Springboks vs Ireland 2
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I guess at some point we were bound to lose one of these one pointers sooner or later. Pity it wasn’t extremely much more later but also unbelievably grateful it wasn’t any sooner.
Ireland were incredible. Streetwise, gutsy and stubbornly refused to accept that the scoreboard should reflect the relative playing abilities of the sides. Scrum was particularly impressive.
Young SFM had a helluva game and Williams played better than I thought he was capable of.
The rest of the boks … not surprised they wanted to fight after the final whistle. F all tactical sense, shite timing and dimwitted options from minute 1-80. Why would a whistle change that in minute 81?
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What a bunch of flogs.
I hope Kolbe cops assholes for throwing his arms out dramatically after he slips.Hell of a droppie to win a game like that
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Interesting one. Guess only Uncle Cheslin knows. But I doubt he dived, might have slipped but felt he was knocked off course somehow.
Irish player’s hips did sway ever so slightly towards him though!
But good call from the ref. Ireland so well coached. Razor thin margins at the top level. Feels a bit silly only playing 2 games.
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The aspect of Irish play that's nice to watch is how often they have bodies in motion. The only try scored in this match was beautifully set up. The rest of the game was a contest in asserting defensive dominance.
Nice to see a team set up a match winning drop goal too. Kolbe should be ashamed of himself taking the barest of nudges and sprawling - this from a player with some of the best balance and steps in world rugby.
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@Frank said in Springboks vs Ireland 2:
Penalty at 3.48 was given, but ball appears to come off a Bok hand, not an Irish hand. (or is that still offside anyway?)
No, just an egregious error by the ref.
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@MiketheSnow said in Springboks vs Ireland 2:
The Saffas are taking players out well beyond the ball at every ruck
And players like Kriel go in first at a ruck (after the tackler) purposely go beyond the ball with hands on the floor but don't touch the ball and then pull back. But that move really slows down the ball and prevents the scrum half (normally) from getting the ball away quickly
Boks are great at that sort of stuff. PSDT particularly good at lying on wrong side after tackle and blocking the clean. In RWC ref protocols were not to look out for that. BUT then tackled player often pinged for ‘not releasing’.
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@W32 said in Springboks vs Ireland 2:
@ARHS said in Springboks vs Ireland 2:
How the hell did Nche get mom? It will be remembered as Frawleys match.
Already decided before last second droppie
and that, kids, is why you wait till after the game.
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Springboks v Ireland: Winners and losers from 'blockbuster' series as 'gamble pays off' for Andy Farrell
Following an epic two-Test series between the Springboks and Ireland that ended in a 1-1 draw, we've picked out our winners and losers from the action.
