Rugby

My biggest surprise was that the Scots didnt even attempt to stop the boks first rolling maul (i may have missed something as it got Scotland a penalty i think) and it was seriously lame on the second one. Its a strength for SA and definitely not something to miss out on.

It looked like the Scots had a second wind but it also looked like SA had a really good defense game.

That first disallowed try was a deliberate scottish tactic, by never contesting the maul it meant that it was never formed, according to the rules both teams are required to form mauls. Without the maul formed the SA ball carrier had men between the defenders and himself, an obstruction. This is why the try was disallowed and Scotland were awarded a penalty. The second time it happened, Scotland did the exact same thing which is frustrating as the ref awarded a try, no consistency, not completely his fault as we were exploiting a fairly obscure part of the rules but he did get it right the first time. It is a very clever way to defend a maul I wouldn't be surprised to see it more often in the future, especially as you are not (technically) allowed to collapsed the fuckers now.

In the second half SA did defend very well but we never gave the ball to our danger men where they could use it. Visser who is a country mile our best offensive runner never saw the ball.