Julle sal my vergewe as ek nie té liries raak oor die Bokke se wen oor die Wallabies gister nie, vir die eerste keer die jaar het hulle eenvoudig ’n wen gekry wat hulle verwag het om te kry.
5 drieë is glad nie iets waarna jy steel kan staar nie, veral nie as dit teen die huidige nommer twee span in die wêreld verkry is nie, maar as ons eerlik is, is dit iets wat waaragtig verwag moes gewees het teen ’n Wallabie span wat geruk is deur beserings nie net deur die jaar nie, maar ook op die dag waar hulle die Bokke moes aanpak in die hoëveld waar hulle meer as 40 jaar laas gewen het.
Die Bokke is nou wel nie beter af op die beserings front nie maar ek bly by my punt van ’n paar weke terug dat hierdie een van die swakste Australiese spanne is in meer as ’n dekade.
Daar was wel ’n hele paar lig-punte vir die Bokke veral die spelpeil van Eben Etzebeth, Francois Louw en Bryan Habana. Die nuwelinge Johan Goosen en Jaco Taute het ook waardevolle buigings gemaak in die begin vyftiental en selfs ’n voos Jean de Villiers het ’n bietjie rigting in sy spel terug gekry.
Die pak met Andries Bekker terug het goed vertoon in die lynstane wat ’n area van kommer was in die laaste paar weke en die skrums was ook solied.
Maar daar is nog steeds kommer as dit kom by die losskrums waar die Bokke op tye heeltemal te maklik geboelie was deur ’n gemiddelde Australiese pak. Het ons nie afrigters in Suid-Afrika wat die moderne opset en eksekusie van die area van spel verstaan nie?
’n Ander area van kommer is die skopwerk wat nie veel verbeter het van Dunedin af nie. Meyer het genoem dat Johan Goosen vroeg van sy skop verpligtinge verlig was omrede hy met ’n enkel besering gesukkel het die heelweek al, maar Ruan Pienaar was nie veel beter nie.
Gepraat van jong Goosen en die verwagtinge in die media voor die toets moet ek sê hy het glad nie teleurgestel vir sy eerste buiging as ’n begin-speler nie. Hy het nou nie die wêreld aan die brand gespeel nie en ek is seker sy poepol het borrels gehap van senuwees, maar die jong kêrel het definitief ’n groot toekoms in Bok-rugby.
As ek nou rêrig ’n bietjie wil gatduik moet ek sê my grootste kritiek van die toets was die feit dat Elton Jantjies 10 minute moes strek voordat hy op die veld gestuur is. Baie mense sal met my verskil maar ek voel nog steeds dat die kêrel ’n meer volledige spelstyl op losskakel bring as Johan Goosen.
Maar nou ja, ek wil nie te veel wegvat van ’n goeie oorwinning vir Heyneke en Jean nie, maar glo my kêrels, ons het basies maar net gedoen wat verwag was van ons – die Bokke se toets en daai van sekere jong spelers in sleutel posisies sal beter gemeet word volgende naweek in Soweto.
Welgedaan Heyneke en die Bokke!
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September 30th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Magties die TE heerlik om in Afrikaans te lees.
Morne ek stem saam – die toets-wen is amper geval van in die land van die blindes is een-oog koning !!!
Lekker gewees om te sien hoe die manne die bal rondgooi – maar heeltemal te veel kere waar niemand regtig geweet het wie gaan wat nou doen en almal gestaan en kyk het wat gaan nou gebeur !!! Dis darem ook nou nie die antwoord nie – sidder bietjie as ek dink wat die All Blacks teen die Bokke Sat sou doen !!!
Hopelik word meer geskaaf voor Soweto!
Laasten geluk Habana – 3 drieë BLY lekker – al is dit teen ‘blinde-skool’
September 30th, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Morne ek stem saam ons moet nie in vervoering raak oor die wen nie, maar wel oor die vertoning van die Bokke. Die beserings van die Wallabies in my opinie word so biethie holrug gery, hulle het hierdie toets begin met 9 “starters” wat in die Kwart eind rondte van die Wereldbeker gespeel het met twee op die splinter bankie.
