Rugby over the weekend

Saffolk Captain30,765 posts

20 Jul 2026, 13:08

20 Jul 2026, 13:08#1

What a crap game that was against Wales - blamed on the humidity.

Nice debuts for Ruben v Heerden, Sadie and Williams. Moyo was ok, should never have been elevated to test status in the first place

Loved the contribution by the Wiese brothers - pure power. Cobus Wiese needs to be a more regular fixture of the Bok side

Paul de Villiers is a great find

Reinach was piss poor - move on for crying out loud he is 36

Baby Boks won but it to was a crap game - wet conditions. We were not convincing but did the job. The side lacked grunt at 4 and 7

Kiwi’s look sharp and focused - definitely heading in the right direction. That was a polished performance. Played with purpose and intent

Captain17,590 posts

Pakie20 Jul 2026, 19:11

You missed a dramatic game, Dave. Becs, England was impressive outside of their terrible discipline (saw a clip from ROG/Biggar on Facebook saying they've conceded something like 91 points while on cards, can't remember from when they started counting). I was surprised to see how much the stats favoured Argentina as they didn't feel in it outside of the first 20 minutes of the second when they came out blazing and Albornoz played like the English insulted his mother, and then the last 10 minutes of the second when England was down to 13. Impressive physical effort from your chaps.

Pro4,400 posts

becs20 Jul 2026, 20:34

@Pakie it was a crazy game, wasn’t it ?
The first yellow that Chessum had was no way a card. Especially as the scuffle was caused by Albornoz punching Freeman in the face twice !
They did well to cope with the hatred, I think. But the discipline needs to be sorted. It will cost us at some point.
World Rugby are looking into Argentina’s conduct during the game and afterwards, especially the behaviour towards the ref.

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