SA vs England - 2nd Test

pretty depressing viewing for an england fan. our first up defence just simply wasnt good enough..the try by spies is the evidence. The tour, whilst having some good performance from the boks, was ridiculous. how england hoped to gain anything from it with over 30 players out is beyond me. that said the first forty minutes showed promise, all that was achieved was giving the boks a huge confidence boost (like the needed it anyhow...)ahead of the RWC clash. there were good performances by tait and scarborough. but the boks seemed at ease to be fair, playing well within their capabilities first half. a full strength england will pose a differant challenge and i still believe they could beat SA. but undoubtedly we would go into that match big underdogs. atm, SA seems the only side able to challenge all black dominance. will be fascinating to see the tri-nations as a neutral fan.what did the sa fans make of it and england??o and does anyone have the scarborough hit on montgomery??..wasnt that huge, but big all the same and as a sarries fan i would love to see it again!

Howzit, as a kiwi, watching the game on the weekend, shows how the boks are in devasting form. Wouldnt be suprise if the abs lose a test match in the tri nations against the boks. Wouldnt mind if they lose one or two games now, just as long as they lose none in the world cup. But once again the boks are looking dangerous, and in my eyes are favys heading into the wc, then again u cant really doubt the boks when they are in poor form, because they always lift for the occasion, this year will be no different.

spies was good but he made some unforgivale errors, like giving that try away

Scarborough hit on Montgomery:"Look mom, no arms..."The boks normally hand out those types, but it remains to be a shoulder, no matter who it was.

The Scarborough hit may not have any arms but there was a clear attempt to warp the arms round, as could be seen, and that makes the differance. The rules say that you must make an attempt to wrap round with your arms and i you cann't because you hit them so hard they just bouce back then thats considered a fair tackle, and it may look like that he didn't attempt to proerly wrap round but replays are slowed down so the actual speed of the tackle cann't be see.And the rule about arms i stupid anyway, its no more dangerous, ive played both league, where tackles with just the shoulder are allowed and union and have never been bably injuredm, aside from a broken rib by a shoulder hit, but because in union when you wrap your arms round and try to turn them in the tackle, as well as being more likely to fall on them, its much easier to damage ligaments andjoint in the leg, as has happened to me, that can put you out of rugby for months. So as you can probably tell i don't buy the argument that its more dangerous to take without arms.

Ya someone post that hit by Dan Scarborough it was huge, Percy Montgomery Take A Seat!!!

Christ, how bad is Hugh Bladen as a commentator! I reckon that i could do a better job

kiwi says...I reckon SA the team to beat at world cup this year!!! Bryan Habana! best wing around at the mo! with form and confidence like that? we're lucky the WC ain't in SA this year!

who was the team of england?players' names..

i think hugh bladen is a good commentator.

The english performance was frankly, pathetic, and compared to the SA game it is no wonder they won the World Cup.Kudos to England being able to last the full 80 minutes.