Comments on: Rate the match: New Zealand vs South Africa, RWC 2015

By: PhilipMetter

PhilipMetter — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:42:44 +0000

The ‘Boks had absolutely no idea of how to win that game. If they were playing to management instructions, Meyer and his team should have been shot on Sunday at dawn. If they were given license to play it as they saw it on the field, then there is not a single drop of brain power in the match 23. This style of “KRAGDADIGHEID does not and will not work against well organised, powerful defences. TG we were not playing the Aussies. We would have been thumped by 20 points or more. On what I saw of the AB’s Aus to win the final by by 15 points.

By: Don P

Don P — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:47:44 +0000

NZ kicked too much. Scored the 2 tries that mattered though & SA couldn’t score any.

To an extent the ref kept SA in it with the pen count. Perhaps the W Champs don’t understand the rules, but hey, 6 to 1 pen count @ 1 point? Thought he also told the Saffas to get out of the ruck a number of times instead of just pinging them, but hey again, maybe I’m just whingeing. Also ain’t playing the ball on deck illegal?

An ugly win all the same with the scoreline unnecessarily close I thought.

By: Don P

Don P — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:38:38 +0000

Did what they had to… & Wales and Scotland AREN’T there.

By: brighty

brighty — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:39:01 +0000

I usually don’t mind the tense, penalty driven affairs but there was very little tension in this one due to NZ knowing if they just kicked it back then SA would do nothing with it. They were even less adventurous than they were against us. Such a shame – they have some quality backs but didn’t use them at all. Pretty dull game as the result never really seemed in doubt despite the close score. SA played the last 20 looking for a penalty and never got the one they needed. Dull.

By: brighty

brighty — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:34:55 +0000

johne – “A” Welsh person has made that statement, can you leave all the “the welsh” crap out that just gives you an excuse to peddle your prejudices? In no way at all do “the welsh” think we’d have won that. Some welsh people might, some Irish people think they were robbed against SA (by the scheduling and the SOB suspension – and yes, I have had Irish people tell me that) but I wouldn’t come out with “the Irish…” etc.

By: Geraldine

Geraldine — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:45:28 +0000

PhilipMetter 100% correct but we will still surport our Team SA. I could also say this WC was a Good one. Wish i could get my son in to play for Japan, England or any other team in South Africa there are no future anymore. Sad to say.

By: PhilipMetter

PhilipMetter — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:49:29 +0000

Elliot how can you say a “Great” match by the ‘Boks. They played to instructions from management and thereby lost the game. The AB’s were far superior in all facets of the game. 60% possession and 75% territory. No plan B when plan A did not work.

By: Stu

Stu — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 03:56:05 +0000

Don’t think so big dia ….. Both Wales and Scotland aren’t that good….. NZ Maori team will be better as well.

By: Bertybert1

Bertybert1 — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 17:01:17 +0000

The welsh aren’t living in dreamland, we just feel hard done by at the unfortunate loss of their attackers through injury, I would be surprised if we didn’t reach the semis with the likes of scott and liam williams in the backs and maybe a different winger. The scots though haven’t shown anything for 15 years, and they were gifted a qf place by a ref, and a ref nearly gifted them a semi(joubert gave many more points to them than against), but no, neither team would beat the blacks, even in top form. But to have 6 injured 13s and 3 injured fullbacks and still flying the flag of the NH, I think its a bit disgusting for you to say that.

By: AlexD

AlexD — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 15:50:41 +0000

You’re kidding!bar an immaculate conception the AB’s will win the final. They have an extra day to recover too. Things have worked well for them (everything event by their own sweat and tears)
We definitely do live in a dream land half the time as Johne says

By: Elliot

Elliot — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 15:32:52 +0000

Great match by South Africa, they just missed by a tiny margin of 2 points.
In the last 8 minutes, they had twice the ball for a line out, could have scored a try or a drop goal but, strangely, got beaten, for the first time, in the maul.

new Zealand: not very good, sterile in face of a real defence, but have a good bench to compensate for lack of talent in this match.

By: Big Dia

Big Dia — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 12:33:53 +0000

The point I was trying purvey is that on that performance that they are beatable and not a shoehorn to retain the World Cup