Live Thread: The Dreadful Boks vs some determined dudes in white jerseys

Scrum penalty. Oh dear.

Good take Arendse in the air.

And we kick it back to England who secure it, of c ourse.

Owen is such a dick!!

Well at least we got a penalty after kicking it to England again. Farrell gets marched 10m, it's kickable now.

Very fortunate penalty. 

Well , Poms are only 3 points ahead in spite of all the mistakes of the Boks.

Our saving grace right now is that England isn't much of an attacking threat yet. Libbok with 3, it's 6-3 England. Thanks Owie you numpty.

Another penalty to Poms  Boks have to settle down

Kak pass Willemse, England can rumble now. Cross kick just wide. Penalty England nonetheless. Boks pulling a Frantic France on themselves.

That was close. Far too close! 

Captain Kolisi concedes another penalty. Get Kwagga on.

9-3.

England very tight. Nothing spectacular, but solid and low on errors. Giving the Boks nothing.

We need Kwagga, and Wiese would have been good. 

Bit of an attack by Arendse, but Boks lose it again. Get it back from the kick, breakdown penalty Boks this time.

Not straight. Boks are really struggling. Fortunately the Poms haven't scored much.

Skew throw again. For Fuck's Sake. Amate ur hour.

The skew Bok lineout has been a staple for a few years now. 

Rassie needs a yellow light or two.

Erasputin needs concrete boots and deep lagoon. 

England player sealing off, not called.

I can believe the Boks are being pinged for these things now. If only Erasputin ironed out the sloppiness. 

Penalty England. Lineout 10m line.

Mostert steals a lineout. Better win theirs cause we're not winning ours. Another crap kick gives England the ball. Attacking ball.

Boks manage to turn it over. Libbok drops the pass but we had a penalty advantage.

Pollard on. Boks want the 3s.

We keep kicking against a side that is just gobbling up those balls and saying thank you.

French must be kicking themselves seeing how their frantic nonsense fed the Boks last week.

Bok attack play hasn't been anything for years Plum. No space, no run. We need free beaks. Fortunately, England will have lapses and we'll score from those because speed is hard to stop in space. 

Another lame kick to England. No respect for possession. Are we going to keep kick ing it back hoping for a soft mistake?

Fucking maul again. Going nowhere.

Poms are getting thru the bok forwards in the mauls.

And finally the mistake from a high kick comes but England manage to secure it. Turnover Boks though. Phase attack, poor pass ends it. Penalty Boks. Should be 3.

Poms are getting thru the bok forwards in the mauls.

So I guess the plan is kick and maul until it works. Okay then.

Thankyou Pollard. Goodbye Earl Rose 0.1

9-6. Trench warfare.

Funny how England is neutering the Boks by just doing the basics well. We bleed another penalty as Steph blocks the chaser.