Ons het met ses begin en een op die splinter bankie.
Die voorspelers het gesorg dat ons voorvoet bal en momentum kry, Louw en Vermeulen het die Rucks ge-eet soos mielies en Alberts het gesorg dat die tackle meer n’ moer as a duik is.
Lynstane was goed maar die scrum sukkel.
Pienaar het vinniger skoongemaak en nie meerkat gespeel nie. Jean was baie beter op 12 as op 13 en Taute se spoed maak hom meer effektief om die buite hardloper in te haal.
Habana jou pleister, Zane was goed maar is nog steeds nie my favourite nie.
Ek sal graag wil sien dat Meyer dalk errder vir Frans op 15 sit as hy reg is vir NZ.
Hou die res van die agterlyn soos hulle is asb.
September 30th, 2012 at 11:45 pm
AB het gewys wat bokke en Aussies teen argies moes gedoen het op ‘ droee veld ons gaan moeilike stryd he volgende game
October 1st, 2012 at 4:24 am
Yep… I can understand the joy at the win and 5 tries… but jeez some just have zero perspective…
They had their first choice 2,4,5,7,8, 9, 10,12,14 leading into the match… lost their best loose-forward next before kick-off… lost their goal-kicker and 15, their 13, their second choice hooker, their prop and the game ended in a farce with no hooker being permitted on the field with 14 men…
That’s more disjointed than a planned for Aussie B/C team… and this at a ground they have extremely bad history…
Both Scotland and Samoa beat Aus at home with their ‘planned’ B team… so in short perspective…
October 1st, 2012 at 6:08 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 4:24 am:
Should have read “‘lost’ their 2,4,5,7,8,9,10,12,14″…
October 1st, 2012 at 7:18 am
I’m with you Bryce.
The true test is against NZ and in truth Heyneke has shown an alarming tendency to let the media tell him what to do.
He will soon find that the media will hold him accountable for their selection mistakes.
October 1st, 2012 at 7:40 am
Reply to DavidS @ 7:18 am:
Agreed… it’s not the joy that bugs me from Saturday… but the hysteria that a win against the Aussie C side down to 14 men was down to Morne Steyn not being there… and many still cannot see the real problems when against first-choice packs in the tight-loose…
October 1st, 2012 at 8:09 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 7:40 am:
I seem to recall our forwards not looking too badly in the Dunedin test, or do the ABs now also not count as a first-choice pack?
October 1st, 2012 at 8:34 am
The ABs Saturday showed that they “doped their scope” appropriately after the 1st Argentine Test and it showed.
Hopefully they won’t have the same results when playnig SA at home.
SA played Santa Claus -bigtime- in last NZ test.
Argentina is going to tar and feather Aus if they bring the side that played in SA Saturday.
October 1st, 2012 at 8:51 am
Reply to Americano @ 8:34 am:
Oz in big trouble, some guys might not get visas in time to join the team in Arg.
October 1st, 2012 at 9:08 am
Have I mentioned that I can’t wait for JP to get back. With Habana in good form and the way JP finished off the Superugby campaing we will have two cooking wings in the Bok team again.
October 1st, 2012 at 9:28 am
Reply to Craven @ 8:09 am:
They were winning the collisions I’ll give them that… it was better… but Richie McCaw was still giving them a master-class at the break-downs (in fact arguably the best performance I have seen from him right across the paddock)…
They still have serious cohesion issues amongst the pack in the tight-loose… and that was again shown against the Wallaby C pack despite Duane and Flo’s few pilfers…
October 1st, 2012 at 9:29 am
Reply to Craven @ 9:08 am:
For sure…
October 1st, 2012 at 10:13 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 9:28 am:
Fair enough, I was wondering on Saturday if Pocock and Horwill had been playing what a huge difference that would have made.
