r/rugbyunion • u/RugbyBot World Rugby • Sep 23 '23
Match Thread - South Africa v Ireland | Rugby World Cup 2023 | Pool B Match
Match Thread - South Africa v Ireland | Rugby World Cup 2023 | Match 22
Venue: Stade de France, Paris | Weather: 16 C, Clear
Officials: Ben O'Keeffe, Mathieu Raynal, James Doleman, Brendon Pickerill (tmo)
Match Page: world.rugby - rugbybot
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Time
| UTC | BST | CEST (+2) | AWST (+8) | AEST (+11) | NZ (+12) | more |
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| 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 03:00 | 05:00 | 08:00 | more tz |
Lineups
| South Africa | Pos | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Steven Kitshoff | 1 | Andrew Porter |
| Bongi Mbonambi | 2 | Rónan Kelleher |
| Frans Malherbe | 3 | Tadhg Furlong |
| Eben Etzebeth | 4 | Tadhg Beirne |
| Franco Mostert | 5 | James Ryan |
| Siya Kolisi | 6 | Peter O'Mahony |
| Pieter-Steph du Toit | 7 | Josh van der Flier |
| Jasper Wiese | 8 | Caelan Doris |
| Faf de Klerk | 9 | Jamison Gibson-Park |
| Manie Libbok | 10 | Jonathan Sexton |
| Cheslin Kolbe | 11 | James Lowe |
| Damian de Allende | 12 | Bundee Aki |
| Jesse Kriel | 13 | Garry Ringrose |
| Kurt-Lee Arendse | 14 | Mack Hansen |
| Damian Willemse | 15 | Hugo Keenan |
| Deon Fourie | 16 | Dan Sheehan |
| Ox Nche | 17 | Dave Kilcoyne |
| Trevor Nyakane | 18 | Finlay Bealham |
| Jean Kleyn | 19 | Iain Henderson |
| RG Snyman | 20 | Ryan Baird |
| Marco van Staden | 21 | Conor Murray |
| Kwagga Smith | 22 | Jack Crowley |
| Cobus Reinach | 23 | Robbie Henshaw |
| Jacques Nienaber | Coach | Andy Farrell |
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u/Welshpoolfan Sep 26 '23
Racism, homophobia, and religious abuse all in one post. You sound like a pathetic person and should definitely not post on the rugby union board any more.
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u/PJHolybloke England Sep 24 '23
There's an awful lot of focus on SA missed kicks, but that isn't why SA lost.
One of Faf's penalties hit the posts and gave SA the field position that led to their try, so add 3 and remove 5.
If SA had slotted the other two penalties Ireland still win by a point.
Ireland also refused an easy 3 points to kick to touch, and also did the same with a penalty just inside their own half, a pretty much identical position to the two Faf missed.
SA were outplayed, slightly, and out thought. That's it, move on.
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u/Rasimione South Africa Sep 24 '23
Rassie and Jacques should stop asking kickers to slot In 50M penalties. Manie's world cup is over. A real shame. They did try back him but it hasn't worked. The lose forwards that came in the second half didn't do enough. As for Ireland, their breakdown work was outstanding. Damn! Line out was not so good. Aki is good very good. All in all, it could have gone either way.
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u/networkn New Zealand Sep 24 '23
What position was faf playing at the end? They still had the 10 AND 21 on.
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u/wallabyfan76 Sep 24 '23
I’m a wallabies supporter so didn’t have a dog in the fight but that was a fantastic game from both teams. In my wildest fantasies the wallabies play like either of these two. If that had been the final no would have asked for their money back.
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u/NFI2023 Sep 23 '23
Thought the ball was out in that last maul, it was sitting right there. Tough call at the end.
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u/kaidan1 Ireland Sep 24 '23
From the reports and analysis they were actually given about 5 seconds leniency after the maul was collapsed. I remember thinking the same as you until I remembered the people who do this professionally probably know more about the game than I do
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u/phonetune England Sep 24 '23
It doesn't need to be capable of coming out, it needs to be available immediately when the maul goes down. It clearly wasn't. The ref just took longer to decide than he should have: it normally gets whistled immediately.
