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

He also looks offside when he hits Casey - don’t think he was ever onside there, and in the same sequence, Koch clears out Doris way past the ball too. It was a perfect synopsis of the sort of stuff going on at virtually every ruck that the ref and TMO chose to actively ignore.

If he does his cruciate again, that's absolutely fine by me.

Are you okay?

What wound me up worse about the whole Casey incident was the TV Director zooming in on a guy who looked out cold on the turf - how horrific must that have been for his family and friends watching it?

And then, during the stoppage in play you’ve that prick on the tannoy (a real bugbear of mine in SA rugby games anyway) hyping up the crowd and acting like it’s a rave while the crowd do some shite with their phones and sing.

I understand it’s a sporting event and people are there to enjoy themselves etc but even a modicum of common decency would see fans act with some solemnity as a guy is stretchered off the field while receiving oxygen.

But this is the completely classless culture down there that Rassie champions.

I still find it absolutely inappropriate that the ref gives such a severe dress down to Doris while an Irish players is lying unconcious beside them. Ref didnt even check on Casey. In fact, Casey's head nearly lands on the referees foot.

As for the tackle itself, the key thing for me is that he was driven backwards onto the turf, landing on his back and head, without any opportunity to protect his head as he landed. Its absolutely clear dangerous play, in my opinion. Its far more than just a late tackle.

You’re the one making that argument, and I don’t think it stands up to scrutiny.

It’s also worth pointing out it’s only an argument that’s popped up now that you’ve realised he has to do so intentionally for it to be a penalty, when you earlier claimed “it didn’t matter if it was unintentional”.

wishing a player gets injured?idiot

Mod: Warned.

Do you agree that Kelleher was off his feet when his foot moved causing the ball to come back on the irish side?

The best thing the ref (and other players) can do in the Casey situation I stay out of the way and let the professionals deal with it. Or....

Pearce : you ok mate?

Casey : yeah I'm great. Got knocked out cold and now theres 4 paramedics here strapping me to a stretcher and hooking me up to an oxygen kit. But otherwise I'm great. Thanks for checking, that was all I needed.

Looking forward to the second game. Cracking first game. Hopefully we’re not down too many players. SA well worth the win on Saturday but we could have snatched it. Ireland showed great grit to stick in it and quality to take the chances we did. Thought Baird was excellent off the bench in both defence.

Regarding the Casey Snyman incident, I didn’t feel there was too much in it, happens numerous times a game. Casey was very unfortunate to take the brunt of the fall on the back of his head and it was exacerbated by the size difference between the two of them and the hardness of the pitch.

Just relieved it sounds likes he’s ok as we’ve all read horror stories of people on nights out being punched, falling badly and not ever regaining consciousness. I’m sure Snyman fells bad about the outcome of the tackle and would expect he’s reached out to him privately. Frustrating for Casey that he won’t get the opportunity to back up what was a good performance.

On the Casey incident. I didn't think it looked that bad in real time but looking at it again it does look bad. High fives? Not a good look.

Snyman never looked or sounded the smartest guy in the world. I listened to the Rugby Pod some time back where the 'hilarious' antics of this 7 foot guy going around ripping shirts off his teammates showed how 'funny' he is. In any other environment he'd probably have been fired.

He was also one of the Mensa candidates that tried to blow themselves up at a BBQ wasn't he?

I groaned when Leinster signed him. If that's his measure he'll be binned more times than not. If he stays fit....which our Munster brethren know, is a big if.

Hopefully Casey is ok. Farrell was so annoyed it must have been a fairly bad concussion...not that any of them are nice.