Boks v England thread

Penalty England and team warning to the Bokke. Eben the culprit.

PSdT back on but he replaces Eben. PSdT to lock.

Great clearan ce kick by Cheslin. What a player!

Great ball secure on the ground by Koch . Big play.

Finally, De Allende breaks the line, wild pass. Kolbe takes a poor pass and use his feet to make De Allen's look good 

Uh-oh . . . yellow for Steenekamp. Hang i n there Bokke!

And now we get a yellow.

Am on for DDA.

Am on for DDA

Strong maul for England and they have a penalty advantage. England might score here but no, they're short. Another England penalty and another team warning.

England kick for the corner.

That was a skew throw . . . ref picked it up. Free kick and the Bokke can get out of jail.

Lol, skew throw. What a fail by England.

They looked pretty good for a try there.

England imploding again

And now the scrummie knocks the lineout ball. We thank you for your efforts in cancelling the ref's efforts, England.

Wilco on for Siya as Steenekamp is still on yellow. Who will go to loosehead? Koch.

Another penalty to England. They kick for the corner.

Fuck's sakes, can we do anything other than driving it up or kicking it high? England back in our 22 with a penalty after the Boks get pinged for holding on.

Great defence by the Bokke and they win a penalty. Excellent tackle by Jesse Kriel.

Boks now win a breakown penalty to clear.

Another terrible throw by Marx.

Itoje holding on and the Boks get a much needed penalty.

Good defensive work Reinach and Koch with the penalty.

Fo r god's sake Malcolm just find your jumpers. Go short and simple.

That's it.

Still 3 minutes with 14 men . . . Boks in possession with a penalty advantage coming. Penalty. Go for poles! No, Pollard kicks for the corner.

Thank god for the penalty, I'm starting to despair with the Boks insistence on sending one off runners into a bunch of defenders ready to pounce.

Pollard goes for the drop but it's wide. 2 minutes to go. Kolbe with another good take. Come on Bokke!

And now the drop. Why. The. HELL. Not just take the 3 with the penalty?

Big tackle Kwagga on Smith. Smith on Smith I guess.

Bokke back to 15 men for the last minute. Cheslin deservedly named MotM.

Well we should now win this but it wasn't pretty. The most creatively bankrupt the Boks have looked since the time when all the Faf kicking jokes took over social media.

Kwagga and Pollard made a huge difference. As in WC 2019 Pom hopes died with the Boks goal line stand.