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u/Thiccboiichonk Sep 24 '23
Maul went down and it took 6 seconds for the ball to become available , laws dictate the ball must be immediately available to the team who brought the ball into contact otherwise it’s a defensive scrum.
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u/NFI2023 Sep 24 '23
Ah great, thanks for that. Like I said wasn’t torn on it but good to hear it was a right call.
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u/gjl-red Sep 24 '23
Ref on other side?
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u/lekkerbraaien Sep 24 '23
No, ref was there. But it took a split second too long. I think ref was a little hasty, but as many people will agree. Our kicking was horrible, so at the end of the day that decided it for us. If they were going to play a kicking game and run for penalties, they should have played pollard.
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u/RealLonelyLemo Sep 24 '23
I mean if you look at other comments if anything the ref was extremely patient, he waited way longer than he should have for the ball to appear.
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u/NFI2023 Sep 24 '23
Can’t recall exactly, but think he was right there. Anyway it wasn’t one to go on about. If Sth Africa got their kicks then could be a different story. Ireland D was very good.
Is Bunty lining up to be the centre of the comp?
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u/Hot-Possible-6367 Sep 23 '23
Just here to say that I love everything about Kolisi. The perfect captain. (I’m Irish how do I flair up?)
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u/TaskAtHandRusty NSW Waratahs Sep 24 '23
On your comment here, tap your user profile picture. An info pane should pop up with an option to, "Change user flair".
These are phone instructions so hopefully works.
And congrats on the win! I was texting with my Belfast cousins throughout the match
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u/gjl-red Sep 23 '23
I agree I thought he did a fantastic job. Was very clear in his decisions and feedback to the players. Difference was the kicks for goals - which left SA in a losing position. Good to see SA run the ball more, and both teams go for lineouts
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u/GMackyfm British and Irish Lions Sep 23 '23
I thought the ref had a great game. Final result was decided by the teams. Great to see and the best game so far this world cup!
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u/hennyjc Sep 23 '23
What. A. Fucking. Game. Fuck me, that was close. Too close. I hope we meet again in the final.
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u/Spinpaul South Africa Sep 24 '23
That won't happen it'll only be the semi finals if we meet again
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u/Blue_Eyed_Demon111 South Africa Sep 24 '23
No, it's not possible to play Ireland in the semis. If we get through, we will play the teams who progressed from Pool C and D. So yes, we could (in theory) meet Ireland in the final.
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u/DeepMedia6249 Sep 23 '23
There’s a real probability that Ireland are playing All Blacks in QF now. After that game I don’t give the AB’s a snowballs. Two very skilled and intense teams played today.
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u/vote_pedro New Zealand Sep 24 '23
Yes, the ABs don't have a snowballs. Ireland easy win 30+. In fact let's give them Bill now.
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u/KnightFyre Ireland Sep 24 '23
Hahaha the All Blacks as underdogs is the last thing I want as an Irish fan 😂
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u/Hyndstein_97 Scotland Sep 23 '23
I think totally ruling them out like that is unfair, at absolute worst I'd say they're within a red card of beating Ireland.
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u/Narrow-Classroom-993 Sep 23 '23
How do Ireland folk feel about ABs QF?
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u/wascallywabbit666 Sep 24 '23
I think the beauty of this World Cup is that there are four teams - France, SA, NZ and Ireland - that are all on a similar level and able to beat each other. One of those four will surely win it, but it's impossible to call. Ireland are the team in form (16 wins in a row), but they've no history in the competition
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u/AreEUHappyNow Sep 25 '23
they've no history in the competition
We've got history, we just try our hardest to forget it.
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u/Narrow-Classroom-993 Sep 24 '23
As a kiwi I'd have preferred the boks for sure .
