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Thanks to a courtesy ticket from a certain company i got to go and watch this match today and i really enjoyed it.
Wales actually played from the kick off - that was one positive. We played with heart, we were tough up front and there wasn't one point where south africa bullied us.
South africa were clinical (superbly so) and it cost us dearly, because from my perspective in the stands we had a lot of possession and territory, however, everytime SA got into our 22m they scored.
Some cracking fights, funny watching AWJ putting Habana on his arse and Mike Phillips throwing his weight around again - just what we like to see.
Wales were unlucky to only get 2 tries, there were more for the taking if only we did the basics a little better.
Handling was quite poor, and this held us back somewhat. The line-out was a good display today, especially considering we were against SA.
I'm very proud of the boys. In my eyes i believe hook didn't have too good a game at all, whenever his boot made contact with the ball 8 times out of 10 the kick would be sliced and he tried to take on too much on his own.
Henson played solidly, didn't run enough straight lines as far as i'm concerned, didn't attack the defensive line but defensively put up a great performance and showed some stunningly soft hands throughout.
South Africa's defence was very good. It didn't look like we were going to break it, but we persisted and got 2 tries and as i said before, we were unlucky not to get anymore.
Wales actually played from the kick off - that was one positive. We played with heart, we were tough up front and there wasn't one point where south africa bullied us.
South africa were clinical (superbly so) and it cost us dearly, because from my perspective in the stands we had a lot of possession and territory, however, everytime SA got into our 22m they scored.
Some cracking fights, funny watching AWJ putting Habana on his arse and Mike Phillips throwing his weight around again - just what we like to see.
Wales were unlucky to only get 2 tries, there were more for the taking if only we did the basics a little better.
Handling was quite poor, and this held us back somewhat. The line-out was a good display today, especially considering we were against SA.
I'm very proud of the boys. In my eyes i believe hook didn't have too good a game at all, whenever his boot made contact with the ball 8 times out of 10 the kick would be sliced and he tried to take on too much on his own.
Henson played solidly, didn't run enough straight lines as far as i'm concerned, didn't attack the defensive line but defensively put up a great performance and showed some stunningly soft hands throughout.
South Africa's defence was very good. It didn't look like we were going to break it, but we persisted and got 2 tries and as i said before, we were unlucky not to get anymore.