Wales v Springboks
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@sparky I can see another 6 Nations wooden spoon incoming but then Italy went about 8 years in a row in that spot & weren't relegated so it'd be a bit harsh 😁
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@pooler-fan said in Wales v Springboks:
@sparky I can see another 6 Nations wooden spoon incoming but then Italy went about 8 years in a row in that spot & weren't relegated so it'd be a bit harsh 😁
It's time for Netherlands to get a chance.
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@sparky are there any decent ones with Welsh heritage?
I'd definitely take a couple of south African monsters if they had a Welsh granny.
We just don't produce physical specimens unfortunately. Test matches are becoming more & more physical and if you lose that contest it's game over. -
@Bones said in Wales v Springboks:
@pooler-fan said in Wales v Springboks:
@sparky I can see another 6 Nations wooden spoon incoming but then Italy went about 8 years in a row in that spot & weren't relegated so it'd be a bit harsh 😁
It's time for Netherlands to get a chance.
🤣🤣
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@Mauss said in Wales v Springboks:
Am I the only one who is seeing Slobodan Milosevic at The Hague?
I didn't know the Hague allowed conjugal visits.
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@pooler-fan said in Wales v Springboks:
@sparky are there any decent ones with Welsh heritage?
I'd definitely take a couple of south African monsters if they had a Welsh granny.
We just don't produce physical specimens unfortunately. Test matches are becoming more & more physical and if you lose that contest it's game over.Well, you did in the backs a few years ago. North, Roberts, Cuthbert, Phillips etc were all absolute monsters for the positions they played.
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I wonder, has Wales seen a massive decrease in manual farm labour? Seems to be good background training for forwards.
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Commiserations to @MiketheSnow and @pooler-fan and all others from across the river. That must have been a tough watch.
Apart from the score, the big minus point was that a Bok second team (ish) didn’t have to get out of second gear and were coasting after 20 minutes. The gulf between the teams was huge.
There were some plus points though. Some individual performances, Morgan and Botham. Dyer when he had the chance too. But the most promising bit for me was the heart with which Wales continued to play right up to the whistle. To me that shows they are still playing for Gatland.
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@Catogrande must have been some pep talk.
I quit after 30 minutes as wales were showing no heart at all.
Compare the intensity that Italy through at us and it was chalk and cheese
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I dunno so much. For sure there was ineptitude and a lack of application, but I really felt they went down fighting to the last.
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@sparky said in Wales v Springboks:
The Welsh tight head going off after 35 minutes. He's been eaten alive at scrum time.
Ref created that
Got penalised incorrectly from keeping it low
Then changed to keeping it high and wasn’t strong enough
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@sparky said in Wales v Springboks:
Wales 5 South Africa 38.
If this was a boxing match the referee would have ended it a long time ago.
And some the crowd drift away with ten minutes left.
Bout wouldn’t have been sanctioned
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@sparky said in Wales v Springboks:
Wales have been absolutely terrible. So bad.
If their decline continues, it's going to be very hard to argue for their continued inclusion in the 6 Nations ahead of Georgia, Portugal or Spain.
Nice try
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@MN5 said in Wales v Springboks:
@pooler-fan said in Wales v Springboks:
@sparky are there any decent ones with Welsh heritage?
I'd definitely take a couple of south African monsters if they had a Welsh granny.
We just don't produce physical specimens unfortunately. Test matches are becoming more & more physical and if you lose that contest it's game over.Well, you did in the backs a few years ago. North, Roberts, Cuthbert, Phillips etc were all absolute monsters for the positions they played.
We still do in the backs to be fair, barring injuries we could select Llewellyn, Grady and Eddie James who are all 6'5" ish and well over 100kgs.
It's not just about size though, many of the Bok players for instance tend to punch above their (considerable) weight.
We're awful at metres made post contact. Only Jac Morgan seems to be able to consistently do it. -
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