October 1st, 2012 at 10:34 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 9:28 am: Bryce, the same loose trio didn’t do to badly against Richie two matches ago, so I think you are being a little too negative.
October 1st, 2012 at 11:28 am
Bryze, where are you experiencing this “hysteria” you are talking about? Seems you and your PissParade club (including chairman DavidS) wants us all to just stay in the gloom and doom mindset, no matter what!!! Just wake up mate, stop sniffing Pritt and try to enjoy life for a change! The Boks won, on the scoreboard and at the breakdown collisions. And if you count real metres gained (that is NOT running 2 metres forward after receiving the ball 7 metres back from the scrumhalf) you will actually appreciate the progress the Boks have made the last few weeks. Yes not perfect, and 20 points probably wasted on Saturday, and shame the Wallabies were crying the whole weekend, and yes tough game coming on Saturday, but we still won – and will not say sorry for that, despite your PissParade antics…
October 1st, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Reply to Bekke @ 11:28 am:
The same guys like you that were all ‘doom-n-gloom’ when the Boks lost two tests and drew two down to PK’s (which I continually pointed out)…
From ‘doom-n-gloom’ against full strength teams to ‘hysterics’ against a C team… and most still think it was down to switching 10′s (go figure)…
Reply to Craven @ 10:13 am:
Are you trying to tell me that having Pocock, Moore, Horwill, Timani, Higgenbotham would not have made a difference in the pack… and that’s before losing Alexander, Samo, Polota-Nau during the game?
I won’t even start on the missing backs before nor the crucial injuries to backs within the game…
Incredulous injuries… tough titty in my opinion… but I want to be beating full-strength sides or at least ‘near-to-strength’ (which the Bok’s still cannot) before I start getting too excited…
But Morne’s article sum’s it up perfectly for mine…
October 1st, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Reply to biltongbek @ 10:34 am:
What about the rest of the pack mate… it’s not solely the loosie’s responsibility for hitting the rucks as a unit (and counter-rucking on opposition ball)… nor their responsibility only for the pick-n-drives at pace that are non-existent (an area that puts the AB’s on the back foot)… nor is it their sole responsibility for better ball protection/retention…
Those for mine are still ‘entire’ pack (and 22) areas of concern and have been for two seasons now… I’m over trying to rely on the old ‘gees domination of the collisions)… that alone does not win the above points of contact any more… and definitely not against the pinnacle teams…
October 1st, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 12:42 pm: Bryce you need to remember the Locking pair that played australia was different from the one that played NZ, as Meyer said, he expects a more open game vs Australia hence his selection of Etzebeth and Bekker, I am sure this coming weekend we will again see a change at lock, for me flip v d Merwe had a stormer against NZ and is a must.
I am not entirely happy with our front row though, Beast and Jannie struggle to keep the scrum up, but then we have seen that before when we play australia.
I don’t get why scrums against australia can’t stay up, compared to the scrumming vs NZ and Argentina, where we did much better.
October 1st, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Reply to biltongbek @ 12:46 pm:
He had no option with Etzebeth being banned… and yes best game I have seen from Flip so far in his career… great to see… I also think that was a last chance for Juandre in the 22 (for now) and a wake-up call for Bekker (which worked)…
As long as the Bok front-row aren’t getting penalised for dropping against Aus it doesn’t matter… they seem to know how to hold their own against the best the Bok’s have thrown at them over the years..
Still need some TH/LH hybrids in the mix for when JDP (who is playing his best all round rugby the last few seasons) gets injured or merely for rotation… the young Oosthuisen seems to be injured more than not… and I’m not at all convinced yet with Cilliers…
October 1st, 2012 at 1:42 pm
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 12:30 pm: There was more than one factor that helped the Boks to this good win.
This was a very weak Aus team.
The Austrailian injuries were very disruptive.
In my opinion this is the best 22 Bok players we have seen this season.
