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

The match was a killer. Brilliant to watch. Great atmosphere and full of drama. I hope the next match is as good.

I would assume that Snyman has contacted Casey after the match. They were team mates and are likely friends.

TV does not want to have to draw attention to it.

Probably shouldn't have zoomed in on the player while he was unconscious then.

Lovely, flat inside pass, hard decoy line and late strike runner.

Should be an outhalf, inside centre and full back…..but was a tighthead, loosehead and hooker.

Not enough being made of just how good this try was.

Bealham is about to release a flat pass in the above image. He took it right to the gain line (getting smashed as he released it as per below), the defender coming across bites on Healy and Kelleher absolutely bursts his lungs to get flat and takes it with outstretched arms at full pace.

Front row membership revoked for all three.

Just because a SA player had poor game from the tee doesn't excuse an Irish player having an even poorer performance from the tee. Even then, Pollard scored double the points and a higher % of his kicks than Crowley.

Ireland lost by seven and Crowley left seven points out there from missed kicks - it clearly cost us. Even taking your usual circling the wagons approach to certain players, not sure how even you can justify taking umbrage with someone pointing Crowley's poor performance from the tee.

Not calling for Crowley to be dropped or anything but a 40% success rate as a kicker is atrocious. Simply isn't acceptable for an international level 10.

Agree with the first part - though are we 100% sure he didn't go over at any stage? We didn't have a constant feed of Casey during the whole time he was down and going off.

The additional contact after they hit the ground is incredibly minor though. Snyman could have no idea he was knocked out at that point when he did it and keeping the opposition 9 down for a few extra seconds is standard. You see that kind of stuff dozens of times a game. If Casey wasn't unconscious no one would even mention it - which is common to the whole reaction to the incident.

Ite clear and obvious he knew where the ball was and its clear and obvious his foot moves towards the ball. His foot is dragged along the floor and he makes no effort to lift his foot to avoid striking the ball. Again, all of these things point to it being an intentional movement.

It does stand up to scrutiny. The video is clear for all to see.

He doesn't need eyes in his ankles when the ball is touching his leg. Hence the reason he dragged his foot along the floor.

The whole sequence of Casey getting injured is so frustrating. Snyman plays the 9 whilst in the ruck, then follows through causing the injury when Casey has already passed the ball. The scrum leads to a SA penalty which leads to Kolbe's amazing opportunist try. Should have been a penalty to Ireland under their posts.

Doak and Dave Heffernan called up for Casey and Sheahan.

Is Tom Stewart injured or has he fallen down the rankings?