RWC QF 1 WAL v RSA (Twickenham) 18th Oct 0200 AEDT

[Dewald Nel]

Willie le POES! Made to look like a fluffybunny in the air by a 10.

 

[Omar Comin']

I think some of these penalties from Barnes against Wales have been incredibly pedantic. Wales have played all the rugby in this game and are behind. It's ridiculous.

 

[Dewald Nel]

marginal call against wales for yet another penalty.

That was as obvious as daylight.

 

[BabyBlueElephant]

Not seen SA get so mauled in a while

 

[ChargerWA]

Barnes is gonna blow the pea out of that whistle before half time at this rate.

 

[Braveheart81]

I think some of these penalties from Barnes against Wales have been incredibly pedantic. Wales have played all the rugby in this game and are behind. It's ridiculous.

Their discipline has been atrocious. They have played all the rugby but they've also given away stupid penalties every chance they get.

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[Dewald Nel]

I think some of these penalties from Barnes against Wales have been incredibly pedantic. Wales have played all the rugby in this game and are behind. It's ridiculous.

The first penalty Wales kicked was beyond pedantic. It was plain wrong - the Welsh player was clearly not supporting his own bodyweight, his upper body clearly resting on our player.

You can view it both ways.

 

[ChargerWA]

Wales are contriving to look the better team and lose again to a SH side. They've become masters at it.

 

[ChargerWA]

Is there not a better fullback in SA? Le Roux was great, 2 years ago.

Where's Percy when you need him?

 

[Omar Comin']

Their discipline has been atrocious. They have played all the rugby but they've also given away stupid penalties every chance they get.

2 or 3 of the penalties were for the tackler not rolling away. But they've been blown incredibly quickly and without the ball being noticeably slowed down. It's inevitable that tacklers will sometimes end up on the other side of the ball, and the Welsh guys have made efforts to get away, but when the attacking players form the ruck on top of you and give you no where to go what are you supposed to do? It's literally slowing down the ball about .5 of a second. Is that worth so many points? To me it's not, and I don't want to see the game decided by technical penalties. Barnes is having way too much influence on the game.

 

[ChargerWA]

Fucking where is the tackle release Barnes you twit.

 

[maxdacat]

wales need to own their breakdown.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Welsh attack is looking rather one dimensional and unimaginative. Surprised that they managed to cross the chalk.

 

[mxyzptlk]

Unleash the Vanilla Gorilla

 

[Dewald Nel]

Welsh attack is looking rather one dimensional and unimaginative. Surprised that they managed to cross the chalk.

That was all thanks to overrated Mr. Le Roux not having a fucking idea what to do in the air.

 

[Braveheart81]

2 or 3 of the penalties were for the tackler not rolling away. But they've been blown incredibly quickly and without the ball being noticeably slowed down. It's inevitable that tacklers will sometimes end up on the other side of the ball, and the Welsh guys have made efforts to get away, but when the attacking players form the ruck on top of you and give you no where to go what are you supposed to do? It's literally slowing down the ball about .5 of a second. Is that worth so many points? To me it's not, and I don't want to see the game decided by technical penalties. Barnes is having way too much influence on the game.

They wouldn't be penalised on those if the next Welsh player wasn't competing for the ball. It's the combination of not rolling away and then having another guy trying to win the ball.

It leaves the referee no real choice but to penalise.

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[mxyzptlk]

Lol they are only missing Webb and Jiffy Jr from their 1st choice backline. The problem is they are all 100kg units outside the halves.

Other than Davies and Biggar, the backs wouldn't know how to take advantage of a 10 on 1 overlap.

In the Australia game, saw someone mention the Wallabies were down to 13, but it was Wales playing league -- why go for space when there's contact to be made? #BishBashBosh

 

[Omar Comin']

They wouldn't be penalised on those if the next Welsh player wasn't competing for the ball. It's the combination of not rolling away and then having another guy trying to win the ball.

It leaves the referee no real choice but to penalise.

I think South Africa had easily secured possession each time. Will have to watch again, but I don't think any of them had much effect on the play.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

What's with Barnsey calling the numbers at lineout time? #ControlFreak

 

[Teh Other Dave]

Nice if he also refereed the throw.