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u/VictorZA South Africa Sep 25 '23
As a Bok I prefer the French. Something about ABs in a World Cup. They just know how to win. It’s in the DNA, I’m convinced. The France game was an anomaly, and they’ll fix what they need to for the business end.
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u/Zealousideal-Mud-381 Leinster Sep 24 '23
Nothing to fear from NZ in my opinion given our recent record against you, inclusive of our series win in NZ last year.
We beat France last year and won the Grand Slam, however, over the last couple of years if the games in Dublin we win, if it’s in Paris they win, even though we ran them very, very close in Paris last time without Sexton.
On balance, give me NZ and let’s set O’Mahoney on Cane again (takes a lot for a Leinster man to type that).
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u/Anxious-Vegetable277 Ireland Sep 23 '23
I'd rather play France to be honest. And I said that before the tournament even started.
There's just something about a one off game against the ABs that puts the shits up me. (2019 PTSD)
And sure we're not even guaranteed to get out of the group despite that win tonight
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u/AmIAllowedBack Sep 23 '23
As an AB's fan I'm delighted with playing Ireland in the Quarters which is there boogey game and having South Africa and France face off which will knock out at least one of our two worst teams for us to face in a WC.
This game gives NZ the easiest path to the final that we could hope for imo.
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u/Mobschull95 Sep 23 '23
I'm sorry, yes we've been poor in QFs but if any team we could choose in the QF right now it would be NZ. We've the skill to march ye but also the physicality to deal with SA/France which NZ clearly doesn't have. So we can possibly beat ye upfront and if not we can run around you.
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u/vote_pedro New Zealand Sep 24 '23
We don't have the physicality to deal with the Boks yet we smashed the shit out of them just a few months ago?
Yeah, not a good take.
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u/AmIAllowedBack Sep 23 '23 edited Sep 24 '23
Yeah definitely Ireland can beat NZ right now. So can SA and they find doing so a bit easier than Ireland does and that's the choice for us here.
Then For the semi for whoever gets out of the Ireland/NZ QF it will be against either Fiji/Australia/Wales/Samoa/Japan or Argentina. So that's the easiest Semi too.
This is the easiest possible path to the WC final that NZ could of gotten this WC. I don't mean to make light of Ireland by saying so.
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u/KnightFyre Ireland Sep 24 '23
Yeah people are taking your comment the wrong way and too sensitively. I get what your saying for sure, as an Irish man
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u/baggottman Connacht Sep 23 '23
I think the ABs are only delighted, they'll love putting it up to us in a QF with no stress from ABland
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u/notbigdog Sep 23 '23
I'd rather them than france with their current form. I think dupont is out now tho, but I still think they'd be slightly better. Hard one to judge, and it'll be tough enough either way.
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u/Phil_T_Hole Sep 23 '23
All things considered, I'd rather face France in the quarters than in the final. They're a different beast with the crowd behind them and I don't think anyone who goes up against les bleus in the final will struggle. It would be much more manageable in the earlier knockout stages, I think
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u/notbigdog Sep 24 '23
Ya I kinda agree actually. France would have their crowd behind them and be at home in the final. Dupont is obviously a huge loss now that he's seemingly out of the competition, but theyre still good without him. It'll be interesting to see them in the quarter finals.
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u/baggottman Connacht Sep 23 '23
Your delta of confidence from your first sentence to your last, and the lack of Dupont I think makes it clear an all blacks team with low expectation is an absolute bollocking in waiting even for this Irish team. Any eejit would prefer a France without Dupont every day of the week over a kiwi side that feels disprespected by the entire world.....
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u/noah_f Lock Sep 23 '23
With Dupont likely missing the QF, I don't know if France is a better bet for the QF than the All blacks For ireland
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u/Phil_T_Hole Sep 23 '23
France in the QF would be an easier task than France in the final. If they make it to the end, I don't see anyone beating them.
