Comments on: South Africa steal England’s crown

By: Stuart Peel

Stuart Peel — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:58:56 +0000

I meant better equipped to defend a lead than chase one obviously.

By: Stuart Peel

Stuart Peel — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:56:39 +0000

Agreed Spike – it’s been an awesome tournament, the best team won, all rugby fans have had a ball – why focus on a petty little incident in the final and end it on a negative note. A bit sad really.

South Africa put in the sort of efficient and professional performance that is required at this stage – they basically did what England wanted to do but did it better. I think the Cueto try incident was important because England are far better equipped to chase a lead than defend one. I’m not passing any comment on whether it should have been given – I was convinced it was a try at the time and have not yet developed the objectivity since the game to pass a balanced judgement.

I’ve got no idea what I’m going to do with my time now – I was even flirting with the idea of watching football this evening, it’s that bad.

By: Spike

Spike — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:25:26 +0000

Why focus on that Nick? Far, far worse goes on on a rugby pitch than a little push in the back that didn’t cause any real injury.

Aside from that i think Jake White summed it up well at the end of the match: You play your fancy rugby in the group stages then you let defence take over in the knockouts to win the trophy. SA learnt that after their Fiji scare and deserved their win.

By: James

James — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:43:59 +0000

Doesn’t look too malicious to me. Probably shouldn’t have done it, but it wasn’t a hard push and it just looks worse because the TV camera was there.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:05:40 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57EjGTDoDIw

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:57:39 +0000

He pushed Montgomery in the back as they chased a ball out of bounds, forcing Percy over the advertising hoardings and into a television camera.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:22:08 +0000

Toby Flood coward?? what did I miss?

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:42:10 +0000

Not an Englishman but I do not think that what Toby Flood did was intentional; I agree with Nick, South Africa did out play England in most part especially the breakdown.
The only disappointing thing about the night was how ungracious Bryan Ashton was in defeat, all the English players congratulated S.A. but he did not?

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:09:25 +0000

South Africa won it by being better than England in just about every single department.

I’d love to know what you Englishmen think of the coward, Toby Flood.