Posts Tagged ‘Springboks’

Another Bryce Lawrence shocker (Springboks v Wallabies, RWC 2011)

There’s been plenty of criticism and bad feeling about the Kiwi ref. [A record 3,500 people visiting this site the 3 days after the game as rugby fans look for reports] I’ve certainly not held back when I think Lawrence has had a crap performance and this was one of his worst! He comes from [...]

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[Lions SA Tour] Clarification: The Beast cheated like hell in the first test – and Lawrence rewarded him for it – and then O'Brien rewarded Lawrence for that …

A careful examination of the scrum exchanges in the first half of the first test shows that the Springbok loose head prop was pushing upwards and inwards at every opportunity. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not sore on Mtawarira. In fact, as an ex-prop, I applaud his tactics in the vain of ‘if you can [...]

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[South Africa v Australia] Australia needed all of the 50/50 calls to be competitive

The wallabies started very well but they were always going to need the close calls to go their way if they were going to remain in the hunt against the home side in great form. But the close calls did not go their way. Referee Allain Rolland was particularly aggressive at ruck time, giving the [...]

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[Lions SA Tour] Did Bryce Lawrence get it wrong again? It looked like a try

[Lions SA Tour] Did Bryce Lawrence get it wrong again? It looked like a try

He wasn’t even on the field for the 3rd test but he had an influence on the game – this time as the TMO denying a try to Springbok flyer, Odwa Ndungane which looked like it should have been awarded. Even the Times thought it was a ‘perfectly good try’. The reaction of the South [...]

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