SF2 - Match Thread - WALES v SOUTH AFRICA - 27/10/19 - K/O 09:00 GMT

by Guest Thu 17 Oct 2019, 9:56 pm

First topic message reminder :

Again, making these early for the sake of ease and consistency.

WALES

Team:Halfpenny; North, J Davies, Parkes, Adams; Biggar, G Davies; Wyn Jones, Owens, Francis, Ball, Alun Wyn Jones (capt), Wainwright, Moriarty, Tipuric.

Replacements: Dee, R Carre, D Lewis, Beard, Shingler, T Williams, Patchell, Watkin.

SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa: Le Roux; Nkosi, Am, De Allende, Mapimpi; Pollard, De Klerk; Mtawarira, Mbonambi, Malherbe, Etzebeth, De Jager, Kolisi (capt), Du Toit, Vermeulen

Replacements: Marx, Kitschoff, Koch, Snyman, Mostert, Louw, H Jantjies, Steyn

Venue: Yokohama
Referee:
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by Heaf Sun 27 Oct 2019, 9:56 am

mikey_dragon wrote:Garces is shocking.

no surprises there

by BamBam Sun 27 Oct 2019, 9:57 am

My bet on Wales is offering a cash out of 55% of the stake

Bookies not confident

by tigertattie Sun 27 Oct 2019, 9:58 am

Think SA are just going to strangle the life out of Wales in the second half

by protea438 Sun 27 Oct 2019, 9:58 am

Jeepers are lineouts so bad in 6 Nations. I think Wales havent thown one even remotely near the centre

by mikey_dragon Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:00 am

protea438 wrote:Jeepers are lineouts so bad in 6 Nations. I think Wales havent thown one even remotely near the centre

Same for SA. No penalty for tacklers not releasing Halfpenny in your 22. No penalty for Du Toit recklessly taking out Moriarty in the air, but penalty against Halfpenny on Le Roux which was at least safe.

by Soul Requiem Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:01 am

protea438 wrote:Jeepers are lineouts so bad in 6 Nations. I think Wales havent thown one even remotely near the centre

The SA line out hasn't exactly been straight either, there was one on the Welsh 22 that was about a yard out.

by Heaf Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:01 am

Not sure you can judge the 6N on the basis of this tournament - unless on the same basis you can say the forward pass laws don't exist in the SH

by protea438 Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:02 am

mikey_dragon wrote:
protea438 wrote:Jeepers are lineouts so bad in 6 Nations. I think Wales havent thown one even remotely near the centre

Same for SA. No penalty for tacklers not releasing Halfpenny in your 22. No penalty for Du Toit recklessly taking out Moriarty in the air, but penalty against Halfpenny on Le Roux which was at least safe.

Mapimpi had so many high tackles on him, I am surprised he is still walking

by SecretFly Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:03 am

Lineouts not straight? And this is supposedly new news to this WC?

by protea438 Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:04 am

Heaf wrote:Not sure you can judge the 6N on the basis of this tournament - unless on the same basis you can say the forward pass laws don't exist in the SH

I dont know, Wales have been apt at forward passing as well

by Heaf Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:04 am

Garces is just poor all round

by Heaf Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:04 am

protea438 wrote:
Heaf wrote:Not sure you can judge the 6N on the basis of this tournament - unless on the same basis you can say the forward pass laws don't exist in the SH

I dont know, Wales have been apt at forward passing as well

But not even close to NZ yesterday Smile

by mikey_dragon Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:04 am

protea438 wrote:
mikey_dragon wrote:
protea438 wrote:Jeepers are lineouts so bad in 6 Nations. I think Wales havent thown one even remotely near the centre

Same for SA. No penalty for tacklers not releasing Halfpenny in your 22. No penalty for Du Toit recklessly taking out Moriarty in the air, but penalty against Halfpenny on Le Roux which was at least safe.

Mapimpi had so many high tackles on him, I am surprised he is still walking

A surprise if true, the South African knives out for shocking Garces seems to have worked in your favour.

by majesticimperialman Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:05 am

Does any one think that this game is going to just like last week? Wales so far not even looked like they could score a try.

SA doing well but nothing special.

by SecretFly Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:05 am

I do notice that in the final games of this WC the TV directors are following the directives (supposedly) to ease up on the stringent reffing on dangerous play.

So one set of rules for pool stages then cameras off for the latter stages.

by Scottrf Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:06 am

majesticimperialman wrote:Does any one think that this game is going to just like last week? Wales so far not even looked like they could score a try.

SA doing well but nothing special.

Not sure, watch for elbows.

by Heaf Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:07 am

SA have been poor under the high ball

by tigertattie Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:10 am

Faf fluffed that

by **BigGee** Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:10 am

Same old same old from SA

by Heaf Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:11 am

tigertattie wrote:Faf fluffed that

Just to prove my point Smile

by **RDW** Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:11 am

Momentum changing errors from Pollard and Faf

by **BigGee** Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:11 am

Faf de Klerk squaring up to Ball, love it!

by tigertattie Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:12 am

“Headbutt” by the jake ball on faf

by **BigGee** Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:13 am

Biggar squares things up

9 all

by **BigGee** Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:14 am

a Comedy of errors this

by Scottrf Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:14 am

The final will be fun.

by tigertattie Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:14 am

Jesus. Stop kicking it.

I’m putting Sunday kitchen on

by Heaf Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:15 am

Not sure how much SA jumped across there - Garces seems a bit random with the pens for both sides.

by Geordie Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:15 am

This is like watching two amateur club teams playing....

by nathan Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:15 am

Whomever wins will need to tighten up on their errors for next week.

by Scottrf Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:16 am

How do England even prep against this?

by Soul Requiem Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:16 am

This is a terrible game.

by nathan Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:16 am

Wales under resourcing the rucks and are struggling for quick ball.

by nathan Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:16 am

Scott, its a World Cup final. I don’t think either team will play this badly

by stub Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:16 am

Cancelling each other out I suppose...

by **LondonTiger** Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:17 am

tigertattie wrote:“Headbutt” by the jake ball on faf

Yeah nothing in it, though Hartley was banned and missed RWC 15 for something similar.

by Heaf Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:17 am

SA couldn't catch a cold at the moment ...

by **BigGee** Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:18 am

It is pretty grim stuff from both teams

The real final looks like it was yesterday

by Scottrf Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:18 am

nathan wrote:Scott, its a World Cup final. I don’t think either team will play this badly

World Cup finals are generally worse standard than the semis.

by nathan Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:19 am

Not for handling

by mikey_dragon Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:19 am

Wales playing crap again

by tigertattie Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:19 am

See at least that kick had a purpose

But my fur this is awful to watch

by **RDW** Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:19 am

Hopefully this game isn't turning off any new fans that the World Cup has created!

by nathan Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:20 am

I’m not sure there’s been more than 5 phases

by Duty281 Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:20 am

Anyone for extra time? And sudden death? And the penalty shootout or whatever it is?

by stub Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:21 am

Could be Duty!

by Soul Requiem Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:21 am

Maybe both teams are trying to lure England into a false sense of security because based on this they'll steamroll the final.

by tigertattie Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:21 am

Ken ownes steps off his line every time.

It’s so clearly obvious but the assistant ref does nothing.

by Heaf Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:21 am

Anyone counting the kicks?

by Rinsure Sun 27 Oct 2019, 10:22 am

This is like a different sport to the game yesterday.

Dreadful match.

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