Damn, I kinda want to see how the Aus/Eng game plays out. Might be more interesting than the Bok game. Probably won't be able to watch both at the same time.
Damn, I kinda want to see how the Aus/Eng game plays out. Might be more interesting than the Bok game. Probably won't be able to watch both at the same time.
Twickers looks empty.
Evening chaps.
Welcome Chipper
Rain...nice test for Sacha
Meh, rain. I'll be watching England/Aus with one eye.
Gonna be along night for the Blossoms as the Boks put some easy points in the board through Kolisi.
Sacha slotting the conversion from the corner
Reporting for duty
Maul try, zzz.
Marked present, Moz.
Japan making lots of mistakes here.
Interested to see what Eddie has planned
Good counter ruck Marx wins the Boks the ball.
Uh oh….a scrum!
Hooker is a monster in the air!
Magnificent by Mostert
Kwotalisi fucks up
Lol that scrum a few minutes ago...one worries about the safety of Japanese players when they're this badly outmatched
Hooker is so good under the high ball.
Lomp sporting a new look, almost didn't recognised him
Marx looks like he's getting back to his best
Sacha doing Sacha things
Zulu boy does it again, man, this guy seems to always finds a way
Sacha does it all himself again.
Yeah King. He makes something from absolutely nothing.
...and the Kiwis questioned us comparing him to Carter.
They won't for long
Lood got that military haircut going yeah. Well, not really. But it's different.
Is De Allende playing today?
Both tries because of Sacha competing
Useless Dud run
All the Japanese guys are called Toshiba. Brothers?
The little 10 stops DDA.
Zuluboy
Sacha is from another planet.
Can we all agree on that?
And the ball stops with DDA again. No meters gained, just standing in a tackle while the defence resets. Sacha scores again.
fabulous try
Ah, Zulu is human, misses kick
Ox down...I would have rested him today we can't afford for him to be injured in this tour
Ox looks rough, not a good sign
Jap 13 dropped the ball there, needed to go in on Sacha, he was never going to pass with a 4 to beat on his inside.
Ox going off. Let's hope it's nothing serious
I wanna see Porthen make a few runs. He has serious pace
Fuck Dud, dumb chip to giraffe mostert
Why does DDA kick that?
I really can't understand how this guys plays
And now DDA gets smashed back about 50m
Lots of kicking.
The last 30 of this game is gonna very tough for the poor Japanese.
There's been no parity early and it's only gonna get worse
Nice run by kwotalisi up the touch
No 2 Jap got creamed
Sacha with the try saving intercept. So calm.
Begging the question - what would the score have been without Sacha. Nothing's happened outside of him.
Beautiful intercept by Sacha under pressure.
He's 22 and it already feels cliche talking about how good he is.
Japan applying some pressure of their own now...nice to see
Hooker solid in the tackle forces the turnover.
Bit of a kickathon. Would have been a shit boring match so far without Sacha.
It has been the Sasha show again. Delande is like a lost fart in the middle field
It's a brilliant game, Pakie....DDA already has a 9.5 rating.
Japan will have to be more accurate in their passing in these conditions.
It's a brilliant game, Pakie....DDA already has a 9.5 rating.
Plum you're on a club warning for displaying batshit for brains.
Sorry Paks.
I was trying to be like the other rugby journalists
The impression was too accurate. Make it 8.5 next time.
Yeah, easy penalty try.
Gosh, and a yellow...wins.
Enough time in the half to Sacha to score two more tries
That disbelieving Jap 9 is contemplating another Pearl Harbor.
Esterhizzun has been shot so far….somuch for the shot spreaders on this site.
So, 40 minutes gone, and zero actual backline play.
England smashing Aus, 25-7 right now.
Kicking, mauling and Sacha sums up the half.
Sasha needs an inside centre as his wingman who can run off him to provide more options.
Instead, we have the cart horse Delande. Where is Willemse
Willemse is injured.
Wiese with the steal to close out the half...Sacha casually gains 50m for the lineout...mail marches up the field...nothing much coming from that.
DDA finishes the half by pissing me one more time...
There were 4 Boks joing a ruck there a few phases before the end of the half, no pressure on the ball...and somehow DDA decides to join in the ruck as well, adding absolutely nothing.
He just annoys the hell out of me.
My feed for the first time in years is totally shot….I’ll watch this later on record.
Passing thought….sub Dud off and put Hooker at 12.
Japan defense is solid, quick line speed. Boks forwards not as dominant. Very quick to close them down.
Don't know what Dud and Jessica is offering. Ball is limp by the time it gets to the wings.
DDA plays like a flanker in the center position. His first instincts are not that of a back.
https://rugbystreams.me/south-africa-vs-japan-live/union-internationals/stream-1
Passing thought….sub Dud off and put Hooker at 12.
That will be a good call.
Oh FFS what a waste of time reviewing that. Kolisi bent at the waist, still a yellow.
my word, DDA made some ground
This is one of those "paint drying" games. DDA tractors a few yards.
