Pick ‘Ackers’ for the Boks
25 Apr 2006
Sharks hard man AJ Venter has urged the national selectors to pick veteran lock Johan Ackermann and not hold his age against him.
Venter, speaking to Keo.co.za, said Ackermann had been a revelation in the Sharks pack and had added grunt and granite to the unit.
“We call him the jaws of life when it comes to protecting or winning the ball in a maul. If he wraps his arms around an opponent that bugger is going nowhere and when he’s got the ball in contact, no one is going to wrestle it from him,” said Venter. “His presence also means guys like Britzie and I feel like youngsters. We are no longer veterans.”
Venter said Ackermann was playing as well as he has ever seen the big guy perform and added that the match-up with Bakkies Botha in Saturday’s Vodacom Super 14 showdown would be worth the admission fee alone.
“Ackers has added a dimension to our pack. He really gives us solidity and he has stabilized our tight five. His calmness and presence is also a great boost for the team. He is in great shape and his performances this season again show how important experience is and why we should never discard the so-called older brigade too soon.”
Ackermann, after a fine season with Griquas in 2005, was drafted into Dick Muir’s Sharks for the Super 14.
Venter, adding to captain John Smit’s sentiments of Monday, said the Sharks had changed their approach for all the South African matches.
“In the past we have been guilty of turning every South African match into a derby and losing focus. We have worried too much about the other SA team and forgot to focus on our own strengths. Our approach on Saturday is that we prepare for the Bulls as we would any other team in the competition. If they want to motivate themselves on the derby element that’s their issue. We don’t see it as a Bok trial. We don’t see it as individuals having to prove a point against another Bulls individual. We know we have to win to stay alive in the competition and that is our motivation, to be successful and still be in a position to challenge for the play-offs.”
Venter said it was obvious that the Sharks would physically have to be on top of their game to beat the Bulls, but stressed there was so much more to the Sharks game plan than a physical presence.
“I’d like to think we have more to offer and I think people who have watched the Sharks this season would agree. We have played some very good rugby and there has been a balance in our approach. We have concentrated on patience when we have the ball and not rushing things. We know it will be physical, but that is the least of my concerns. I know physically what our pack and the team, collectively, is capable of. More importantly, this season we have seen how our players can attack space and play from depth. If we play like we train, we should be alright.”
The Sharks have injury concerns around halfbacks Ruan Pienaar and Tony Brown, but Venter said any Sharks starting XV would be capable of leaving Loftus with a win.
“If we do the basics well and play as we have this season we will win. Obviously Ruan and Tony have been very instrumental to our success, but credit must be given to those guys who have also played at 9 and 10. They have been very good and the depth the coaches have built in the squad this season is a strength.”
147 Comments
25 Apr 2006, 09:43 am
Ackerman would be a dragon for the boks
25 Apr 2006, 09:48 am
If Bakkies is only going to play 60min each game, then let Ackermann play the other 20. It’s out of Ackermann’s own stupidity that he only got 8 caps – getting banned for drugs etc. But he did well to get back in the Bok side, although always second best to Andrews. But now, maybe he could be the guy to spark some grunt in the pack, especially on the odd day Bakkies goes walkabout.
25 Apr 2006, 09:48 am
While you at it look at getting Mark Andrews back too.
25 Apr 2006, 09:49 am
if i was jake,i would pick the following locks for the bok squad of 45:
Victor (merrit and bok no.1 lock)
Young player he could help,Bekker,Skeate
Bakkies (merriet and bok no.1 lock)
Ackerman for expeirence and leader of the pack.
Young players,Bekker,skeate,muller.
Locks for squad: Matfield,Bakkies,Bekker,Skeate,Ackerman. Muller/Rossouw.
Good combo of youth experience and consitacny.
keeping the old players breeding new ones for the future!
25 Apr 2006, 09:53 am
yeah gecko, imagining facing bakkies for 40-60 min and then this oke comes on, eina man.
25 Apr 2006, 09:55 am
I would play Ackerman and a youngster (ie Skeate, etc) for the so called lesser games, like Scotland. That way Matfield and Bakkies wont get burnout and the youngster has the advantage of playing next to an experienced senior player to help him along.
25 Apr 2006, 10:00 am
On the button Gimp
25 Apr 2006, 10:00 am
gimps
i agree!
25 Apr 2006, 10:00 am
Keo
Any news on whether the Sharks will or have signed Brown for the remainder of the season. Intially he was only here for the S14, but I think he would be really good for our team if he stayed for the CC.
