Players walking out... We have been waiting 4 years for this match. GO BOKS.
Players walking out... We have been waiting 4 years for this match. GO BOKS.
Boks by 10+
At a friend's house so may not post much. Go BOKS!!
Good luck lads. Hope Ben and his cronies don’t buckle under the pressure!
Please type with your fingers and not your toes when you do Mr Beanbag. Thanking you in advance.
We prefer it that way Beeno.
A scrum cap doesn't protect the cheek much.
Still don't know how it is safe for Dupont to play, It must be a hair line facture.
Eben sideways. Mr Expansive with the kick.
Wow France have come out firing!
Nice little kick Dupont. France got close.
Boks looking low on IQ.
Jailbert an immediate threat. The chip over the top could be the tactic France apply against the umbrella rush defence.
Early try to France. All from that chip over the defence
Wow, try France!!
"Boks are a great defending side and physical" - Every dumb pseudo Bok Fan.
France scores. Missed it due to feed troubles.
7-0 after 5 mins.
Dupont said he is ready to suffer for France so I don't think even he is convinced that cheek is right.
Knock down. Yellow card not carded.
Bongi loses it, France look set to strike again.
Beeno, do take note.
Boks still in the sheds, better stop fixing their hair and make up and get out on the field.
Very dodgy by Eben.
Wow, Boks off their feet.
Wow, Boks score a try against the run of play1
Nice strike back that
Duane with the turnover. Arendse with the try.
Thank you Duane Vermeulen
Mr Arendse, the free space runner who offers nothing else.
If a player knocks the ball backward like Etztebth , they can slap it (I think). It just cant go forward
That looked like a miss.
7-7, Libbok on target.
Tell that to Smit who got a yellow in 2011, who had several attempts of raking it in towards himself.
Nice save by P16.
Big scrum.
Like your spunk and cheek Pakie...France however is obvious winner, egoists ...they simply play better rugby without the if's and but's.
French outplaying the Boks so far
Penalty against Kitsy. France for posts from almost 50.
The chip kicks are worrying. Willemse might need to stand a bit closer to the advantage line
Interesting penalty. Libbok.... Mr Deer in Headlights.
Kick was short. All action, Boks eventually penalty in their 22.
DELELANDE!!!!
Boks looking confident ball in hand
Those chips are working well yes.
Skew Bok lineout. Take note Beanbag.
Wow, both teams are taking risks and don't mind open play.
Bok try. Skew Bok lineout not called. Again.
DDA over. I'd just kick it high on France, second try we get from high ball shambles. And it wasn't even a good kick from Libbok, as in looked like he sliced it.
Libbok better than Pollard? Really?
Not an arm wrestle so far all attack an little defence.
No conversion.
Try France, it is a hard game
Kolisi? Hmmm
France sustained attack, penalty, quick tap, over in the corner.
Terrific by Kolbe!
What a charge down!!
Ramos conversion is charged down by Kolbe. That was quite something.
Ramos this time secures the high ball.
Wow Kolbe, a try fest. Both teams looking good
Bit of an elbow in Dupont's face from Kriel there on the fend.
Wow, Kolbe!!
This is bizarre. The Boks with 3 tries despite playing favella rugby.
Kolbe through chasing the kick.
Unbelievable start!!
Boks feeding on French mistakes, nothing wrong with that.
Nothing wrong. Yet, we aren't doing anything. That's a problem.
But yes, strange game. Very open, little structure, everyone is having a go. 19-12 Boks.
Not the game I was expecting, entertaining game so far.
France one good bounce away from being in again.
France have been the dominant team, but the Boks are counter attacking
Wow, very different game from yesterday!
France gonna put it behind the Boks all game it seems. Lineout 5.
The short box kick landing 10 metres outside our 22 caused the Baille try.
France over. Power bashes and the Boks couldn't keep them out.
Good take from the air Steph.
Dupont disrupts Reinach.
Boks have no answers when the Frogs have the ball atm.
Not a good look.
Flabherbe flubs.
Messy stuff.
Frogs need to settle a bit too, frantic offloads going nowhere.
Headclash, trouble for Eben.
Oh no that could be a yellow or more.
Should be no card for Eben.
Hopefully the review does not produce a red
Yellow.
This could be costly for the boks
Wow, Ramos is such a good kicker.
Ramos nails the penalty, 22-19 France at halftime. What a strange game.
Of all the things SA get pinged for, really? Utter madness.
