Boks to score 50
2 Jun 2006
The bones, after an extended spell in rehab, are back and predicting carnage for those yesterday’s heroes, who on Saturday will parade as a World XV.
Bob Dwyer’s all-star European club XV, at least that’s the media spin, is really a combination of some great players who are long past their sell by date and some players who never quite cracked the great descriptive.
You only had to look at the World XV’s schedule to know that they’re here for the golf, the golf and the golf. They’ve been living it up at Sun City all week and their liver has taken more of a pounding than their calves. They’ve partied more than they’ve tried and rightly so when you consider the tradition of these World XV teams.
The aim in putting together such a team is simple. Pick name players, who inspire thoughts of greatness because of their past exploits. But make sure these players are exactly that — past players. No local team invites a World XV with the capacity to embarrass the home team.
The Boks will get just what they need prior to the two-test series against Scotland, which is a decent workout. They’ll be forced to make a few tackles, they’ll get to play expansive footie and they’ll score big on the field. The World XV will score bigger off the field, which means both teams leave Johannesburg victorious.
The five Kiwis will have to be monitored afterwards and it would be wise to ensure no handbags are left within the reach of this quintet. But the Carlos Spencer and Justin Marshall-inspired Kiwis will probably prove more of a nuisance in the pub afterwards than they will do on the field.
Individually, there are some in the World XV who will give it horns, but collectively they will be unable to find the structure needed to be successful against an established international team.
The Boks will play with the greater structure and purpose because they are the ones with everything to lose. The World XV have nothing to prove to anybody and nothing to gain from the match.
The greatest beneficiary is the South African Rugby Players Association. Had they had half a commercial brain cell they would have dropped all the ticket prices to R150 and ensured they got 60 000 to the game. Instead they will be lucky to get 40 000 at what they’re asking. The former would have given them more dollars in the kitty.
It is ironic, though, how they now have no problem with ticket prices (as they are the ones who’ll see the cash), just like they have no problem with an additional match (as they are the ones to benefit). Cash … it’s a killer to the morality of SARPA.
But I digress.
The Boks, despite fielding a second-string pack, have put out their first choice back division (with the exception of Bryan Habana) and they will win comfortably enough. Of more interest than the scoreline will be Ruan Pienaar’s first introduction to the international arena, although he would have played tougher matches in this year’s Super 14.
For the record, the bones have picked a high scoring match, with the Boks to triumph 55-30.
528 Comments
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2 Jun 2006, 13:20 pm
I agree, Boks to win, but then my predictions suck
2 Jun 2006, 13:20 pm
Bones are dragons
2 Jun 2006, 13:22 pm
Bones have been in rehab……bwaaaaaaaa, thats hilarious!
Were they on hallucinogenics by any chance?
2 Jun 2006, 13:22 pm
“The five Kiwis will have to be monitored afterwards and it would be wise to ensure no handbags are left within the reach of this quintet”
ahahahaha, as for the predicted scoreline, i’m not sure we’ll still be laughing.
2 Jun 2006, 13:22 pm
The boks would be lucky if they scored 50 points in their first 4 test of the season combined.
2 Jun 2006, 13:22 pm
Actually I had it at 46-30.
2 Jun 2006, 13:24 pm
English put 50 points on an equivalent side a week ago.
In fact half of the players are the same.
I sure as hell hope keo’s bones are being conservative.
2 Jun 2006, 13:25 pm
If these bones have been in rehab, it was me who put them there.
2 Jun 2006, 13:25 pm
Ek dink die bok kwotas, Shimonkey en Andrews gaan kak.
2 Jun 2006, 13:28 pm
ooohh fok jeremy and his kak.
2 Jun 2006, 13:28 pm
Boks should cruise this one, but it will be interesting to see how much composure they can retain in tossing the ball around.
It’s the sort of game that can kill the aspirations of the newbies without putting the established players too much at risk.
Either way, I’ll look forward to seeing Jaco and Carlos trying to waltz past each other.
Bob Dwyer and Marshall talked up their ‘return to a more structured’ approach on Boots n’ All but I can’t see it happening.
2 Jun 2006, 13:29 pm
yessus man yessus but dat play on words is dom baie snaaks.
2 Jun 2006, 13:30 pm
Jeremy
Kom asseblief onmiddelik na die hoofkantoor van die Order van die Monarchs vir ‘n bietjie terregstelling.
Jou brein (as daar ene is) makeer ‘n makeover.
2 Jun 2006, 13:31 pm
Handbagslasher please elaborate on why you think that? Have they not proved themsleves over the last two seasons?
2 Jun 2006, 13:33 pm
Ja, jammer ek is verkeerd. Shimange en ‘Steady’ Eddie is wereld klas spelers. Hulle is nie kwotas nie.
2 Jun 2006, 13:34 pm
Boks to get whipped!