Reading this article I think the difference between the two teams on saturday will be their mental approach. The Sharks seem to have the right frame of mind for the game, i’m not so sure about the bully boys tho.
25 Apr 2006, 10:04 am
I would definately take Ackerman to the World Cup. We cannot do without someone of his experience and ability. He always looks so focused on the field and he looks extremely strong and fit, he looks fitter than most locks around.
25 Apr 2006, 10:07 am
boeja
you a stormer?
25 Apr 2006, 10:08 am
no way ackerman will be picked
25 Apr 2006, 10:11 am
ackers is the perfect player to take over if bakkies cant play. together with vic and albert we’ll have a lot of experince at lock
25 Apr 2006, 10:16 am
yoda
you a shark?
yes im stormer supporter.
25 Apr 2006, 10:18 am
Jake said in an earlier article a few weeks back that we should be prepared for a few surprises this year. He’s going to rest the core players so that they are not overplayed. He was going to do it at the end of last year on tour but was pressurised into picking his best team. He needs to do a Graham Henry and have a very good experienced B team. Not only to rest key players but to have a team worthy of playing the midweek games for the boks during the world cup. Expect a few new or reselected boks this year.
25 Apr 2006, 10:20 am
well done Frans Ludicorus, Ackerman was supposed to be in the cats squad.
Naas Oliver from the stormers was in the cats pre-season squad, but of course we didn’t need him we had Tiaan Snyman.
If Frans has got a 5 year plan looks like we gonna loose all our players cause he hasnt got an eye for talent thats for sure.
wait!!! another example Jorrie Muller
25 Apr 2006, 10:24 am
I’ve lost count of the number of “hard men” that have arrived at Loftus with big reputations and even bigger expectations, only to limp off the field dejectedly halfway through the second half.
Victims that spring to mind are Richie Mccaw in the Crusaders match last year, and half the Polynesian giants from the Chiefs team in last year’s Loftus clash with the Bulls.
And Schulk “the Hulk” Burger was famously flattened by a Jacques Cronje steamroller in the Stormers visit to hell (known as Loftus in their dialect) last season.
Away from home, the Bulls don’t always rise to the occassion, true, but at Loftus they are bruisers of note.
All this speculation about Ackerman being in the Bok side may as well be put to rest now. He will most likely go off injured sometime during Saturday’s match. And add AJ Venter to that list while you’re at it. Jake might need a replacement for him after this weekend.
Jacques Cronje, Bakkies Botha and Danie Roussouw love nothing better than pummelling visiting wannabe’s into submission.
This weekend won’t be a party, surferboys. Better prepare for war. The Reaper is comin, and he is clad in Blue…
25 Apr 2006, 10:31 am
So wat Aj eintlik wil noem as dat as Akkies nie te oud is nie dan is hy ook nie????
25 Apr 2006, 10:31 am
just for that cocky attitude i will cheer fot sharks on sat!
25 Apr 2006, 10:32 am
Think Jake should pick this oke who cares if he is old, the wc is next year not in 10 yrs time and the poms won the world cup with a bunch of old foggies anyway. As the gimp rightly points out this would allow jake to give bakkies a rest, the fact that ackerman has a bok cap may count in his favour as jake rightly doesnt like to hand out new bok caps.
gavin
Good point, i cant believe that Frans had the likes of Naas Olivier,Ackerman and there are a few more weve missed im sure and he let them leave All frans needs to do now is sign Gus Theron on a 5 yr contract and he’ll have done everything a s14 coach could possibly do wrong :0
25 Apr 2006, 10:35 am
And the backs better not expect any mercy either. Frikkie Welsch and JP Nel don’t tackle to stop you from going forward, they tackle to knock you senseless.
I really hope that Andries Human plays on Saturday. His scrumming may be average, but his 30m running-start clean-outs at the rucks really add that little “extra” to a good, clean rugby confrontation, don’t you think…
But don’t sweat it, Sharkies, at least you have guys like Percy Montgomery and Adrian Jacobs to add some physicality and a hard edge to your line up…
25 Apr 2006, 10:40 am
The line has been cast…now the wait…
25 Apr 2006, 10:41 am
Danie Rossouw pummels no-one…
Too slow, can’t tackle and goes to ground straight away in the tackle.
He’s a mule.
25 Apr 2006, 10:45 am
tacitus,
and not to forget Browneye..
25 Apr 2006, 10:48 am
Tacitus
JP Nel certainly knocked the air senseless against the blues
thats probably why heyneke dropped him after that game.
25 Apr 2006, 10:50 am
France 07 …First south african to leave world cup for taking drugs…..
