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South Africa earn thrilling 36-34 win over New Zealand.....
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<blockquote data-quote="Ampdog" data-source="post: 879838" data-attributes="member: 144"><p>One can view stats, be critical, whatever, but as Oom Boy Louw said almost a century ago:</p><p></p><p>"Looks at the score-board!"</p><p></p><p>The stats say what? It doesn't show that the Boks were probably nervous as hell; not forgetting that they came from two losses. It doesn't show the tremendous effort, both physically and spiritually, that was required by a 'down' team to 'come back' like they did - and added that the Boks were behind (as most expected) 12 - 0 at half-time. It doesn't show that the best team in the world can rally quickly but in this case to no avail.</p><p></p><p>I would venture to say that the score is a secondary matter. If all the kicks were successful the ABs might have won by a similar small margin. If the game continued for perhaps a few more minutes the ABs might have won say with another penalty. If it were to continue for a few more minutes the Boks might have been ahead again, and so on ad infinitum.</p><p></p><p>And the Boks might not repeat that performance soon. (And why is the mindset that is is a shame to lose?) Etc. etc. etc. Truth is, the ABs is still the best team in the world; one must just watch a few earlier games to notice that they just play better than their opponents.</p><p></p><p>I will rest with that. To me the main achievement is the way the Boks performed, coming 'from behind' the way they did. No future losses can take that away from them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ampdog, post: 879838, member: 144"] One can view stats, be critical, whatever, but as Oom Boy Louw said almost a century ago: "Looks at the score-board!" The stats say what? It doesn't show that the Boks were probably nervous as hell; not forgetting that they came from two losses. It doesn't show the tremendous effort, both physically and spiritually, that was required by a 'down' team to 'come back' like they did - and added that the Boks were behind (as most expected) 12 - 0 at half-time. It doesn't show that the best team in the world can rally quickly but in this case to no avail. I would venture to say that the score is a secondary matter. If all the kicks were successful the ABs might have won by a similar small margin. If the game continued for perhaps a few more minutes the ABs might have won say with another penalty. If it were to continue for a few more minutes the Boks might have been ahead again, and so on ad infinitum. And the Boks might not repeat that performance soon. (And why is the mindset that is is a shame to lose?) Etc. etc. etc. Truth is, the ABs is still the best team in the world; one must just watch a few earlier games to notice that they just play better than their opponents. I will rest with that. To me the main achievement is the way the Boks performed, coming 'from behind' the way they did. No future losses can take that away from them. [/QUOTE]
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