Thank heavens for the third Pom test

Yes ... it's exactly what we needed to bring us "world beaters" down to earth again.

Sadly it won't change his policy on selections. We will still see a lot of unwarranted players wearing the Bok jersey ... and the country will praise him for it.

Mozart

There are points where I agree with you and points where I disagree.   So lets start insofar as the points I agree with you.   

Yes, the Poms are a team down on performance lately but this loss by the Boks was a close game and Erasmas did not put his best players on the field.IMO he could have won this game if he did. The goal was to identify depth - sadly what he found was there isn't much but the top selections are an ok team. Better than they were under the previous coach.

Boks will have a hard time against Oz and ABs in the RC but you could win a game against Oz and you should beat the Argies. Hopefully you will show at least flashes of form against the ABs. Hansen will be still trying to improve the team and taking some risks so you never know you could beat us.  Man would that result in some irrational exuberance

Prepare yourselves for more up and down stuff but Erasmas has got improvements out of the Boks already so there may be more where that came from.

With Pollard at 10, Faf at 9, and Etzabeth back at lock and the mediocre pairing of de Allande and Kriel in the mid-field things will get better. Plus new talent on the wing and at full back will continue to develop. Getting Marx back will also be big. Whiteley will help mainly through good link play.

In short Boks look better than they did a month ago.

Indeed. 

I felt Ra ssie should have kept the winning team against the Poms and tested depth against the Argies and Oz at home.

With the weather favoring the poms, new caps and new combos it was seriously a bridge too far. 

Would have been better for the team to win 3-0 and and feel a bit more settled. 

As it stands, if he has poor showing in the RC we'll be reading about Coetzee's comments on the situation.

Were this the result on a dry evening in the Cape then I'd be more concerned. 

But harsh on Esterhuizen as he didn't get to do much. Kriel fluffed a try by not knowing when to pass. Allowed one defender to stop certain try.

I want Jantjies to have one more go. 

Haha just one more :)

While happy with the win, Jones said he was in no doubt that the Boks deserved to win the series.

“I thought it was a great rugby series and it was good for the healthiness of test rugby. The Boks are a revitalised team and they are well-coached. They were very good in the first two tests and deserved to win the series,” he said.

“I think the Boks are World Cup contenders. But I would have said that six months ago just because there are so many really good players here. There is incredible rugby depth in this country, and even if there are a lot of good players overseas, there are a lot of guys with real ability left here too.

“There is a big difference in the Boks now compared to six months ago. They work much harder off the ball, they have an incredibly strong maul, and then when the opportunity comes to spread the ball wide, they are dangerous, and Willie le Roux makes good decisions. They have played some really good games in this series if you consider where they were and they will only get stronger.”

ALL is not lost oaks, man up please! no mas 

Mozart

Will always write tripe  on this site and the latest is no different.  You conveniently forget how in the test in 2015 De Allende wiped the floor with Nonu and how he did the same with  SBW in the recent Stormers - Blues game?   Trying always to find fault with players  you dislike without looking at positives is foolish.      

Beeno

We have no loosies who can deal with ball protection and recovery at breakdowns and it does not bother you?

Moz surely you mean a hole for someone black ?

Moz

100% agree with you on this one.

Per mooo la la la - ABs comprehensively outplayed but they still won. Funny that...

What Beeno posted - But our two young centers on the day, Allende and Kriel, comprehensively outplayed your plodders!

Mooooo please read the above very carefully and tell Uncle Beeno where you went wrong. The kbbs have very comprehension skills!

ou maaaikie you are confused again. We wont pick a guy who meets your requirements because Kolisi must be captain. Have you heard of Marco van Staden of the Bools? 23 years old and 109 kg and is very strong over the ball. Marx of course is about the best in the world over the ball and Kitshoff is excellent as well.

Ou Maaaikie we just have to pick the side without political interference and things would go much better but your anc pals will have none of that!! Meanwhile we have hose kiwi pretenders deluding themselves that they and their refs are the best! Hahhahahahahahahaha

The good Dr Moz doesn't appreciate the fact that SA backs in general lack the skills of their nz counter parts. Why pick on Allende and Kriel. A backline needs cohesion , creativity etc. After school these attributes are drummed out of our players. BUT there has been a change, starting with the Lions who showed very clearly that SA backs CAN perform.

Rassie has Stick as his backline coach. The guy looks to be a quota pick as he has very little coaching experience. That said the Bok backline has looked better and we shall see where this leads to. Rassie has a huge task ahead of him but if he cant get a non merit selected side to the top nobody can.

its amazing how much the oaks are making of the Newlands loss given the circumstances. Best leave matters in Rassie's very capable hands oak, he knows better of course!

Listen dumbo Beeno

I know about all loosies in SA and have been looking at deficient loosie play for years.   I know about Van Staden - not a patch on Labuschagne as a loosie - too slow to be effective anyway.  

You are the dolt who did not realize the loosie deficiency under Meyer and now inherited by Erasmus.   I know Erasmus as a previous loosie himself would know what to do to fix the problem. 

To use the climate as an excuse for the disastrous performance on Saturday is ludicrous and one has to accept the shortcomings of some players involved in the process as a reason for the loss as the major cause.   

So who got it right as to stupid Alberts and Useless Fat Fransie?   Not Mozart - he keeps on punting players who were not even useful club players like Morne Steyn.   If Erasmus has to trust your version then we can say - heaven helps the SA team - they will be destroyed.    

I am objective on players - you are not.   Labuchagne would have been a loosie in any of the top international team by now - but Meyer and by extension you could never realize when a player was good enough to play for the Springboks - so he selected duds on reputation.

Now tell us again - what are "process tackles" - I want to enjoy another good laugh.    

I knew perfectly what hinging in scrums is - the fact was I  wanted to now why you saw it happening and neither the referee and his assistants missed out on it.   A false and dubious statement on your part.

So now lets get back to my question - you invented the term 'Process tackles"  to degrade performance by Labuschagne and to enhance the low work rate contribution of Alberts - so please tell us again - "what represents process tackles"    We need to laugh about that one again.   

What the hell is process tackles?   There is no such things in reality - it was a stupid term invented by you to cover for low work rate players you supported.

Secondly why did the referees and assistants not see the hinging only you saw?