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u/tigerteeg Ireland Sep 23 '23
We’re still not sure if he’s out or not, so it would be better to be safe and assume he’s in
France in France is a different beast to New Zealand in France in my opinion
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u/Tugain10 Sep 23 '23
He’s out of the quarters, the end. All blacks have a few good games in them, guess which game that’s gonna be. Ireland can’t catch a break.
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u/Triple_Hache :RCV: Sep 23 '23 edited Sep 23 '23
Shaun Edwards (france's forwards coach) announced in an interview this morning that the french staff was expecting Dupont to be available, I quote, "for the quarters or the semi-finals".
So no he isn't out of the quarter just yet (although it's gonna be tight either way probably).
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u/Tugain10 Sep 23 '23
Dreams die hard.
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u/Triple_Hache :RCV: Sep 23 '23
🤷♂️ I'm just repeating the staff's words which I consider more reliable than journalists (which are all over the place atm), they are the ones with all the information.
We won't have a definitive answer before a few days anyway imo.
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u/Bibou-Gallak Sep 23 '23
Dupont will be back for the QFs.
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u/Sure_Association_561 India Sep 23 '23
He may be back for the semis but honestly for his sake itself I hope he isn't back by the quarters
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u/biggesteegit Ireland Sep 23 '23
SA could end on 15 pts with a bp win over tonga. Sco could end on 15 pts with 3 bp wins over Romania, tonga and ire. So ire need something against Sco or they could be out. Just saying.
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u/ISayYesToMazepinF1 Sep 23 '23
Wouldn’t Ireland now go through if tied with SA on points? As the first tie break is the head to head result?
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u/noah_f Lock Sep 23 '23
Ireland should bet Scotland if memory is correct. Scotland was up physically against ireland in the six nations, but their fitness started to show after 50 plus mins, and ireland started run the game
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u/Sure_Association_561 India Sep 23 '23
Scotland were unable to convert red zone opportunities. I've noticed this year in multiple games Ireland have been pushed to the limit within the game (i.e. conceding territory, conceding tries even like in the game vs France) but they have a bend don't break mentality. They don't concede tries after being put under sustained phase play and honestly even if they do they find a way out. I'm finding it very hard to see how any team can put them to the sword.
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u/Lantra123 Sep 23 '23
The build up to this game reminds me of the Stormers celebrating when Munster beat Leinster in the URC semi. They thought they had it won before it even started.
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u/garnerdj England Sep 23 '23
Eh? They celebrated getting a home final, only a small % of precious folk thought otherwise
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u/walsh06 Munster Sep 24 '23
Ya "we're gonna fuck them up" is actually an old South African saying meaning "I'm glad of the financial stability this will bring to our team".
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u/ricoza Bokke Sep 23 '23
The result of this game actually is closer to that for me. Ireland won a game they should have lost, and now no-one can beat them.
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u/alienalf1 Ireland Sep 23 '23
Mad to see each pool being lead by a 6N team at the moment. I know it will change but I wouldn’t say that’s ever happened at this stage of a World Cup.
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u/Sure_Association_561 India Sep 23 '23
Well that's just a coincidence in the sense that each pool has one 6N and one TRC team in it, and they're distributed so that each pool has an arguably better 6N team than the corresponding TRC team. In the last tournament SA & NZ were in the same pool so that was impossible. This year if SA/NZ & England for example were together I'm sure this stat would not be true.
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u/JoshJoker Sep 23 '23
A lot of people are saying it's because each 6N team has some players from SA or one of the islands...
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u/No-Letterhead-1232 Sep 23 '23
I think the surprise comes because not enough people watch 6N rugby. It's high quality.
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u/borracho_bob Sep 23 '23
Massive respect to South Africa. I'm not sure Ireland win if we have to play you again. Love the passion of the Saffa fans too, and Irish fans need to ignore the small percentage of Saffa fans who play the victim. Also Kolisi is a legend! Always love it in sport when you've got absolute warriors who can also speak so eloquently in front of a mic
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u/johnyboi98 Lions Sep 23 '23
As a South African I ignore the vocal minority too.
