Autumn Internationals 2022

*That was in response to a muppet saying he detests South Africans'

Please show me where a poster wrote that?

'and yea I prob could school u on the game of rugby'

What? And with that insight into the mind of Rugbymad20207 I bid you adieu.

Maybe if u look properly when I said that I replied and quoted the person that said he detests South Africans.so unless he has delete that it should still be up.

This is utter bullsh*t tbh. The worst thing the poster said was:

SA are the most cynical side in the world I their own 22

in this post.

Not liking a rugby team because they are cynical and saying "I detest paddies" aren't remotely the same.

I certainly didn’t say average. My point was that they were on a clear upward trajectory this time 4 years ago. That is not the same as where they are now. They are starting from a better place but they aren’t getting any better as it stands.

You judge an upward trajectory by looking at what went before. You do realise that don’t you?

So in 2018 they beat NZ for the first time in 4 years. They lost by 2 points in the other game vs NZ for a combined score line of 66-66. Compare that to 2017 where they lost both games to NZ including one that ended 57-0 for a combined score of 82-24. In 2016 they lost both games by a combined score of 98-28. That looks like a clear upward trajectory to me.

In the RC they had been 3rd or 4th for a few years. In 2018 they came 2nd and then went on to come 1st in 2019. A fairly clear upward trajectory there too.

In 2018 they did poorly in the AIs, but this wasn’t unusual at that stage. The previous year we beat them 38-3. All their losses in 2018 were at least close one score games. In 2016 they lost against England by 16, Wales by 14 and Italy by 2. They didn’t win a single one of their AI games that year. There’s a clear upward trajectory there when you consider they weren’t at all competitive in 2016, struggled badly in 2017 and were there or thereabouts in 2018.

Maybe if you expanded what you were looking at to everything as opposed to just those things that support what you’re saying you might reach more reasonable conclusions. Also, maybe try not misrepresenting what people are saying. You’ve been using terms like “average” and “poor” in reference to what others are saying despite the fact that the people you are quoting are not actually saying those things at all.

What an utter delight you are. Scratch the surface and it all comes out.

The "how" matters if you are going to use the fact you won as proof of progress in the teams ability.

e.g if you win the FA cup 5:0 because the other team scores 5 own goals then you cant really say anything about your teams performance.

WT Actual F

Seems about right to me. Don't know who that Tweeter is but I read it as a piss take of Rassie. With the RSA flag and the broken heart. Maybe I'm completely wrong.

Just like u

Erasmus is not a stupid man. He knew exactly that his tweets would stir up resentment towards the referees in both games. He can't hide behind the argument that he was pointing out to SA fans what the team could do better. They were implicit criticisms of refereeing decisions.

Now, he refuses to own up to his actions. He's a coward.