25 Apr 2006, 10:52 am
Taciturn
I used to like Jacques Cronje about 3 or 4 years ago. He must wear a Harry Potter dissappearance cloak when he’s on the field,I never see him. I guess he’ll throw in 2 big hits ,but hell that guy is the 1st i’d drop for a loosies squad of Vic,Bak,Ak,Hulk,AJ,Juan,big Joe and maybe Watson.Just no space for along for the ride Cronje anymore.
25 Apr 2006, 10:58 am
Stan
And how could I leave out Brent “the Beast” Russell. Sharkies, you sure you can’t get Stephen Brink to come out of retirment for just one game. He is like a rock on defence compared to the blond banana boy.
Redox
Did you see the Blues at Loftus last year?
25 Apr 2006, 11:00 am
Tacitus
Want to hear from you on Monay. One rule – No complaining about the ref. JP Nel, if his eyes were any closer together we could call him cyclops. that must explain his lack of periphial vision.
25 Apr 2006, 11:01 am
Jeeez,
aren’t we shouting “maak die Sharks almal Bokke” a little to soon?
25 Apr 2006, 11:04 am
Big Quinton D will donner them all!!
25 Apr 2006, 11:06 am
Smash this, smash that. When will Bulls supporters learn that rugby is not just a game of force and brute strentgh? It’s a game of skill and vision.
When you’re beaten you’ll go home shaking your heads thinking “How could we lose? JP Nel is so much bigger than Brent Russel”
25 Apr 2006, 11:07 am
Dik Davids sal niemand moer nie. Hy sal die een helfte opvreet en die ander helfte spyker.
25 Apr 2006, 11:08 am
Stormer,
Is dit dieselfde JP wat nou in die laaste 3 wedstyde vir JDV ore aangesit het?
25 Apr 2006, 11:10 am
boeja
no, im a bull, but anyone willing to choose bekker must be a stormer…
25 Apr 2006, 11:12 am
What Ollie Le Roux used to be for the Spur Burgers, my man Quinton D will become for Spur Steaks. Like he’ll vreet up those Spur Beef Steaks, he’ll also vreet up and spit out those Loftus Blue Cows … BRING ON THE RETURN OF QUINTON THE ANNIHALITOR!!!
25 Apr 2006, 11:12 am
No Stan that must be a completely different JP that you’re talking about.
25 Apr 2006, 11:13 am
Ja Stormer
And your namesakes have neither skill or brute strengh.
Me thinks you okes are faarked:grin:
25 Apr 2006, 11:17 am
Faarked yes we are. No argument there. But with 3 games to go the faarked stormers could still possibly finish above you guys. Wouldn’t that be great?
25 Apr 2006, 11:17 am
Stormer
“When will Bulls supports learn that rugby is not just a game of force and brute strength” – as a bulls supporter a agree with you fully.
But then it pisses me off that evertime the Bulls play Stormers, they totally destroy the so called “clever” players with brute strength with scores like 75-10 and 54-11 whatever.
Then they (Bulls) think they can carry on with that style of play!
So I blame the Stormers (and the Cats this year) for allowing the Bulls to beat them with a stupid game plan that can’t beat any team overseas!
25 Apr 2006, 11:18 am
Stan
Miskien is dit n ander JP want JP Nel het nie eens in al van die laaste 3 s14 wedstryde gespeel nie.
25 Apr 2006, 11:21 am
bryce
“Danie Rossouw pummels no-one…
Too slow, can’t tackle and goes to ground straight away in the tackle.
He’s a mule. ”
Did you watch Bulls vs Brumbies? Poor Rathbone got flattened.
25 Apr 2006, 11:23 am
Zaber. We apologise.
25 Apr 2006, 11:24 am
Stormer
I like it when you are sorry ahead of Bulls vs Stormers clash.
25 Apr 2006, 11:27 am
Maybe it was all part of a plan to lull you into a false sense of security and faith in your ‘game-plan’.
25 Apr 2006, 11:29 am
Redox,
Die laaste 3 wedstryde tussen die Bulle en die Stormers/WP…
25 Apr 2006, 11:31 am
Stan you don’t really think that JP Nel is better than JDV do you? Do you?
25 Apr 2006, 11:35 am
Stormer and Zaber (Condescendingly to the former, and arm-around-the shoulder for the latter)
We are talking about rugby here. If you want to rely only on skill and vision, you can choose any 1 of a number of sports: tennis, soccer, cricket, hockey – whatever.
Rugby is first and foremost about physical domination. The Bulls success of the last few seasons was not built solely around physical supremacy, but it was built PRIMARILY around it.
