Bitty, stop start game so far. Scotland hanging in there. South Africa looking a bit toothless. But a long way to go.

Brilliant vision and skill from Willie

So dumb from the Scottish halfback. SA haven't been great but have been so clinical when in the Scottish 22. If only we had Brown in the AB camp.

Red card was incredibly harsh. Imagine if we didn't have the 20 minute red, that would have been curtains for Scotland.

@sparky still trying to get my head around how that’s a RC ..about as soft as they come

Boks well ahead at half time. 19-9. Three tries to none.

@Steven-Harris It was a borderline YC at worst IMHO. 20 minute Reds at Test level sadly are going to mean more Reds.

There is so much worry around the UK about making the game "safe" and the possibilities of future litigation.

Scotland the better team in the second half so far.

@sparky said in Scotland vs Springboks:

Scotland the better team in the second half so far.

But couldn’t score in a brothel

@MiketheSnow SA's goal line defence is strong to be fair.

Russell is a handbrake IMHO

Too showy

Another Scottish penalty.

Scotland 15 SA 19.

Not sure taking the 3 now is the right option when SA is down to 14.

@akan004 said in Scotland vs Springboks:

Not sure taking the 3 now is the right option when SA is down to 14.

Shit decision

Xander Fagerson having a massive game for the Scots.

@MiketheSnow said in Scotland vs Springboks:

@akan004 said in Scotland vs Springboks:

Not sure taking the 3 now is the right option when SA is down to 14.

Shit decision

Just used up 2 mins of card

South Africa going for goal on a penalty. Eats up more time on the YC.

Knocks them two scores ahead as well. Over.

Scotland 15 SA 22

SA back to 15 men.

Scotland 15 SA 25 with 6 minutes to play.

Scotland will rue taking the penalty instead of the scrum

Looks like South Africa have scored a 4th try.

All over. Scotland 15 South Africa 32

Southern Hemisphere 6 this weekend, the Northern Hemisphere 0.

4 chances, 4 tries

That’s why they’re winners

Scots are such a bunch of wet wipes honestly

Scotland were aggressive at the breakdown but that's not going to be enough against the Boks.

Well controlled by SA in the end.

The Springboks will remain the Number 1 ranked team in the world.

@sparky said in Scotland vs Springboks:

The Springboks will remain the Number 1 ranked team in the world.

Well deserved too. We aren't as good as them.

Double World Cup Winners, Rugby Championship champions, Number 1 in the world, 2-0 winners against the All Blacks this year, victors in their last two series against the Lions.

But they don't hold the Raeburn Shield, do they?

@sparky said in Scotland vs Springboks:

Double World Cup Winners, Rugby Championship champions, Number 1 in the world, 2-0 winners against the All Blacks this year, victors in their last two series against the Lions.

But they don't hold the Raeburn Shield, do they?

What is the raeburn shield? Serious question

@W32 https://www.raeburnandutrechtshields.com/raeburn-shield

@sparky said in Scotland vs Springboks:

Southern Hemisphere 6 this weekend, the Northern Hemisphere 0.

Also Chile beat Canada and Brazil beat Hong Kong both away. So 8-0!
Edit: Tonga let us down losing to Romania 25-15. so 8-1

Springboks didn't play well but the scrum killed the Scots.

Dunno what England will do if they struggle against the Wallaby scrum.

Expect a total different approach with the other backline against them.

@OomPB said in Scotland vs Springboks:

Springboks didn't play well but the scrum killed the Scots.

Dunno what England will do if they struggle against the Wallaby scrum.

Expect a total different approach with the other backline against them.

Not sure how you've come up with that. Boks executed their game play to perfection. Scored every time in the red zone & used their powerful scrum to get them out of trouble.

It was classic Bok rugby and showed off every single theme as to why they've been so successful of late.

I think some Bok fans are forgetting that they've not won every game by a ton of points, 32-15 vs Scotland at Murray field is a much stronger score line than I expected.

@Mauss said in Scotland vs Springboks:

@mariner4life said in Scotland vs Springboks:

you are already the MVP

It's confirmed, I'm the Derrick Rose of the Silver Fern.

Can't wait to absolutely blow out my knee and be the forum journeyman I was always meant to be.

With a terrible signature kicks line but kids still buy them….

After the red card, I thought this game would descend into something ugly, but even by the 60th minute it was pretty competitive. Very late surge by the Boks.

@MajorRage 13 of those 32 did come in the last 15 minutes so there was a fair amount of resistance from the Scots. For me the Scots ran out of gas and the Boks took advantage.

@ACT-Crusader said in Scotland vs Springboks:

@MajorRage 13 of those 32 did come in the last 15 minutes so there was a fair amount of resistance from the Scots. Liked to me that the Acors ran out of gas and the Boks took advantage.

That was always going to be the plan. I can accept the high handling error rate from the boks because it’s the first game in a while. But they will have to up their game for England who will be looking to try and get a result after two very disappointing outings.

@ACT-Crusader said in Scotland vs Springboks:

@MajorRage 13 of those 32 did come in the last 15 minutes so there was a fair amount of resistance from the Scots. Liked to me that the Acors ran out of gas and the Boks took advantage.

That’s what all good teams do. Break down the resistance over 60 mins and run it out the final quarter.

It’s why I disagree they didn’t play well

I found the officiating this weekend far too pedantic and inconsistent. Bizarre red card call in this one.
The fullback Jordan looks extremely good to me.
Hendrikse was a bit of a weak link for South Africa I thought.