Boks remain upbeat
20 Jun 2006
Veteran wing Breyton Paulse says the Springboks are still positive despite the below par performance against Scotland at the weekend.
Paulse will not play against the French at Newlands on Saturday after suffering a hamstring injury, but will definitely be used in an advisory capacity. Apart from his 58 Test caps, Paulse has an intimate knowledge of the French style and their star players.
Having spent the last Northern Hemisphere winter playing club rugby for Clermont-Ferrand in France, Paulse has seen all of Bernard Laporte’s players in action having played either with or against them.
“The French are an unpredictable team. And they will certainly study video footage of our games against Scotland,” Paulse told Die Volksblad’s Hendrik Cronje. “But there is no reason for us to start panicking.
“We just have to correct some things in our first-phase play; nothing big. If we do that, things will go well. It is important for us to beat France to score a psychological blow before next year’s World Cup tournament.”
“The French are excellent at the rolling mauls, something Gert would have seen at Toulouse. They prefer a loose game,” he said.
Tighthead prop CJ van der Linde is expecting a far sterner examination from the French tight five and loose-forwards. “They like to dominate up front. We’ll know on Saturday where we stand as a pack,” Van der Linde was quoted in Die Volksblad.
And without the ever-present Schalk Burger on Saturday – and indeed the remainder of the season – the task for the pack is made all the more difficult.
18 Comments
20 Jun 2006, 06:36 am
…useless winger…
20 Jun 2006, 06:39 am
You back for more bro?
20 Jun 2006, 06:40 am
Englands whole rugby team ….useless.
20 Jun 2006, 07:01 am
St Mick, remind us again, how many Bok caps do you have?
Oh wait, you were a victim of the quota system and decided to look for greener pastures elsewhere. Yes, that explains everything.
20 Jun 2006, 08:13 am
St Michael, you are right this time, the pidgeon **** must have given you deep insight.Stop going to TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
The way paulse watched the scot run past him for the try was amazing, what was P thinking of? I could not believe my eyes. I really believe he has served his time & he he has done well for SA.
JW must now groom NOKWE, AND MAKE HIM A SUPER star, he saw something in this lad two years ago, and MR public was told that NOKWE was the best thing since sliced bread. On tour he went to the UK, remember St.M — well he never played and held the tackle bags, question,what has happened to this “talent” JW unearthed,or was NOKWE A POLITICAL “ploy” — what a pity.
20 Jun 2006, 08:30 am
Paulse to advise, advise on what?
Biggest load of **** I have ever heard!
20 Jun 2006, 09:22 am
If that Nokwe oke hasn’t learnt to at least catch a ball in his own backyard…..why,oh why…..should he come anywhere near a Bok side?
Very quick with a decnt swerve and side step……but useless if unable to catch and tackle.
20 Jun 2006, 09:35 am
The saints i.e. (St Michael & St Petersburgbok)are useless whingers.
20 Jun 2006, 10:11 am
Madvillain,
Three cheers to that. The one constantly rants about SA as a whole – St Mich, the other constantly rants about SA Non-Whites – St Pete. In between, very little credible or entertaining comment eminating from these two.
20 Jun 2006, 10:27 am
The poms are better whingers than they are wingers. In fact the pom team would most probably play better if they weren’t on the field.
20 Jun 2006, 10:42 am
Paulse you are **** who cares what you think.
20 Jun 2006, 11:16 am
viper6 ur a wanker, i didnt hear u complaining after paulse was scoring tries in the first games, who is a better replacement? ur brother akona?
20 Jun 2006, 12:58 pm
Hahahaha Paulse is becomming as useless as Jorrie and Gus (not yet but he is getting there). xsaffa/Tackler say what you want but Paulse is a has been.
20 Jun 2006, 14:31 pm
viper6, Im sick of your negativity, i’ve never read anything on this site from you that was constructive or positive. You sure you go for south africa??
20 Jun 2006, 14:37 pm
saffa, i think viper6 is one of those disgruntled zimbabweans who take our their anger on the boks. viper it is not jake whites fault that mugabe is a ******
20 Jun 2006, 14:41 pm
saffa: Try reading some more.
xsaffa: Go back to your hole that is NZ.
20 Jun 2006, 14:54 pm
viper6 how do u know i am from new zealand? just because i beat up my wife and im on the dole doesnt mean im maori. it means the ***** should learn how to cook
20 Jun 2006, 14:56 pm
cesars has a devils and angels theme this weekend, u can go dressed as drew barrymore’s or lucy lui’s character
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