South Africa vs British and Irish Lions - Test 2

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

LCD needs to be careful with his chops - some of them are rather no army

 

[TRF_Olyy]

In terms of general refereeing it's been pretty even,

In terms of refereeing acts of foul play/violence I don't think I've ever seen such lenience towards one side before - genuinely mad

 

[Jimbo]

Got to say officials massively bottled
Some big calls, SA unbelievably lucky to still have 15.

 

[anderton46]

I love rugby. Can't wait to watch some.

 

[g6mcg]

In terms of general refereeing it's been pretty even,

In terms of refereeing acts of foul play/violence I don't think I've ever seen such lenience towards one side before - genuinely mad

Yeah, it's refereeing to avoid big calls that could be career ending

 

[Wasps92]

Absolute disgrace that de Klerk got away with that hit at the end.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Got to say officials massively bottled
Some big calls, SA unbelievably lucky to still have 15.

Closer the game is in the second they will get desperate and their discipline will go.

 

[Derpus]

Be real cool if the rugby guys could do a thing where they try to score a try one time maybe

 

[UlsterRugby2012]

In terms of general refereeing it's been pretty even,

In terms of refereeing acts of foul play/violence I don't think I've ever seen such lenience towards one side before - genuinely mad

Absolutely this, in terms of calls around the maul and ruck it's been fairly consistent.

So angry that it wasn't that the foul play / violence went unnoticed - it went noticed and ignored. Fuming.

Edit: Guscott saying twice in 30 seconds it was a boring game. Sure it wasn't running rugby but I enjoyed that half immensely. Don't think you have to be a 'purist' to enjoy that brutality.

 

[Jimbo]

Closer the game is in the second they will get desperate and their discipline will go.

They haven't been disciplined it just hasn't been punished properly……

 

[General Melchett]

Don't think he got any plaudits on here at the time but Harris put a great hit on Am early on.

 

[Derpus]

Can i say that it's an Aussie pastime to complain about the ref and it doesn't look good on you blokes. Leave that to us.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Harris very good in defense so far offering nothing in attack.

 

[General Melchett]

ROG is very confident there will be a red card in the second half. Cue Faz.

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

Win or lose, excellent game so far from O'Keefe. Hope he keeps it up and the game opens up a little more into the 2nd half.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Don't think he got any plaudits on here at the time but Harris put a great hit on Am early on.

I'm probably the biggest Harris fan on here but I don't remember seeing him in the first half tbh

 

[AlRums]

Can i say that it's an Aussie pastime to complain about the ref and it doesn't look good on you blokes. Leave that to us.

and it as your lot took offence at the Berry criticism

 

[j-dawg]

Absolutely this, in terms of calls around the maul and ruck it's been fairly consistent.

So angry that it wasn't that the foul play / violence went unnoticed - it went noticed and ignored. Fuming.

Edit: Guscott saying twice in 30 seconds it was a boring game. Sure it wasn't running rugby but I enjoyed that half immensely. Don't think you have to be a 'purist' to enjoy that brutality.

Guscott's still stuck in 1997. The game has moved on and defence is no longer optional.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Win or lose, excellent game so far from O'Keefe. Hope he keeps it up and the game opens up a little more into the 2nd half.

You're about to get 20 quotes lol

 

[General Melchett]

I'm probably the biggest Harris fan on here but I don't remember seeing him in the first half tbh

It's harder to see someone organising things defensively. He does a lot of unseen work