France's forwards dominating possession. Boks are struggling to get phases going. Fortunately, for the opportunism that is keeping the Boks close.
It was clearly an accident. Obviously very harsh to give Eben a yellow.
Ou Doos says we don't have any attacking flair. So oaks don't believe your lying eyes.
Doos bombs again!
Arendse runs into open space, Damian runs into open space.... What attacking flair? France created. The Boks have shown nothing but a kick and a prayer. F minus rugby.
Given Eben will now have a nice break. Swop out Mostert for Snyman.
This could be a game for Kwagga. Attacking Rugby being played.
Ox could make a difference in the scrum.
Kwagga should always be a starter. Only stupid people disagree.
Who knows if that'll be a red?
Not the worst time to get a yellow.
Chaps will be fresher after the half and can sort of make up for the missing man.
Damn, France look a lot better than the Boks. The biggest difference being that little tit with the cracked face.
I'm sticking to my prediction.
...and continue to hope I'm wrong.
Boks will win. My prediction is playing out.
Boks have been in the 22 three times, and scored 3 times
In open space... they can't create.
Not a game where defence dominates but we will see what happens in the second half.
Final is going to be cracker no matter who wins this game.
Three uncreated tries bwahahahahaha ou Doos is a real hoot!!!
Well, the Boks aren't going to add quality. Terrible rugby.
Arendse open space. Damian open space. Kolbe open space. Beanbag. Please, stick to your stamp collection.
French forwards running game is the difference.
Remains a yellow!
France look the better team but credit to the Boks for taking their opportunities.
Hope thats not ruled a red to destroy the 2nd half.
They're more than matching our physicality...
Thank fuck for that, game on.
Best 3 of all time turned.
Pollard and Faff on.
Can't believe how loose and frantic this game is.
Oh Lawd, not Fluff.
Nice blindside snipe Dupont. Again France just needed a bounce. Good rush Kriel. Boks win a penalty.
Fourie on for Kolisi, to compete on the deck
Steph runs into Faff's pass
Fourie on for Kolisi?
I'd have had Kwagga.
Jeez, French 10 cut us like soft butter there.
Crowd goes wild as Eztebeth comes on, jeers
France are too frantic they lose the ball at the last minute after a break.
Boks living on the edge.
Yeah France need to settle down a bit and they'll nail us. Their own worst enemy right now.
Several rucks Boks off their feet.
Whole bench on now?
Kwagga to save the day. Ox a good call.
The Boks not even nearly matching the Frog intensity.
Thanks heavens Kwagga is on
France has been dominant. 3 points
Penalty, 25-19 France.
Terrible bouncy lineout ball by RG. Boks recover.
Super take in the air Arendse.
Kwagga, first dominant Bok in contact.
Jalibert kicks backwards
Kwagga is a beast. Turned over in the end unfortunately.
Hows the nerves boys?
Jailbird should stick to running.
France are going to pay for not putting their dominance into tries this half.
Boks making minor errors, stopping them building phases
Great run Kolbe, great hands Eben. Bongi not so much.
Scrum penalty Boks. Lineout 5.
Odd call.
France snaffles it. RG has not been good in the lineouts.
Knock on, come up.
When the Boks need to create they look like a tier 3 side.
Lol the amount of mistakes by the Boks
Willie knocks it. Didn't expect an offload from DDA, can hardly blame him.
HIA is the latest Bok trick
Too Frantic France!
P16 keeping the Boks in it.
Lots of play from France, no reward.
France score next and its game over.
Come on Boks
What did I say? P16 is going to be the saviour.
France keep getting penalized at the scrums.
This is the game here.
Ezteeth takes on the French and gets over the line!
Big Eben powers over for the try.
Etzebeth powers over.
Called it. What a sad end for the game of Rugby Union.
Etsebeth you fucking SOLDIER!!!!!!!!
The only redeeming aspect is that it was the true Bok captain who scored.
Not sure why Jailbird thought he was going to stop Eben by going that high.
Plenty of time but French need to settle.
He wouldn't have stopped Eben no matter what.
France is so frantic and messy. Where's the leadership?
29-25 Boks
Boks taking control now, France bottling it.
Boks have done nothing. P16 turning the momentum. Tier 3 Rugby from Boks.
Ramos penalty, 29-28
France has not done much either Deus. Lots of frantic running and passing but little of that has been particularly effective.
