Springboks vs All Blacks Greatest Rivalry 2026 Test 1 Live Chat

30 minutes to go. Looking forward to some proper high stakes rugby again.

I'll be here in spirit Paks!

...the Horde are all at my place and acting like noobs!

Great moments boys….this is what it’s all about

Seeing lots of sighing among the ABs

Marx superb steal but ABs get it back again.

Big old double tackle gets the Boks the penalty.

Will Jordan over. Had some internet issues so I didn't see anything that came before. Sharp play by Roigard, skipping all the fatties waiting for the charge straight to the man outside.

The ‘useless Esterhuizen’ shows why he should have been there for the 100 tests

Andre bulldozes Moorby to score. Man of all the times to have internet issues. Looks like I might be able to watch now.

Kriel a great defensive organizer…not a great tackler

Once again the scrum our best weapon

De Villiers having a blinder

Ox is super human

Howzit all...now for some Bok SMASH!!!

Best NZ scrum since de Groot’s exit

We need to score here

Anybody else noticing how the ref is allowing NZ to roll the ball straight through the scrum. They have not hooked a single ball yet.

The scrum is dead.

Great first half …..Wiese, de Villiers and Eben were huge. Nice to see Eben the marauder back. It all comes down to the scrum.

I also got unexpected company so not commenting much. Great contest so far.

For his size Kolbe is doing outstanding work under the high ball.

New Zealand very[oor under the high ball…Kolbe and Sacha take balls they had no right t0

First scrum feed Boks

Kolbe…what a rugby player

New Zealand completely outplayed and Lady Luck strikes

The box kick strikes again. Holland charges down and scores.

ABs really are clueless under the high ball. Just handing advantage to the Boks.

Our attack is disjointed, the high kicks and scrums are our wins so far.

You get the feeling that if NZ get a yellow here they're toast. They're leading but at the same time it feels like they're just hanging on by the skin of their teeth.

ABs get the scrum penalty. Boks had a solid platform, play the damn ball.

Finally a bit of luck for the Boks….the ball rolls away from Rooigard

Savea draws everything but the kitchen sink…and they run through Dud Toit

One scrum flex too many and that's where we are. Fuck them up is fine, but some time or another you have to actually play some fucking ball. We wasted a fine 5m scrum platform, conceded the penalty, and that's where it ended.

Anybody see Eben’s pace up the wing

PSDT owned in the tackle. We had concerns, chaps. We're seeing it.

What an embarrassment of a TMO call. Holy shit.

Lovely run by Williams….our scrum advantage now diminished

Best passer in the side tosses it at Sacha's head. The pablum flows.

Again, some fantastic reffing in this game.

Now we have shoulder on shoulder contact. Fucking TMO. What an absolute idiot.

Game over.

Bins lose.

Pity my prediction was on the money