SA vs Ireland First Test 2024 - The World Champions vs The Best Team in the World

Am still puzzled as to why Doris try wasn't given. To me, it clearly looked like a grounding before the intervention of the SA leg.

Those infield players can't magically teleport. Lowe is flinging it infield to nobody

Crowleys kicking off the tee cost us also .

Think we need to move on from POM now, he offers very little and it's not good enough when he can't last much beyond half a game

Murray and Ringrose will start next week

Try ruled out was a joke decision when Kolbe was miles in front of the kicker prior to the Penalty try, the inconsistency in what gets checked is killing the game.

TV director needs to be taken out the back and shot for the close up on Casey.

But they should be more switched on to this

synman likes doing that where he cleans a much smaller player and than lies on them and slowly moves away. He has form for that

The weird part is where he just lies on the tacked player and is too big to be moved. It’s a very aggressive alpha power move with sexual overtones. It’s very weird

Munster won’t miss him anyway as he rarely played for them.

Proud of the effort from the boys and delighted we had the last say score-wise but felt we were reffed meanly compared to the opposition.

To answer my own question:

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18.2.b

The ball is not in touch or touch-in-goal if:

The ball reaches the plane of touch but is caught, knocked or kicked by a player who is in the playing area.

A player jumps, from within or outside the playing area, and catches the ball, and then lands in the playing area, regardless of whether the ball reached the plane of touch.

A player jumps from the playing area and knocks (or catches and releases) the ball back into the playing area, before landing in touch or touch-in-goal, regardless of whether the ball reached the plane of touch.

A player, who is in touch, kicks or knocks the ball, but does not hold it, provided it has not reached the plane of touch.

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Did Lowe start on or off the pitch when he executed the manoeuvre? Must go back and check.

😂😂😂 Jesus Christ , what are you drinking !

exactly. I could not remember the game. Ben Healy he did the same and i think watched the game and actually hoped the Munster boys should have clocked him one. Ben Healy is still one of our own.

I thought Craig Casey played very well. Lowe played well, with some magic touches and then unlucky with a couple of catches.

I thought S Africa were very poor with lots of poor turnovers and they really lack creativity from 10 to 13. De Klerk has looked poor for a couple of years. Bealham showing again that he is ahead of Furlong and should have been brought on earlier. Loosehead is a real issue with Porter staying on far too long.

Bundee and Beirne looked very tired. Osborne was very solid on his debut and probably owns that 23 jersey now.