@sparky said in Boks v Wobblies I:

@Victor-Meldrew said in Boks v Wobblies I:

The Oz commentary team on Stan are going bonkers.... Forgivable.

Best moment for Australian Rugby since the 1999 World Cup Final.

They are should enjoy it.

2001 Lions series would disagree

@Smuts said in Boks v Wobblies I:

@pakman said in Boks v Wobblies I:

Boks are beatable. Main strike weapon will be maul.

Imminently beatable. Main strike weapon is the maul and the scru…

Imminently beatable. Main strike weapons are the maul and the scrum and Arendse (5 tries in 2 tests against Oz), bugger

Imminently beatable. Amongst their arsenal are such diverse weapons as:
the maul and scrum
Arendse (5 from 2) and
Fassi and Moodie (each 1 from 1)

Also shouldn’t forget the hot hand of Edwill van der Merwe (5 tries in 3 tests for the Boks) aaargh …

I’ll come in again [exit and immediate reentry]

Imminently beatable. Their ever-expanding arsenal is easily underestimated but contains such diverse weapons as:
the maul and scrum
The tryscoring threats of Arendse (5 from 2), Fassi and Moodie (each 1 from 1)
Along with the hot hand of Edwill van der Merwe (5 tries in 3 tests for the Boks)
To say nothing of two-time and current world player of the year PSDT

Bugger.

They are beatable if you can nullify their many and diverse threats.

Crikey.

Schadenfreude = watching Rassie and Tony Brown in the coaches box with faces like thunder.

Wallabies should’ve swung it to the left. It was on.

Stand corrected

Well done Oz

All sorts of superlatives

Will come back with thoughts

Brilliant!

On ya ‘straya

As an aside - I thought BOK was outstanding

@KiwiMurph said in Boks v Wobblies I:

As an aside - I thought BOK was outstanding

Nope

How good is Schmidt! Get a little bit of depth in the Wallabies.

Wow, only watched a few minutes from the first half and then turned the game on at 76 mins and was flabbergasted

Boks has their collective arses handed to them in the 2nd half.

Really hope Wobblies kick on. - great for rugby.

Sitting in a pub in Dubrovnik surrounded by South Africans, they’re reactions have been brilliant

@jimmyb did they blame the ref?

@KiwiMurph said in Boks v Wobblies I:

@Victor-Meldrew said in Boks v Wobblies I:

Said it once, say it again. We need to get Joe Schmidt back in New Zealand with a key role.

That ship has sailed

And we're poorer for it.

My daughter woke me up at 3.30am and I’m glad she did. What a performance.

@stodders said in Boks v Wobblies I:

@jimmyb did they blame the ref?

Increasingly so after the game. Strange that…

To our South African fans (the balanced ones), that is a tough loss. But even good teams have off days.

McCaw’s ABs got nuked by England in 2012. It reset them. Boks and their supporters needed that I feel. They will bounce back.

JOC looks emotional. He’ knows how hard it has been to win over there for the Wallabies. Take a bow Sader cobber

Exceptional win by the Wallabies with one of the greatest come back I have ever watched. Next week will be another story IMO.

Boks have been smelling their own farts for a while now. Should be a good game next week

@cgrant Boks will go back to basics next week. Kick and klap

@W32 yep. Like the ABs with the sweeping sheds videos, the Boks (or their media team) have been giving similar vibes.

Needed this to reset.

@W32 said in Boks v Wobblies I:

Joe Schmidt seems to be living on pre Farrell Ireland reputation.. hasn’t added much to any team he’s been involved with since then, and Ireland have been better under Farrell. A bit like Plumtree. Posers

@junior said in Boks v Wobblies I:

@W32 said in Boks v Wobblies I:

Joe Schmidt seems to be living on pre Farrell Ireland reputation.. hasn’t added much to any team he’s been involved with since then, and Ireland have been better under Farrell. A bit like Plumtree. Posers

Certainly looks like a genius today! Well done to everyone involved

@W32 I thought you stopped posting when the political forum was deleted. HA HA HA

@Tim said in Boks v Wobblies I:

@W32 I thought you stopped posting when the political forum was deleted. HA HA HA

I’ve missed you too.