Has there been a better series of 1/4s in any WC?
If so, not in my lifetime.
No point being dominant but not scoring. You win a game with points, not style.
France are losing it.
France have made the Boks look very poor.
And now they kick out on the full from the restart.
I'm calling it, see you in the final boys
If that was deliberate by Faf it was pretty stupid.
Looks like Bok will go thru to semi
Faf is a stupid and unskilled player.
And again the frantic France lose the ball.
You can make all the play you want, if you can't hang on to the ball long enough to effect something constructive, well. In the meantime Faf for god knows what reason kicks our possession away with 1 minute left.
WTF, 1 minute to go and faff kicks?
WELL DONE BOKS.
Wow France was frantic and erratic til the end. Congrats to the Boks!
How bizarre. The worst ever WC Bok side win doing utterly nothing.
Faf rips it, all over. Boks through. Can't say France impressed me much, disorganized rabble. Lots of motion, little effect.
Whahaha
Never been so happy to be wrong.
Well done Boks.
Damn!!!
I think I need a Valium!
Epic game.
There is no better sport than this!!!
Well done Boks, onwards to the Poms is it?
Some key calls here and there. France severely showed up the Boks.
The bench made an impact. Kwagga is 3x the player Kolisi is.
Sader, Faf had to get that out out half because a penalty could win it for France.
That's why he kicked with 60 seconds to go.
Kwagga, Ox, Eben... great players. Not much from anyone else.
Glass jaw, soft underbelly worst team ever with worst coach beats FRANCE.
BWAHAHAHAHA. Doos bombs out yet again
How come the Faf pass that hit that French player was not a penalty+
Well done Boks! Just like Smith yesterday, couldn’t believe Faf kicked ball back to France. Thought O’Keefe could have penalised the Boks a couple of times in the last movements but kept out of it!
Also, eating some humble pie, Kriel was very good today.
Bokke!
My Superbru prediction was Bokke by1.
Yessssssssssssss!
Do explain what the Boks did well Beanbag. I really have to hear this.
Didn't the Kiwi ref do a great job Beeno
My Xhosa neighbors are celebrating harder than I am...singing the Kolisi Bok song...
Just ignore Doos the sour, self-important and terminally stupid rugby noob.
Bokke!!!
Looks like your coach has a new strategy, i.e. use the HIA test to rotate players. He's a sly guy that's for sure.
By the way all you Allende and Kriel bashes I hope you learnt something. Hahahaha.
Well Dupont should be very proud. He really put his body on the line and risked serious injury.
Glad the yellow card didn't have a big impact on the game.
So England carrying the flag for the NH. Good luck with that.
Just wondering again - where is the leadership for France? Mr Cheeky? Not one player tried to calm things down and get some structure going. All happily did the headless chicken dance of 10 passes and a turnover, repeat, repeat.
"Glad the yellow card didn't have a big impact on the game."
It took two massive moments….Pollard calmly nailing a 53 metre kick and Kolbe doing the impossible, legally charging a conversion,
We might want to look at how to defend those short over the top kicks.
Shows Faf has no faith in his forward to hold the ball for 60 seconds, 2 or 3 minutes yes, we are talking 3 or 4 plays at most. Less of a risk than giving them the ball back.
Faf is an annoying wee chap, he always seems to be posing for the camera and arguing with the ref.
Another big weekend coming up but I think the Boks will have an easier time with the Poms than we will with the Argies.
I see ou StavAss is still smarting from the wee abs whipping his. much fancied side.
StavASS I have no concern whatever whether you or any foreigner likes tbe Boks.
No more sour grapes StavAss!
The creep from Ireland still sulking and crying because his Irish team got dumped from the RWC by the All Blacks./
Sad and sorry looser.
Shame on you Creep.
Exciting match, pretty breathless at times.
Well done. See you in the Semi Final 
So ButtPlug asks Stav who he is supporting now that Ireland are out. Stav puts his disappointment to one side and answers the question honestly . . . and then we have Baboon-ou and fArt bursting into tears and squealing about how little they care who he supports and how his comments are just sour grapes. fArt even calls him a "looser" (sic).
It's actually embarrassing to have these childish little chest-beaters as fellow Springbok supporters. Not an ounce of class or grace between them.
Hahahahaha ou Rooitwit siding with StavAss. Totally expected.
Read what I said about Ireland you half-baked loon. Lots of respect for them in their loss.
Crash goes Rooitwit.
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