@Pakie go check the pass to Kolbe vs England in the 2019 RWC final
Twickenham 2024. It was a bit of a hail mary pass that Kolbe had to jump and take almost behind him, but I'll give it to him. The break was probably better than the eventual pass.
On a decision making level, I like Andre's more. He had just picked the ball up from the breakdown, four possible receivers, Willemse just inside Kolbe was calling for it was well, but he made the call to send it straight to Kolbe in space and put it in his bread basket, taking all the AB defenders out of the equation except Carter, who had to deal with the impossible Kolbe step while running across field to boot. But that's just my opinion.
MP what I like about the Boks is their strike ability - against Scotland for example we racked up 40 points with 39% possession. At the same time that's what makes our style of playing so frequently without the ball more frustrating, because we can do so much more damage holding on to the damn thing. The Scots ran us ragged, and if they didn't fluff one red zone chance after the other (I counted at least 5 clear scoring chances where they took the wrong final option or just dropped the ball), they could have pummeled us. The Boks are far more clinical, while we may still be playing a basically tight forward and kick dominated game, the strike potential is impressive. But I get the feeling, wrong or right, that our propensity to defend more than play will come to bite us at some point. It almost did against France and the ABs in '23, but goal kicking and a very lucky penalty for Kwagga jackling while not supporting his weight against France scraped us through.
