Marika what a tackle... seriously... that was a 10/10
I cant think of a better tackle (by a back) in a long while...
Good game boks - just cant win in Oz for whatever reason - can u give whatever that is to ABs....
These Argies doing ok now too - Gap closing in World Rugby ??
Luckily Mapimpi just so happens to be an athlete and not a thinking rugby player.
He should have scored so close to the line.
Habana would have stepped inside, beaten his man and probably scored under the posts ... or slid across the line from 5m out.
Mapimpi isn't a rugby player period. Not even at club level.
Here's the replay so we can enjoy it again...
Nope, yellow card and penalty try for taking the legs out with a no arms tackle...but 100% for commitment.
Come to think of it ... we have several of those in the team.
Take De Lindy as another fine example.
He is incapable of defending his channel 5m out from his tryline.
How much longer must we ensure this chump?
His left arm made contact and that was all he needed.
Let's not take away from the tackler and make excuses for the useless Mapimpi.
Mapimpi should have scored ... he didn't.
Drop him immediately.
Naah I prefer the tackle of Gregan on Jeff Wilson......it became known as "That Tackle"
Good defense, but Mapimpi made it easy. Had he dived low he would have gotten in, but instead he lost his nerve and appeared to try to step inside, only there was no space to beat the defender with a step. It's a moment that will live in infamy for him.
Exactly Pakie ... spot-on.
He hesitated ... and it cost him and the Boks a score.
Unfortunately no arms were used in the tackle and the ref could have awarded a penalty try because the tackle was illegal. - the guy got away with murder.
Unfortunately no arms were used in the tackle and the ref could have awarded a penalty try because the tackle was illegal. - the guy got away with murder.
That hit was so hard, it might look like a no hands tackle, but he did have a hand and arm in play......Mapimpi is not good in contact, only with a open goal line infront of him can he score.....his defence is useless....in the Bok camp bad form gets praised and good form players that should actually be there on merit, gets dropped from the team.....what a joke Bok Rugby has become.....R&N and most of the WC 19 squad, are stagnating our Rugby as they are to old, to keep up to the pace.
I'm not so sure going low would have ended any better... probably fucking decapitated Mapompi.
Spot on Pakie….Mapimpi should a) have veered inside to hold the cover, then have accelerated for the corner b) if that was too complex for him, he should have gone in low and slid over.
But it was clearly a no arms tackle Koroi flipped up an arm after contact, it had nothing to do with what he was intending which was to barge the Pimp into touch. It’s a stupid rule, but under the rules it was a clear no arms tackle.
Go flat out, low dive, done. He is past the tryline halfway through Koroibete's tackle, and that's with the stopping and bracing for impact that probably cost him another yard of progress. Look at the image below. If I didn't know what happened and someone told me the wing didn't score here I'd tell them they're taking the piss.
Bogie Bogan playing Rugby in Adelaide where Aussie rules, is sacriledge in Roo country...yes great tackle and so on.
Glad you have slithered out from the rocks and sand like a taipan.
Suggest next test in Northern Territory, at Alice Springs...I wonder if they play footy there...a roasty field
That’s embarrassing ….how could he not score?
Mpimpi is done, great selections when our best wingers are not even in the squad. But he has a lovely story which Rassie likes to milk with tears in his eyes.
7 Spot is not that far away now.
Serious commitment, hit pimps so hard the ball exploded out of his hands.
Kornkob... you don't have a better wing. Wishful fucking thinking.
Yes ... Rassie is good at his emotional rants ... and tearful outbursts.
Sobbing like a child on air wins some over ... the rest of us cringe in embarrassment.
You've got to be fucking kidding! Nkosi! Bwahahaha! What happened to the GREAT fassi? I was a cunt for not seeing he is a class act... put the fucker on the field. Mpower you tall structures... its bullshit when you can't win your battles on the field and you are too rucking stupid to think! Not good enough.
Another great thread courtesy of SA rugby supporters, temple to learn how to play rugby.
Two solutions are offered by the knowledge holders:
-drive low
- step inside to beat his defender (which one since there were several to be able to cover)
If I didn't know what happened and someone told me the wing didn't score here I'd tell them they're taking the piss.
Even on this still, it does not take much to observe what went wrong.
Even on this still, it is easy to see that the cover for the try attempt is already in advance over the winger, too many defenders are already in full speed whereas the winger just started to speed up.
This action is one typical of SA lack of rugby, no idea, no imagination, no flair, only routines.
The pattern of passes is so wired, the transmission of the ball is so slow, the reading of the situation is so absent that nearly all AU defence had already anticipated the move.
Everyone is aware of it except the passer who kept passing the ball despite of it. He could have used the opportunity of this anticipation to play reversely, to switch sides. Nope, pass had to be done, sending a team mate to pain.
