Before I analyze anything I want to congratulate P Divvy and the Boks. P Divvy gets special praise for keeping the mumblings to a minimum and getting on with it. He's left the clown behaviour to Januarie.
Onto the game. Effective, clinical and
winning rugby from the Boks. If this is what it takes to win then so be it. In my eyes this Bok team has nothing to prove anymore. They've won everything they can in rugby. Tri-Nations, WC, Lions series, they've got it all. We've showed we can score tries from the backs, through our forwards and with set pieces. All that matters now is to keep winning. As a Bok fan I'm 100% satisfied with the position we're in and how we're winning.
IMO the Bok management is showing very clever thinking here. We're playing according to the ref more than anything. NH refs are renown for being more technical in the interpretation of rucks. Therefore making any rugby played in our own half high risk, especially with Oz's accuracy and nous in that area. So kick up and unders just outside their 22 and apply pressure with our dominant pack with the momentum we're gaining by always going forward. Works like a charm.
Morne Steyn's and Heinrich Brussow's superb entrance into International rugby doesn't hurt either! Brussow is applying immense pressure on the ground, I've never seen anything like it, to this degree, in Bok rugby. Absolutely fantastic. That combined with an on form kicking flyhalf and a dominant tight 5, is proving lethal.
One thing I've noticed that hasn't been brought up was the Wallabies discipline. How about Giteau taking out Du Preez. Shocking, should be cited. Imagine the anarchy inspired attacks that would of ensued if Bakkies Botha did that
The constant spoiling of our ball and taking the man without the ball whenever we got near our 22 didn't help the flow of the game either. 3 Yellows was deserved punishment.
