England v South Africa

[kayos]

Out fought, out thought, out classed. England froze.

 

[Charlton]

YEP, passing, kicking shocking, silly knock on's in their own half which led to scrum penalty, and they stood no chance in the scrum, their tackling game meant nothing if the opposition kick over their heads and only ran it when England where knackered, and why Jones took Lawes off' the only player who matched them for physicality. When England saw how RSA where playing and practically knew from the start how they would play and after twenty minutes when Curry and Underhill where nullified Jones should of had them off and brought Wilson and Kruis on and fought fire with fire. Only thing is years ago you picked the biggest players you had as forwards, gradually forwards became lighter and more athletic, RSA went back to the old ways and blew England apart, hope the game doesn't return to huge ponderous forwards. All credit to RSA for sticking with their game plan which England had no answer to. My daughter in law who is South African and two grand kids where delighted and I hope the win goes on to inspire South Africans to better things.

 

[BrianJ]

Brilliant game plan by South Africa & a deserved win.
They were better than us on every area of the pitch. There tactics were spot on.
The problem with England was they didn’t know how to adapt.
All said though England were brilliant up until the final.

 

[Charlton]

Said it before England don,t seem able to change tactics when it is needed, not that it would of mattered if they did they where blown away, but might have made for a closer game

 

[Davey1970]

The South African coach summed it up, England played their final last Saturday, that said, RSA, were excellent, now let's see if Jones stay's beyond his contract.

 

[kayos]

It might well have been a brilliant gameplan Brian, but everyone and their granny knew how SA were going to play - apart from Jones and his players!!??

 

[Charlton]

It might well have been a brilliant gameplan Brian, but everyone and their granny knew how SA were going to play - apart from Jones and his players!!??

very valid point