This guy was hit by a freight train because everything is so stereotyped and slowly executed that a freight train had all the time to reach the contact location whereas a winger who launched his sprint was already send to his demise.
thinking rugby player.
Hard to tell on that one but he is certainly not a SA rugby player.
This player lacks the vice that is true to SA rugby players. Whether on aerial challenges or on this action.
A SA rugby player would have quickly figured out that a try was not possible on this case and used the opportunity to harm the tackler.
Opportunity easy to seize as the AU player engaged his head the wrong side of the contact. A well armed elbow would have been costy to the AU player.
Instead, this quota player took a different option. And one that excluded him from being a SA rugby player.
May be explained by the fact he did not join a SA rugby school, he lacked the impregnation.
Your assessment is correct that Mapimpi had just about a standing start while Koroibete was already at full steam, that's why it was so close. What finally went wrong though is Mapimpi lost focus of the tryline. On the 5m line you can see his head turning towards Koroibete. He then checks himself and slows, bracing for contact instead of just diving for the tryline.
It's try scoring 101 - if you're close to the touchline and the cover is on you, dive low and early and slide over. Don't stop to try and absorb the tackle of a guy hurtling along at full speed hitting you side on while you just halted all your own momentum.
Hindsight is an exact science.
Of course, CC.
Anyway, as an example, see where Barrett starts his dive here. Comfortably slides over.
That should have been a try but Mapimpi was never going to score it.
He was more concerned about the winger coming at him than scoring the try.
He was OWNED by the Aussie winger big time.
When has he made a try other than just running in the try.
Habana plus a few other wingers would have scored that try by diving at the line for sure.
Chicken at best I say.
I think of him more a bench wing than a starter.
Oh well colours and numbers are what it's all about I guess.
But in general the Springboks play was poor with the end result never in doubt.
Back to GOATS in my estimation.
Pakie your example of a player with "BALLS" is exactly what any winger would have done.
By the way Denny if you throw in the airline tickets I will accept your "two free tickets" offer for the next game.
Not economy class.
this was when wobs were down to 14 players - marika was covering the absence of RH winger. I think this play decided the outcome of the test - not sure why the boks struggle to play well in Australia - almost like they tone it down and engage the 'she'll be right mate' attitude...
I dont think any concern over legality of tackle - perhaps Bok winger's courage or lack of experience facing a flying ex-NRL fijian... agree Habana would have eaten that one for breakfast...
(on a side note - I was talking to Lachy Turner (ex-wob) winger at an event recently and the last great try saving tackle I witnessed from 4 rows back was Habana smoking Poor Lachy in ~2009 in Brisbane)
As for the try scoring slide per barret above... looked like the Adelaide Cricket Ground was a little hard that day... (why they play rugby in non-rugby states is so annoying let me tell you...)
The NRL wingers have perfected the art of aerial try scoring - perhaps will become more of skill set to develop for RU wingers... or even offloading...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V_PASAjiwQ
BTW...Congrats Redsman...your lot did well, barring the Hollywood by White...but it was stupid from Faf in the first place.. .
The title reads tackle.
There is no tackle in this action.
There is a hit that may either be qualified as a shoulder charge or a plausible attempt to tackle.
In rugby, a tackle refers to a precise sequence that may be validated by a referee at times in order to keep the pace of an action smooth.
No tackle here, the question is all about knowing whether the guy did enough to sell an attempt at tackling.
Comfortable slide as the defender are all well beaten. The guy can not catch up (he is about to fall over) as to the other, the AB teammate keeps running a line to prevent the other blue to cut outwards.
Unsurprisingly, the scapegoating goes wild.
The pass was a massive mistake, the centre of the field was not locked. Playing at large does mean throwing passes at large at any opportunity. It demands preparation work.
It was not done and this winger was sent to a trap. Too easy for the AU to defend, way too many defenders were able to converge towards an impact because all of this was far too readable.
It is deeply incorrect to see this action as one vs one, the area was saturated by AU defenders.
Sliding is nice but it is made at the cost of loss of speed and one AU player was in a hot chase.
Even a small kick for himself could not have led to a penalty try.
A small kick would have clarified the hit situation as it would have happened with no ball.
So penalty, yellow, red card or whatever.
Penaltry try, nope because there were already too many defenders in the area for a ref to consider that the winger would have scored the try with no interference.
Ja not meant to be an apples with apples comparison, Barrett didn't even have to dive, he could have cantered in. Just to show how early you can dive to slide in depending on surface conditions. Much harder to tackle someone into touch when they're sliding than when they're bolt upright.
The Wallabies were under pressure ... they were 5m from their try line ... and then in comes Faf and gives them a way out.
Did he think he would get away with knocking the ball out of the scrummies hands??
Does this dumbass even know the laws of rugby?
White played his part brilliantly and took the pressure off ... and ... forced the card ... reducing the enemy to 14 men.
He's a hero ... and Faf is the fool.
