..of eggs and ovoids.

This is a pretty good game.

England kick the ball away, concede a penalty, concede a try from the line out.
England kick the ball away, knock it on, concede a penalty from the scrum.
10 points from 2 aimless kick aways. Architects of their own downfall.

The kicking game had worked very well. There were some lose kicks and SA were dominating the scrum.

So your explanation is a bit simplistic

Maybe, but I'm not a fan of booting the ball back to the oppo. I'd rather they'd tried to play a few phases to run the clock down.
And after Forest and the cricket I'm not exactly full of the joys of spring.

Me neither. But the tactic had worked well all game…

One of the shittest days of sport for some time.

(And don't get me started on the trains...)

Yeah, Jamie George fell apart last 20. Scrum penalties and two terrible line out throws.
Was watching in France (French commentary), so no idea what final scrum penalty was for (or why De Klerk was allowed so long before the feed)
But shame a game is decided by the ref’s interpretation of the rules, rather than quality in play. (And why was it the same ref who also did South Africa’s QF?)

Final penalty was for a knee on the ground by Genge. Which I’d argue only happened because Koch wasn’t scrummaging straight. But the ref had already decided by then that only one scrum was infringing.

Worse was his complete unwillingness to penalise South Africa in the following phase of play, for lying on the wrong side and a high tackle.

Still. Better than England fans could have expected with that side. The more interesting question is whether Borthwick and his coaches have the ability to build on that base, or is that the extent of their ambition.

Not sure where NZ is now on rugby, hating Wayne Barnes probably, but think he actually did a decent job in a chaotic game.

Really wanted to see NZ win, just cos the SA team are very, well, South African. But have to admire their ability to get a result, three weeks running winning by a point.

Obviously it's largely Wayne Barnes' fault. Again. But in general, I'd say they are more philosophical than usual. The entitlement is definitely there, but this wasn't a team/coach that had the confidence of the public. Most were stoked to get there, accepting of the red card, and happy it was close, whilst bemoaning the ref and the errors.
I think the time of day probably helped. No-one* would have stayed up all night drinking.

*Obviously not literally "no-one"

Mainly correct but you’ve forgotten about the snooze fest that is F1. And basketball obviously.