The scrums weren’t the story. Knock on in the first few mins not called, de Klerk giving away 3 penalties in one attack, Itoje clearly winning a penalty not given just before ht. After the scrum where England won a penalty he blew the whistle when we had the ball, forward pass for the try. These are just off the top of my head after a few beers.As a know-little re union, why were those 3 penalties given against England at scrums? What were England doing wrong?? Wasn’t clearly explained on commentary
A bit harsh. SA pack clearly superior in set scrum, very difficult to counter. Also, several players under performed.
This for me.
Very arrogant in some of his comments too through this week, but he can have no excuses. He knew the ref and how he would manage the game, he knows, as do we all, how SA play, and he’s had a week to prepare ......and still gets absolutely rinsed.
Could have been many things. At least one was for Marler stepping out slightly and moving round rather than forward (difficult to explain). Often, it's the scrum going backwards that is penalised as the front row come up (preventing pushing) or go to ground (also preventing movement).
The second one should have been given to England, as one of the SA front row popped up out of it, which is usually always given. The other two were harder to call, but referees usually seem to favour one side over the other for no obvious reason. In Garces' case, he massively favoured SA in that match.
Why?Can’t believe the ref had the Gaul to pick up that medal