Yeah, ref didn't have much choice to be honest.
RWC: South Africa
Match thread
Canada (Pool B)
Reinach's service is so sloooow.
He's having agood game in loose play, but his basics as a scrummy look rusty.
Good decision by the referee there. Canada can now take solace that the donut has been removed.
Ref giving benefit of the doubt to Canada a touch too often for my liking here.
I know they are outgunned, but jeez - some of these are not even 50:50 calls.
EDIT: I take that back. Should have been a penalty to Canada there
@Billy-Webb said in RWC: South Africa v Canada (Pool B):
Ref giving benefit of the doubt to Canada a touch too often for my liking here.
I know they are outgunned, but jeez - some of these are not even 50:50 calls.
That last ruck penalty to Boks, there were Bok players that piled in off their feet and basically killed the ball. 50/50, I think not. 
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: South Africa v Canada (Pool B):
@Billy-Webb said in RWC: South Africa v Canada (Pool B):
Ref giving benefit of the doubt to Canada a touch too often for my liking here.
I know they are outgunned, but jeez - some of these are not even 50:50 calls.That last ruck penalty to Boks, there were Bok players that piled in off their feet and basically killed the ball. 50/50, I think not.
I was just typing that edit 
Good to see the Springboks are being ruthless, but this RWC could be the death of Canadian rugby.
@antipodean said in RWC: South Africa v Canada (Pool B):
Good to see the Springboks are being ruthless, but this RWC could be the death of Canadian rugby.
It's their own fault and I have no sympathy.
They should make it easier for Saffers to emigrate there. Then they'd start building a good base
@antipodean said in RWC: South Africa v Canada (Pool B):
Good to see the Springboks are being ruthless, but this RWC could be the death of Canadian rugby.
If they lose to Namibia it might be beyond resuscitation
@Billy-Webb said in RWC: South Africa v Canada (Pool B):
@antipodean said in RWC: South Africa v Canada (Pool B):
Good to see the Springboks are being ruthless, but this RWC could be the death of Canadian rugby.
It's their own fault and I have no sympathy.
They should make it easier for Saffers to emigrate there. Then they'd start building a good base
Having said that, they'd require some decent coaching at school level onwards and they don't have that. Importing some Afrikaners would mean taking them from the U20 side to improve this lot.
@antipodean said in RWC: South Africa v Canada (Pool B):
@Billy-Webb said in RWC: South Africa v Canada (Pool B):
@antipodean said in RWC: South Africa v Canada (Pool B):
Good to see the Springboks are being ruthless, but this RWC could be the death of Canadian rugby.
It's their own fault and I have no sympathy.
They should make it easier for Saffers to emigrate there. Then they'd start building a good baseHaving said that, they'd require some decent coaching at school level onwards and they don't have that. Importing some Afrikaners would mean taking them from the U20 side to improve this lot.
True - but you have old SA buggers like @Smuts hanging around there so they may have some decent youth club coaching?
In the last 60 secs I spotted a clear early tackle and a massive offside, both missed inexplicably by the refereeing team.
Add an obvious forward pass right in front of Gardner.
That saffer left winger for Canada is a handy player. Very busy and involved in the play. Almost playing like a loose forward in defence. Used a key ball carrier as well.
South Africa coming off the boil, looked like they'd get a century going in for oranges.
Canada somehow look better with just 14, although very tired now.