This was by far, the best moment in the game. It was poetic in a sense that Mapimpi got an opportunity to get revenge on Marika Koroibete in The Rugby Championship match of South Africa vs Australia. I like the attitude that Mapimpi had when he let Marika Koroibete know about his missed tackle, it showed that the fightback from the Springbok team and the fact that everyone came in to back Mapimpi up, showed the pride we had. Mapimpi might have gotten a yellow card, but this was well worth it because he restored the pride of South African fans by doing that. It got back at Australia for the whole Nic White incident as well where he faked an injury to get Faf de Klerk a yellow card.
Also what stood out is just how terrifying Eben Etzebeth is when he gets his star going. He was not having any of it and got into the faces of the Australian players and showed why he is the most feared rugby player in rugby. It's been a while when we saw that much aggression from him as he has calmed down in recent time, but this was the perfect game to show his aggression. Eben is a legend and will go down as one of South Africa's best players as well as most liked players to ever play the game.
People can be mad at Ben O'Keefe, but he had no choice but to give the yellow card to Mapimpi, he was the one who instigated it. I thought he handled it well, because if it was a northern hemisphere ref, you could bet there would be red cards flying out all over the place.
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