eToro Rugby Championship Round Five: South Africa press conference - etoro review

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Francisco Fortuin: Listening to Siya gives the impression that they only know one way to play. That's sad

Francisco Fortuin: Siya talking about high speed? They slowed the game down so much. Where was the high speed contest?

Phil Hai: I get now the mindset of the Springboks and euro test sides, they have never mastered the ball in hand side of the game naturally so why bother? the problem with that is your destiny is in the hands of the opposition by kicking away, the All Blacks have similar motto to the SAS "he who dares wins" respectfully.

Mark Barrett: Great team effort though.

Mark Barrett: Can't believe they persisted with the ' game plan ' by kicking in the last few minutes, when the should have kept possession. All was okay until then. Bad decision and unfortunately consistent with the Boks' reputation. It possibly lost them the game.

Martin Gray: Really though, it's not 'DNA' and that's a bit of a red herring. The Boks style of play is not 'encoded' into who they are or a nation psyche. Rather than style that they've practiced and evolved and are now so habituated into (probably at many levels of the game over there) that it is nigh impossible to imagine themselves playing in any other way. If it were DNA, all teams with big forwards and good kickers would also play that way, but a quick look at the All Blacks (for example) would show us otherwise....

shano williams: all blacks were dominating the scrum then getting pinged for it,,sad

shano williams: northern refereee...useless disgraceful

shano williams: bok forwards didnt dominate..watching the game.....no way...overated there forwards..them sly trick ways of theres is why they look good nothing else

aniva wilson: 70s rugby. ABs will play that way in 2nd match. with a twist.

kainoizking: The All Black fan in me was laughing but the rugby fan in me was so frustrated with the bokke. 20 meters from the AB line, kick the ball away. Minutes to go in the game, kick the ball away. A literal 3 man overlap on the outside, kick the ball away. Just have a crack man! It's not gonna hurt you to let your backline have a go! I honestly find Pollard to be a very mediocre 10 but what he does have is a great kicking game (both in game and from the tee) and good distribution. He has some electric backs outside him, feed them and let them have a go at our line for gods sakes.

Brad Prouting: About to be 4 losses in a row

Jace Da Ace: Both kickers performed well for their respective teams with Pollard's missed conversion the only difference! Contrasting strategies stood up well for both teams...great test match rugby...right down to the wire!!! Although, with 3 mins left, I thought the Boks would've tried to maintain possession of the ball instead of kicking it back to the ABs. That decision ultimately led to the turnover allowing Jordie to hit the winning goal!!! Looking forward to next week's rematch...

Puppy Soda: Wow 😲 the day SA gets rid of this coach you will see SA winning more....he is terrible (kiwi perspective) Tried to bring a player on 70th minute not allowed due to injuries or have to play with 14??? Lol poor management anyone?? Highest offside penalty count lol poor coaching, kicking with game online n opposition 22 ok?? Lololol

Wakeel Kafaar: I just Watched this Conference right after watching Ian Foster and Ardie, They watched the same Game?, yet they can comment on specifics about the Game, The Boks coach say he didnt see that turnover that the caller was talking about....WHAT????, these two dont know???? were they not paying attention?, here's Another HUGE issue, THE AB commended the Boks and commented on how well they put pressure, they do not comment once positively on their Great Rival for taking the relentless pressure including all handling errors and the bounce just not favoring them, to be able to stay in the fight and yet admit to their mistakes and Errors, These two say they did what they needed to do, they executed the plan and dont know what went wrong, So i take it you didnt come to win Bokke? I hope the Springboks get another Lesson like the 57-0 for next weeks game... this conference was a waste of peoples time...

tom wkf: 8:00 coach is in denial. Saying U shouldn't count points scored because it was a harsh yellow.....

Erin Wilson: What a nice guys Siya is. Very humble.

Puppy Soda: What a terrible game to watch! SA even had a referee that suited there style of boring negative rugby…..and still lost!! Lolol If ref is different next week SA will get embarrassingly rolled!! What seems a touch strange however, it seems that SA think that it’s ok to lose and not try to adapt or change there tactics??

Duane Rautahi: well done South Africa very enjoyable match good to see the SA step up true colors

Mangaman1: Springbok trainer had more running metres than the whole backline lol

cameron kleinhans: Nienaber is delusional

Dale Rapata: Good game South Africa be proud

Mark Wilson: Typical boring conference....because its a conference,and they are a franchise and its all corporate PC nonsense. Tis is what money does to the game.....boring and careful language....wouldnt wanna show some emotion and smile!!!

