What a win that was for the Wallabies on Saturday evening at Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg. In the last ten minutes of the match however, the Springboks attempted to set up a maul off a line-out in the middle of the park.
A bit of arrogance and stupidity is what people are saying when there was that much time left on the clock.
Good indication of the mindset of the Boks here. 11 points down, 72 minutes gone and they’re doing dummy lineout/maul trick plays in midfield.
Not sure if it’s arrogance or stupidity, bit of both maybe? Up their own holes as they’d say out west. pic.twitter.com/XSkr5dckGE
— Jim Demps (@jim_demps) August 16, 2025
Here are some of the comments online ..
Delighted they did it. Totally tone deaf & bombastic rugby self flagellation. Even the hype men gone walkabout
Seems like a waste of energy if they’re just gonna immediately offload it to a looping back.
They made 15+ meters off the play when they badly needed to make 15+ meters off a play 🤷🏻♂️ god forbid they try something new 😅
Yeah not the smartest play given the situation but boy how telling it is to see the likes of you, many of those commenting and many others seemingly taking so much joy from a Bok defeat. It’s pretty funny. 🦞
Think it’s a dumb move anyway. If a team just doesn’t engage they can get pinged for obstruction if they maul and ties a bunch of men up in a set formation so would give time for the opposing back line to rush the remaining attacking back line.
Good result for the Bokke and the Ozzies. One a big wake up and the other a much needed confidence boost.
Tbh its not a maul off a line out in mid play. It’s nothing more than the old flying wedge and refs should be penalising them.
Yip and still with 10 minutes to go and 20 something points down they do the box kick giving the ball to the Aussies instead of trying to show some professionalism
On of the most abysmal performances I have witnessed in 50 years of supporting the boks.
Fassi what is he a centre or a fullback? Also always trying the Campese goose step yo try to confuse the opposition. I won’t even comment on our flyhalf forever trying to skip passes and eventually giving the Aussies a hift try. Just plain pathetic
and if they had scored a try – ?? Would you have said the same ??
Bwahahahahaha – that is the stupidest response you could make
Very happy today. Racism and government interference do not belong in sport. It is not allowed by world sport federation, yet the racism by the supremacists in ANC government are being allowed. Rassie is turning rugby in a clown show and killing the spirit of the game. It’s time for sanctions to return to SA sport until racism is stopped.
We lost a game of Rugby – it is not the end of the world and certainly not a racist issue!!!
I hate how when ever spring bok alot of white people blame it on players of color but when we win the world cup it’s a team effort. What have people of color done to white people in South Africa that they hate them so much. Boks have been playing weak opponents while Australia played tough opponents the past few games. At some point all teams loose. Can we just take a loose.