The new flyhalfs, Goosen and Jantjies was a vast improvement to what we
have seen from Morne Steyn so far this season. Especially in general play, and
attacking the line.
Our loose trio is becoming better as a unit.
And like you said, Andries Bekker responded well to being dropped.
I know you are a fan but Steyn should not get near the Bok jersey until he is well rested, and back to playing his best. His so called understudies is way to good to keep out of the
team at the moment.
October 1st, 2012 at 1:42 pm
So you have not answered my question re: hysterics? Guess for your PissParade club 1 post to celebrate a win = hysterics? Is this an Oz thing?
October 1st, 2012 at 3:06 pm
Reply to Vetgesmeerde Blits @ 1:42 pm:
Agreed on most accounts…
Reply to Bekke @ 1:42 pm:
You still going on princess?
Read 70% of the comments on the game threads from several nut-bag fan blogs from News24 to Keo… muppet-mania-hysteria…
October 1st, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Must really hurt when SA fans celebrate some success – shame….
October 1st, 2012 at 4:41 pm
Reply to Bekke @ 3:56 pm:
Paying $2.4-1 for more than a 12pt Bok win it was a no-brainer…
October 1st, 2012 at 4:45 pm
Zane Kirchner
Bryan Habana
Jaco Taute
Jean de Villiers (c)
Francois Hougaard
Johan Goosen
Ruan Pienaar
Tendai Mtawarira
Adriaan Strauss
Jannie du Plessis
Eben Etzebeth
Andries Bekker
Francois Louw
Willem Alberts
Duane Vermeulen
Tiaan Liebenberg
Pat Cilliers
Flip van der Merwe
Marcell Coetzee
Elton Jantjies
Juan de Jongh
Pat Lambie
Berrick Barnes
Dom Shipperley
Adam Ashley-Cooper
Pat McCabe
Digby Ioane
Kurtley Beale
Nick Phipps
Benn Robinson
Tatafu Polota-Nau
Ben Alexander
Kane Douglas
Nathan Sharpe (c)
Dave Dennis
Michael Hooper
Radike Samo
Saia Faingaa
James Slipper
Rob Simmons
Liam Gill
Brett Sheehan
Mike Harris
Anthony Faingaa
October 1st, 2012 at 5:39 pm
That was Saturdays teams.
And here are the teams from the WC 1/4 final in Wellington last year.
Kurtley Beale
James O’Connor
Adam Ashley-Cooper
Pat McCabe
Digby Ioane
Quade Cooper
Will Genia
Sekope Kepu
Stephen Moore
Ben Alexander
Dan Vickerman
James Horwill (c)
Rocky Elsom
David Pocock
Radike Samo
Tatafu Polota-Nau
James Slipper
Nathan Sharpe
Ben McCalman
Luke Burgess
Berrick Barnes
Anthony Faingaa
Pat Lambie
JP Pietersen
Jaque Fourie
Jean de Villiers
Bryan Habana
Morne Steyn
Fourie du Preez
Gurthro Steenkamp
John Smit (c)
Jannie du Plessis
Danie Rossouw
Victor Matfield
Heinrich Brussow
Schalk Burger
Pierre Spies
Bismarck du Plessis
CJ van der Linde
Willem Alberts
Francois Louw
Francois Hougaard
Butch James
Gio Aplon
October 1st, 2012 at 6:37 pm
I count 9 Aussies and 8 Boks that were in both teams.
The Boks have lost more players since last year than the Aussies then.
They have been effected by injuries but so have the Boks. The only real difference is that their injuries have been more recent by a few weeks.
October 1st, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Reply to Timeo @ 6:37 pm:
Take one look at the ‘first choice’ (22) players missing from this season’s announced 30 man Rugby Championship squads mate…
5 from the Bok’s before this last test and 10 from the Wallabie’s and they lost a further 6 during the game…
October 1st, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Reply to Timeo @ 6:37 pm: Australia doesn’t have the depth the Springboks have. If they loose a few first choice players they are in big trouble, unlike the Boks where we have more than enough cover in most positions.
