New Zealand are currently like a very dangerous wounded animal, after having a bad couple of years. I think they are going to rip the Springboks to shreds in the final.
The question probably should be why the referee didn’t feel that serious enough to address with the SA captain at least?
I agree, scrum penalties are terrible for the game at the highest level because they encourage a lot of negative play.
Quote from: paul_e on October 23, 2023, 06:44:15 AMI agree, scrum penalties are terrible for the game at the highest level because they encourage a lot of negative play.What I don't like about scrum penalties is that referees will generally call a penalty when a scrum is being dominated by one of the teams. Sometimes it just looks like dominance and the other team aren't actually infringing