I nearly choked laughing at this one. Missed it first time out. Quality chirp!
They got a yellow card in the first 10 minutes and gave up two tries. Are we watching the same game?
I bet it isn't and they don't.
When have the springboks beaten the all blacks by not kicking?
The Boks did look good early in the backs though before the yellow card - of course when you're down to 14 man you need to be a bit more conservative... Boks shouldn't go back to just basically kicking, otherwise you are really restricting your options on attack, running the ball in the backs isn't playing loose, it's just playing rugby positively trying to create tries, loose is firing the ball all over the place like a headless chook.
No one was asking the Boks to play at a really fast pace for the whole match, but lets be honest it was very disappointing to only see them pass the ball about 2 or 3 times very early in the match through their backline, then just play 10-man rugby after that - with this Covid situation all the teams are going to be effected getting match play etc, so lack of match fitness isn't really an excuse for the Boks... if any team has the right to complain it's Argentina, they've had a real bloody nightmare, 7 or more of their squad members couldn't travel because of Covid, & have done a ton of travelling.
Boks might surprise NZ and throw caution to the win by running the ball...with a no kick policy. Do what the Irish team did with Schmidt and hold on to possession as much as possible. Who knows?
agreed, the boks almost always turn up for the AB's
too right...you also had drop goals
Please. We are penalty machines. Drop goals are only for when we cant win with penalties. If we need tries to win I just switch it off cause that aint happening.
I think the Boks win this week. Call it homerism or whatever, but right now, Lood is the most important player on the Boks Team. Not only is he the best #5 in the world, he completely dominates the lineout, gets across the gainline, and is a reliable tackler.
Any Given Sunday.
All teams need to kick the ball in general play, but it's about executing those kicks smartly & accurately... Boks are going to have a much better chance against the ABs if they use their backs a bit more, basically vary their tactics consistently on attack, always try to keep the opposition in two minds.