However, once the opposition was demolished in the physical confrontation, opportunities with loose balls, counterattacks and quick balls out wide opened up.
This year, with Hougaard back, that part of their game was neglected. Now, with Steyn, Jaco and Frikkie Welsch back in the mix, and with Pedrie at 8thman and Spies coming on in the second half, the REAL Bulls team has appeared.
So to the Sharkies. Prepare to be dominated, oh yes, but along with that, prepare to gather around in a circle behind your posts at least times during the match.
Habana, Jaco and Frikkie are going to have a field day.
The problem with the Sharks is that they now believe their own hype. My advice, keep your perspective. You are way ahead of the Stormers and Cats, roughly on a par with the Cheetahs, but not yet ready to stand toe to toe with the Bulls on a consistent basis. And before you rake up the old Currie Cup final example, note the reference to “consistent basis”. If that final was played ten times, the Bulls would win it nine and a half times.
So there you have it. In my books, the Bulls have 95% chance of beating the Sharks on Saturday.
To be honest, I would be disappointed with just a win. I want a hammering.
25 Apr 2006, 11:36 am
Nee Stormer, en ek het nooit so gesê nie.
JP is egter glad nie so kak soos wat jy hom probeer afmaak nie.
Is JDV dalk ook nie n bietjie overrated nie?
25 Apr 2006, 11:40 am
prepare to be dissapointed then.
“We are talking about rugby here. If you want to rely only on skill and vision, you can choose any 1 of a number of sports: tennis, soccer, cricket, hockey – whatever.”
Shouldn’t you be watching boxing or fighting then if brute force gets you excited. This is a ball game. And I think that you’re getting carried away with your recent ‘success’. One super12 semi final is nothing that other SA teams haven’t achived.
25 Apr 2006, 11:41 am
My god tackler, it galls me but i sort of agree with you. dont think it will be a thrashing though. Bulls by 3. Jaco to score in the 2′nd half as the game opens up. If Brown and Pienaar dont play, bulls by 20.
25 Apr 2006, 11:43 am
Overrated? His defense needs more commitment. But on attack his skill and vision (those dirty words in SA rugby) are second to none. He almost always does exactly the right thing with the ball when he gets it.
25 Apr 2006, 11:44 am
Is there some indoctrination school in Tswane that the rest of us don’t know about?? Sounds like there are some serious “loonies” on this thread. Some of the Bulls supporters are beginning to sound like cult members …
25 Apr 2006, 11:51 am
If Eddie Andrews and Lawrrie Sepaka make the Bok squad before BJ Bother and Deon Carstens, then we know that racism dicides the selection of the Boks squad. When Guthro Steenkamp is fit, he is probably our best loosehead after Os.
Also Liebenberg (Cheetas hooker) is the best hooker after John Smit. Skalk Brits is good in the loose, but JW will want a good 1st phase hooker, and this is where Brits is a bit weak. (Shimmi, not even 4th best hooker)
25 Apr 2006, 11:53 am
tuo, think ackers would be a decent seelction, since he’s already a bok, so new new caps, veteran, but he is an old boy.
25 Apr 2006, 11:55 am
Wow Tacitus,
You should become a motivational speaker. You almost brainwashed me into thinking that the trying-to-run-over-the-opponent mentality is better than making a-quick-offload-in-the-tackle mentality!
25 Apr 2006, 11:57 am
Ackers for boks – why not pick Frik du Preez? he should be able to play for 10min. My only concern for the Sharks is their defence. If they can keep it going as against the Blues, then the Bulls will feel blue come Sunday.
25 Apr 2006, 12:03 pm
Potskuurder,
Dis Pretoria…..
25 Apr 2006, 12:04 pm
Richard – I agree on Botha, but not so sure about Carstens (yet). But good to see Carstens come back after his Bok shockers experience in 2002.
I believe the squad will be similar to last year’s squad. The Poms, France, NZ and Oz have shown you get better results with a settled squad. However, V/d Linde’s injury must have opened the door for Botha.
25 Apr 2006, 12:04 pm
Stormer
I am a Stormer supporter ,but JDV had 2 good moments on the weekend. he had more than 2 really bad ones and a lot of time just running around.
Barry was better than him !!!!!!!!
Yes,that one try he started was great but DWB had as much to do with it is he did.
In the 1s few mins before he slipped the tackle that was the try giver ,he also attempted a head high tackle and went right over some guy. He always goes too high,never crash tackles and often goes for the jersey. In attack he is knowhere near a Tipoke, a Stanisforth and real world classes.Me thinks he just surprised the other players when he finally made a quick brak from a klick off after playing an appalling 1st half. If he is all we have in the country ,we are in deep ****.
