@nta said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@nepia said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

Steyn, 37, hasn't played a test in 5 years. Crazy.

Yeah but how hard is it? Kick the goals, then go stand in the back field and wait for the inevitable bomb, which your wingers or fullback will defuse, for you to clear. The Boks played 4 in the back field for the majority of the game.

It pretty much illustrates where the boks are: try not to lose.

They've added a huge dose of siege mentality with a massive victim complex crossover, this series. They are performing a good job of self-isolation in a way that apartheid can't quite match.

They'll get short shrift when they go up north... IF they ever go up north again.

Will they turn up for TRC?

Added?

@nta why not?

@nta said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@gibbonrib said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

The worst thing is that when we think back on this tour, there are barely any rugby moments that stick in the mind

Conor Murray landing on his face, maybe

That was his back remember? O'Keeffe and Jonker both confirmed it

@oompb said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@nta why not?

I guess he means that covid might still sabotage the Rugby Championship (if that's the post you were replying to)

@gibbonrib can't see the Springboks not playing. We are past our 3rd peak.

@oompb said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@gibbonrib can't see the Springboks not playing. We are past our 3rd peak.

Hope so, glad to hear that things are getting better there. I'm sure it's a logistical nightmare to organise with all the different restrictions and quarantine rules and bubbles, but they should find a way.

@mikethesnow thanks Snowy. Hard luck to you lot. Everything was tough out there. Kolisi had his best tests. Crazy that Morne did it all over again like 12 years ago.

Kolbe is small but his rugby heart is bigger then Itoje.

@nta said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@nzzp said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

Australia in 4 yers will be interesting. Hopefully travelling supporters at last!

Yeah should be fun. Will try to get to a few games this time after doing Third Test and Tahs game last time

Will be aiming to get down for it.

Well done the Boks and enjoy the series win all you Saffer ferners.

Hats off to Finn Russell who played well and kept his flaky side firmly in the cupboard. Much will likely be made of the difference he brought to the Lions play but I feel that would be missing the point. Until he came on I counted the number of times the ball went past the first receiver and from memory it was once. Just once. That is not down to Biggar being unable to execute that sort of game, he’s shown time and time again he can. So clearly this continued one out drive followed by the inevitable kick was the game plan. Many will look at individual selection being the cause of both the style of play and the loss but the more expansive play with Russell was with the same guys that Biggar had round him. In truth the Lions, any of them, had the ability to play that game but were instructed otherwise.

Gatland and co were too conservative and inflexible. SA outcoached us as much as anything.

@catogrande Spot on

@nta said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

Just watched the first half.

How is bok 8 not sitting down for 10 minutes? Charging into a breakdown, no bind, shoulder first, to a player on the ground.

If it's the same incident, the Ref & TMO looked at it and decided he was going under the Lions player to help clear the ruck.

Considerig the off-the-field bollocks, I thought the Refs did a pretty good job overall and Jonker was fine as TMO.

@nzzp said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

I'm in a minority, but I enjoyed that game and the series. The rugby never reached great heights, but it was meaningful competition, and games we don't see often. I was happy with it.

It was series of two halves for me. The 1st Test and the 1st half of the 2nd were a bit ugh, but from that point on it seemed to come alive. There were some moments of really good rugby in the last game.

@nzzp said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@nostrildamus said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

how is Gatland's coaching rep looking like now? Doesn't seem to have been a great year/season for him.

he is a really really good coach.

In terms of NZers I'd like to see coaching us, it'd be

Rennie
Robertson
Joseph/Brown/Gatland
Daylight
Foster

That's a bit unfair on the Daylight bloke..

That was like watching the best bird in the club being walked home by a munter because we were all too chicken shot to ask her to dance.

Spitting

@mikethesnow said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

That was like watching the best bird in the club being walked home by a munter because we were all too chicken shot to ask her to dance.

Spitting

You ought to have all asked the second fittest.

@pakman said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@mikethesnow said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

That was like watching the best bird in the club being walked home by a munter because we were all too chicken shot to ask her to dance.

Spitting

You ought to have all asked the second fittest.

I was being kind

We weren’t allowed to ask her to dance because it was Munter Martin’s chance to be normal

And he fucking blew it

But coach was happy because Martin tried with coach’s game plan

@victor-meldrew said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@nta said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

Just watched the first half.

How is bok 8 not sitting down for 10 minutes? Charging into a breakdown, no bind, shoulder first, to a player on the ground.

If it's the same incident, the Ref & TMO looked at it and decided he was going under the Lions player to help clear the ruck.

Considerig the off-the-field bollock, I thought the Refs did a pretty good job overall and Jonker was fine as TMO.

Yeah they did. No idea how they reached that conclusion though. I'm not an expert on the rules, but he clearly smashed into Jones' back at speed, undoubtedly dangerous and surely not legal.

Jonker did fine considering. Not impressed with the refs on the whole, but they did have a tough job to do.

@pakman said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

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Can't make out if that is a parody site or if it simply has a problem with Sth African rugby. Headline after headline about how evil the Boks are and why the result of the Lions tour should be overturned in the LIons favour.

@victor-meldrew said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@pakman said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

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Can't make out if that is a parody site or if it simply has a problem with Sth African rugby. Headline after headline about how evil the Boks are and why the result of the Lions tour should be overturned in the LIons favour.

There are a few sites that pop up on my fb feed and this is one of them. Without exception they are a pile of shite. Jingoistic, one eyed, myopic, biased with click bait headlines that usually bear little resemblance to the pathetic article.

Not a parody unfortunately, but you are excused for asking same!