October 1st, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Reply to Bekke @ 3:56 pm:
Given your hysteria when the Boks won against England, your posts here about “celebrating the win” and “living in the moment” are rich…
No actually they’re stupid… and oxymoronic.
October 1st, 2012 at 8:12 pm
The real test will come on Saturday.
Now if only HM can also drop ZK. I see
his hand is forced by the injury of Tina.
October 1st, 2012 at 8:23 pm
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 7:21 pm:
That’s only because the Boks lost their key players before the RC started. The Aus problems are more recent but not much more in magnitude.
Reply to Vetgesmeerde Blits @ 7:39 pm:
Over time, depth issues are a constant and therefore something that they will have to deal with or drop in the rankings. Up to now they have coped with it very well, but the games and the travel have increased again this year so these injury rates may just be the new norm.
October 1st, 2012 at 8:31 pm
Reply to Boertjie @ 8:12 pm:
I don’t really get this habit of fans to pick certain players and lobby against them as if it is a religion.
What, exactly is the problem with ZK? What has he done to deserve being replaced? Who would offer a clear improvement? On what evidence?
Most of the time it seems the fans just wants to see another player…. and then another. The same fans that will rip the coach for handing out too many caps.
October 1st, 2012 at 10:10 pm
Reply to Timeo @ 8:31 pm:
ZK is so limited.
Did you hear the LOFTUS crowd when
Lambie took the field?
Seems I’m not alone.
October 1st, 2012 at 10:55 pm
Reply to Boertjie @ 10:10 pm:
I would have selected Lambie also, but one has to consider that the coach works with them everyday and sees a merit in one over the other that has to carry some weight. Thus my position is that unless a player plays himself out of contention like Morne did, one should give the coach’s selection the benefit of the doubt.
October 1st, 2012 at 11:26 pm
I cannot explain his peference for
Arno Botha above Brussow and Daniel,
even though I’ve never been a fan of
the latter.
Just like I can’t explain the selection
of Taute ahead of the experienced De Jongh.
But then it’s not my job.
October 2nd, 2012 at 12:45 am
Reply to Boertjie @ 11:26 pm:
You could explain why you’d prefer two open-siders when cover is needed for a blind-sider.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:50 am
Reply to Boertjie @ 10:10 pm:
If a loud cheer from the crowd can make you feel validated, you should try voting for the ANC next time.
Your scope for self validation will be virtually unlimited.
October 2nd, 2012 at 3:53 am
Reply to Boertjie @ 10:10 pm:
In the context of how the Bok’s play the game I really don’t understand the criticism of ZK…
I too am a Lambie fan… but really other than a few ball skills how is ZK more limited than him?
- ZK is one of the best in RSA under the high-ball
- He is super-solid on defence
- He kicks clearances further than Lambie and most in RSA
- He’s arguably faster
- He’s currently the most experienced 15 in RSA
And it pains me to say on top of that he adds some colour…
October 2nd, 2012 at 5:57 am
I have just watch the game and the Boks were not that great. They should have whipped the Aussies in the 60 point range and the fat that they made such hard work out of such a poor team as well as a team trying ti kill its coach, its was awful.
I am pleased that Eben did not take the Sharp baiting with the constant pushing and Sharpe use of the knee on Eben 3 times. The worst been an instant red for use of a shoulder to Eben from the side of the ruck in his back. TMO sucks shit.
Taute and Goose we good and will learn a lot. They both attacked and varied play. Now just for a few more laaitjies.
We really should have had a recors score in this game as the Aussies were there for the taking and it should have been a big win.
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 3:53 am: Experience due to been selected over a better player at the Boks, he is not faster, he slipped a tackle and was out of position once in this game and last weeks he was worse. Zane is mediocre but dependable and this has been whats wrong with HM’s selections.
No Bryce, jugding from the crowds at Loftus every one knows Lambie is better than Sideshowbob, except HM of course.
