Wallabies v Springboks - Adelaide Oval, Sat 27th August, 2022

[Pfitzy]

Such an easy thing to fix too. Just force the 9 to be behind their #8's last feet. Cleaner contest and ball = better spectacle.

Midline of the scrum is a fair call. After the feed, the ref stands where the tunnel is (even if it moves) then the defending 9 can't move past him.

Easier than refereeing the pocket.

 

[Pfitzy]

except for that hilariously whiney journalist AP on twitter. Apparently he posted this then later on deleted his entire account, really makes me happy.

Saw that thread where a bunch of whiners are trying to make out like Koroibete wasn't using his arms. Well he would have if Mapimpi hadn't jumped into contact. And Mapimpi did that because he knew he was about to get fucking annihilated.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

A lot of Saffers claiming that MK’s tackle was no arms but I just can’t see it that way. That was Greganesque in the pantheon of covering hits.

 

[Joe Blow]

Didn’t help his cause much

 

[PhilClinton]

A lot of Saffers claiming that MK’s tackle was no arms but I just can’t see it that way. That was Greganesque in the pantheon of covering hits.

Can’t win with them at the moment

White getting hosed for turning the game soft, and then Koro pulls off one of the greatest cover tackles in the modern era and he’s too rough!

 

[Dismal Pillock]

First time ever that The Dismal Screenshotting Guild have enshrined A Foreigner.

 

[qwerty51]

I could watch that another 1000 times.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Me too Qwarty, me too. I’ve questioned the decision making and composure at times,but never the ticker of this team and that hit typified it today.

 

[Lindommer]

.......on a bigger screen.

 

[Slim 293]

Really?

Yeah, Derpus is right - Paisami made a couple of poor decisions towards the end there...

 

[Slim 293]

That was some performance from Koroibete...

And McReight was just perfectly positioned throughout the game...

Lolesio should've started the last test.

 

[Drew]

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True dat

Might be true, but I’ve seen two occasions when Vermulen has stayed down to get the opposition a red. And how about all the times a South African tight five forward has become “injured” or slipped a knot on a shoelace prior to a scrum?

 

[Sir Arthur Higgins]

Ate all the way from Jo'burg to Adelaide by the looks.

He looked like a guy who should be contemplating retirement

 

[wamberal]

I could watch that another 1000 times.

Don't worry, you will.

 

[eastman]

His "Bro" talk is almost unintelligible, let alone his English. As a talking head, he makes a good Moai.

He does put it on a bit but I’d be careful with that comment.

 

[griffins]

Lot of chat about our scrum getting fed. While this was certainly true initially, the starting pack actually did pretty well to problem solve and get parity/occassional dominance after the first half hour. I'll leave the technical analysis to others but I think it's unfair to say our scrum got killed all game.

Lineout on the other hand, christ.

 

[Grant NZ]

Saw that thread where a bunch of whiners are trying to make out like Koroibete wasn't using his arms. Well he would have if Mapimpi hadn't jumped into contact. And Mapimpi did that because he knew he was about to get fucking annihilated.

He didn't use his arms, TBF.
Also, Mapimpi is on the ground.

 

[KOB1987]

He didn't use his arms, TBF.
Also, Mapimpi is on the ground.


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A still image never tells the full tale, you can always find one that puts someone at fault. We are the crash test dummies for World Rugbys judicial process, you can be assured that if he doesn’t get cited it was fine.

 

[Grant NZ]

A still image never tells the full tale, you can always find one that puts someone at fault. We are the crash test dummies for World Rugbys judicial process, you can be assured that if he doesn’t get cited it was fine.

The still image shows he didn't make a sufficient attempt to use his arms and only confirms my thoughts after watching it in real time. It was a great hit, but he got away with one - those will often get called and given the context it probably would have been the PT/YC combo as a result.

On the citing, that doesn't really follow logically as the citing thresh-hold is red card level offence.

 

[KOB1987]

The still image shows he didn't make a sufficient attempt to use his arms and only confirms my thoughts after watching it in real time. It was a great hit, but he got away with one - those will often get called and given the context it probably would have been the PT/YC combo as a result.

On the citing, that doesn't really follow logically as the citing thresh-hold is red card level offence.

Can you access the next few sequential stills?