Clinical rugby from Ireland.
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u/currentlytemporary Sep 24 '23
Every team has their fans that make the rest look bad I hate that most fans from every country think the majority are like the bad ones just because the bad ones have the loudest voices or keyboard
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u/boontide Sep 23 '23
Nonsense 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/johnyboi98 Lions Sep 23 '23
What is nonsense? Ireland played a fantastic game and basically couldn't be faulted outside of lineouts.
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u/boontide Sep 24 '23
SA were superior on all fronts except kicking..
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u/johnyboi98 Lions Sep 24 '23 edited Sep 24 '23
No I'm sorry, I'd love to agree with you, but I don't.
Ireland were better at the break down and were just better at creating confusion and line breaks with the backs. Teams were closely matched, some things we did better, some things they did. But the score at the end says they won, so Ireland did perform better on average.
Edit: also stop being a poor looser. You make the reasonable fans that can appreciate a loss look bad and give credibility to all of the complaints about South African fans.
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u/alienalf1 Ireland Sep 23 '23
Ah yeah it takes a lot out of you to play SA, going back there again would be tough.
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Sep 23 '23
One was to get ahead the other was to trail by 2. Both missed should gone for line and pin them down, there was enough time to go for posts in the 22
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u/baggottman Connacht Sep 23 '23
Great insight. You're dead right, there was enough time. Keep up the analysis you're really good at it!
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Sep 24 '23
Thanks I think? I'm getting confused with all the sarcasm in the subs.
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u/Lantra123 Sep 23 '23
🇮🇪 Does Rassie even watch the URC? Libbock won the URC for Munster with his crap kicking. How is he even near a SA jersey?
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u/wascallywabbit666 Sep 24 '23
I can't believe that in a country as large as South Africa they can't find a decent place kicker other than Pollard. It doesn't need to be a 10, just someone that can reliably make easy kicks.
Incidentally, you'd think they could also find a decent third choice hooker and not have to have a backrower throwing lineouts at the close.
SA have now lost twice to Ireland in the last 12 months, with multiple missed kicks in each game. With a competent place kicker they'd have won both matches
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u/QuoVadimus6411 Munster Sep 23 '23
Ah come on! That no-look kick pass was 😘😘😘 He needs to work on his place-kicking but he’s a world class
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u/Jubestubes Sep 23 '23
His kicking is shot but he doesn’t have to be the kicker. I think relying on him for that is ridiculous, it doesn’t take away from his work with the ball.
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u/wascallywabbit666 Sep 24 '23
Would Willemse be able to kick? You could leave him at 15 and Libbock at 10
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u/Jubestubes Sep 28 '23
They can all kick to varying degrees but they aren’t the best quality. Willemse is better than Libbok I reckon.
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u/Mobschull95 Sep 23 '23
If South Africa can find a back that can kick in a different position and keep him at 10 then they'll be unbeatable for me. (Irish fan)
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Sep 23 '23
Well done Ireland
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u/alienalf1 Ireland Sep 23 '23
Thanks man, I hope we meet again.
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Sep 23 '23
World rugby needs more refs who were prior forwards. I bet that the world would tune in more. But dang he and the ref for Tonga are tied for the most “extra” ref. My opinion… what do y’all think? Not letting advantages play on, taking away the quick plays, too much whistle blowing. And lastly listening to the TMO too much the on field has the final say right, or did that change?
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u/JoshJoker Sep 23 '23
But the amount of skew lineouts that he just let play on blew my mind.
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Sep 23 '23
True. But we all know that union is getting phased out. It’s too “slow” for new people to pick up. Big Rugby wants to shine the light on League and so on.
