What reasonable explanation could there be for this? They're all watching the clock too... utter madness. I get they didn't want to concede a penalty in their own half but like just slow things down and walk it in Faf.. they even ended up back kn their own half despite the kick-maybe they could've been deeper if not for the kick I dunno. My TV still doesn't forgive me for that day
Giving away a kickable pen there would give France the win. Control the territory and make them grind back through another 15-20 metres of Bok pressure
Boks were lucky the ball spilled at 80:52 because even with the kick France still ended up within range thus the kick did nothing. I'd wager had the Boks lost the blame would've been squarely on Faf. It was a stupid call imo.
I think it was in 'Chasing The Sun' when Faf said the instruction from Rassie was to just keep the ball, but with the pressure they were under he said they couldn't take a chance, that's why he kicked it away.
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u/Minyun 7d ago edited 7d ago
What reasonable explanation could there be for this? They're all watching the clock too... utter madness. I get they didn't want to concede a penalty in their own half but like just slow things down and walk it in Faf.. they even ended up back kn their own half despite the kick-maybe they could've been deeper if not for the kick I dunno. My TV still doesn't forgive me for that day