Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:19 pm
This game reminds me of watching Wales in the 90's. You think "we're doing ok here" and are still 15 points down.
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Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:20 pm
Starting props still on
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:21 pm
He needs to be hugely grateful Shaun Edwards is no longer our defence coach
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:21 pm
Consoling myself that this isn’t our strongest teampompey-zebra wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:19 pmThis game reminds me of watching Wales in the 90's. You think "we're doing ok here" and are still 15 points down.
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:22 pm
They're not contesting it, are they?
For a team with 5½ caps against most of the World Champions, I honestly think it's going okay. Get a try or two against the tide in the 2nd half, no-one get killed, and I think the coaches will be fairly happy.
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:23 pm
Indeed - but back then you'd feel like that with our 1st XV. This is barely our 2nd.pompey-zebra wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:19 pmThis game reminds me of watching Wales in the 90's. You think "we're doing ok here" and are still 15 points down.
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:24 pm
A Rees-Zammit hat-trick and we're right back in it!
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:25 pm
Bloody hell a Wales scrum penalty! Do we get any points for that?
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:30 pm
We get the Bomb Squad on for that!pompey-zebra wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:25 pm Bloody hell a Wales scrum penalty! Do we get any points for that?
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:30 pm
Hopefully that is just first scrum nerves; we don’t need too many more of those
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:33 pm
Well that sums up the day. We look like doing something good, they score a try.
Fair play
Fair play
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:34 pm
Thats an absolute back breaker
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:35 pm
Lovely move just thrown away. Ah well....
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:37 pm
We’re trying hard but our attack is just not working
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:40 pm
This really is vintage 1990's Wales. For every decent effort there's a soft try given up.
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:40 pm
Or we cough the ball up too easilyBuggaluggs wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:40 pm This really is vintage 1990's Wales. For every decent effort there's a soft try given up.
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:41 pm
There's moments, certainly something to build on IMO.
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:41 pm
Air of inevitability about that.
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:44 pm
That’s getting embarrassing. We’re trying too hard and they can just pick us off
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:44 pm
We look like a team that hasn't played together, largely because we are. We should have been playing these games a year ago.
Teddy Williams on
Teddy Williams on
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:46 pm
Not sure I'd risk getting Rees-Z injured in a pointless cause.
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:46 pm
Williams isn't international class. He's good when you point him in one direction, but he does nothing else.
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:47 pm
And there's a case in point. SA not really having to work for a big score.Buggaluggs wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:40 pm This really is vintage 1990's Wales. For every decent effort there's a soft try given up.
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:48 pm
This isn’t easy watching but this is an experimental team.
Re: Team for South Africa
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:48 pm