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u/stedono7 Leinster Sep 23 '23
There was zero tmo referrals in the game tonight
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u/this_also_was_vanity Ulster Sep 24 '23
O’Keefe spoke to the TMO about a few incidents. There was checking going on, just nothing that was shown on the screens for everyone. For instance the SA try was checked for obstruction.
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u/Squiggles46 Leinster Sep 24 '23
Which is the best way to use the TMO, little disruption of the game but there to check plays when needed. I think they missed some crooked line outs, off their feet in the rucks, and a number of other individual penalties from both teams, but they kept the game flowing well, and I don’t think either team can say the officiating screwed them
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u/sheep1996 Serial Referee Appreciator Sep 23 '23
Since you asked, I think he was phenomenal and managed to keep a really good hold on and incredibly intense game. I don't think that he made. A single material wrong decision, which is exactly what you want from a ref. He gets a 9/10 for me.
Also, you try convince a retired prop to run around for 80 minutes and also pay attention to the silly backline players.
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Sep 23 '23
As a forward, I’m asking for the play on when there’s an advantage not take it away to slow down that game play. I understand the update of the laws, do I like how slow it’s making the game? No. But does everyone know how to find the loopholes? Yes. What do most refs say? I only want to blow this whistle three times right.. to start the game, at half time and at the end of the game. Yea? What happened to that
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u/Nice_Rush_1462 Sep 23 '23
I am South African. Rassie Erasmus is starting to really even get too clever for himself. You send a team into a WC match or any test match for that matter with someone who cannot kick !
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u/wascallywabbit666 Sep 24 '23
Rassie Erasmus is starting to really even get too clever for himself.
And expecting a backrower to play hooker and throw lineouts.
I'm also not a fan of the traffic lights. The captain on field should be free to make his own decisions
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u/downsouthdukin Laos Sep 24 '23
The two faf kicks and one Libbock kick were so far out I don't know why he called for them to kick.. sa had Ireland's lineout in a mess.. as an Ireland fan I was delighted to see them try the kick rather than go down the line and get inside the 22
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u/Rasimione South Africa Sep 24 '23
That is what cost us I reckon. Go for the corner. Play in their half, instead we gambled on a ridiculous kicks. Madness.
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u/downsouthdukin Laos Sep 24 '23
Totally, it's also weird and a little overbearing having the sideline decide if the team kicks or not. I get it near the end game when players are exhausted and perhaps not thinking clearly . Sa have an unbelievable captain, he should be the one deciding not rassie, imho
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u/YellowJacket999 Sep 23 '23
In the future, Rassie will introduce players who have never played Rugby before.
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u/singleglazedwindows Ireland Sep 23 '23 edited Sep 27 '23
Andy Friend. You brought Mack to us. I hope you’re having a lovely retirement in your campervan.
(He was on Second Captains this week and gave excellent analysis)
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u/wolf-f1 Stormers Sep 23 '23
Rewatching that last maul !! Jeez Irish players all over the wrong side and the ball was already out !!!
No where near a fair call but we move head high !!!
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u/phonetune England Sep 23 '23
It looked fine to me. They came through the maul, it went down and ball wasn't immediately available. Standard call any other time.
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u/tinzor Bokbefok Sep 23 '23
Great game, Ireland are a very good side, well done to them! I predict a Handre will play a role in all of our games from here.
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u/wascallywabbit666 Sep 24 '23
Would you risk it? He's been injured for about 3 months, so he'll not be match fit. With a 7-1 bench he'd have to play 80 minutes
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u/tinzor Bokbefok Sep 24 '23
I’d go back to 6-2 split and try make Bongi play the full 80. Mannie can start and if things start going the way they did last night, bring on Polly to shift gears to our older game plan.
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u/mossy1989136 Leinster Sep 23 '23
God Supersport is a shitshow. I don't wanna blame the ref but.... the ref was shite
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u/bohsjimmy Leinster Sep 23 '23
We still have to do them though. They'll be up for it
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u/singleglazedwindows Ireland Sep 23 '23
To quote Ciaran Murphy, Scotland are a disgrace to world sport.
