Match thread

@MiketheSnow
Mi don’t know should have been YC and possible PT

MiketheSnow

SA second try

No way Moody was supporting his own weight in the turnover

And hands beyond the ball

@Tordah

On 35 minutes, it looks Le Roux says to a Tongan player “fuck off you black fluffybunny”

Jailbreak7

@DaGrubster Yep, I got that as well. Pretty clear.

@Jailbreak7
A mate pinged me to say that he said it.

I have it on my phone but not sure how to upload a video here

Canes4life

Yeah he says 'fuck off you black.....'. Pretty obvious lip reading.

Le Roux is a tool, even Kolisi had a go at him earlier in the year for being a dick.

taniwharugby

@Canes4life if thats the case, you'd have to see a ban coming?

Canes4life

@taniwharugby no of the commentators mentioned it but if it surfaces on social media I'm sure he won't be able to hide from it.

@Canes4life

Well, 3 or 4 of us have seen it from here. Presumably a tongan heard it with many more seeing it around the world.

So, nothing will happen then!

Canes4life

@DaGrubster yeah I just meant no one has mentioned it on the broadcast. I'm sure it will be dealt with after the game.

Billy Tell

What exactly was etzebeth supposed to do there?

Dodge

Lower his tackle height.

Dodge

No idea how that’s different than Curry’s.

taniwharugby

@Dodge consistently inconsistent

Dodge

Shoulder to head, saw him coming, never got in a position to make a legal tackle so no mitigation. Genuinely baffled by that one

Billy Tell

@Dodge said in RWC Week 4: Springboks v Tonga:

Shoulder to head, saw him coming, never got in a position to make a legal tackle so no mitigation. Genuinely baffled by that one

I’m guessing you’ve never played rugby?

Dodge

Not since this head contact law has been consistently refereed all season until the World Cup

Bovidae

So many no-arms chop tackles are ignored when defending the try line so why did Cronan decide to interject for that one?

Dodge

Re the head shot stuff, It’s so weird to watch as a NH fan, all year the interpretation would have been as per Luke Pearce’s reaction. The Aussies seem to have totally different interpretation (it was Aussie officials who cleared Farrell) and Aussie TMO disagreed with Pearce who then changed his decision

Billy Tell

Tonga really need an attack coach.