.
Two potential scoring opportunities messed up through poor skills.
We can’t afford that next week against Wales.On the positive side, the best game I have seen from de Allende in ages. And very happy with our fitness. Last 20 the Bok power came through for us. But we will need to be better next week if we want to progress.
The poor handling from the backs is the only real concern for the Boks.
They've picked up plenty of wins against the ABs by backing their defence over 80mins and still getting the occasional try despite not playing much.
The defence was at that level but the attack was appalling for most of the game.Sending up the shooter in defence (normally Faf) worked really well last night
The lineout was incredible. The scrum was strong apart from one 7 man effort when the hook was missed.
Faf's box kicks were a bit erratic
Thinking of Henry's old line about the difficulty of getting up mentally three weeks in a row.. well there seemed to be an element of going through the motions in this match. Thats a luxury that over sides didn't have.
Very astute post and agree on everything.
If you have a game plan that doesn't focus on possession and you're happy to live off scavenged turnover ball, then you need to be really accurate once you have that turnover. The Boks butchered a good few of those opportunities in the first half. It still worked out ok but if their handling and accuracy in especially the backs doesn't improve markedly, we won't progress past Wales. The Welsh won't give us as many opportunities, and I expect them to keep picking up points throughout the game. Something Japan just couldn't manage. And then trying to chase the game, without possession is going to be a challenge. -
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@Rembrandt said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
To be clear I thought this should have been a yellow at most.
Looks red to me, still.
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@cgrant said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
I doubt the Chinese would support Japan ...
Or North Korea.
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@nzzp said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
@Rembrandt said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
To be clear I thought this should have been a yellow at most.
Looks red to me, still.
Agreed - it was red then and red now.
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@antipodean said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
@nzzp said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
@Rembrandt said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
To be clear I thought this should have been a yellow at most.
Looks red to me, still.
Agreed - it was red then and red now.
Even loige outlawed spear tackles ages ago. Driving the guy into the ground is super dangerous
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@Billy-Webb
Cameras just happened to be there.
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@Frank said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
@Billy-Webb
Cameras just happened to be there.
Nice.You cynic
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@kiwiinmelb don’t forget Tony Brown - that backline was a thing of beauty.
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@Smuts said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
@kiwiinmelb don’t forget Tony Brown - that backline was a thing of beauty.
And the highlanders attack has looked great under his coaching , perhaps a future allblack attack coach
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
@Smuts said in RWC: Japan v South Africa (QF 4):
@kiwiinmelb don’t forget Tony Brown - that backline was a thing of beauty.
And the highlanders attack has looked great under his coaching , perhaps a future allblack attack coach
Someone mentioned a Razor JJ Brown triumvirate, would be a fresh bold choice
