SA Boks lose to Japan

[Dave A]

I see it's being touted as the biggest upset in the history of the Rugby World Cup. There's no doubt I didn't expect it.

Still not sure whether it was because we played badly though. Japan just seemed to have our number.

[tec0]

I see it's being touted as the biggest upset in the history of the Rugby World Cup. There's no doubt I didn't expect it.

Still not sure whether it was because we played badly though. Japan just seemed to have our number.

To be fair South Africa was penalized on "if i counted it correctly" 3 occasions where we didn't do a thing wrong but that is NO EXCUSE! Yes some of our players didn't play for a while THAT IS NO EXCUSE... But ja........................... met ys ja met ys.... All i can say is they need a playmaker two or more individuals that will push and work the the ball. We have e few "some of them not playing for reasons i fail to understand" But Who knows? Motivation is key...
Lets see i am still hopeful...

[IanF]

Outplayed and out thought, but this is good for rugby as the game needs to broaden it's base.

[sterne.law@gmail.com]

Arrogance.
They looked like they were bored with no intent to play with effort.

Then opting to go for tries when clearly the game was tight.

If you watch NZ does not matter who they play, they first get the basics right, put points on the board and then look to impress.
Be that as it may, its not the end of the world.

Japan were technically outstanding. The tries against them were through badly missed tackles.. rather than wizadry.

[Blurock]

Our misguided coach insisted against all advice to not choose players on form, but rather on reputation. This was the "most experienced" or rather the oldest Springbok team to ever play a test match. Heineke had to hire a second plane to get all the pensioners' medicine and bandages to England. The Japanese, being very superstitious, thought that we had called up the mummies of Egypt (read Zombie attack). They therefore summonsed their Samurai and Ninjas to annihilate us...

Truth is; Eddie Jones is a brilliant coach and in a league that Heineke will never reach. Eddie was also behind our World Cup victory in 2007 as assistant coach.

[tec0]

The worst part wasn't seeing the boks lose... The worst part was paying the DSTV premium subscription then watch them lose...

[AndyD]

I don't think there were any excuses, the commitment of the Japanese in every area of the game was outstanding. What blew me away (and probably the Springbok players) was the blistering pace they played at, they made the Boks look positively sluggish. I thought there was no way they could keep it up for 80 minutes but they did so fair play to the Japs, a deserved win. I can only hope the Bokke do some soul searching before the next game, at the moment they just look like they're going through the motions but their heart isn't in it and I really don't have the stomach to read a third apology to the nation from Heyneke Meyer.

[IanF]

The worst part wasn't seeing the boks lose... The worst part was paying the DSTV premium subscription then watch them lose...

Teco I watched on SABC 2 and the commentary during the game was great the studio presenters are not my cup of tea on SABC2.
But the win is I don't need to upgrade to R700PM to watch the world cup.

[tec0]

Teco I watched on SABC 2 and the commentary during the game was great the studio presenters are not my cup of tea on SABC2.
But the win is I don't need to upgrade to R700PM to watch the world cup.

yea.... Indeed that was a stupid move on my behalf and Mister Botha AKA " Mister Hendrik Egnatius Botha" went missing... it was almost worth the R700 when I saw that bit of drama... LOL I am still laughing actually when i think about it... Sometimes just sometimes one has to see the comical bits behind it all... 100% save for the other TV presenters on Supper sport... Well done boys... Well done

And i was very interested in his remarks.

[wynn]

I would even go so far as to say if we took the entire super fifteen 'Stormers' or alternatively 'Lions' team or a combination of both instead of those 'old crocks' we maybe would not have been eating humble pie on Saturday evening.

'Jap the giant killers' swarmed all over the 'Crock Boks' in every phase of the game and only a few opportunist tries kept the score as close as it was

[tec0]

a true supporter will stick with the ups and the downs... But ja this is actually good for the game. IF we come home early we don't automatically qualify for the next world cup and that means a lot of qualifiers and a lot of new blood will come in and that is a good thing in my book. The downside is how far politics will go... And IF politics become a problem we may even see expulsion and then my DSTV decoder will remain off indefinitely...

So IF things go horribly wrong this might well be our last world cup... But i am hopeful that things will not go so badly and that at worse we get to see a new team being developed... and a lot of hard games with a lot more drama

[HR Solutions]

This will never be our last world cup. To qualify to be in a world cup is a 4 year period. No matter what, we are and always will be in the top 10 teams in the world.

I was in the opinion (before this game) that we do need the older players in the team, but after sat I do feel that one guy that should be replaced in Jean de Villers. The combination of Damion and Jessie Kriel was an awesome combination. I went to the game in CT when they played the World 15. We went into this game being complacent - we never change game plans if things go wrong and for this I blame Heyneke Meyer. I said to my family before the game that we need to watch out for Eddie Jones - he has a never give up attitude - The last couple of years so many of our players have played in Japan - What we did not realise that they were getting paid big bucks to play there and they were learning from our players all this time and then they hired Jones. They are a very clever nation.

All respect to them that in the dying minutes they were awarded two penalties right on our line and they chose to go for the try. This is a Eddie Jones trait - he will never go for the draw - he plays to win.

All thro the game when we saw the coaches - Eddies Jones had a calm controlling attitude. Our coach was as nervous as hell and pacing up and down chewing his nails !!! If you think about it - it should have been the other way round, but it was not - Eddie Jones did his homework and nailed us where we never even thought he would take us down.

Well done Japan - you made history.

Another dismal fact is - A team that has lost a game in the initial pool stages has NEVER one the Cup. Therefore if we are to win the Cup we will also make history.

[adrianh]

Being beaten by Japan can be likened to a John Deere tractor being run over by a Toyota Corolla

[CLIVE-TRIANGLE]

yea.... Indeed that was a stupid move on my behalf and Mister Botha AKA " Mister Hendrik Egnatius Botha" went missing... it was almost worth the R700 when I saw that bit of drama... LOL I am still laughing actually when i think about it... Sometimes just sometimes one has to see the comical bits behind it all... 100% save for the other TV presenters on Supper sport... Well done boys... Well done

And i was very interested in his remarks.

[CLIVE-TRIANGLE]

All respect to them that in the dying minutes they were awarded two penalties right on our line and they chose to go for the try. This is a Eddie Jones trait - he will never go for the draw - he plays to win.

Actually he said he was furiously trying to message them to settle for the draw!
Agree with all that you said.