RWC Final - New Zealand v South Africa 29/10/23, 0800 NZDT

[Scooter]

Deliberate knock on, another possible yellow card coming up.

 

[zer0]

Spicy. Can't believe the ABs are still in this, let alone riding a bit of momentum.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

If JBar gets this I may consider forgiving Foley...

Nah so Nah.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

DMac time!

 

[zer0]

For the wrong playmaker...

 

[Scooter]

I tell you one thing I wouldn't want to be tackled by Pieter-Steph Du Toit.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Need a scrum penalty...

Not sure Barnes would give one, but.

 

[zer0]

Handling. Again.

 

[Drew]

kwagga had hand on ground in turnover

 

[zer0]

C'mon Baresy. You gave the Boks three points off a call you admitted was wrong but allowed to stand. Give McKenzie an opportunity to make up for it...

 

[Drew]

Boks worst advertisement for rugby. Fucking gridiron

 

[Scooter]

What a thrilling match. Kudos to the All Blacks to get so close when down a man for most of match.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Need a scrum penalty...

Not sure Barnes would give one, but.

Not even a FK for delaying the feed ffs.

 

[HogansHeros]

Great way to finish the WC very competitive game with a cliff hanger finish.

 

[zer0]

ABs handling killed them. Sleepy old Fozzie should've brought McKenzie on far earlier for Beauden who was dangerously average throughout.

Players themselves did great to somehow get so close to winning with Samuel Dean Barker Cane watching from the sidelines.

 

[zer0]

That said. Fuck it. Don't care about sour grapes. Admitting a penalty was wrong but allowing it to stand anyway is horrendous. Especially after all the forensic nitpicking that goes on whenever a try is scored. Hopefully he gets properly chewed out for that nonsense.

 

[noscrumnolife]

Don't think Barnes will be going on holiday to NZ anytime soon. Thought NZ were much better team. That's footy but. Thank fuck I was not properly invested, would have been horrible.

 

[Bullrush]

Hats off to this AB team. Played a man down for most of that game and still kept SA try-less and scoreless that second half.

Not much more the ABs could have done given the circumstances. Really feel for Sam Cane. It was a deserved red card but worried he’ll be vilified back home.

 

[zer0]

du Toit is a deserved MOTM though. idk if he missed a tackle, but every tackle seemed to hit like a runaway train, and a few were quite important iirc. He's a damned good defensive player.

 

[zer0]

Not much more the ABs could have done given the circumstances. Really feel for Sam Cane. It was a deserved red card but worried he’ll be vilified back home.

McKenzie should've been brought on far earlier for Beauden imo. At least when Beauden was doing his Dagg catch-and-kick impersonation against France + Ireland he was actually catching the ball. idk how many he fluffed tonight but it sure seemed like a lot. Sure it was super late in the match, but McKenzie looked pretty controlled in his brief appearance and is typically pretty good at fielding kicks.

Might be pure copium but, if he was introduced when the ABs were riding their momentum from the try, then I think we had a really strong opportunity to flip the result.