He is Ok ,but we desperately need centres. DWB occaionally,JDV,Fourie and Habs all make good centres but world beaters,well if only Jake would now work on Brian as a center. we have and always seem to haveb m,any wings but we struggle for depth at center.
JdV is just one of toise players in SA that only has to do one good thin in a match to vindicate himself ,cos there’s not much else. Barry has to do everything right ,cos he’s screwed up enough. He is not bad when he’s focused.
JdV actually made his Springbok fame at wing and has been OK for the boks at centre ,a bit dissapointing in fact.
i hope Jake can clear the cobwebs from his tunnel vision and get him to find the gaps again.A few times a game ,like Tipoke ,Stanisforth,Mortlock etc etc ,not ust once.
25 Apr 2006, 12:07 pm
Carstens look even better than BJ,ive just been seeing all the BJ hype ,but personally have really enjoyed this Carstens dude more.Does more than just scrum.
25 Apr 2006, 12:08 pm
The article was about Ackerman. Maybe he has something to add to the Boks, he certainly added to the Sharks. To the intelligent Bull supporters, I look forward to a great game in which we showcase the best of SA rugby, especially in light of the TriNations and WC. To the idiots talking about hurting SA players and patently unsuccessful moer-hom rugby, since when do they provide internet in caves? Nobody, no matter which “mighty” province he is from, deserves automtaic selection. Instead of wishing that your player moers the other oke out of the game, why not wish (or predict) that he will outplay him? What a bunch of utter cretins.
25 Apr 2006, 12:19 pm
Lets not forget where Ackerman comes from.
They dont breed them like that in natal or the Cape.
25 Apr 2006, 12:20 pm
How’s your modelling going for your website AJ?
Cant wait to see you do your own personnal calender.
Be the funniest **** Ive ever seen.
I mean you have got to be flippin kidding me you tajke yourself seriously, your worse than Ronald Mcdonlad.
25 Apr 2006, 12:21 pm
No but moering hims more fun for da mense to watch ek se
25 Apr 2006, 12:21 pm
Isn’t Ackermann cut from the same cloth as Piet van Zyl?
25 Apr 2006, 12:21 pm
Moer hom smash and bash it rugby is dying rugby. It may get you wins against the minnows but it wont win you the Super 14. The Crusaders, Brumbies, Hurricanes, Waratahs packs and backs are all smaller than ours, but where are they on the log??? On top. They play intelligent rugby.
Its the same with the Boks vs All Blacks. We have bigger, faster, more powerful players….but they have the skills and vision. Thats why since isolation we have sat mostly at no 2 and 3 in the world (and lower) and New Zealand mostly on top.
Brawn only wins now and then. Brains most of the time. Until the Bulls start playing with brains. they wont win the Super 14. If they can play intelligent visionary rugby, coupled with their physical superiority, they would be unstoppable.
25 Apr 2006, 12:26 pm
S14 rugby is not test rugby. It was proven over and over that many players who shine in S12, did not play well at test level. Ackers will not cope at test level again.
25 Apr 2006, 12:26 pm
On this article – on form, Ackerman wouldnt be un-deserving of a call-up for the boks. But he is not the best we have. He would make a Bok “B” team, or world cup midweek team.
To throw another thought into the conversation – Selbourne Boome is back in SA and I’m sure by the time the World Cup squad is selected will also be in contention.
25 Apr 2006, 12:27 pm
Ben M
As Heyneke says. Rugby is a collission sport and it all comes down to dominating the collisions. So, if Ackerman and Venter do dominate, then they will indeed have outplayed us and I will be the first to admit it. Aint gonna happen though.
Zaber
I really wasnt having a go at you, I partly agree with what you’re saying. My point is simply that we have seen examples of team’s trying to offload the ball to avoid the dreaded contact situation. You call it Stormers rugby.
You cannot focus solely on overpowering your opponents. But you cannot effectively use your backs to run riot unless you have first established physical dominance. One is comes before the other. Remember Harry Viljoen and his successors?
“We’ll run every ball” and
“The team of the future has “15 Bob Skinstads in it”
Utter Bull. Dominate first, then spread it wide. No sexual amiguity intended.
25 Apr 2006, 12:27 pm
Agreed Gimp – just proven in the u/19 – where everyone, including Wales & Argentina just ran around our forwards – and tackled our big lumps backwards.
25 Apr 2006, 12:28 pm
Ben M
whats your point?
