Springboks vs All Blacks I
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Give Grant Fox a ring 
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@MiketheSnow said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @Jet said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @DaGrubster said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @Jet said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: Apparently we kicked 28 contestables and got the ball back 2 times. Boks kicked 34 times to get the ball back 6 You'd wonder why teams do it so much with that rate of return. Not every kick is contestable The stat provided was contestable kicks. 
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Great, classy answer 
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From this clip all TJ appears to say to the ref is "whats that".... No different really from jackalers shouting "Sir Sir Sir" "no release" calling for a penalty. Dont mind him pinging it, but expect to see it every time. That was a minimum 3 points for us that ended up a pen the other way. 
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@sparky said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @Jet He called it a sledge so I presume the ref was struggling with TJ's accent and thought that he was calling one of the Springboks a twat. Brace to TJ ‘I’m going to give you a clear message - insult me like that and you leave the field” 
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@DaGrubster said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @sparky said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @Jet He called it a sledge so I presume the ref was struggling with TJ's accent and thought that he was calling one of the Springboks a twat. Brace to TJ ‘I’m just going to give you a really clear message - insult me like that again and you leave the field” 
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@DaGrubster said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @sparky said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @Jet He called it a sledge so I presume the ref was struggling with TJ's accent and thought that he was calling one of the Springboks a twat. Brace to TJ ‘I’m going to give you a clear message - insult me like that and you leave the field” I find it extremely hard to believe Perenara insulted him. I guess we should've known from that point. 
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@Bones said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @DaGrubster said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @sparky said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @Jet He called it a sledge so I presume the ref was struggling with TJ's accent and thought that he was calling one of the Springboks a twat. Brace to TJ ‘I’m going to give you a clear message - insult me like that and you leave the field” I find it extremely hard to believe Perenara insulted him. I guess we should've known from that point. He either did which wasn’t picked up on Mix or Brace misheard him. I find it hard to believe as well 
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@DaGrubster said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @Bones said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @DaGrubster said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @sparky said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @Jet He called it a sledge so I presume the ref was struggling with TJ's accent and thought that he was calling one of the Springboks a twat. Brace to TJ ‘I’m going to give you a clear message - insult me like that and you leave the field” I find it extremely hard to believe Perenara insulted him. I guess we should've known from that point. He either did which wasn’t picked up on Mix or Brace misheard him. I find it hard to believe as well Dollars to donuts it was a mishearing and he couldn't back down once he'd set his stall. 
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Sad in a way.
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Nick Bishop felt Boks having three locks on at end (Nortje, PSDT and Eben) was very important for late maul tries: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/rassie-erasmus-the-ultimate-high-stakes-gambler-goes-all-in-and-wins-big-again/ 
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@pakman thinking back we had Jerome K and Kieran Read in our loose forwards mix who were able to mix it with big boys. Now it’s Ardie and Ethan Blackadder. I got no doubts Ardie is an explosive power athlete, it just feels like we lack balance and power in that loose forward mix. I guess this is a broken record. 
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@Boston-Boy said in Springboks vs All Blacks I: @pakman this is 3 years ago, I would think he’s still capable of this when given some room. - Oh to bring him on at 60 this Saturday! 
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@pakman possibly. But the ABs were getting pumped all day at the maul. They gave up penalties on the first three mauls and, from memory, 5/8 total bok mauls. Your bench forwards largely got manhandled all over the rest of the park too. Bj Dickson who started at blindside also happens to be a lock/blindside like Pstd so I wouldn’t read too much into that theory 








