South Africa vs England - 04/07/26

[Quel Carreleur]

Missed that what did Pepper do?

Pass was a double pump, he made his tackle before the ball arrived / bought the initial dummy

 

[Tomma235]

England just need to hang tough and no easy access. There are tries for England here. 10 pts not a mountain

How quickly a post ages

 

[Duck a l'Orange]

Mate he had plenty of time to get himself into a decent tackling position.

Now another yellow.

Same old **** from this team.

Except if you commit to a low tackle when sprinting forward, you get stepped. Freeman should know better, but the blanket rule isn't sensible.

 

[Saintjay]

Honestly we only lost this game cause we got down to 13 men

Are you writing Borthwick's post match press conference for him?

If he says week on week, keep getting better, work hard, I'll cry.

 

[Ceteris]

For a team that kicks a lot, we are not very good at kicking

 

[Scotty]

Not contesting that but we hand the ball and they drove over well but all collapsed and the ball was unplayable why was it there's from a ruck? They never actually got possession?

 

[AlRums]

Can’t be playing fokofpolisekar at a family event.

But yeah, I was amazed at how much their art (and food) was just imported from the anglosphere.

Had to Google that.

 

[Saintjay]

******* Coldplay. A little bit of sick just came up.

 

[AlRums]

For a team that kicks a lot, we are not very good at kicking

Or catching

 

[Grizwald]

Are you writing Borthwick's post match press conference for him?

If he says week on week, keep getting better, work hard, I'll cry.

Same old same old.

It was a hard first assignment, but 3+ years of his tenure I can't see the improvement.

 

[Duck a l'Orange]

I've never seen quite such an obvious early push before.

 

[Reiser99]

How the **** is that not an early push? Boks way through the mark.

 

[Scotty]

We were 2nd best but within 10 points before Freemans YC. Not a great performance and no complaints at the results before anyone starts.

But JvP put up some good kicks and passes, Martin was class, Chessum put in a hell of a shift, Genge carried hard. But we've lost the aerial battle and when we've kept ball in hand we've done well hand scored some good tries but we're just second best.

While that scoreline will be banded about but 10 min vs 13 men added the gloss to their deserved win.

 

[Saintjay]

I've never seen quite such an obvious early push before.

Said the Nun to the Bishop

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Half and half Springbok/England scarf in the crowd

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

an offside player dragged him in-goal.

 

[Ceteris]

Borthwick is a pointless exercise at this point

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Honestly I thought the lads did well playing in altitude. We showed character to be down to 13 players.

We come away from that game with a lot to work on and learn from and we will be better for it

Honestly it wasn’t as bad as the scoreline reflected against such a world class team

 

[AlRums]

That's rubbing it in.

 

[Grizwald]

Embarrassing.

England made the Boks look a lot better than they were on day for my money too.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Honestly I thought the lads did well playing in altitude. We showed character to be down to 13 players.

We come away from that game with a lot to work on and learn from and we will be better for it

Did a scab form on the bridge of your nose while you typed that?

 

[Saintjay]

Just no structure. As fluid as cement, I can't see what we are trying to do. England were second best at every thing.

Thank **** the Boks didn't play that well

 

[rN_X]

Boks had a very average game. Plenty to work on.

 

[Tomma235]

Honestly I thought the lads did well playing in altitude. We showed character to be down to 13 players.

We come away from that game with a lot to work on and learn from and we will be better for it

Honestly it wasn’t as bad as the scoreline reflected against such a world class team

Apart from we're supposed to be a world class team too

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Was good to see Pollock dominate, though
#YourDefenceIsTerrified

 

[Demfad]

How quickly a post ages

Post is fine. “No easy access?”
SA were 17-0 after 12 mins. They didn’t get that gap back until England were down to 13 men.

 

[rN_X]

Was good to see Pollock dominate, though
#YourDefenceIsTerrified

Yeah pretty sure he can use the same kit for the next game. Only his second skin touched the grass for a moment

 

[Reiser99]

For me that's the worst result for an England fan. Completely outplayed, but scored enough for the RFU to justify keeping Borthwick. A few good moments, but across 80 minutes England are just so inconsistent and it feels like no matter how many they score, the other team will score more.

 

[Tomma235]

Post is fine. “No easy access?”
SA were 17-0 after 12 mins. They didn’t get that gap back until England were down to 13 men.

But whose fault was it that went to 13 men? It's like saying we would have won if SA had stayed in the pub

 

[AlRums]

Borthwick is a pointless

fTFY