Defence vs attack. And defence largely prevailed as it so often does. The ABs tried to play rugby…we box kicked. Once too often, that last box kick in the 22 that led to the fly kick out gave NZ crucial territory. All we needed to do there was play the phases.
This was probably as poorly as the ABs could play, they were too amped rushing passes to men not expecting them.
Our scrum was was strong in the second half and we clearly have an edge there as I expected.
Lomp contrived to once again miss they key tackle that led to the AB try, but had a decent game. Kwagga was our best player and Vermeulen had a strong game. None of our backs didn’t anything of note although collectively the defence had clearly been adjusted.
It was tense….appropriate for the 100th game. But if the Boks want to win these close matches convincingly ……this was exactly like the Welsh test and the Lions series….we need a backline coach. Obviously we don’t need Harrrassmus because we played exactly his game without him