25 Apr 2006, 12:28 pm
but we’re really good at moering and boering but not at outplaying anyone else – but ourselves.
I think the ou’s dont quite get that wake up call just received when they bliksem into some ou and stop dead,fall and loose the ball. I think they skiem,geez ,i better do that barder next time ,the ou never moved. Fluitjie blaas ,einde game,ag nee one point loss.
(however i totally agree with you Gimp and the frustrated Ben M)
25 Apr 2006, 12:29 pm
Stan, you don’t rule anymore, get used to it, it’s Tshwane!
25 Apr 2006, 12:33 pm
Along with “All Men Being Equal”, I reckon they also leave out the tale of “David Vs Goliath => Brain Over Brawn” in the Tswane printed Bibles. Those Tswanes boys will just never get either …
25 Apr 2006, 12:34 pm
Taciturn
But it would be awesome for rugby to have the sexy team of the future with 15 Bob Skinstads as we’d have all the seats full at Loftus,Durbs,Newlands,Ellis with all those stay at home bokkies (babes)turning up.
The sound of ‘liefling ‘ would be much sweeter too.
25 Apr 2006, 12:41 pm
ddrek
i hope your talking ****(post 76)? otherwise that sounds *** dude
25 Apr 2006, 12:44 pm
We gave a good formula, says Straeuli
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20060425065844807C948537
25 Apr 2006, 12:52 pm
mascot,
he who has the brains and the money will always rule.
not the numbers.
25 Apr 2006, 12:53 pm
that’s right Stan, that’s why we rule, so p-ss off!
25 Apr 2006, 12:54 pm
Jondood what was the score?
25 Apr 2006, 12:55 pm
yoda,
ddrek is n wp ondersteuner…
25 Apr 2006, 12:55 pm
mascot,
vir hoe lank?
25 Apr 2006, 12:57 pm
One of my *** friends in Pretoria sources all his lovers from the extended Blue Bulls set-up. they come knocking on his door in Brooklyn at all hours.
25 Apr 2006, 12:57 pm
Defintion of a fair fight:
Ackers against 15 bullies
25 Apr 2006, 12:58 pm
***** Stan, you’re stupid.
25 Apr 2006, 13:00 pm
mascot
This *** friend of yours, could it be your father?
25 Apr 2006, 13:02 pm
could be.
25 Apr 2006, 13:03 pm
makatees, motiveer jou stelling.
Gee vir ons jou vriend se adres. Ons sal hom gaan leer waarvoor sy bonganer gemaak is.
25 Apr 2006, 13:05 pm
mascot,
hoe gaan dit met jou anti-retrovirale behandeling?
25 Apr 2006, 13:07 pm
Yes Hitler, while you’re at it you can f-ck up a few Jews too, and beat up some car guards. Idiot.
25 Apr 2006, 13:08 pm
very well stan, want to contribute to the cost seeing i can’t get it Manto?
25 Apr 2006, 13:09 pm
stan and mascot – go fight somewhere else ! Capish !
25 Apr 2006, 13:09 pm
Ig, you encourage this type of thing, don’t be a hypocrite please.
25 Apr 2006, 13:10 pm
Ig,
wat beteken Capish in afrikaans?
25 Apr 2006, 13:11 pm
Ja Ig, jou ou huigelaar!
25 Apr 2006, 13:12 pm
Lekker kak Mascot jou nou uit, nê?
25 Apr 2006, 13:13 pm
actually i would prefer a sane conversation where ADULTS could have a difference of opinions with out lapsing into some kind of idiotic retort for retort illustrating their own personal prejudices…..
25 Apr 2006, 13:17 pm
Really, Ig, have you chosen this thread at this time to take some controll the comments on your site. If your archives should be fall into the wrong hands you would have some answering to do. I’m out of you. You can close my account. You make me sick.
25 Apr 2006, 13:17 pm
Ig, jy vat die woorde uit my mond….
25 Apr 2006, 13:19 pm
Ig
Sometimes it is fun to laugh at the utterly
f$%&ing stupid guys on this site……. only sometimes.
25 Apr 2006, 13:20 pm
99.
I am out of you?
Ek dink Ig se vrou of meisie gaan baie bly wees om dit te ****!
Bwahahahaaaaa!!!!!!!
LMFGA!
Anyway, dont make promises.Show us that you are a man of your word by not returning.
25 Apr 2006, 13:21 pm
Ping-Pong..Lekker!
