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best part of the game was at scrum time where the Ref pinged the flank for a 4 man front row.

Honestly, the crowd is half decent given what the home side have been offering up for the past year or so. They deserve more from the administrators.

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@Billy-Tell said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:

@Machpants said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
IMO we get much more out of this test than SA.

😂

The denial in this thread is delicious.

-Bent Refs
-Cheating Boks
-Bok Luck Aura

Were it not for the soft intercept, game would have been wrapped up by 62nd minute.

Thanks for getting up this morning to deliver me your tears. Let it out.

Unsure which is a more iconic duo:

Wobblies and uncontested scrums, or
A no arms Koroibete tackle.

🤔

Bench should see AB's home, No props left for the English

@sparky Yep, they snapped up Felix Jones

Bit of a step up from rolling the Aussies clubs in the Hermit Kingdom Cup

@voodoo said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@PN said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@nzzp said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@PN so genuine question - what's the mitigation you see?

A bunch of people argued Kolisi was YC only, and plenty of mitigation. When I pulled that and saw it again, I really struggled to reach that conclusion. Looked red as shit to me, with no real mitigation

As above.

so, the mitigation is your personal preference to be on the end of one over the other...? That's pretty comical pal.

They're both clear reds under the current laws. Kolisi comes flying into the line and recklessly makes significant head-on-head contact.

It's just a red mate, give it up.

Yep, and your deranged view from your armchair is more accurate than a panel of referees - got it.

I Cannot have a rational conversation with someone who is clearly still in the first stage of grief. I give you some time - 4 years.

/grabs coat

@nzzp said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@PN so genuine question - what's the mitigation you see?

A bunch of people argued Kolisi was YC only, and plenty of mitigation. When I pulled that and saw it again, I really struggled to reach that conclusion. Looked red as shit to me, with no real mitigation

As above.

@canefan said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@PN said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

Get off it. The SC head tackle had no mitigation, where as Kolisi's was clearly a rugby collision. Initial impact went through SK's shoulders. This echo chamber needs some perspective.

Don't embarass yourself anymore than you already have

It's grainy but regardless of where his arms and shoulders are, SK hits Ardie head to face. No intent, not foul play, but that's a RC to me because of that impact

I'm not embarrassed at all. I would rather cop a tackle to the body with simultaneous head to head contact, rather than a flying shoulder to the face. This is why the one was yellow and the other was red. If you cannot see that, you are blinded by your bias.

@nzzp said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@PN said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

Get off it. The SC head tackle had no mitigation, where as Kolisi's was clearly a rugby collision. Initial impact went through SK's shoulders. This echo chamber needs some perspective.

Have another look at Kolisi - link below. Pay attention to Savea's head. He came charging in to a player dropping from a jump, and smokes him in the head.

There's as much mitigation as Cane in a dynamic tackle. For me, both yellow, or both red. Hell, week to week you'd like it reffed the same (I know, wishful thinking)

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Both are cards, no doubt, but I know which tackle I would rather have been on the receiving end of. That said, I am in favour of a 20 min red.

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Get off it. The SC head tackle had no mitigation, where as Kolisi's was clearly a rugby collision. Initial impact went through SK's shoulders. This echo chamber needs some perspective.

Dont need flash to win a RWC, just need one more point. As @MajorRage said, the best performance by a team at any RWC, going through the toughest road.

Hierdie plek is vol Kante

@Bones said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@PN said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

only to realise how insipid the people I work with are

We work together?

That depends, are you the bum whose been undercutting my price on carpark handies?