Boks to score 50

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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  • 301.Rudebud: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:04 pm

    Where Vinnie ?

  • 302.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:04 pm

    Ha. Oorkant die boerewors gordyn.

  • 303.ben: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:05 pm

    Sorry skim

  • 304.Vinnie: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:05 pm

    ja ben fucked it for me a bit.

  • 305.Skim: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:05 pm

    Damn! I was planning a stunning entry. Anyway.

  • 306.big g: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:05 pm

    he he skim, not so undetecatable after all, just missed it again he he!!

  • 307.Vinnie: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:05 pm

    Monte Vista.

  • 308.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:06 pm

    Rugby in Covent Garden.

    Balletic.

  • 309.Rudebud: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:06 pm

    Skim !!!! Ha ha ahahaha ! See my post 99 and 110. Today i know exactly how you feel !!!

  • 310.Vinnie: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:06 pm

    Balletic?

    Is that like athletic ballet?

  • 311.Skim: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:06 pm

    One day I will do great things…..

  • 312.Rudebud: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:06 pm

    And 199 as well… :oops:

  • 313.Rudebud: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:08 pm

    Dawn

    Meer die druifgordyn…

  • 314.Rudebud: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:09 pm

    Well, that’s it for today.

    Cheers everybody ! Have a good one ! :mrgreen:

  • 315.ben: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:10 pm

    How the hell do you buggers manage to get work done during the day???

  • 316.Skim: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:10 pm

    Seems traffic is a little slow today?

  • 317.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:12 pm

    You and traffic have something in common skim :lol:

  • 318.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:13 pm

    Ben

    We work smart, not hard.

  • 319.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:13 pm

    ben 315,

    Get an assistant, or two.

  • 320.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:13 pm

    Oy. Skim is cool.

    Los hom uit.

  • 321.Skim: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:14 pm

    Dankie Dawn.

  • 322.BokinOzzie: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:14 pm

    Rooney seen training.

    Looks good for england.

  • 323.ben: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:15 pm

    Mmmyessss and assistant would be good

  • 324.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:15 pm

    I’m so cheesed.

    Ig is off on his double date!

    Sniff.

  • 325.Skim: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:15 pm

    Whashapening BokinOzzie?

  • 326.BokinOzzie: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:15 pm

    Dawn

    Slow should be good for you!

  • 327.BokinOzzie: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:16 pm

    I am good and you Skim

  • 328.Skim: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:17 pm

    It’s the weekend baby!
    How can I be anything other than great?

  • 329.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:17 pm

    Well Dawn what you expect, you openly flirt with others on the site.

    But as I always say, if you girl knows it’s not cheating, just sharing.

  • 330.BokinOzzie: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:17 pm

    Skim

    It late at night and I cant sleep.

  • 331.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:17 pm

    Skim, you a girl?

  • 332.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:18 pm

    I do not flirt with others on this site.

  • 333.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:18 pm

    We keeping you awake bokinozie?

  • 334.Skim: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:19 pm

    Hmmmm
    What kind of a question is that?

  • 335.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:19 pm

    Ok, you play “hard to get, but here I am”

  • 336.ben: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:20 pm

    when did this degenerate into a date website?

  • 337.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:20 pm

    328 “It’s the weekend baby”

  • 338.BokinOzzie: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:21 pm

    Hmmm

    Nah, after a bit of action I seem to wake whereas my wife she sound asleep.

  • 339.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:21 pm

    ben, not so much a date as a play-on-play

  • 340.BokinOzzie: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:22 pm

    Ben (336)

    Ever since you started visiting the website.

  • 341.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:22 pm

    Hmmmm you more dof than I thought.

    Just because a female happens to blog here, it’s turned into a flirting session.

    I read the comments cos I learn something. And it’s fun. I also happen to watch more rugby than some other people on this site. So I am also capable of formulating an opinion.

  • 342.Skim: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:23 pm

    What’s wrong with that?
    It’s an aknowledged phrase in English literacy.
    Expressing one’s complete and unrestrained joy at the working week ending and the weekend begining.

  • 343.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:23 pm

    bokin,

    Scientifically that is incorrect. The man always wants to sleep and the woman wants to cuddle.

    Some liquid the deferent *** of body releases.

  • 344.ben: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:24 pm

    BokinOzzie – keep telling yourself that pal,it’ll be funnier next time

  • 345.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:25 pm

    Dawn,

    I do apologise, I took you opinion’s as flirting (ig, jondood, etc), my bad.

  • 346.BokinOzzie: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:26 pm

    Ben (344)

    Okay I will do that but tell me when to stop.

  • 347.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:26 pm

    skim,

    The baby part. Was not meaning to take a swing at you, honestly asked the question. Just never heard a man swing that phrase before, my second bad

  • 348.ben: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:27 pm

    stop

  • 349.Skim: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:27 pm

    350!

  • 350.Vinnie: Reply to this comment
    2 Jun 2006, 17:27 pm

    350 mine again!

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