25 Apr 2006, 13:21 pm
Sometimes….but flaming wars piss on my battery
25 Apr 2006, 13:23 pm
ant227,
i will introduce you to my good friend Doom…
25 Apr 2006, 13:23 pm
mascot
Thanks for playing.
nou fokoff
25 Apr 2006, 13:24 pm
Stan 1
mascot 0
25 Apr 2006, 13:25 pm
Next victim?
25 Apr 2006, 13:25 pm
With you IG
I wonder why it is always the most idiotic of the posters who get into these wars???
Must be something about their specific mentalities.
25 Apr 2006, 13:26 pm
Gloves are off, minds are dulled..zzzzz
25 Apr 2006, 13:26 pm
Ant227
Give us some info on your nick?
25 Apr 2006, 13:27 pm
karkas,
wil jy n geraamte word?
25 Apr 2006, 13:28 pm
Stan, do you want to be a catamite?
25 Apr 2006, 13:28 pm
jondood,
ek dink dit hou verband met sy breinkapasiteit of grootte van sy bonganer.
25 Apr 2006, 13:29 pm
Stannetjie
nee , ek het genoeg vleis aan my dankie.wil jy ?
25 Apr 2006, 13:30 pm
Ig, how is Jake gonna justify picking Ackermann ahead of Danie Rossouw as backup for Bakkies? Surely continuity means something, and Danie hasn’t done much wrong. I do however agree that Ackers is awesome at the moment.
25 Apr 2006, 13:30 pm
pierre,
nou watse ding sal n catamite wees?
dit klink soos die jonger broer van marmite…
25 Apr 2006, 13:32 pm
…and there goes Stan talking about male genitalia again. How predictable. The most homophobic guy on the site, and all that comes out of his mouth is just ****, ****, ****. Probably all that goes into his mouth, too. Methinks the lady doth protest too much…
25 Apr 2006, 13:32 pm
pierre
Ackers has a Green jersey, so we might be suprised.
Lets just hope he does not put Danie on flank again.
25 Apr 2006, 13:32 pm
Ja, sy doen!
25 Apr 2006, 13:32 pm
Hehe Stan, that’s quite funny dude. You’re a good sport.
25 Apr 2006, 13:34 pm
jondood, good point, didn’t think of that. Jake is only averse to handing out new jersies, not to re-calling guys from the Viljoen/Straeuli era whenever he can use them.
25 Apr 2006, 13:34 pm
Stan
Ek sien jy en mascot het mekaar biekie beter leer ken.Ha Ha
25 Apr 2006, 13:35 pm
Persoonlik het ek geen probleem as Ackerman weer vir die Bokke speel nie, maar ek kan nie sien dat JW Danie sal drop nie.
25 Apr 2006, 13:36 pm
yoda,
Nou sal ons sien of hy n man van sy woord is.
25 Apr 2006, 13:37 pm
Wat het gebeur dat Mascot so naat getrek het.? Dis maar net chit chat.
25 Apr 2006, 13:38 pm
carcass
”
Wat het gebeur dat Mascot so naat getrek het.? Dis maar net chit chat.”
Dit is ok wat sy pa gese het.
25 Apr 2006, 13:39 pm
Jondood
sies man LOL
25 Apr 2006, 13:41 pm
Ackermann’s playing well, but he will always have a poo-cloud hovering of his ginger crew cut for past indiscretions (as Ben Tune should have). How long did Ackermann sit out for his steroid bust (it was him wasn’t it)? Does anyone know if strength and muscle gained from steroids is long lasting or is it like creatine and something that fades if you’re inactive.
You see my guns are looking a shade skinny and well… some work in the off season might just pay off. Hell, i could play for the Cats next year.
25 Apr 2006, 13:42 pm
karkas,
Hy reken Ig is n huigelaar.
As hy grappies maak, dan moet ons dit aanvaar, maar as ons hom terugbyt dan skree hy soos n vark.
25 Apr 2006, 13:44 pm
reserve naartjie,
al is jy so maer soos n splitpin, sal jy nou kwalifiseer om vir die sharks te speel!
Ja, dit was Ackerman.
25 Apr 2006, 13:48 pm
Wel, as mascot dit wil gee en nie wil vat nie ,dan moet hy maar cruise.
25 Apr 2006, 13:51 pm
Hang on Gecko and Gimp, but is there not some truth to the fact that our u19 lot got moered and smashed all over the park. I thought the other packs destroyed ours. sure smart rugby is the best, but you still need the strngth to win the ball.
25 Apr 2006, 14:02 pm
Ja die Bulls en Sharks gaan mekaar opsmash….Sleg vir ons Springbokspan wat dan vol Stormers gaan wees…..net n gedagte moet nou nie weer kop verloor nie…Of miskien is ons sbringbokspan in elke geval vol stormeres.Ek vergeet Jake besef mens moet n ik he om te kan rugby speel.
