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<blockquote data-quote="saulan" data-source="post: 1164544" data-attributes="member: 60236"><p>I watched the game. We were pretty terrible, don't think the players adjusted well to the conditions (dry, but 5-10 degrees which they're not used to). Never really looked like scoring a try and just consistently knocking the ball on in the first half. I think there was a point around the 30 minute mark where we had 25% possession. In some ways we were also playing a bit of Springbok up and under rugby, but aren't as dominant in the forwards/chasing for it.</p><p></p><p>Roos needs to sort himself out. That yellow was utterly pointless and could've been worse. Other teams know just to try get under his skin and they are guaranteed to play against 14 men shortly after that. Dweba's card was slightly less stupid, but still not wise to life a player. Team did a great job to keep their defensive line and only concede the one try when down to 13, but just couldn't string much together.</p><p></p><p>SFN did some good things but also some bad things. Definitely a game to learn from for him, but his kicking from the tee was ideal. I really hope he takes over all of those duties from here on and Libbok just remains focused on flyhalf play. Really feels like we could do with our Springbok forwards back for these types of tight clashes, and I'm way more keen on us picking up Vermeulen now.</p><p></p><p>But to your point, maul defense cost us in the first half... in fact it was just set-piece defense in general close to our line. Their first try was also a centre try but it was directly off a lineout (may have been a scrum). When it was open play we did a great job our defending our line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saulan, post: 1164544, member: 60236"] I watched the game. We were pretty terrible, don't think the players adjusted well to the conditions (dry, but 5-10 degrees which they're not used to). Never really looked like scoring a try and just consistently knocking the ball on in the first half. I think there was a point around the 30 minute mark where we had 25% possession. In some ways we were also playing a bit of Springbok up and under rugby, but aren't as dominant in the forwards/chasing for it. Roos needs to sort himself out. That yellow was utterly pointless and could've been worse. Other teams know just to try get under his skin and they are guaranteed to play against 14 men shortly after that. Dweba's card was slightly less stupid, but still not wise to life a player. Team did a great job to keep their defensive line and only concede the one try when down to 13, but just couldn't string much together. SFN did some good things but also some bad things. Definitely a game to learn from for him, but his kicking from the tee was ideal. I really hope he takes over all of those duties from here on and Libbok just remains focused on flyhalf play. Really feels like we could do with our Springbok forwards back for these types of tight clashes, and I'm way more keen on us picking up Vermeulen now. But to your point, maul defense cost us in the first half... in fact it was just set-piece defense in general close to our line. Their first try was also a centre try but it was directly off a lineout (may have been a scrum). When it was open play we did a great job our defending our line. [/QUOTE]
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