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Western Force upset Jaguares, Southern Kings win all-South African affair

Super Rugby side Western Force

It was a landmark result for Australian Super Rugby as Western Force upstaged Jaguares, while Southern Kings trumped Sharks in an entertaining clash.

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Western Force became the first Australian Super Rugby team to win in Argentina after stunning Jaguares 16-6 in Buenos Aires on Saturday.

Leading 3-0 at half-time, Western Force made sure of their first away win of the season thanks to tries from Alex Newsome and Isireli Naisarani.

Western Force are now six points adrift of Australian conference-leading Brumbies.

Southern Kings defeated a fellow South African Super Rugby side for the first time, securing a thrilling 35-32 victory over Sharks at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.

Tries from Alshaun Bock and Lionel Cronje, who also kicked two penalties and a conversion in the first half, saw the hosts go in 18-16 ahead at the break.

Patrick Lambie sent over two three-pointers and converted Dan du Preez’s try in reply but he had to be replaced Garth April in the 33rd minute.

Rhyno Smith was sent to the sinbin just before half-time and the Kings took advantage early in the second term, Bock crossing for his second try of the match and Cronje converting.

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The tables were turned in the 54th minute when Kings’ Ross Geldenhuys picked up a yellow card, Sharks seizing on the opportunity to cross through Lwazi Mvovo. April converted to follow the two penalties he had kicked since replacing Lambie.

And when the substitute added two more penalties to make it 32-28 with five minutes remaining, he looked to have decided it in the visitors’ favour.

Kings were not to be denied though, an intense spell of late pressure eventually seeing Pieter-Steyn de Wet cross for a 78th-minute try, converted by Cronje, to seal a dramatic victory.

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RedWarriors 57 minutes ago
How Dupont-less France tossed a grenade into Ireland's Grand Slam celebrations

In both instances, Ireland can cross halfway in comfort and there are 20 or 30 metres of space in which to work, but a clear sense of purpose is conspicuously absent. Whether it stumbled into a handling error or a breakdown pilfer or delivered a negative kick back to their opponents, Ireland’s transition attack was toothless.”


I disagree with this in the first instance there is a three on one if Osborne receives the pass. He will get past Moefana with only Ramos appearing to confront Osborne, Aki and Sheehan with no-one behind. Probable try, not toothless. As Osborne is on the opposite wing to what he has been training for there is a handling error (understandable). You did acknowledge that Lowe was a blow, but thsi was not a toothless attack, the French defense was beaten there.

The second instance is a kick to Nash, again he will not have trained as much on kick receipts and takes the ball into trouble. Ireland’s systemic preparation is massively important to them but vulnerable to a pre match injury.


As I said previously, in all parallell universes France win, but it might have been a better and more interesting contest without that Injury.


My hopeful view before that match was of a Leinster-LaRochelle type scenario with Ireland building a score and then withstanding an onslaught. Turned out first half was a low scoring Leinster-LaRochelle encounter. Second half was tired Leinster versus Fresh Toulouse.

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