Quote Originally Posted by superheavyrhun View Post

Especially when the Hook penalty went over and was ruled out by Wayne Barnes, without even going to the TV official. I will be bitter about it for some time to come.
Nah, don't be bitter. The truth is we were much the better side but we couldn't quite close it off. South Africa were only in our half twice and they came away with two tries, and they also defended very well.

We had enough territory and possession to win it without having to rely on that kick, or the missed drop goal by Priestland. We shouldnt feel aggrieved or that we are victims of some miscarriage of justice as that only perpetuates our failures. Don't forget that we beat Ireland after an illegal throw in last year, we scored a try after a forward pass against against Scotland. We also did a 'smash and grab' against England recently that was almost exactly what happened to us against SA.

We were good enough to compete with and outperform the reigning World Champions in a fanrastic game ....... but not quite confident or ruthless enough to finish them off