Matthew Clarke: matthew

MrLukeyhym: Man this coach talks kak. Explain to me how it’s a good thing your Vice Captain and fly half kicks the ball with a three man overlap, outside backs on props, in the last 3 mins of the game. The fact he defended them kicking the ball away in the All Blacks half with moments to go is mind boggling.

Peter Cleaver: Don't worry about the toxic media. The media are not the fans. They just want views and clicks. True fans aren't worried to much about the tactics, they are worried about how you execute those tactics. Mistakes make a lesser spectacle. Worried AB Fan.

KiwiLondon1234 ENG: ABs always look weak against physical sides. I've read a lot of comments from kiwis this week that were just embarrassing. SA win or lose times out of 10 can nullify an AB attack. Turnovers (SA) 23 (NZ) 8...NZ won thanks to the boot of J Barrett but make no mistake... The AB pack got murded tonight!

DR DEATH: Its simple run the ball, thats y its called rugby and not soccer

Moegamad Adams: Whos DNA is this clown talking about? Kicking and nt having ability to attack is not springbok Dna.

Neil Smit: I don't think you can say the game plan works if your 0/3 against southern teams. This style suits northern hemisphere rugby hence they won the British and Irish Lions tour. The all blacks definitely had a bad game but you can argue it's because the pressure from the Boks and I am sorry to say but the game was there to be won by the springboks but clearly no intent was shown to attack in last 10mins. All blacks deserve to win if Boks play the last 10min like this.

Trevor Alex: Kick,kick ,kick what happened to keeping the ball in hand and scoring tries.

Te Kooti Tom Anderson: A fantastic, tough, bruising game. The teams couldn't play their usual expansive game plans so required to adjust to whatever the opposition threw at them but also how the referee judged the situation to their advantage or not. It was a hard defensive game (pressure from the opposition) where teams relied on penalties to grind out that scoreboard. The Boks slowing the game, kicking for territory, high ball kicks, disrupting play was not by chance but a deliberate strategic move/plan to unsettle the ABs. The drama and suspense right to the end. The Boks again lost to a penalty against the Wallabies and now the ABs. What a tournament feast for rugby fans!

Cocojuice.: Springboks rugby is sorry boring and will ruin the game…they have awesome players to play a running attacking game

Narch: This couch talks too much

Pee O'Connor: S.A play boring rugby 🏉

Brian killen: ABs can't play that badly two weeks in a row..... Boks are always tough against the AB too, the really know how to hang in there.

Narch: Just be honest and admit the kicking is bullshit

Peter: Northern hemisphere pedantic ref was the perfect aid to assist saffa spoilathon spectacle. Offside,lying all over the tackled ball, collapsing on a dominant ab scrum,entering ab lineout mauls from offside position and he still did nothing. Abs 4/10 performance built on errors,high risk was dull.. quote: take the win and move on"

2002crusaders: All you need is a forward pack,half back & first five,everyone else is redundant,suzie the waitresses daughter who was the medic was kept more busy than the rest of the bok back line by attending to fake injuries in order to stop abs momentum, their style & tactics should fit perfectly into Northern hemisphere rugby if that's where they end up.

B A: Watch Siya's body language. He's not happy. I am convinced all is not well in the Springbok camp. Time will tell.......

Username 384: Siya sounds disappointed that they have to play one more week...Hahahahahahaha 😆😂🤣

Username 384: The game might’ve been boring for casuals but the purest would’ve appreciated this understanding that this is teams 1 and 2 in the world in a real arm wrestle

Francisco Bizzaro: Here's a thought: try and break a tackle.

Ambrose King: The springboks problem is, let's kick and hope we lucky

P F: Springboks need to change the game plan not just kicking away possessions... they will continue to loose if not changing the way they play... now 3 losses in a row and could be 4 next week which is not a good record for the world cup winner...

Stevie: Harsh yellow, they stop the game to review it, lucky it was not a penalty try.

Johan Jansen van Rensburg: This coach with his kicking tactics is going to cost the boks a lot of games. I don't know what DNA his talking about.. pathetic!

carter paul: this post match interview is a big part of the Bok gameplan!

ForFitnessSake: good to see boring rugby loses in the end. springbok rugby killing our sport with boredom one game at a time. the worst thing is the decision makers clearly dont trust their backline to run the ball. they clearly have players that would make a world 15 all day long, but they are not allowed to play with the ball. its such a waste of talent, and a waste for us the fans and for the promotion of rugby.

dezman56ford: Don't expect another poor game from the AB's nxt time, Boks will get punished if they continue with their kick and chase tactics.