How rg gets the ball out it the tackle is beyond me
Esterhuizen on at flank.
You watch Sacha and his support play is just so damn good. He's always aware and always looking to continue the momentum
The scrum immediately swings away from Esterhuizen's side as he piles on the power. What a unit.
"This is one of those "paint drying" games. DDA tractors a few yards."
Why are we not running our backs???
Sacha initiates another try, Wilco over.
Excellent try. Finally some interplay, obviously sparked by Sacha but some nice hands there
Nice stuff Japan, Hooker getting back for the saving tackle.
Smith with a silly penalty there diving in the man in the ground
Hooker has serious pace. He missed the tackles initially but still got back there to fix his mistake
Japan scores off the quick tap.
Japan get one back.
Can't say his name but it's sounds like a fast motorbike
DDA bouncing his way through some tackles, but it slows down the momentum so much as half the motion is sideways. Turnover at the breakdown.
Williams and Manie on now...
You watch this game and you have to wonder what DDA offers that Hooker doesn't?
I really don't get it. Yeah. I'm talking about DDA a lot...but it's bloody perplexing why he's there
Not a massive Jessie fan but I like his ref conversations. Clear and concise
Haha AE scores...
this why Mike loves him so much
Esterhuizen scores from flank. Everything he touches turns to gold.
Officials conspiring against Esterhuizen to disallow the try. That's what happens when you're too good, everyone hating.
Try cancelled...dammit
But Arendse quickly scores.
Loose bounce gives Arendse a try.
Mostert has had a good game, never far from the ball.
Jesus, kick, kick, kick. I know the conditions aren't great but the Boks have shown so little enterprise.
Excellent Arendse with the jackal
40-7 up and we're still booting the shit out of it.
Paks, with DDA and Kriel in midfield, it's always gonna be kick kick kick
Now Andre scores!!!
Best 12 in the world!!! Even when he's playing at flank
Esterhuizen over this time. Champions won't be denied.
Esterhuizen over this time. Champions won't be denied.
You watching the ABs later, Pakie?
Jesse maybe shouldn't complain about high hits while grabbing guys around their necks to clear them from the rucks.
You watching the ABs later, Pakie?
I'll try, yeah.
Kolbe now does the solo thing to give Arendse another.
Arendse has 23 scores in 28 games...that's some strike rate.
Is it at 10pm our time?
Great take and offload, Libbok.
Yep. 22:10
More kicking...to quote Dawie...big yawn
Kolbe now kicks it away.
Even when Esterhuizen loses it, he makes sure to lose it backwards. Champion.
Damn it's looking uglier and uglier
"Even when Esterhuizen loses it, he makes sure to lose it backwards. Champion."
hahaha
Its why Mike loves him
"Even when Esterhuizen loses it, he makes sure to lose it backwards. Champion."
hahaha
Its why Mike loves him
Eh, Kwagga again with his hand on the floor with that turnover.
5 minutes to go...
MOTM?
Probably Sacha
Plum
Haha AE scores...
Always thought he has the makings of a good loose forward.
DDA actually passes wide, incredible.
DDA doing some decent work at the end of the game
And Manie boots it away pointlessly. Loses 50m.
...and Manie kicks it backwards haha
Why. The. Fuck. are we kicking the ball away leading 54-7 against a minnow?
Libbok has been pretty handy, great take, feeds Arendse who puts Kriel away.
Kaptein Kriel closes it out after a nice take by Manie who feeds Kriel before he gives to Kriel for a simple score
Arendse apparently got MOTM.
Manie now loses it in contact.
Fucking hell TMO, it's minute 81, just let it go.
Not pretty but a massive score in the end...
I'll be back for the AB game Paks
Yeah good win, easy pickings. See ya later.
Japan going for it but the Boks steal the lineout...Manie kicks it out.
Game over
61-7
Just a bot of history. The Sprigboks since 2015 played 3 matches against Japan:-
There is one fact that makes me think vack a decade:-
Head coaches Meyer and Jones
Head coaches - Erasmus and Joseph
Head coaches - Erasmus and Jones
In the 2015 test Japan wonm he match because Jones outwitted Meyer totally and he Dpringboks lost the match.
In todays match South Africa on by 54 points, So what does the above confirms. Only that Meyer was a non-compus-netus-nincumpoop as a coach,
Our Lucky coach just got so lucky this match!
Liked the look of Esterhuizen as a loose forward.
If we lose Ox it's huge. Losing Wessels already!
Kolbe did very well at 15. Brilliant player.
Mostert did a job for us. Snyman was very good as was Marx and Wiese. Lood very good re tackles.
If Willemse is back next week end Hooker might be on the bench.
Wiese looks to have been getting some extra coaching from Vermeulen in the breakdown. Two great steals that had was very reminiscent of Thors.
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England in the meantime dominating Aus, 10-0 after 29 minutes.