Higgins said:

I see the Cheetahs held Ulster to a 39 all draw overnight. That's a remarkable improvement by the Cheetahs who now take their record to played 4, lost 3 drawn 1. Points for = 77 points against = 175. It still leaves them in last place mind you. What is surprising is that Ulster were leading their Pro 14 Division and had to rely on an injury time Henry Speight try (which was converted) to avoid the ultimate indignity!

Needless to day but the Kings have a very similar record going into the fourth round with three straight losses.

Looks like nothing much has changed for both teams.

Last season, Cheetahs performed well given their starting point and made the playoff finals. Whilst their squad is split across playing in Currie Cup and PRO14 then they’ll be at a disadvantage. SARU have said they’re going to change timing along with the planned Cull & Draft Strategy.

Kings were poor last season and looked like they would continue where they left off this season. However, Davids has been getting improvements each week and yesterday they pulled off a deserved home victory 38-28 over Glasgow whose forwards were mainly second starters but a first starting backline. Small steps but heading in the right direction.

@booboo said in All Blacks v Springboks:

@derm-mccrum said in All Blacks v Springboks:

@no-quarter said in All Blacks v Springboks:

This is one hell of a fucking game.

It is. Particularly for neutrals.

You're not neutral

You're for us, or you hate us

Nah - there’s a third option. I love/hate New Zealand. And South Africa. And France (well mainly hate). And Argentina top of the pile.

See? Very neutral.

@akan004 said in All Blacks v Springboks:

@derm-mccrum said in All Blacks v Springboks:

@akan004 said in All Blacks v Springboks:

@mimic we should have won this easily, as good as they were...

Eh no.

Eh yes

You’re dreaming if you think that NZ should have won the game easily.

@akan004 said in All Blacks v Springboks:

@mimic we should have won this easily, as good as they were...

Eh no.

Siya Kolisisi
Rassie Erasmus.

Two public heroes for SA.

@anonymous said in All Blacks v Springboks:

@stargazer said in All Blacks v Springboks:

Next game's line-up is going to be interesting. If the RWC had been in the bag, they would probably have started a lot of newbies again, but now the situation is completely different.

It'd be a bit weird if we'd already won the RWC a year out

I was going to point that out.

Congrats Boks - superb victory.
Commiserations New Zealand.

Barrett’s kicking percentage has to have dropped through the floor after this match.

@no-quarter said in All Blacks v Springboks:

This is one hell of a fucking game.

It is. Particularly for neutrals.

What. A. Try.

Superb.