IRELAND Vs SOUTH AFRICA match thread

Teferi

South Africa are rubbish, any other team would put them to the sword now but I imagine Ireland will begin to coast in the next half.

bilston

The Irish pack have been excellent. All of them.

irishman86

its_phil wrote: »

That was the act of a clown. It should have been 10m extra

In Ireland we love the fake hard man nonsense
Just watch McClean and Whelan get adulation later on for it
Youve described it perfectly act of a clown

bobbyss

vienne86 wrote:

He takes the full minute.

That shows you how much I know. They have one minute to take a kick? When does the minute start?

Former Former

SA are awful. If we keep our heads and don't give them any soft openings, we can close this out handy enough.

dublinman1990

That was an excellent first half from Ireland. It's a pity we didn't get a try to finish it off. But; I'm really happy with that Irish performance so far. Let's hope Ireland continue to win further tries by obtaiing a possible whitewash against SA as that would be brilliant for us.

SA are a team that are lost, confused & have a lack of leadership in multitudes. It will be a further embarrassment for them if they don't regain their advantage in the 2nd half of this match like what had happened with in their near recent loss & whitewash against NZ.

rebel girl 15

bobbyss wrote: »

That shows you how much I know. They have one minute to take a kick? When does the minute start?

From the time the ball is teed up

Larbre34

Teferi wrote: »

South Africa are rubbish, any other team would put them to the sword now but I imagine Ireland will begin to coast in the next half.

Yeah cos thats what Schmidt teams do...

He'll make the changes and SA will have a very painful last 15 mins.

Panrich

Good show by the newcomers. All look like they have something to offer. Bundee Aki in particular is everywhere.

prawnsambo

bobbyss wrote: »

That shows you how much I know. They have one minute to take a kick? When does the minute start?

When the tee arrives.

rebel girl 15

L’equipe had a piece a while ago about the length of time kickers took - Sexton was down at a minute, six seconds; Halfpenny a minute 12 seconds if I remember correctly

dregin

wtf is this RTE? Soccer?? FECK!

Burkie1203

bilston wrote: »

The Irish pack have been excellent. All of them.

Normally someone stands out but everyone is just doing really well what they are meant to. They look very well drilled.

Scrum going well, lineout been solid, mauls have been good, tackling for most part has been good and we are clearing out rucks.

Our bench can make a big impact too

duskyjoe

The BOKs will have a purple patch in the 2nd half, Joe knows it. This match is far from a done deal. Fingers crossed but god Bundi has been an extra back row, ever where.

bilston

Burkie1203 wrote: »

bilston wrote: »

The Irish pack have been excellent. All of them.

Normally someone stands out but everyone is just doing really well what they are meant to. They look very well drilled.

Scrum going well, lineout been solid, mauls have been good, tackling for most part has been good and we are clearing out rucks.

Our bench can make a big impact too

Well they can, but apart from Ruddock and to an extent Kilcoyne they are very inexperienced. Obviously James Ryan is a serious talent so it will be interesting to see how he goes.

dregin

Worried about the drop-off in our front row. 60+ is gonna be tough going.

CIARAN_BOYLE

dregin wrote: »

Worried about the drop-off in our front row. 60+ is gonna be tough going.

Yeah but South African only have 2 fresh front forwards to bring on. That will give the Irish replacements a freshness advantage.

mickmackey1

Well I don't normally post here but those jerseys...

dregin

Far too much going on in the SA 10's kick prep.

bobbyss

rebel girl 15 wrote:

From the time the ball is teed up

I see. Didn't know that. When you think of it that seems a huge amount of time. So when he tees it up and begins to pace backwards he has one minute to actually kick the damm thing.

dregin

Du Toit was off his feet in that maul. Why not just climb across the top?

dublinman1990

This is not so good from Ireland so far.

prawnsambo

bobbyss wrote: »

I see. Didn't know that. When you think of it that seems a huge amount of time. So when he tees it up and begins to pace backwards he has one minute to actually kick the damm thing.

No, when the tee arrives.

vienne86

Quick thinking by Stockdale for that steal.

sydthebeat

prawnsambo wrote: »

No, when the tee arrives.

I think it's when the kick is called....

So if it takes 30 secs to get the tee into the pitch, the kicker only has 30 secs to kick.

Aki makes a great tackle and then Murray comes in off his feet to push the tackled player out. Is that actually legal?

POM had a fine game, was everywhere.

sydthebeat

Sophie Green Swimmer wrote: »

Aki makes a great tackle and then Murray comes in off his feet to push the tackled player out. Is that actually legal?

Happens in most ruck's

dregin

Apart from that kick up field, Robbie's been rocky enough... got skint badly on the outside in the first half.

delaad

SA have woken up!

dregin

Rhys Ruddock ya ledge bag. Nice introduction.

prawnsambo

sydthebeat wrote: »

I think it's when the kick is called....

So if it takes 30 secs to get the tee into the pitch, the kicker only has 30 secs to kick.

Law 21.4(c) The kick at goal is signalled by the arrival of the tee... and the time is counted from that time,

rebel girl 15

dregin wrote: »

Far too much going on in the SA 10's kick prep.

If he does that and stick it through the posts every time, tis grand!

vienne86

SA much better now, but no sense of panic in Ireland.

sydthebeat

prawnsambo wrote: »

Law 21.4(c) The kick at goal is signalled by the arrival of the tee... and the time is counted from that time,

Thanks

Every day is a school day

bilston

Important 3 points. A try for SA changes the game here so important to get to 14 points clear.

bilston

Great work by the two wingers.

dregin

bilston

Frustrating. Ruddock did too well to wriggle his way through the first defender.

leakyboots

Probably for the best Toner didn't catch that, Etzebeth was waiting to bury him!

dregin

leakyboots wrote: »

Probably for the best Toner didn't catch that, Etzebeth was waiting to bury him!

Nah, Toner would have grubbered it before he was anywhere near him. Grand.

titan18

Kitshoff looks like he should be playing for Ireland.

vienne86

Mighty kick by Kearney.

prawnsambo

What a kick from Kearney.

delaad

Excellent defence

dregin

Wonderful from Rob.

That kick from Kearney is absolutely soul destroying if your a south african

rebel girl 15

Some kick from Kearney - but good pass from Murray to find him

dregin

Good man Rory!