@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.

Well played Oom Schalk. Hope that is not a serious injury.

@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

Go for a pushover Boks...

@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

Great to see how delighted Willemse was with his first test try.

@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 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.

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.

Poor ruck work by Canada after a turnover and counterattack.

@antipodean said in RWC: South Africa v Canada (Pool B):

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.

As I feared, SA got too loose. Poor-ish 2nd half.
Hats off to Canada who played much better - and with only 14 men. Nothing to be ashamed of in that result.

@mofitzy_
PD slightly worse than ours v Canada, only 59 (we had 63).

They had a man down for half the game too.

@antipodean said in RWC: South Africa v Canada (Pool B):

Another game ruined.

By a supreme piece of fuckwittery from the Canadian.

Did not need to get involved.

He did - from the side - delivering a cheap shot to the unsighted SA prop.

Unacceptable.

Deservedly red carded.

@Billy-Webb and he was often very slow to the breakdown ...

@Smuts said in RWC: South Africa v Canada (Pool B):

@Billy-Webb and he was often very slow to the breakdown ...

I assume you're referencing my comments on Reinach... Agreed. Plus his box-kicking also seemed in slo-mo.
There now seems to be clear daylight between the duo of Faf & Herschel and Reinach.

Funny, I can't remember him being that lumbering at the basics for the Sharks in the past. Maybe he is just ring-rusty.

@Billy-Webb was it his 2nd try that he got from the ruck on the line? They showed a highlight at half time of his tracking and while it ended up being well timed, he was a loooong way behind the play, it was quite surprising to see.

@Billy-Webb ha. In Ontario we only this season produced a manual for jnr coaches designed to give Hockey parents simple plans to ensure that kids develop the skills we expect them to have at each age grade.

But you would be shocked at the huge numbers of juniors in this country (of both genders) who love this game.

But our governance structures are a disaster at Provincial and National level.

Which means we lose the majority of those players after high school AND don’t make the most of the truly talented players running around in Ontario, Alberta and particularly BC.

As just one example there is not a single First Grade club within central Toronto. Which is a complete travesty given that the majority of 20- 30 year olds in Canada’s biggest city live and work downtown or close to it.

And the coaching at high school and senior level Is basically appalling. But the talent is there. All we need is for someone to pull finger out and establish connections with the NZRU or Ireland or England and get the resources out here.

And to a degree I blame World Rugby, it’s such a huge opportunity going begging particularly when you see our female participation rates.

But enough of that.

I was really proud of those boys bravery after the card. Especially considering they’re being coached by the rugby equivalent of a broken photocopier...