Go give me the time stamp Clown Pants. Let's see if you can finally make your very first rugby post of substance...
I knew you were a coward and would chicken out. Quick to demand things of others, who produce far more than you could ever be capable of producing, yet don't even try to back your wild claims up.
Nope ESPN registered no missed tackles and I just watched the passage of play. ‘Mostert again’ was the commentators refrain, he must have made 8 crucial tackles in that sequence, always intelligently moving to the point of danger. There was one instance where in a joint tackle the player was put down but not held and another instance where Youngs changed his line and Mostert passed him on to the next tackler.
By contrast there were thunderous tackles on Vunipola. Vermeulen also made huge contributions with almost impossible goal line stops eg on Underhill/
The player who was the weak link was Dud Toit who couldn’t put Vunipola down and he offloaded several times in Dud’s powder puff tackles.
And the whole sequence was preceded by a toothless Dud Allende charge and Underhill monstering Dud Toit, who was rescued by a brilliant Mostert clean out.
Those are the facts, corroborating the ESPN stats. The weakest link in the goal line stand was Dud Toit. The strongest links were Mostert and Vermeulen,
Correction the weakest link was Kolisi who did nothing at all in the goal line stand. I got there by wondering what the third loosie did, given we have covered Vermeulen’s excellence and Vunipola offloading out of Dud’s tackles. For a moment I had a hard time remembering who the third loosie was and then….hahaha…I remembered it was Cappie.
What a total waste of space!
In the meantime, Faz has had his red card overturned. WR and the RFU are a joke. Piss boiling at the thought that we have to play tiddlywinks laws while at the elite level this shit happens.
Plum I agree that Mostert hasn’t been as energetic in these build up games. But many of the Boks have been below par. These guys are a bit risk averse going into the WC. I may be wrong but I think you will see the real Mostert in France.
The call on Farrell is a joke…but it won’t matter….all the RFU have done is lower their credibility.
It’s nothing to do with the RFU !
It was an all Australian panel.
Regardless, my opinion is that it was a Red Card all day long and he deserved to be banned for the RWC.
Well, Mpower, it’s a mystery to almost every English fan too.
Goodness knows.
They said it was a camera angle that showed Jamie George impacted the tackle but I can’t see any mitigation in that.
I know. He’s a habitual offender !!
@Becs,
RFU appointed QC I believe got him off.
He’s been with the England Team since Sir Clive’s time in charge.
