South African Rugby

[riocard911]

Fabulous try by England after the Boks had taken the lead for the first time in the match!!!

[cormac]

England pack not even second best in this match

[OTT]

Delighted England won that.

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Sorry!

[fourthirtythree]

Delighted England won that.

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Sorry!

Would have preferred they both lost.

[OTT]

Delighted England won that.

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Would have preferred they both lost.

That would have worked also

[Dave Cahill]

That was quite a bit of fun

[riocard911]

FT: 27-26. Well done, England. 2 points down with as many minutes to go and they threw caution to the wind, ran the ball, got a peno out of it. Excellent result!

[cormac]

Just relieved that Ireland never has to play a game with Brace as ref.

He's going to be reffing one of Leinster's next two games though, isn't he?

[IanD]

Just relieved that Ireland never has to play a game with Brace as ref.

He's going to be reffing one of Leinster's next two games though, isn't he?

Am I right in thinking that the last penalty to England should have been reversed?

Lawes had been substituted and encroached onto the pitch and got involved in pushing and shoving. Etzebeth asked Brace about it but Brace ignored him.

[Fan with smartphone]

It was, pun firmly intended, lawless at that stage.

[JB1973]

Not sure why eztebeth threw that pass out after his break late in the the game, he should have just run right over that that England full back

If Pollard had his kicking boots the boks win that with ease, unusual to see an England pack dominated so much especially at home , but credit to them they looked really dangerous ball in hand and dug in despite taking a pasting up front

I would still put France and Ireland ahead of them for 6 nations winners though

[the spoofer]

Not sure why eztebeth threw that pass out after his break late in the the game, he should have just run right over that that England full back

If Pollard had his kicking boots the boks win that with ease, unusual to see an England pack dominated so much especially at home , but credit to them they looked really dangerous ball in hand and dug in despite taking a pasting up front

I would still put France and Ireland ahead of them for 6 nations winners though

England's front row are piss poor. They are going to be dominated up front unless they find a better one.

[JB1973]

Not sure why eztebeth threw that pass out after his break late in the the game, he should have just run right over that that England full back

If Pollard had his kicking boots the boks win that with ease, unusual to see an England pack dominated so much especially at home , but credit to them they looked really dangerous ball in hand and dug in despite taking a pasting up front

I would still put France and Ireland ahead of them for 6 nations winners though

England's front row are piss poor. They are going to be dominated up front unless they find a better one.

Genge and George will improve them but yes your right they need to sort that area out,synkler can do all the fancy stuff he likes it's not if he can't scrummage

[hugonaut]

Very interesting article on Nienaber's selection practices:
https://boksquad.co.za/article/how-the- ... e-selected

[desperado]

Very interesting article on Nienaber's selection practices:
https://boksquad.co.za/article/how-the- ... e-selected

interesting article. Good insight into how they assess individuals vs their position, roles in that position etc. but not much given away about the Bok gameplan and what the coaches really value for example in an outhalf, and how it all fits together to make a team be better than the sum of its parts. I'm sure Faz and any international (or professional coach at club level) assess players vs what the coach views as the key requirements, and gives them feedback on where they are strong, and where improvements can be made.

[desperado]

Very interesting article on Nienaber's selection practices:
https://boksquad.co.za/article/how-the- ... e-selected

interesting article. Good insight into how they assess individuals vs their position, roles in that position etc. but not much given away about the Bok gameplan and what the coaches really value for example in an outhalf, and how it all fits together to make a team be better than the sum of its parts. I'm sure Faz and any international (or professional coach at club level) assess players vs what the coach views as the key requirements, and gives them feedback on where they are strong, and where improvements can be made.