Team for South Africa

[pompey-zebra]

Oddly that doesn't feel like it went too badly. No-one's injured yet.

Coping with bullshit YCs is an important skill to learn, these guys might as well learn it now.

This game reminds me of watching Wales in the 90's. You think "we're doing ok here" and are still 15 points down.

[Sandydragon]

Starting props still on

[Ross. S]

Big error from Grady for that try.

He needs to be hugely grateful Shaun Edwards is no longer our defence coach

[Sandydragon]

Oddly that doesn't feel like it went too badly. No-one's injured yet.

Coping with bullshit YCs is an important skill to learn, these guys might as well learn it now.

This game reminds me of watching Wales in the 90's. You think "we're doing ok here" and are still 15 points down.

Consoling myself that this isn’t our strongest team

[Sourdust]

But the lineout is working!

They're not contesting it, are they?

For a team with 5½ caps against most of the World Champions, I honestly think it's going okay. Get a try or two against the tide in the 2nd half, no-one get killed, and I think the coaches will be fairly happy.

[Sourdust]

Oddly that doesn't feel like it went too badly. No-one's injured yet.

Coping with bullshit YCs is an important skill to learn, these guys might as well learn it now.

This game reminds me of watching Wales in the 90's. You think "we're doing ok here" and are still 15 points down.

Indeed - but back then you'd feel like that with our 1st XV. This is barely our 2nd.

[Buggaluggs]

A Rees-Zammit hat-trick and we're right back in it!

[pompey-zebra]

Bloody hell a Wales scrum penalty! Do we get any points for that?

[Buggaluggs]

Bloody hell a Wales scrum penalty! Do we get any points for that?

We get the Bomb Squad on for that!

[Sandydragon]

Hopefully that is just first scrum nerves; we don’t need too many more of those

[Sandydragon]

Well that sums up the day. We look like doing something good, they score a try.

Fair play

[Ross. S]

Thats an absolute back breaker

[pompey-zebra]

Lovely move just thrown away. Ah well....

[Sandydragon]

We’re trying hard but our attack is just not working

[Buggaluggs]

This really is vintage 1990's Wales. For every decent effort there's a soft try given up.

[Sandydragon]

This really is vintage 1990's Wales. For every decent effort there's a soft try given up.

Or we cough the ball up too easily

[Ross. S]

We’re trying hard but our attack is just not working

There's moments, certainly something to build on IMO.

[Sandydragon]

Air of inevitability about that.

[Sandydragon]

That’s getting embarrassing. We’re trying too hard and they can just pick us off

[UKHamlet]

We look like a team that hasn't played together, largely because we are. We should have been playing these games a year ago.

Teddy Williams on

[Buggaluggs]

Not sure I'd risk getting Rees-Z injured in a pointless cause.

[UKHamlet]

Williams isn't international class. He's good when you point him in one direction, but he does nothing else.

[pompey-zebra]

This really is vintage 1990's Wales. For every decent effort there's a soft try given up.

And there's a case in point. SA not really having to work for a big score.

[Sandydragon]

This isn’t easy watching but this is an experimental team.

[Sandydragon]

Williams isn't international class. He's good when you point him in one direction, but he does nothing else.

Which one?