Bones still on shrooms me thinks.
2 Jun 2006, 13:35 pm
nee jy is verkeerd met die name, jou opinie van hulle as spelers is jou eie.
2 Jun 2006, 13:36 pm
hope vat makes sense, fanks for ve tolerance.
2 Jun 2006, 13:38 pm
I think we are in for a rude awakening this season. The boks are going to battle, we are falling behind the rest of the world, it started on last years end of year tour. I might be wrong and I hope so. Look at the AB’s they have 2 great teams that can take apart any team in the world on any given day. We battle to get 22 decent players together.
2 Jun 2006, 13:38 pm
Cab, gaan speel met jou self
2 Jun 2006, 13:38 pm
Keo
I have spoken to a friend of mine, who is a journalist, who spoke to another journalist, who spoke to a friend who stood next to Bob Dwyer whilst he was putting on the 16th green. In a off the cuff remark Bob said that they practised hard and are going to grill the Boks.
So, how can you say that they are only here for partying ???
2 Jun 2006, 13:39 pm
Jeremy gaan speel in die traffic.
2 Jun 2006, 13:39 pm
ek het al jeremy, twee keer elke dag soos klokwerk.
2 Jun 2006, 13:40 pm
First twenty minutes of the game are going to be tough, then its going to turn into something like the baa baa’s.
2 Jun 2006, 13:41 pm
LMAO @ fuzzy.
let me guess, jeremy is another one of those ‘maak die bulle/blankes almal bokke’
2 Jun 2006, 13:41 pm
Rudebud
I spoke to a mate who knows another guy who’s best mate’s brother was the caddy and he tells me Bob didn’t say that!
2 Jun 2006, 13:41 pm
lack of of cohesion will be this teams downfall, as it always is with teams like this. the bones are on point, but this one doesn’t require bones to call.
2 Jun 2006, 13:42 pm
Fuzzybear stop speaking ****. I think you and cab must get a room.
2 Jun 2006, 13:42 pm
I heard Bob Skinstadt will be waiting for Justine Marshall in the pub after the game.
2 Jun 2006, 13:44 pm
i heard that petrie is actually a girl’s name!!!
2 Jun 2006, 13:44 pm
jondood – why wouldn’t he just wait for him when the World XV play a Corne Krige XV?
2 Jun 2006, 13:45 pm
ben
It is revenge for when Marshall busted his knee in a pub in Kiwi land.
2 Jun 2006, 13:45 pm
KEO – your bones have always been SUPER KAK all season. i read your sorry predictions throughout the S14 and you even got most of the no-brainers wrong.
Saying the boks will win is a no brainer – bone rehab or not.
I feel you should suffer some sort or retribution (public humiliation @ least) for your season of poor predictions…or is life as a rugby scribe (read: hack) punishment enough?
2 Jun 2006, 13:45 pm
tried that Pietre, but unfortunately Fuzzy was already in there with your old lady.
2 Jun 2006, 13:45 pm
I heard from a good source who’s cousin is knows the janitor at WPRFU who just so happens to be wpw’s brother that Fester is in talks with Lance Sherryl to help WP this year in the CC.
2 Jun 2006, 13:47 pm
jondood – I heard JM busted Skinbags knee in CT after a Stormers\Crusaders game in ’99,but my point is,surely he would rather dish out retribution on the field a week later instead of in a pub.
2 Jun 2006, 13:47 pm
PA
As long as Sherryl comes back with his kicking boots.
hahaha
2 Jun 2006, 13:47 pm
see now you even got me talking kak
2 Jun 2006, 13:48 pm
Ben
Uh, i just checked again with my sources. Bob said it at the Black Jack Table. Sorry for the misinformation; i don’t want to post anything here that is not true.
2 Jun 2006, 13:48 pm
I heard from my uncles cousin that it was Byron Kellerher (spelling~!!!) who busted Bob’s knee.
2 Jun 2006, 13:48 pm
ben
Was it CT?
My apologies.
The last time I saw Bob he was carry a bit of extra weight, doubt he will catch Justine on the field.
2 Jun 2006, 13:49 pm
Last time I saw Bob he was carrying 2 cases of beer!
2 Jun 2006, 13:49 pm
dont think Marshall’s exactly a pushover.
2 Jun 2006, 13:50 pm
Ticket prices.
How come the Man U game is R50 bucks a ticket?
2 Jun 2006, 13:50 pm
RedCared – wrong website bugger…..this is rugby!
2 Jun 2006, 13:50 pm
Ben (post 42)
Bob Skinstad or Bob Dwyer ?
2 Jun 2006, 13:50 pm
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2 Jun 2006, 13:51 pm
jondood its a type of scan…
2 Jun 2006, 13:52 pm
Rudebud – Skinstad
2 Jun 2006, 13:52 pm
ben, off course its relevant. Dont you think?
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