So South Africa managed to beat England in the Rugby World Cup. What relief. I would probably have stopped watching the game had England managed to remain champions. Although they have the prescribed fifteen on the park, England have managed to make it a nine man game - eight big forwards and one goal kicker. Their game plan is simple, effective, extremely negative and boring. Kick long into the opponents half, disrupt their lineouts, prevent clean ball possession at rucks and hope that the referee will give a penalty for some silly reason such as coming in from the side. If the opponents knock on then use your weight advantage in the scrum and lay the ball back for a drop goal attempt. South Africa beat England at their own game. Their forwards disrupted English lineouts on at least three occasions, kicked long into English half whenever they had possession and defended with discipline to avoid giving away stupid penalties. Habana and Pietersen used their pace to tackle English backs forcing them to hold on and give away penalties. In Percy Montgomery they had a goal kicker as good as Johnny Wilkinson so they won by kicking five out of six penalties for fifteen points to Wilkinson's two penalties and one missed drop goal attempt. No tries and boring. If the authorities of Rugby Union want other countries to play and watch the game they must do something to encourage try scoring. For example they could have two types of panalties, three points for dangerous play such as high tackles or stamping in rucks and two points for silly reasons such as coming in from the side. This might discourage England from using their negative tactics and look to making it a fifteen man game.