Think the all blacks are still the most powerful pack both home and away.

the french and boks are capable of also fielding very physical packs, but seem to prefer more skillfull backs like JvN, Smith, Nyanga and Remy Martin as oppose to the more physical backrowers fielded by the english. Also we prefer to opt for an out-and-out lineout specialist in big Vic.

For twickers, i’d be tempted to fight fire with fire, it will be boring, but a backrow of 6. Burger 7. Rossouw/AJ and 8. Cronje must be considered. the light stuff does not work in those stodgy, heavy wet conditions.

don’t think Poms have the most powerful pack – they are a dirty pack that do a lot ‘off the ball’ play. They tend to intimidate rather than play.

A packs go think Boks and AB have the most powerful packs – however that does not mean you will win the game as Scotland showed in there win against France. Scotland were outplayed in 2nd half but they had done the damage in the first half that made the difference.

For this reason I think that the Stormers will also do well in the Super 14 without having a pack that will try and out muscle all otehr packs. If things click for them they will be in top 4.

wtf is going on? I will hold off such abominations until seeing the england scrum tested at the proper home of world rugby, Ellis Park.

Very forward thinking, our administrators!

Can someone please inform me as to why the Poms havent played a SINGLE game in SA since 2000? When they play us next in 2007, it would have been 7 years? Who arranges the playing schedules that the head to head home game count so favours the Poms?

They have been whipping us like they do with most teams at Twickers for the last 6 years and its about time we give them gas at Ellis Park!

The fact is, if you can withstand Englands forward onslaught, and keep your discipline, then you can stop them easily. The thing is they are the true juggernaut (forget the bulls) and apply relentless pressure. Playing england is like getting the life squeezed out of you by a python. I went to twickers on Saturday and it was one of the most tedious and boring matches I have seen in my life. Perfect for English fans though… terrible for selling the game.

This is a widely held view, but it is totally wrong. The game against the Poms is on Sep 14 2007 in Paris. That is virtually late summer, the conditions are very different to London in late November.

Alas, they hide in London with not one of their players ever having lost to SA.They truely must feel that we are easy beats.All good things come to an end?

Eeish, aren’t we being harsh on the Taffies,for long spells I thought they were the side playing at home?

Only Spiere du Toit, Doug Hopwood, Keith Oxlee and **** Lockyear have passed away of the 20 players that played in the 60/61 grand slam. But for the skaapsteker 80% alive is regarded as “few are alive”. What an arsehole.

Its tiresome.

His Point is that it took them 100years to do two grandslams where we did four in the same period

In South Africa a “Skaapsteker” is a species of snake

At least the AB’s have won their last TWO attempts — in 1978 and in 2005. At least almost all of the players on either side who played in those eight tests are actually still alive!

South Africa’s “brag” about winning 4 grand-slams of which the last was 45 years ago in 1960 means that by the next time if and when the Boks win a grand-slam, there will sadly be no other living survivor either from South Africa or any of the Home Unions who will be around to remember the last time that such a thing happened.

It’s a bit like someone being around who could tell you what it was like when Rome was last a world superpower!

So lets say we have not done well in recent times and if Tacklers horseshit is anything to go by that was almost half a centruy ago!.

I strongly stand by my second comment.