<p style="text-align: left;">Second time in a month I’m going to overwhelmingly agree with AA. They are playing the lowest ranked team in the world (or thereabouts)!</p>
70+ points is pretty good, no matter who you are playing
Proper match on now. Looking forward to this. 😀
C'mon Ireland
Tthe South Africans really don’t want to be tackled! 😂
Etzebwth told three times to take a step didn't and ref didn't ping him.
Get in!
Looked like Hansen was over the dead ball line there!
If Ireland win does that increase or decrease Scotland's admittedly small chances?
Great game!
Is it me or is ITV commentary not very good?
is ITV commentary not very good
Can’t say I give a shit when the rugby’s this good - but the moment when Jamie Roberts said the guy in the crowd had a impressive jaw was marvellous 😂
Now I'm not a rugby person but, **** me, those saffers are MASSIVE
Great game. Let’s hope the Irish can hold out for the last 5 mins.
Just very glad it’s not Wales playing SA, we would not have a chance!!
YEEEES! Bloody hell Ireland!
Great stuff that!
Not sure about that final call from the ref though! Ball was out in the 12's hands when he blows and says not coming out!!
Great game. What a physical contest. Hardbut fair.
Yeah, what about that last call??
Not sure about that final call from the ref though
Seemed a bit of a strange one to me.
Not much between those two teams and you could see either going all the way from here.
That’s a big statement right there!
SA missed a few penalties, but that’s still a great win. Proper physical encounter. Going to be some sore bodies tomorrow. Ireland tackled like demons.
Totally agree with that a_a....I thought that Aki brought it down for a start.
Sounds like a hell of a good night in the stadium!
What a match, what a win. Agree, strange call on the final maul, but hey ho!
Oof. That was insanely intense. Brutal
Etzebwth told three times to take a step didn’t and ref didn’t ping him.
he was still yards more onside than half the Ireland defensive line were for a lot of the game.
Tight game well done IRL. Ref let a few things go but for the better of the game. No injured players is the real win for both sides
Commentary utter shite as per normal. It was not the game that set the world cup on fire.
SAffers have some big decisions to make about goal kicker
Excellent game. Huge commitment from both sides. Worthy of a final.
Saffrica definitely missing Handre Pollard and his place kicking in that game.
I thought it was a good reffing performance overall too. Missed a few things, let one or two 'use it's go on forever, but overall good - one of the best I've seen. Thank goodness it wasn't the likes of Carley, Dixon, Peyper and Brace (ignoring their nationally, just sheer crapness) ruining the game.
Edge of the bar stool stuff.
And yes, the ITV commentary and pundity is just a massive pile of dog eggs. Every. Single. Game.
Fantastic win
SA will be back
You'd have thought that tactical genius Rassie might have stopped with flashing up kicking when none of the guys on the field could hit a barn door today.
Watching the TV in France and the coverage starts 5 min before kick off. At half time it's 15 min of adverts then 2 min after the final whistle it ends.
There's a review show on now and it had 2 min of Ireland match then Du Pont update for what seems like forever, in fact they are still analysing it as I type!
<p style="text-align: left;">Mack Hansen living up to the sweary Aussie persona 🤣</p>
You’d have thought that tactical genius Rassie might have stopped with flashing up kicking when none of the guys on the field could hit a barn door today.
I actually think the whole light from the coaches thing possibly undermines the players and their confidence in decision making - not just goal kicking but more dynamic decisions during the game
I thoroughly enjoyed that, great result. But can't help feeling if they do happen to meet again, that SA have a bit more to give whereas Ireland played about as well as they can against SA.
I thoroughly enjoyed that, great result. But can’t help feeling if they do happen to meet again, that SA have a bit more to give whereas Ireland played about as well as they can against SA.
Why? Our lineouts and scrums were abysmal - I've seen Ireland play so much better. At no point did I think we were hanging on.
SA looked knackered.
I thought we did ok in the scrums, was worried we would be mashed there and we even got a few penalties. Line out was abysmal at the start but improved when Sheehan and Henderson were on the field.
sure SA can improve goal kicking by playing Pollard but the lose loads in attack as he is pedestrian compared to Libbok. I thought SA through the kitchen sink at us and we were still standing at the end, no injuries and actually should have Jack Conan back for next game and Sheehan with a half under his belt.
Great game - not sure about the emphasis on Lubbock’s poor kicking, as Sexton passed over 6 points early in the game with decisions to kick for the corner. The moment when Lowe had Etzebeth in the air for the maul, with his legs kicking about like a toddler, was immense. You wonder what that game, a couple of weeks after they dismantled NZ, will do in terms of starting to unpick SA confidence just a little.
As a Scot, the game against Samoa today already feels a bit redundant, although I guess we’re now playing for a kinder draw in 4 years time.
Our lineouts and scrums were abysmal – I’ve seen Ireland play so much better.
I didn't say that though, I said 'played about as well as they could against SA'. I'm not sure what it is but there's something about SA that sucks the life out of teams and so many find it hard to play well against them. Against SA you almost expect to struggle in set pieces, it's never going to be easy, so losing a few is par for the course, and to expect to win them all and dominate those areas is unlikely.
At no point did I think we were hanging on.
I'm not anywhere close to Irish and I was behind the sofa towards the end. That last maul went down quite mysteriously, as it was heading goalwards and then the ref whistling when the ball was in the scrum half's hands and was very welcome.