So stats please on
He kicks clearances further than Lambie and most in RSA
He’s arguably faster.
October 2nd, 2012 at 6:17 am
Reply to Kevin Rack @ 5:57 am:
So now all of a sudden you are rating the fans in the stands at Loftus as more knowledgeable than HM and the entire Bok selection panel… that’s a laugh a minute.
It’s mere ‘fan feel’ that Lambie should be in his place… and where are YOUR stats to prove my points above otherwise?
Guess who the international panel at PlanetRugby had as their choice 15 for the Rugby Championship this week over Israel Dagg… yep…
Other than ‘fan-feel’ it’s much of a muchness between the two and other than injury watching the last two tests there is zero reason to drop him…
October 2nd, 2012 at 7:09 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 6:17 am:
And if you want some stats not ‘fan-feel’… most pundits are calling for Lambie’s inclusion over ZK is because he’d ‘create’ more for the Boks on attack/counter-attack…
Why then in the S15 this season was…
>ZK in the T20 try-scorer’s list… Lambie was not
>ZK number 1 for try-assists… Lambie not in the T20
>ZK in the T20 line-break assists list… Lambie was not
>ZK made more run metres than Lambie
>ZK made more line-breaks than Lambie
In fact based on all the stats at hand the only reason Lambie could/should even make the team is on his goal-kicking and tactical kicking (from the few games he started at 10)…
Lambie has been capped 5 times this season with zero tries, Kirchner has been capped 6 times this season with two tries…
Pull the other one…
October 2nd, 2012 at 8:25 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 7:09 am: Bryce, Lambie didn’t play half the super XV.
I have only one crticism of Kirchner, he doesn’t convince me is is playing with his team, he plays in the team.
October 2nd, 2012 at 9:10 am
Reply to biltongbek @ 8:25 am:
It’s not a Lambie-hunt… I’m a fan (maybe less so at 15) the above can be used in comparison’s with any of the RSA 15′s this year…
The point remains there is zero reason HM should simply drop ZK on the mug-punter’s ‘hunches’ on the above…
October 2nd, 2012 at 9:14 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 9:10 am:
Mug-punter’s = us the arm-chair critics…
October 2nd, 2012 at 9:21 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 9:10 am:
I’m a big Lambie fan but I have to agree that Zane did nothing wrong to deserve to be dropped. I prefer Lambie at 10 in any case.
Even at the Sharks he would not be my first choice 15. Ludik is playing the best rugby of his life at the moment.
October 2nd, 2012 at 9:24 am
Reply to Pokkel @ 9:21 am:
Agreed…
October 2nd, 2012 at 11:00 am
If I was Bambie I would do a Frans Steyn, Raun Pienaar and leave the Sharks… go play in Europe or other province, how many players did Sharks messed up before Bambie?
The chap has been moved around by Dumtrea so many times in the backs he does not even know anymore which position is the one for him.
No way he could replace Zain on performance
October 2nd, 2012 at 11:03 am
My only criticism of Zane is that he reverts all too easily back to his take two steps and hoof the ball as high as you can playing style once the pressure gets applied to his team. Not good kicking for position, but just an aimless up-and-under hoping for the best.
The moment his team is on the front foot however, he really does play well.
October 2nd, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Bryce you are preaching to either the converted or the kind of fans who like to see players running and for whom they get a “feeling” he could be good instead on actual scientific cool unfeeling stats. The latter pretend stats don’t matter.