But, but,but the Bok depth and GENIUS coach ............

@junior said in Boks v Wobblies I:

@W32 said in Boks v Wobblies I:

Joe Schmidt seems to be living on pre Farrell Ireland reputation.. hasn’t added much to any team he’s been involved with since then, and Ireland have been better under Farrell. A bit like Plumtree. Posers

Wow.

@Frank said in Boks v Wobblies I:

But, but,but the Bok depth and GENIUS coach ............

Enjoy it mate! Loving your hatred of the world champions, says it all

Is Schmidt definitely done after the RC?

@JayCee The Blues should be paying him as much as possible to just be an analyst.

@JayCee said in Boks v Wobblies I:

Is Schmidt definitely done after the RC?

And if the Aussies don't want him, can we get Joe back coaching in New Zealand?

@Tim I was thinking the next Hurricanes Head Coach.............

I had to briefly unblock W32 to witness the tears, that's how good this is.

As for all the reasonable Bok fans, Smuts etc, the ABs had off days too and I am pretty sure the Boks will smack them next week.

Why did Lubbock start. Aren't Pollard and Feinberg Zulu better options?

Rassie using a covential bench. Dissapeared up his own ass much?

@KiwiMurph said in Boks v Wobblies I:

As an aside - I thought BOK was outstanding

After the first 15.

@Smuts said in Boks v Wobblies I:

@pakman said in Boks v Wobblies I:

Boks are beatable. Main strike weapon will be maul.

Imminently beatable. Main strike weapon is the maul and the scru…

Imminently beatable. Main strike weapons are the maul and the scrum and Arendse (5 tries in 2 tests against Oz), bugger

Imminently beatable. Amongst their arsenal are such diverse weapons as:
the maul and scrum
Arendse (5 from 2) and
Fassi and Moodie (each 1 from 1)

Also shouldn’t forget the hot hand of Edwill van der Merwe (5 tries in 3 tests for the Boks) aaargh …

I’ll come in again [exit and immediate reentry]

Imminently beatable. Their ever-expanding arsenal is easily underestimated but contains such diverse weapons as:
the maul and scrum
The tryscoring threats of Arendse (5 from 2), Fassi and Moodie (each 1 from 1)
Along with the hot hand of Edwill van der Merwe (5 tries in 3 tests for the Boks)
To say nothing of two-time and current world player of the year PSDT

Bugger.

They are beatable if you can nullify their many and diverse threats.

I suggest you quietly delete the tape.

@W32 regurgitating the WC is going to wear thin real quick if your Boks continue to play as pathetically as that fella…

Great performance by the Wallabies. Once they adjusted to the Springbok attack, their drift defence worked really well, just soaking up those SA wide attacks and isolating ball carriers. Best game of Fraser McReight’s career, I’d say, even with that weak tackle effort for Kolisi’s try.

South Africa, on the other hand, were very naïve in the way they attacked, with very little care for numbers or support. If they’re going to continue with this game plan, then you’d feel they need to thoroughly rejuvenate this side. Players like Etzebeth, De Jager and Marx looked spent after half an hour. Then again, I think this whole attacking Bok game plan is just one giant smoke screen for the 2027 World Cup, anyway.

Libbok might have just played his last Test match. Willemse will probably get another shot but some of his tackling at fullback was really poor. It’ll be interesting to see how the Boks respond. After playing wide like this against the Irish in the first July Test of 2024 (and only just getting away with it), they went back to their direct game plan, which ended up backfiring as well, since the Irish won the second Test. I’m expecting they’ll try the same thing here, so the Wallabies will need to front up in Cape Town. Big game for big Will.