RWC '23 - Spuds vs Boks

Terrible long slow pass from Faf to Arendse, Ireland wins the penalty.

Yeah that was a good Willemse break.

Irish are going to rue not scoring in the first 20.

And now penalty Boks at the breakdown. Stop-starty stuff.

Ringrose meets DA and regrets it.

So close! 

Good work Eben in charging the scrumhalf. Boks have a lineout 15 out. Sorry Ireland throw and they mess it up again.

Not really. Little bump in a poor angle tackle. 

This is what I said, they won't have the composure. They won't close out a result. 

Good burrow DA, Boks lose it on the line, handbags. DA does look like he's actually hitting more than 3rd gear tonight.

Mind you if the Boks don't take advantage of Ireland's errors it could bite them

Well the Boks really messed up a scoring chance there with the Kriel offload going to Ireland via Kolisi's head.

The Irish lineout is horrendous .

Not too happy with the blunt running of Damian or Libbok. Kolisi hasn't been good. 

Good escape for Ireland, they'll feel good about not conceding a score there.

Another knock Boks. Arendse clearly taken in the air a bit earlier, not blown.

Can't say either side is covering themselves in glory. Ireland set pieces terrible, Bok error rate high.

Irish scrums are ok DB.

Bok defence is poor! Need to keep it high up field. 

Aki straight through. No immediate support. Ireland on the 22 but their attack looks a but lost suddenly.

Irish score....Great try.

Irish scrums are ok DB.

Yeah fair enough, few penalties and free kicks early on but it looks to have settled.

Well worked try Ireland. Willemse shooting inside instead of staying on his man.

Stephanie gives away a penalty, lying on the wrong side

Arendse drops the high ball.

Ireland look a lot more settled, Boks on the back foot at the moment 

Breakdown penalties are preventing the Boks moving through phases. Marxis missed, and not having Vermuelen on the pitch could be a mistake. 

Leroux will be missed later on in the game once it opens up more. I would have had Leroux on the bench and Vermuelen starting. 

Breakdown penalty Ireland. Bok long passes to get to the space outside not working.

Halftime, 7-3. Not much in it, both sides making lots of errors but momentum definitely switching to Ireland in the last 10 there.

Jessie Kriel may be good in the Bok defence system, but he offers little on attack

Only a couple of Irish in the bar watching, so go the Boks lol

Kolisi, Damian, Libbok, Steph... poor. Some good work by Willemse early. Need to get him more into the game 

Ireland dominating the stats apart from losing 5 of their own lineouts.

Tactics in second half will be very interesting.

Blood pressure through the roof here!