These Boks mean business
6 Jun 2006
Scotland assistant George Graham admits the Springbok side for Saturday’s Test will pose a far greater threat to the one that struggled against the World XV.
With Jake White set to recall many of his first-choice players for the Durban clash, the Scottish aren’t analysing the Boks’ performance at Ellis Park too carefully.
“It was an interesting game from a coaching point of view but with that in mind it is clear that tactics employed this weekend will not be similar, which we saw then,” said Graham. “Clearly Jake was trying out various combinations and he probably learnt more from that game than we did. Of course the Springboks will be a different force with their big guns back in action.”
On a question of tactical advantages from the Ellis Park game Graham said: “We can only do so much analysing. Obviously you get some points but in general we really got nothing to work on.
“We can only work on what we are going to do. We are more interested in getting our side of the game right and let the Springboks worry about their approach.”
While Scotland are full of confidence after beating France and England in the Six Nations, they won’t be as fresh as the Boks.
“Naturally there is always the question of fatigue at the end of a long season,” said Graham. “But we have looked after the boys and we have tried to manage them accordingly at our preparatory workouts.”
24 Comments
6 Jun 2006, 21:57 pm
lol no joke ****** its our first choice players back for this test
6 Jun 2006, 21:58 pm
well most of them
6 Jun 2006, 22:05 pm
Why would you want to call the coach of a team the Bokke will be engaging in battle with on saturday a ******?
6 Jun 2006, 22:06 pm
**assistant coach**
6 Jun 2006, 22:07 pm
obviously the bokke will be a greater threat than when they played with world 15
6 Jun 2006, 22:10 pm
yeah well i didnt mean what i said really ..i was getting over excited watching the boks play
6 Jun 2006, 22:11 pm
for this test against scot
7 Jun 2006, 00:18 am
Clothes******, your comments are as confusing as your name, dude.
7 Jun 2006, 00:32 am
it takes someone with common sense to figure my name out …clothesline is a ilegal tackle…the rest of the name is “when.no.one.is.looking.” that means clothlining someone when no one is looking ..then ilegal way.
7 Jun 2006, 02:25 am
thanks for enlightening us all clothesline;
I thought you must have a nickers fetish or something where you stole your neighbours laundry while they were at work
7 Jun 2006, 04:11 am
I see all the same ignoramuses above, that wrote the WXV off, are still at it!
Back to rugby school for you, in fact any schooling would be adavantageous…
The Scots are going to come out firing, but I expect an improved performance right from the outset by the new half-back pairing, giving the Boks the go forward!
7 Jun 2006, 05:17 am
Bryce, Boks will be very hard to beat in SA this year as was the case the last couple of years. Sweaty socks just won’t have it, the Frogs may well be a different story.
7 Jun 2006, 07:57 am
Simion are you teh spin Dr for the Boks — I ask this, simply because this is what is fed to us before every TEST — “the bok pack is awesome” — bla, bla, bla — and then at game time we get scrummed all over the place.
The excuses then follow & boy are they boring –we lack in experiuence, this is young side, this is first game we have played together, Im pleased with the overall play just have to tweak a few things — ****, it goes on for ever.
The classic of all time is JW not picking either of teh
7 Jun 2006, 07:59 am
Sorry a glitch — continue, “the classic of all time, JW not picking either of the Ndugane boys & playing Gaffiem who is not a wing on the wing. Then comes the statement — ” I made a mistake” – waht a load of &^&^*&&( he knew what he was doing from the start or he is a moron disgusied as the BOK COACH.
7 Jun 2006, 08:10 am
The devil made him do it ktb
7 Jun 2006, 10:03 am
test
7 Jun 2006, 10:06 am
Ig ,
Now I have to do it all again !!! Anyway , wanted to comment of the school rugby I saw last night , not not what it was as I was working late , but it was on DSTV last night and I think it was from the easter w\end. Those youngsters played some great rugby and scored tries the boks wished they could. It was just great to see guys playing for the love of the game again and not the next paycheck. If u ask me thats what is wrong with our rugby.
when I posted before I got a error saying that I can only post every 15 secs ????? I then lost the post I wanted to send
7 Jun 2006, 10:07 am
when last did any of you see S.A thump someone?
Watch Saturday……
It’s been a while, but Saturday will mark the rebirth of S.A rugby.
I wanna see all you negative ******** comments after the win on Sat.
All of you “Fire the coach, wrong team, no tries, we suck etc.” people……
7 Jun 2006, 10:18 am
Sparticus – thanks for feedback – you seem to have quite a popular IP address – there are a couple of you guys on the same IP – thank your service provider !
So if two of you try and post shortly after one another you will unfortunetly get that message…..
7 Jun 2006, 10:42 am
Strange especially since I use a test proxy , Ig , can you perhaps tell me who else is using the same IP ? Maybe mail me ?
7 Jun 2006, 10:56 am
White must get rid of Danie “Kry pakslae” Rossouw, Send gary Botha back to the Bulls, Tell JC he is big enough but not clever enough…And tell P3 to get off his Phone!!. That should fix the Squad right up!! Get us Cobus Jake… Druk jou trots in jou sak en kies hom net, ons sal nie se: Ons het jou gese nie, of So erken jy jy was verkeerd nie!
ASB JW Fire Allister, want hy is die probleem agter, die farking ou kon nie eers met die cats iets doen nie!! Kry vi De Viliiers in Pieter sal dit nou wees…. ma fire net vi Allister asb!!
My plea for da day!
7 Jun 2006, 11:00 am
Sparticus – i dropped you a mail.
7 Jun 2006, 13:43 pm
Agree with Mr Graham, but only if Brent Russell plays.
7 Jun 2006, 21:42 pm
The bragger boys seem to forget the Scots pack were all over the Wardens last year.
We should beat Scotland at home, but I haven’t seen anything yet to make me believe that we will totally dominate the Scots up front.
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