Lions verdict on training week pick Kelleher

His problem is a major handicap - he can’t pass!!!

if he would learn to distribute accurately and in timely fashion - when or more to the point “if” he passes too often they are wayward and never in the bread in

Sadly he tends to run into contact rather than pass. His decision making when passing is also problematic- his attempt to pass to Reece as an example was ill conceived.

Ioane’s distribution prob Klein is exacerbated by the fact that Barrett is also a poor distributor of the ball and he’s playing outside McKenzie who can’t command a back line

OK I've done that. Now, could someone please explain to me why it matters at all?

Here's a question for you - and all the other whingers: how many RWCs had Rassie won? Have you got absolutely no clue about the fact he is a rugby genius and knows what he's doing?!

Enjoyed both games. We play Argentina in the Nov series. That has me worried. We usually catch them cold when they are at the end of a long season. They look very different now.

For the sake of rugby I certainly hope the NZRU don't change their rules!!! For the sake of the ABs though, I hope they do.

Smash 'em bro!

Would be seriously surprised to learn if you ever played the game or reffed in any level... other than behind a keyboard

It's sad you're all too ignorant about the sport to recognise that basic & irrefutable fact.

But supporters of a four teams are massive thickos - all too cheap to support their teams by buying match tickets. For a start . As you are all too happy to reconfirm how ignorant and thick you all are at every occasion

After two fabulous tries SA seemed to dial down the intensity. But Bok teams at less than full intensity are beatable.

Congrats to Argentina!

92% possession in the last 10 minutes, with the scoreboard at 29-28, but unable to find the 2 points necessary. Ouch!

Also, over the course of the game the Boks had 40% more passes, 80% more carries, and 50% more line breaks, but fewer points on the board. Is that a new-fangled attack that is still not working, or is the new normal for the Boks to work that much harder for their points than their opponents do?

But the real problem was defense. 28 points should be enough to win a game. The Boks are at their best when they consistently limit their opponents to 15 points or less. That's a good goal for any team. Argentina is a good (and under-rated) team, but the Boks have stopped good teams before.

Rassie needs to spend the next week figuring out why a backline that is full of double RWC winners has become so porous. The KLA yellow card explains some of it, but the Boks usually adapt. It may be time to call his buddy Nienaber. One part of it is that if you're going to de-emphasize the territorial game, then there is more pressure to minimize turnovers.

Manie will be wishing that there was a good kicker elsewhere in the team, so that he could contest for #10 without having to be a BMT place kicker. SA supporters were expecting something like the end of the Currie Cup final, but with a much easier kick. Unfortunately Manie doesn't seem to improve his kicking accuracy under pressure.

It has to be said: Congrats to Argentina.