Wallabies v Springboks 1

[sparky]

After witnessing so much Australian sporting success in the last fortnight, the match is a bit like therapy.

[sparky]

It finished Australia 7 South Africa 33.

A more ruthless Springbok side would have won by 50 points.

[W32]

@Crazy-Horse said in Wallabies v Springboks 1:

It grinds hearing the Boks called the world champions every five minutes.

The world champions played acceptably tonight

[OomPB]

Great performance by the good guys. The newbies like SFM, Dixon and Louw performed well. Good to get the BrisVegas ghost behind us.

[Brandon]

@sparky true story. more accuracy and the Boks would have / should have really - put 60+ past this Wallabies team. Super Rugby has become a bit of touch rugby in my opinion - it doesn't really create an environment for tough forwards - so this Aus pack just doesn't have answers.

NZ will have answers - but not Aus. I imagine next week will be pretty similar.

[sparky]

@Brandon said in Wallabies v Springboks 1:

@sparky true story. more accuracy and the Boks would have / should have really - put 60+ past this Wallabies team. Super Rugby has become a bit of touch rugby in my opinion - it doesn't really create an environment for tough forwards - so this Aus pack just doesn't have answers.

NZ will have answers - but not Aus. I imagine next week will be pretty similar.

Yeah, the quality of forward play in Super Rugby is really poor in comparison with the European leagues.

[Duluth]

[MiketheSnow]

TMO Ben Whitehouse is a fucking pest

[MiketheSnow]

Fuck easing Lynagh into Test rugby

He starts next time

[OomPB]

PSdT speaking afrikaans to the English ref

[NTA]

@Bones said in Wallabies v Springboks 1:

I'll be extremely surprised if Bongi doesn't come back on the field in ten to 15 mins

Wasn't it great to see his team spirit tho?

Injured in the first 28 minutes. Manages to put it out of his mind, walk out of his oxygen tent, and come on for Marx's Yellow Card.

[Smuts]

@NTA bold to choose the practice of front row ethics in Australia as the topic for debate.

[NTA]

@Smuts not sure you can equate our poor scrum with the fact that Mbonambi isn't fit, but whatever floats your boat

[NTA]

And hey, why not take advantage of the situation?

A Test Rugby player cries off after 28 minutes with an "injury", then comes back on. Not sure the coaching staff have player welfare top of mind when that happens.

The alternative of course is for officials to refuse his re-entry and make the Boks play 2 down while Marx is off.

It wouldn't have changed anything about the result, but it might have provided a valuable lesson.

[Smuts]

until the ARU publicly apologizes for Bill Young and its own attempts to neuter the scrum, no one is likely to be all that interested in valuable lessons about front row ethics from down under

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[NTA]

Spoken like a true Boks Supporter. Well done on the win.

[Smuts]

Thank you.

[OomPB]

We had a third option but he was yellowed with Marx.

[Bones]

[Smuts]

@Bones that’s awesome by Pearce.