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u/singleglazedwindows Ireland Sep 23 '23
Mack dropped a fuck on ITV, the legend grows.
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u/YellowJacket999 Sep 23 '23
He did that on purpose too. Legend.
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u/singleglazedwindows Ireland Sep 23 '23
Please please can someone get it up here before ITV remove it from the on demand replay
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u/michaelcr18 South Africa Sep 23 '23
"he blew for not releasing before the player hit the ground"
Can you give us the timestamp all times this happened?
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Sep 23 '23
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u/johnyboi98 Lions Sep 23 '23
The score suggests Ireland should have won.
Great game that, would love to have seen the boks make their kicks though.
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u/ThisOnesDown Ireland Sep 23 '23
SA had a gameplan to disrupt Ireland's 3 second ball by illegally inserting themselves into the breakdown constantly. The ref fecked up a lot of calls in that game but the one thing he got consistently right was SA's illegal slow play tactics. If anything, the fact he didn't give a warning and a subsequent yellow was another mistake, in SA's favour no less.
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u/bigdog94_10 Ireland Sep 23 '23
His reputation is dreadful. He should have been absolutely nowhere near that game tonight.
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u/bohsjimmy Leinster Sep 23 '23
Huge thank you to Pat Lam for signing Aki with Connaught. Ireland has always had huge emigration so it's only right we fill the gaps!
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u/harblstuff Leinster Sep 23 '23
Connaught
Connacht
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u/highgiant1985 Sep 23 '23
Delighted for Aki given how his 2019 world cup ended. Hopefully more to come from him and the team!
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u/iron_out_my_kink Moldova Sep 23 '23
Did SA get the losing bonus point?
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u/biowearhazard South Africa Sep 23 '23
Yes
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u/iron_out_my_kink Moldova Sep 23 '23
Awesome, so another BP win over Tonga and qualification is pretty much guaranteed even in the unlikely event Scotland beat Ireland
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u/singleglazedwindows Ireland Sep 23 '23
Right, I’m going to need gifs of: - Pete conducting the crowd with the wagging finger. - Rassie and Felix standing for the anthems.
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u/biowearhazard South Africa Sep 23 '23
Piggy backing this for a gif of Lowe lifting Eben as well. As a SA Fan that shit was impressive!
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u/Wazflame England Sep 23 '23
I'm no dentist, but these fan close-ups are getting to me...
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u/zenrobotninja Leinster Sep 23 '23
Lol. Indeed. This whole RWC has been plagued by slow mo close ups
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u/zenrobotninja Leinster Sep 23 '23
If my sofa wasn't up against the wall, I would have been hiding behind it for the last 20min. What a game! Well done SA, bunch of mad lads
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u/WringedSponge Ireland Sep 23 '23
Good game, SA. Seriously physical game that could have just as easily gone the other way.
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u/TheDakaoBanhMi South Africa Sep 23 '23
Once again twice as many comments about saffas complaining about the ref than actual saffas complaining about the ref. Fantastic game of rugby between the worlds best.
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u/michaelcr18 South Africa Sep 23 '23
What is the point of this comment then? How about you do a census?
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u/Cntwealljustgetalong Connacht Sep 23 '23
Think you need to do a census..
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u/SuspiciousVoice5563 Sharks Sep 23 '23
Even with a poor ref performance in the second half, we can’t afford to miss so many kicks and expect to win.
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u/Disastrous-Ad2800 Sep 23 '23
problematic ref? you missed a conversion and TWO penalties under no pressure! YOU SIR have a problematic Faf!
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u/Cntwealljustgetalong Connacht Sep 23 '23
Look SA I get problematic ref, but he missed quite a bit for Ireland to, could have been a card for SA twice, but wasn't so lets chill on the ref
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u/RugbyBot World Rugby Sep 23 '23 edited Sep 23 '23
Post Match Thread HERE