1 hour ago
Key events
4 mins. A fewer carries from South Africa are contained by nan Scottish defence, earlier Wiese goes disconnected his feet astatine nan ruck allowing Russeel to find touch successful nan Bok half.
2 mins. Ben White finds a coagulated touch aft nan restart and nan first correction of nan crippled is simply a Bok one, pinch Grobelaar overthrowing nan lineout and handing possession to Scotland connected halway. They discarded nary clip spreading it wide to Rowe past Ashman bu nan holds connected a spot excessively agelong connected nan ground. Penalty SA.
Officials for today:
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Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
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Assistant Referee 1: James Doleman (New Zealand)
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Assistant Referee 2: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
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TMO: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
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Teams
South Africa: Aphelele Fassi; Edwill van der Merwe, Jesse Kriel, Damian Willemse, Canan Moodie; Handre Pollard, Embrose Papier; Boan Venter, Johan Grobbelaar, Wilco Louw; Cobus Wiese, Ruan Nortje; Paul de Villiers, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Evan Roos.
Replacements: Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Ntuthuko Mchunu, Zach Porthen, Ben-Jason Dixon, Vincent Tshituka, Elrigh Louw, Grant Williams, Quan Horn.
Scotland: Kyle Rowe; Kyle Steyn, Rory Hutchinson, Sione Tuipulotu, Jamie Dobie; Finn Russell, Ben White; Pierre Schoeman, Ewan Ashman, Zander Fagerson; Gregor Brown, Scott Cummings; Matt Fagerson, Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey.
Replacements: Gregor Hiddleston, Rory Sutherland, Will Hurd, Alex Samuel, Josh Bayliss, Magnus Bradbury, Tom Jordan, Stafford McDowall.
Preamble
We unrecorded successful a clip of what galore see late-stage capitalism, pinch globalised finances and each that causing overmuch statement astir whether nan woody that nan ascendant strategy of nan past 300 years someway makes america each amended disconnected whitethorn beryllium broken.
Scotland is, of course, considered nan birthplace of modern capitalism and if you inquire daddy Scotsman of it all, Adam Smith, past it wasn’t really meant to beryllium for illustration this. Self-interest wasn’t meant to beryllium wholly selfish, it was much concerning nan astir businesslike measurement to get worldly done/built/made. Funny that his nation’s squad can’t grasp that 300 years later..
One squad that tin grasp specified a conception and ne'er ever fto spell of it is South Africa. But their self-interest is perfectly selfish successful nature, for illustration nan surviving embodiment of 80s plus stippers they identify, return over, past systematically dismantle that which is successful their way. Except they don’t waste nan surgery disconnected bits for a profit, their reward is to feast connected nan humiliation of what remains past connected to nan adjacent one. It is simultaneously logical and elemental, conscionable inquire England aft past week.
Gregor Townsend’s broadside get successful Pretoria disconnected nan backmost of a invited triumph and capacity vs Argentina moreover if location was a whiff of switching disconnected precocious connected from nan men successful blue. This could beryllium forgiven arsenic nan crippled was good won astatine that stage, but it’s difficult to spot them successful specified a position today, moreover facing a heavy rotated Springbok squad.
