Australia vs SA

Emperor1989

Australia scrum destroyed there.

Swiwi.

Aussie lucky there...

matthew8

Ref ruining what should be the tournaments best game. SA's try wasn't grounded either.

DDC1990

I think Clancy knew the TJ made a mistake, and gave the quick freekick there.

Emperor1989

Fair play to Pienaar varying it very well and getting the big runners going.

Swiwi.

matthew8 wrote: »

Ref ruining what should be the tournaments best game. SA's try wasn't grounded either.

*cough*

NZ v SA

DDC1990

Cooper just a smidge offside (nearly 10meters!)

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

ya Clancy is ****e alright

Emperor1989

Could not agree more with commentators...
Aussie need to get up tempo not set piece

Swiwi.

Aussie scrum is going to cost them the game. Not for the first time.

And running the ball back in their own 22.

Must force SA to create something, not just feed the Morne-monster.

DDC1990

Australia should just just give SA a freekick whenever they have a scrum instead of wasting the time setting the scrum etc.

matthew8

Pitch looks crap too. Kurtley Beale would know all about that.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

Falou is way too selfish, not the first time he has hung onto the ball when it hasn't been on

Emperor1989

Australia's aren't even trying to get a shove on in the scrum.

Its a joke

Kiwi_knock

Folau needs to stop running into all the SA tacklers, seems to think he can beat them all.

Kiwi_knock

Big call

Emperor1989

BISSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Kiwi_knock

Absolute stupidity there from Australia.

Swiwi.

Kiwi_knock wrote: »

Big call

Stupid call. CL can goalkick as we all know. Then they try the pick & go...playing to their strengths.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

Cooper has been pretty anonymous

Swiwi.

Australia are not protecting their ruck ball at all. I'm glad I'm not an Aussie, I would have smashed the computer screen by now.

Emperor1989

This is what I am talking about by the Boks....getting real nasty now...

Stuffing to the Australians!

Buer

Think your money is safe, Ugo! Surprised by how sloppy Australia have been in the red zone. You can't go down there multiple times and not score.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

Australia should really have someone in the bin

Swiwi.

Robbie Deans deserves an official apology from the Aussie public. Sorry, but it's your team that is average not your coach. Australia will have to up the intelligence ++ in the second half. For a start that means not gifting 3 pointers to Steyn. With a bit of constructed ball, the Aussie backs can strike.

Swiwi.

Buer wrote: »

Think your money is safe, Ugo! Surprised by how sloppy Australia have been in the red zone. You can't go down there multiple times and not score.

Ireland really have to target this fixture in the AIs. I have seen nothing from Aussie in recent times that should make Schmidt & the lads tremble.

.ak

Australia just play dumb rugby. They fancy their x-factor over tactics. Rugby is really all about tactics, not skill IMO.

Emperor1989

The good thing for me about this performance is arguably the Bok bench is stronger than there starting team.

16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Gurthrö Steenkamp, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Juandré Kruger, 20 Siya Kolisi, 21 Jano Vermaak, 22 Pat Lambie, 23 Jan Serfontein.


Kruger, Steenkamp and Kolisi are arguably a upgrade.

Strauss and Oostie will come on.

Emperor1989

Boks d has been a huge upgrade!

O Conner looks the only player capable of breaking it

DDC1990

SA knew they could run it behind the try line with the Aussie scrum being crap.

Queue the SA pen!

EDIT: Or not, strongest Aussie scrum of the day, including the scrums where SA were down to 7 in the pack.