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That's a pretty handy lineup.

You'd think that Neville will be in the 23 if fit. I'd start Swain and Philip with Neville on the bench.

I'm not a fan of props switching sides at this level. When was the last time Slipper played tighthead?

That's a fair call I suppose. With regard to the SA gameplan, what you get is what you expect. They've won a couple of world cups with it so they'll stick with it come hell or highwater. I also wonder if the persistence with this gameplan stems from them keeping more of an eye on the northern...

Surely they're not going to take him to the RWC?

That kick return he made at the end of the game was truly baffling. He caught it and just slowly jogged into the defence. I was expecting him to kick it or at least accelerate a little bit, but he never did. He definitely must have stopped by the buffet at halftime.

I actually reckon that Wright and Hodge will go alright this weekend. Wright will be much more comfortable back on the wing, and Hodge will be solid as always. The curse of Hodge's career is that he's too versatile, so he's never been able to make any one position his own. Loosies are going to...

Show me how whining about the ref would have won us the game. The ref wasn't responsible for our inability to get over the gain line. He was shit at the breakdown, but that went for both teams. Scrums weren't an issue, so we can't complain there. Same with lineouts. Look, it drives me mad...

It's pretty much this. We forced an extra pass behind the gain line all too often. We failed to adapt to the English rush defence, got caught behind the gain line, and pushed and extra pass to compensate. It was excruciating to watch.

After neutering a generation of Australian props (and tight five forwards in general), I find it hard to congratulate Eddie Jones on his success with England tonight. God damn it.

I'm loving the streams. I keep bouncing between Easts v Sunnybank and Uni v Norths. I'll probably stick with Easts/Sunnybank for the rest of the 2nd half, as it looks like Uni and Norths has already been decided. Easts look good. I forgot how much of a machine Ben Mowen is.

The parrot will be furious.

That has to be the most accurate way I've ever seen it described.

It was an absorbing game. The brutality up front was a sight to behold. England tried to match it up front with the Boks, but they were simply not prepared for how physical the Boks were. Vermeulen absolutely monstered the breakdown and George Ford is going to have nightmares about the...

I really enjoyed that game. It was a masterclass on how to use defence as attack. They really were brutal up front, and I imagine there will be some very sore bodies tomorrow morning. I'm also going to go out and predict that the Boks will win the 2031 world cup. They're developing a pattern...

It would have been the brave or the stupid who put money on Wales tonight.

So...uh...was Ben Smith injured last week or something? Asking for a friend.

Sorry in advance to our resident South Africans, but I'm backing the boks in this one.

Sorry about that.

I'm sorry.