The final

[bruce]

Even from the anthems it looked like SA wanted it more

[bruce]

Kolisi just butchered that

[bruce]

ABs seem in all sorts of trouble here

[bruce]

Not even a penalty for my money, no matter the crowds ooh and aahs

[bruce]

Don't understand that decision, take the 3 points

[Galfon]

inspired play - all for nowt

[bruce]

Again take the feckin 3 points

[bruce]

Loved that steal

[bruce]

Kwagga is good

[bruce]

Game over. SA retain.

[Galfon]

Juan Poynter does it again..
Two quality teams .Thought Barnes and his buddy got much right.

[cashead]

Kolisi not getting a red is straight up bullshit.

[UKHamlet]

Anti-rugby wins. Dreadful final characterised by poor handling and won by a team scoring in multiples of 3.

[morepork]

Kolisi not getting a red is straight up bullshit.

No it isn’t. Suck it up.

[Puja]

Kolisi not getting a red is straight up bullshit.

I don't see it. The first contact is with the shoulder, so it's not direct.

Puja

[canta_brian]

Stats will be interesting.

SA have managed to be the most negative team to ever win a World Cup. Not sure that attracts new fans.

Also, Kilosi is a great player, but how his tackle merits a lower sanction that Cane’s is unexplainable.

[bruce]

Du Toit has got no shoulders

[bruce]

Stats will be interesting.

SA have managed to be the most negative team to ever win a World Cup. Not sure that attracts new fans.

Also, Kilosi is a great player, but how his tackle merits a lower sanction that Cane’s is unexplainable.

Come off it. As I said earlier I didn't even think Kolisis was a penalty. It was a tight game between two good teams that cancelled each other out to some degree.

[bruce]

Oh and although Savea is a great player, take the points. Thats what lost this for NZ.

[Sourdust]

Well that was pretty dreadful.

I take the point about negative rugby, but that was hardly circus entertainers vs farm labourers, was it? NZ had more going forward perhaps, but not ENOUGH more to have any complaints IMO. They were the better side in the 2nd half, but only 5 points better when they needed 7. It's still a problem for the game's evolution IMO, that a team who can be so dazzlingly entertaining one week, can be so utterly nullified once they meet another team at their physical level. And that goes for both sides today, really. It's why France going out was a bad thing not just for France.

[UKHamlet]

Why NZ persist eith Mo'unga as a kicker completely escapes me.

[bruce]

How many medals do they have to give out ffs

[morepork]

Stats will be interesting.

SA have managed to be the most negative team to ever win a World Cup. Not sure that attracts new fans.

Also, Kilosi is a great player, but how his tackle merits a lower sanction that Cane’s is unexplainable.

They won man. End of.

[morepork]

Well that was pretty dreadful.

I take the point about negative rugby, but that was hardly circus entertainers vs farm labourers, was it? NZ had more going forward perhaps, but not ENOUGH more to have any complaints IMO. They were the better side in the 2nd half, but only 5 points better when they needed 7. It's still a problem for the game's evolution IMO, that a team who can be so dazzlingly entertaining one week, can be so utterly nullified once they meet another team at their physical level. And that goes for both sides today, really. It's why France going out was a bad thing not just for France.

Job for a coach.

Congratulations Boks. Just better.

[canta_brian]

Stats will be interesting.

SA have managed to be the most negative team to ever win a World Cup. Not sure that attracts new fans.

Also, Kilosi is a great player, but how his tackle merits a lower sanction that Cane’s is unexplainable.

Come off it. As I said earlier I didn't even think Kolisis was a penalty. It was a tight game between two good teams that cancelled each other out to some degree.

New to the game are you?