Yep......Ireland folded again in the quarters.
For all their talk they havnt even made a semi yet. Can't wait for their tour next year.
We played 4 teams who were a real challenge….lost to one, beat three others by a total of 3 points. Lost to Ireland by 5 points. So cumulatively we lost to those top 4 teams by 2 points.
That despite having a net 30 minutes more against 14 men
Which makes the adjusted score minus 10….case closed. But do watch your blood pressure Dave.
See Saffex, this Mozart Law means he doesn't have egg all over his stupid, fat and pompous face,
We lost on handicap.
LMAO!
People say the Boks lose lots of games, but so do the other top ranked teams. The Boks are winnng enough to be ranked number 1 in the world, in addition to the world cup.
The loss of out #1 hooker certianly gave the opposing sides a better chance of knocing the Boks out in the semi's and final.
Hats off to the Boks for ploughing through and winning under those circumstances.
I am not a Fourie fan but he played extremly well in replacing Bongi even if he was overmatched (in weight and height) and his lineout work was something else.
A great performance none the less.
Not sure how that maths work Moz, the World Cup or any comp is not counted on net score rate like cricket. It is knock-out rugby.
Winning by 1 point in 3 games have knocked years off my life, that I can't be happy about. But 2 world cups in a row, not sexy. We WON!!! The All Blacks had a chance to win it twice and looked dangerous with ball in hand. We knew it was going to be defence against attack
On Deon, don't forget that Whitelock and Brodie are one of the best line out players and competed against Matfield back in the day. It was always going to be hard to win all line outs. Fourie lost 4 out of 10, not the best, neither the worse.
Still, he also add a ton of value over the park.
The bench and squad was well managed. The guys didn't perform 100% through out. Sore and tired bodies. The only player that had an amazing was Pieter Steph, played every minute in the knock out and never looked like fading in the final. Wish the rest of our players had his engine, especially his size.
Man, those hits of his were massive
Ugly Great win, Bokke!!!