October 2nd, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Reply to Craven @ 11:03 am:
You have to ask whether it’s ‘his’ decision that… I don’t really think so… there have been many frustrating instances where he could have backed himself more on the counter…
Reply to Jacques(Bunny)Morne Steyn is Baas @ 11:00 am:
I dunno mate… IMO he is exactly the type of player I’d like on my bench in this 22man 85min game being able to excel at 10,12 and 15 at any stage of the game whether on the front-foot or under pressure (he has exceptional composure)… it must be frustrating (for him) though to have been leap-frogged by Goosen and Jantjes in his prefered possie…
Reply to DavidS @ 12:19 pm:
But of course…
October 2nd, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Pakistan are 91/2 after 13.2 overs
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:00 pm
I am very concerned by the lack of composure Lambie has shown in his deportment with the media. It suggests a lack of maturity off the field.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 1:00 pm: I doubt he has much confidence at the moment.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:11 pm
Just as I tweet that it looks like the bookies didn’t pay Pakistan enough to lose, they lose 2 quick wickets
108/4 after 15 overrs
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 1:00 pm:
What do you mean… have I missed something… I can not even remember a Lambie quote of late?
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:45 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 1:11 pm:
Unfortunately any positive computation from here on will see RSA having to beat IND, PAK on net run-rates… and that’s one thing they have never been devastating at in T20…
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:23 pm
So Australia’s choking us out the T20
How bizarre
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:41 pm
Australia 59/4 after 12 overs….bye bye Proteas!
The Proteas will probably thump India later because they will not have any pressure on them because they will already have been eliminated.
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Make that 65/5 after 13.3 overs.
October 2nd, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Reply to Craven @ 11:03 am:
ZK: “just an aimless up-and-under hoping for the best.”
October 2nd, 2012 at 4:23 pm
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 1:41 pm:
Bryce, some two weeks ago there
was a long piece in which Lambie
voiced his displeasure about
forever being on the bench – and
then not alllowed to play for the
Guppies either (where he is also
messed around).
If I were him I’d be looking at
a contract in Oz or Europe.
October 2nd, 2012 at 4:35 pm
Reply to Boertjie @ 4:23 pm:
Ah… thanks… must have missed it…
October 2nd, 2012 at 11:37 pm
Reply to Boertjie @ 4:23 pm:
Missed it too. Can you post the link?
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:01 am
Reply to Timeo @ 11:37 pm:
Sorry, it was in the Cape Argus – some 3 weeks
ago. Can’t find it on Google.
He had quite a rip at his situation.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:51 am
Reply to Boertjie @ 12:01 am:
Found this, but it’s Plumtree that’s frustrated, not Lambie.
http://www.iol.co.za/sport/rugby/cup-competitions/lambie-s-unavailabiltiy-frustrates-sharks-1.1385844#.UGt9F5jA-dY
Lambie does not look as stupid as Cooper, so I doubt he would too outspoken on such things.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:54 am
Reply to Timeo @ 1:51 am:
Very tabloidial photo selection by Argus, there.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:49 am
Reply to Timeo @ 1:51 am:
Yep Cooper and Lambie are classes apart ‘off-the-field’…
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:01 am
Its only a matter of time before Lambie gets an overseas contract. HM barred him from playing for the Sharks to get much valued game time and therefore when he comes on he is rusty and HM can say I told you so.
HM has done what Jake the snake and Pdiddy have done, treated some players very poorly.
I say Lambie go overseas cos its the bench for you mate fr r the boks.
Sad as he has a rare asset in rugby, his calmness and quick thinking.
He has been one of the leaders in technique on the high ball which other players, finally after so many years, take the ball in the air and not stand and receive anymore.
October 3rd, 2012 at 4:34 pm
Hoessit, Tjops.
PappaPiepieMier, wie het jou oor die kop gewetter met ‘n Afrikaanse woordeboek?! Ek sien jy skryf deesdae amper meer in Die Taal as in Engels, mooi man!. …En poepolle wat babbels hap, nogal ne! (glo nie die artikel is vir die koerante bedoel nie!)
Only saw the hi-lites, still want to check the game. Aus was depleted, glad about the win, little bit of momentum and guys that palyed well.
Nou ja, ek het amper weer klas. Dag ek loer net gou in om te kyk watse akkies julle alles praat na die wen.
Cheers eers
October 3rd, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Reply to Timeo @ 1:51 am:
Not the same article.
Lambie himself was quite outspoken.