25 Apr 2006, 14:09 pm
I’ll lay odds that Bakkies hands Ackers a fat smack.
If sharks have learnt anything, Ackers will turn the other cheeck.
25 Apr 2006, 14:13 pm
Dink AJ moet eerder sy bek hou en oor homself worry i.p.v. om homself aan te stel as een of ander raadgewer
25 Apr 2006, 14:39 pm
Speaking about old men – Andre Snyman is back in the green and gold, does anyone have inside info on that logic, is it because of his experience here in England.
If I remember correctly one of his greatest tries came at Twickenham, and despite Leeds relegation, he scored some good tries and generally played well, whether well enough to be a Bok again….What do you guys think?
Regards, Ackers, if a bloke is playing well, surely he must play regardless of age?
25 Apr 2006, 14:41 pm
banana man,
ya, i think snyman is one of JW’s suprises, why all the interest otherwise? Its a good seelction, he’s a quality centre and wing, with experience of NH conditions.
25 Apr 2006, 14:43 pm
While I never like to see us loose against Australia, I am almost glad that Jake has put a focus on winning over in the UK against England, above the tri nations.
25 Apr 2006, 14:44 pm
Tacitus – your post 17… lol! And you’re one of the guys accusing Luke of being arrogant on another thread…what a joke!
Bulls forwards will be overshadowed by the Sharks forwards on Saturday. And their all round game this season has been much more impressive than the Bulls. Watch the Bulls get humbled on Saturday.
25 Apr 2006, 16:32 pm
I agree with AJ! Ackerman should be in the Bok squad and so should Venter!
25 Apr 2006, 16:51 pm
We have a world cup in two years, i think the only thing Ackerman can do for the boks is teach, tell the guys about the negatives of drugs early in your career. Maybe he deserves a Jersey for that purpose. seeing him paired with young Andries Bekker in order to rest the Bulls Boys could be useful. as the time grows on More guys are gonna get Bok Jerseys in order to build a strong squad and Ackerman isnt a bad choice, as he could be very useful in building up a strong core for RWC 2007.
25 Apr 2006, 18:38 pm
WHY DONT YOU RATHER BRING BACK YOUR OUPA GROOTJIE I THINK HE WILL PLAY BETTER BECAURES HE IS PROPALY DEAD BY NOW
25 Apr 2006, 21:51 pm
The bakleiers must have all gone to bed. Entertaining awaking this morning (on the other side of the world from virtuually all of you) and reading what transpired after my last post 76 ,i think.
YODA
I always joke if im not talking about players and game plan.Im as *** as a brick ,but it bugs me as little as it bugs a brick too.
Im one of us unfortunate souls who was raised at Newlands eating peanuts with my dad on the railway stand and smelling cigar smoke (I still love it when I go there and the old memories come back through the air)The rest of thetime I was with the lighties behind the poles running on the field patting huge guys on the lower back at the end of the game and then tackling the **** out of each other till we were exhausted.The odd dust up with a kid from the Boland would occur sometimes. What memories.
Now I follow the Stormers coz i love seing the ground,that kuck shadow that makes it hard to see and maybe i’ll see a kid in the crowd i remember or better still a babe.
The team drives me mad most of the time and I support every bok franchise ,but when the storms or WP have a purple patch I loose my voice like its the Boks.
Having said that I enjoyed Skinstad for his skill ,his attitude(positiveness) and his unpredictabilty that was nothing like Slaptjips’.
I just think we’d get more female babes suporters at the games and on the tele if our boys were a bit prettyer,hence 15 Skinstads as the team of the future(Harry viljoens words I am told)and some of his flair too would not go amiss.
Keep up the entertainment guys.Sheez,seems Mascot got a bit hot with Stan there.
Ig,
What is ‘capish ‘ in english ? Is it like Kapow ,you’re outta here,the smoke thing that makes things dissappear?
25 Apr 2006, 23:05 pm
Angry little man mascot….losing your rag like that doesn’t look very good.
Surely there is more to your life than fighting people on a Rugby forum????
26 Apr 2006, 07:27 am
It’s “capisce” — wopspeak, of course. Vaguely pronounced “capeesh”
Capisce?
26 Apr 2006, 08:47 am
Ja,Tackler what does it mean though? Am I about to be educated by the great ? Tackler.
No holier than though **** now,just shed some light if you know it.
cheers
Who is your kiwi team??
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