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Nkosi is a better player then Mapimpi.
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[RWC19 Warm-Up] - Japan vs. South Africa
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Just to add to this. Mapimpi is an 11 while Nkosi is a 14, and they are great in that position alone. You can't just move a player from the one side to the other as their style of play suits their position. Just like the Habana and JP Pietersen era. Neither of them switched positions on the wing and their skillset matched their position.
There is really no point in comparing these 2 guys.
I'm aware of the winger's respective positions for Sharks
However what makes Mapimpi a more important player for the Boks than Nkosi is
his ability to cover both #11 + #14
Kolbe as well is able to play both wing spots as well as Full Back
This narrative Mapimpi has suddenly become a bad defender is horseshit and based on "2 game
sample"
He was at fault for New Zealand try in 2019 The Argentina try in Salta scored by Cordero
wasn't Mapimpi's fault After a line break there was a 3 vs 2 advantage for Pumas in 15m channel
Sanchez was forced to execute an excellent chip kick to the corner which he did
How this is Mapimpi's fault I have no idea
So we have this false narrative that Mapimpi is a bad defender based on 1 mistake in 1 game
I've watched many more games in which Mapimpi has been the best defensive winger in SA
I did not even mention that incident,
You are the one bringing it up. Mapimpi has become much better with defending and catching the high ball.
But believe it or not but he was actually horseshit at defending in his Kings and Cheetahs days and probably the early Shark days too. But as I said I recognise he has gotten better at this. My specific point was not that Mapimpi bad, Nkosi good but rather that Nkosi is much better at defence than Mapimpi. So don't jump to conclusions.
In a world cup final, I would take defensive superiority over a slight edge in attacking prowess.
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I did not even mention that incident,
Mapimpi has become much better with defending and catching the high ball.
But believe it or not but he was actually horseshit at defending in his Kings and Cheetahs days and probably the early Shark days too. But as I said I recognise he has gotten better at this. My specific point was not that Mapimpi bad, Nkosi good but rather that Nkosi is much better at defence than Mapimpi. So don't jump to conclusions.
In a world cup final, I would take defensive superiority over a slight edge in attacking prowess.
This.
But I rate them equally less effective than Kolbe.
Nkosi just seems to own it better when he's defending.
Can I just say how great it is that we can be having this discussion; which of 3 wingers (4 if you count Dyantyi and Hendricks looks good too coming back from injruy) are our best 2! I remember the days when we had to make do with cover 13s or 15s on the wing.
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Not to burst your bubble. But we only sent 3 wingers... So the chance is very high that a 13 (Kriel) or a 15 (Le Roux/Gelant) will cover 15...
I think Stormer is just pointing out they are all quality vs a time when we had s#!t wingers across the board.
Strangely Nkosi in particular looks much better in a Springbok jersey, and for that matter so does Kolbe (as opposed to his province time).
Possible that stodgy tactics from the Stormers and Sharks to blame?
Strangely Nkosi in particular looks much better in a Springbok jersey, and for that matter so does Kolbe (as opposed to his province time).
Possible that stodgy tactics from the Stormers and Sharks to blame?
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Where as for Elliot Daly is 13 which means he can cover 11 14 and 15.
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ThatLondonFella
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Does anyone know of any means to watch/listen to this game if you don’t reside in SA?
I know it’s being shown on SuperSport, but are there any other ways? Help a Bok fan out please.
I know it’s being shown on SuperSport, but are there any other ways? Help a Bok fan out please.
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Do you have family in SA with a DSTV account? Then just get their username and password and watch it live on DSTVNow.
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Nope.
Brigantine
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In NZ this game is included in the RWC package on Spark Sport... Not very hopeful that it'll be any help to you though 
ThatLondonFella
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In NZ this game is included in the RWC package on Spark Sport... Not very hopeful that it'll be any help to you though
Sadly of no help. I hope there will be highlights available at some point. Got £50 on the Bokke winning 13pts+. COME ON BOKKE!
Its way to risky to give you my DSTV Steaming details, and while I know of multiple sites that you can watch it on by not so legal but ethical way, unfortunalty i dont think i can post links here.
I can probably tell you what to do though.
Go to google search rugby streams, there should be a number of options even be a reddit rugby streams page with multiple links.
Some Indian cricket streaming websites tend to have rugby streams so if you cant come right with googling rugby streams then try google cricket streams go to the webpage and navigate to the rugby section. Just deal with all the ads in the first 5 minutes and you should be good to go.
ThatLondonFella
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The streams are my go-to, but my Dad is at home, so he was looking to watch it. I'm asking my auntie in SA for DSTA deets, let's hope he is able to login and view the stream from the UK.
As for the game, I'm a little nervous today...and I know it's only a warm-up match. Let's hope SA have a decent game and we come through unscathed. Fingers crossed.
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I'm gonna call it... 15 - 45 to South Africa
ThatLondonFella
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SA by 2 tries, but I'm nervous of this game for various reasons (ie. injuries, a loss of momentum if we lose etc).
Let's hope the Bokke win.
Brigantine
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Fukuoka going off injured was lethal... Moeakiola is making a lot of mistakes
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No injuries so far, so I would label this game a success so far. More of the same from second half please.
Well Fukuoka looked a tad uncomfortable. Couldn't see what happened. Didn't even look like there was any contact as far as I could see as it happened. Rolled an ankle? Hope it nothing serious.
This Bok kicking game is maddening.
That was a good performance in the end.
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So, for those that saw it...were we good? Also, I heard Trevor limped off...was it bad?
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Man, I just couldn't manage to watch the game, listened a bit on the radio, sounded like the conditions were part in parcel the reasoning behind the kicking as it was hot and humid as hell.
Listened for about 10 minutes and in that 10 minutes there was like 2 water breaks.
Listened for about 10 minutes and in that 10 minutes there was like 2 water breaks.
I had a call and couldn't watch the entire thing but from what I could see the defense was rock solid. Japan really brought it to us on occasion but we held them out on our line for ages. In the end our power in the set pieces and greater physicality meant we had go forward aplenty for the nippy men out wide to work with though execution wasn't always 100% so a lot of room for improvement but the conditions were like the worst of Durban humidity. Good experience in that regard- getting a competitive game in in those conditions and knowing what t expect.
I can't speak for the 2nd half and didn't see Nyakane going off.
Yes defense was good. Bit scrappy in the first half, but our defense and forward play was really good. Our kicking game is atrocious. Faf and Willie... terrible.
Argh, that's sad to hear. The first kick from Le Roux was a beaut in space in behind. There were a few poor kicks I saw (that half fumble and regather from Pollard in our in goal area that got a Japanese hand to it springs to mind) but I didn't get the idea from the first stanza that the kicking was poor in general. Hopefully that's a one off.
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