Rugby World Cup live scores, blog: Wallabies vs Springboks

I agree with Mike here, i watched the game again, and with NZ commentary, and let me tell you, SA were lucky, they piled in off their feet on most ocasions they forced a turnover, they were offside and not retreating when kicking, and while you guys think that you were hard done by with the forward pass, keep 2 things in mind: 1. Lawrence said a pass, that was illegally knocked down by Haban, was forward and it was not. 2. Most importantly, the pass was forward! He actually got it right. Both sides can feel agrieved as to the way it was referreed, BL missed numerous infringements from both sides. At the end of teh day, ppl say the better team lost, but that is only looking at stats. What about the defence of the Ws? Was that not the best. Have a look at how easily the Ws broke tackles etc of the Boks and compare that to the possesion stats. I think the better team actually won.

I agree, they are hurting, they should have won ( i know should have could have etc), but what a game! one of the toughest i have scene from both teams...

What about McCabe/Elsom/Horwill/Samo?

agree mate, the best game on the weekend was Wales V Ireland... Great teams, just wish they had not met in 1/4 finals, would have bin interesting in the semis

agree

but he beat them...

I agree with Lawrence, maybe my earlier post were biased, but they pointed out his lack of understanding of the game, either side could be agrieved by his calles. terrible. i half agree about our call, how could you deny mccabe after his efforts? look, he didn't set the game alight and maybe with a better kicker inside him, cooper would have been better, but mccabe's defence was, well indescribably awesome, even with a bung shoulder and that is what you want in these games. Hopefully KB is good, he is a freak, but the Ws need to realise that they have to keep ball in hand instead o fkicking it. they won't win this weekend if they don't

Ivan, rather than appealing to whatever "kiwi mates" or english journalists you can find to support you, why don't you try actually analysing the game - there's a thought. You know that South Africa have not been able to shut down the Australian backs like that in the last six games before this RWC (and as you well know, five of those games were won by Australia). The only reason the Boks could do it this time was that Lawrence's particular style of refereeing favoured their approach. They took full advantage of it and good for them. But the harsh truth is that Bryce assisted your team.

Yes, I am a sore loser. Would congratulate the wallas if they outplayed the boks. Boks would have dominated under any ref, to get a neutrals perspective - ask your kiwi mates. There's only one thing worse than a sore loser, and that's a bad winner. But I can't blame you, clearly you are incapable of seeing what really happened. Try reading english and kiwi media, you may find I'm not the only one who thinks bryce assisted your team. And I have said on other posts, I am just sour about losing in this manner. Tough to deal with, we really thought we could win this one

Regardless of wether the pass was forward or not, you should probably have a look at the knock-down - I've rewound a few times and still can't say it actually went forward.

So now its personal abuse, as well. Thanks mate, well done.

Don't kid yourself. The Boks should be grateful to Lawrence that his loose policing of the breakdown allowed them to get as far into Australian territory as they did.

No, Ivan, if you think that bok infringements occurred on the Australian try line then you are completely blind. You have made several posts all based on your ignoring of every Bok infringement. That adds up to only one thing - a sore loser.

No it is you who are ignorant Ivan. You are only seeing what you want to see, and none of the numerous infringements committed by the Boks. Lawrence's refereeing helped the Boks, not the Australians. If he hadn't been so loose on the breakdown, the Boks would never have got the territory they did. With a different referee, the Wallabies could well have scored another 20 points.

Craig Joubert has had some shockers in his time too. And he wouldn't have refereed much different to Lawrence on Sunday.

on their own tryline that they could have used to kick for touch, where they would have lost another lineout and then had to withstand further onslaught. compared to the penalties the boks should have gotten, that would have been kicked over ? youre comparing apples with bananas mate

Did your parents ever ask you to run away from home ?

just pipped by Lawrence though.

wallaby infringements on their line - read territory stats. Boks could have slotted many penalties, Wallabies could only have kicked for touch. Pocock got away with murder at times, Boks didnt adapt to the free for all without Brussow. if you couldnt see that your team were extremely lucky - then youre just plain ignorant. Do you ever wonder what it would have been like, if you had enough oxygen at birth? Its sour grapes, so forgive us Saffas and give us the grace to mourn please. we feel cheated, but we will get over it eventually and be back stronger next year. 2 forward passes that could easily have been given - but Lawrence felt he needed to make amends to Aus for the Irish game (where he had far less influence in the result). we are being bad sports, so instead - well done wallabies. Pocock is a great player and even with a stricter ref, im sure he will do well. Good luck against the Kiwis, as a saffa we hope to see a titanic struggle with plenty of big hits, cheap shots, and general punch ups. Whomever wins is not guaranteed the cup as i had stated a few weeks ago, Wales have convinced me - they mean business.

Craig Joubert is a good ref. Why are NZ and Aus not producing any quality refs ? We all know how bad Dickinson and Lawrence are / were.