2017 Rugby Championship

Much better performance by the Boks....oh so close to a famous win.

Good call Chicken

How the fark is this ref allowed to ref test match rugby,I'm talking about both sides, complete free for all at ruck time. Did anyone notice the penalty he awarded in the first few minutes for the accidental offside, yet in the Lions/All Blacks decider he didn't have the balls to award the penalty.

Much approved performance by the Boks,but you cant kick aimless kicks back to the AB.

So close, you cant give the ABs a yard for if you do they run you. Pity that they decided to give the first ABs try, could have gone either way. ABs far too good and its a pity that the authorities decided to give them 2 matches against France next month yet no match against England.

The Boks must now take this forward when they play Ireland, France, Italy and Wales next month. If they turn up like they did today then they will win all 4 matches of their tour.

This group of players will only get better and an early call is that on the flight back from Japan after the next world cup there will have an extra piece of luggage on it.

Ok I've calmed down, great game of test rugby. We still have many flaws as a team, but the Boks left nothing out there with regards to to commitment.

Felix wrote: How the fark is this ref allowed to ref test match rugby,I'm talking about both sides, complete free for all at ruck time. Did anyone notice the penalty he awarded in the first few minutes for the accidental offside, yet in the Lions/All Blacks decider he didn't have the balls to award the penalty.

Much approved performance by the Boks,but you cant kick aimless kicks back to the AB.

Romain Poite was the ref in the last Lions match

That's the thing with Frenchmen - they all look the same

Lots of AB fans in the crowd, plenty of New Zealanders living in Cape Town or did they fly out there for the match.

Bokked wrote:

Felix wrote: How the fark is this ref allowed to ref test match rugby,I'm talking about both sides, complete free for all at ruck time. Did anyone notice the penalty he awarded in the first few minutes for the accidental offside, yet in the Lions/All Blacks decider he didn't have the balls to award the penalty.

Much approved performance by the Boks,but you cant kick aimless kicks back to the AB.

Romain Poite was the ref in the last Lions match

That's the thing with Frenchmen - they all look the same

My humble apologies Bokked,I retract my statement before I'm accused of nationalism :ohmy:

i have to give credit to the boks,because they played much better than i expected.i think the hooker had an outstanding game and he looks like a superstar to me.

Well done to Boks way above expectations

It was a good game and very entertaining. It was nice to see the Boks play with some Heart for the first time in a very long while. This is the hammer and tongs commitment that I remember in my youth and that we grew to expect from South African sport teams.

BUT

Analyzing in the cold light of day...

It is an indication of how far South Africa has slipped that the whole country is rejoicing at, what is ultimately, a loss

Bokked wrote: It was a good game and very entertaining. It was nice to see the Boks play with some Heart for the first time in a very long while. This is the hammer and tongs commitment that I remember in my youth and that we grew to expect from South African sport teams.

BUT

Analyzing in the cold light of day...

It is an indication of how far South Africa has slipped that the whole country is rejoicing at, what is ultimately, a loss

Bokked, firstly I sincerely doubt that the "whole" country is rejoicing at the result/performance. I have a sneaky suspicion that some would have preferred it if the Boks were smashed.

Secondly, the Boks have never had a good record against the ABs, and everyone (except Chicken ) was predicting a thumping for the Boks (myself included). So the performance yesterday was a pleasant and welcome surprise.

I understand and I don't want to denigrate the performance- it was Herculean

My point is just that it's an indication of how far we have fallen in the global pecking order that we are happy with a gallant loss. This we know so it's nothing new.

It was a great game to watch and I enjoyed it more than any rugby match in the past few years