But I was left with the impression we were shit yesterday but great sides win ugly and that’s what counts
We needed that win and we got it
Our scrums were awesome as were our line outs for the most part
I was particularly impressed with Boan Venter and Thomas against a very good Irish frontrow. I was hoping for parity but they dominated the Irish scrum
I thought Reinach was crap apart from his try - slow and pedantic at the base with poor execution of his box kicks
Sacha was not at his best but for his try
Kolbe missed two tackles early on
Willemse is wasted at 15
How many bloody times did we not convert goal line pressure into points. Fuck me, not being able to get over the try line was so damn frustrating to watch. The dog in the Irish kept us out but that’s not good enough.
Bloody Jessie targeting contact instead of space going for the line, Kwagga failing to get over - watching powder puff Nortje trying to take it up is so infuriating. He should be nowhere near being the recipient in close quarter exchanges
Eben was a non entity, Kolisi could have been better at clearing out as a support runner, PSDT was average
Kolbe and Moodie hardly featured and nor did our centres
Our best players were Marx, Wiese and Thomas
Next year I want to see Fassi at 15, Willemse at 12 and its open as to who at 13 - Moodie, JJ or Hooker
I was too uptight watching that game - I need to watch it again
But we won and that’s all that counts and despite us being off we were the more dominant side