RWC QF 1 WAL v RSA (Twickenham) 18th Oct 0200 AEDT

[Teh Other Dave]

Good half of rugby football.

 

[BabyBlueElephant]

Deserved lead. SA have barely touched the Welsh 22.

 

[mxyzptlk]

Etzebeth put a boot into Sam Warburton's neck trying to kick a loose ball.

 

[ChargerWA]

Etzebeth put a boot into Sam Warburton's neck trying to kick a loose ball.

Not flash, but Etsebeth clearly tried to limit impact when he realised what was happening. Not a full blooded kick to the neck. Play on I say.

 

[BabyBlueElephant]

Etzebeth put a boot into Sam Warburton's neck trying to kick a loose ball.

It's usually natural to swing for the ball like that, I'd say no malice but careless. Could be a citation potentially, reminds me of O'Connell on D. Kearney.

 

[Forcefield]

Where's Percy when you need him?

Hair modelling for Pantene.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Neither side looking like it is able to create a try.

They are relying on the opposition making a mistake.

The respective benches may make a difference when they come on.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Wales should be up by more at half time, they've had a huge amount of pill and field position. Problem is, they lack the imagination to play the spaces across the paddock. It's too one dimensional for mine.

 

[Dewald Nel]

Etzebeth put a boot into Sam Warburton's neck trying to kick a loose ball.

I'm sure you're not trying to find fault with that, because there was none.

 

[Bairdy]

Etzebeth put a boot into Sam Warburton's neck trying to kick a loose ball.

Just a yellow card "warning" for Bruno

 

[mxyzptlk]

There were 43 total kicks in that first half. If this keeps up, we could get a record number of kicks for the tournament. (Believe the record is held by ENG-WAL, with over 40 per side.)

The telling related stat, though, is that they're evenly split on possession and territory, so neither are really pressuring enough on their kicks and recovering possession. But the tactic did lead to Biggar's try.

 

[I like to watch]

Cmon Wales!
The Boks just want to up & under all day.
Send the negative pricks home!

 

[ChargerWA]

Warburton has been fairly invisible so far.

 

[Dewald Nel]

In what world is that a knock on?

 

[Dewald Nel]

Cmon Wales!
The Boks just want to up & under all day.
Send the negative pricks home!

It's not negative, it's giving yourself the best chance under the rules.

 

[Chunderstruck]

Heeeeeeyyyy bigarena!

 

[mxyzptlk]

At this point there have been more kicks than minutes played -- 48 minutes, 51 kicks. Curious to see if this will eventually pay off.

 

[ChargerWA]

AWJ is a legend, what a worker.

 

[maxdacat]

amazing passage of play!

 

[Hugh Jarse]

1995 rugby.