you protesteth too much. ‘neutral observer’ my @@@@@rse.

seems like Im the only 1 who picked the right result and margin round ere.

Tough match. French were smart bringing the 2 best teams in the World to 2 traditional/ravenousl towns where crowd support would be rabid. Check out the difference when they play out of Paris – infinitely better !

and we thought France were Kiwis nemesis…..12yrs and counting since the Boks rolled France at home. 1 win in 7.

Can France now challenge Boks as World no1 ? They move in to no2 on form, surely. Blacks better bring their A game to Marseilles.

PdV needs to be abandoned. The results this year have papered over the cracks in his coaching, but the writing is on the wall. The kick and chase game was revolutionary but part of being at the top is adapting ahead of time. Instead, the Boks tonight persisted. Other sides have worked out their lineout, worked out the fielding of the high ball, and the Boks need now new inspiration and new strategy to avoid being overtaken further.

It has been a great year, but sadly looks like the best is behind the boys.

From what I could see his features looked South African.

Its not the first time that the anthem has been sabotaged; Ive only seen NZ do justice to our anthem.

That anthem was deliberate, no doubt about that!

And then the Frenchman belts out their anthem brilliantly

The players had a hard time not to laugh.

Where did they find that “bergie”? I would have kicked in on both shins and in the teeth.

It can potentially become a nightmare for PdV, this tour.

But the guys must regroup and build on this performance; it was their 1st game as a unit after the Currie Cup.

At least I did not see over the top panic, but you could see they felt the pressure.

go to bed blindman…otherwise you will regret it in the morning

erudite post for a policeman