Os finds silver lining
19 Jul 2006
Os du Randt believes last weekend’s 49-0 massacre could make the Boks a stronger side for the World Cup next year.
Du Randt’s 65th Test for the Boks was by far his worst, but he’s trying to see the positive side of the situation.
“We have to see this as an opportunity to show our character and that we can play,” he told Independent rugby writer Dale Granger. “It’s about the team bonding together and knowing that this ordeal with make us a stronger and better team for next year’s World Cup.”
The Boks have been called “brain dead” by the New Zealand media, something Du Randt took serious offence to.
“I think any person would be angry if their character was attacked in such a manner,” he said. “But the one philosophy I’ve learned in all my years of rugby is not to let in negative information that can affect one’s confidence.
“At the end of the day, in spite of the reaction back home and people who have left us in the lurch, you think of your own family and the family of the Springboks.”
Du Randt told Granger that the team had reviewed the Brisbane Test in a video session on Monday.
“We did not look forward to it, but it was necessary because we have to learn from Brisbane, ackowledge that we just weren’t good enough, and move forward.”
Meanwhile, Akona Ndungane pulled a leg muscle in training on Tuesday and may be replaced by Breyton Paulse in the Bok starting XV if he fails to recover in time.
49 Comments
19 Jul 2006, 06:57 am
More Simon
19 Jul 2006, 07:00 am
As jy die NZ skietgoed gee om jou uit te haal moet jy maar die music face!!!!
19 Jul 2006, 07:03 am
That piece of **** Paulse better not play in a Bok jersey again. Absolutely no commitment ever on defence. It is like he is scared or afraid of getting injured.
Not to mention his smiling heroics after the Brisbane massacre.
19 Jul 2006, 07:20 am
Wel ek is bly vir jou part Oom Os, self sukkel ek maar…bietjie gatvol jy weet!
19 Jul 2006, 07:35 am
Akona vs Paulse? One is just plain **** and the other over the hill! Bring in JP!
19 Jul 2006, 07:37 am
Why pick on Paulse Viper6, He wea not the only one who did nothing. What about Jaco. Oops sory he is white.
19 Jul 2006, 07:43 am
IT’S A MESS !!!
19 Jul 2006, 07:50 am
gretep
The whole week we have spokin about Jaco how kuk he is!!
What comment is this from you he is “white” go and read the post from saturday till tuesday!
19 Jul 2006, 07:55 am
Shocking, you have two players like Russell and JP raring to go, and Jake puts in a player like Paulse! We are not going to beat the AB’s using the predictable approach!
19 Jul 2006, 07:57 am
Lemoen #8
Correct, a lot of people hav moaned that Jaco shouldnt be in the team. He cant control a game, he cant launch attacks, and he cant pull his side out of trouble by for e.g. varying the tempo of the play.
My point is if a black player has a poor performance then the “public” call for him never to play again. Then what about the likes of Gaffie, who has played kak in a number of tests, or what about John Smit, Marius Joubert’s form etc.
19 Jul 2006, 07:59 am
Many a time, South Africans settle for 2nd best. I was listening on the radio this morning everyone phoning in and congratulating Chiefs cause they only lost 1-0 to Man Utd.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH…point is, they still lost.
Gee Gas,
Please tell me you joking about JP…
19 Jul 2006, 08:15 am
Os , i realy hope so. It’s time you guys sort out all the kakkies in the team and get things back on track
19 Jul 2006, 08:26 am
André_WP,
Ek hoop ook so, maar dis asof daar net op die oomblik ‘n helse donker wolk oor die span hang en as die AB’s ons ‘n goeie loesing gee, gaan die k*k eers spat.
Maar, ‘n mens weet nooit. Ons het mos so sleg gespeel teen Aus in Aus in 2004 en toe maak jake al die veranderings en ons was ‘n nuwe span ! Alhoewel die 49-0 seker nie met daai verloor vergelyk kan word nie.
19 Jul 2006, 08:28 am
january made jaco look bad ….freaken hell cant january pass the ball. cos like he twinkletoes a few steps forward then pass the (if u can call it a pass) to poor jaco.
If you dont get decent ball its not your fault ..i think it really unfair towards jaco to get the blame. End of the day theres 15 players and not just 1.
The game must have been a match fixing why else the springboks smile like that
19 Jul 2006, 08:32 am
Drunk,
Agreed, but if Hougie was there he would have coped with any sort of passing because Hougie is the best flyhalf the world has ever seen.
19 Jul 2006, 08:37 am
“january made jaco look bad” ..drunkmonkey you must be smoking some good **** hey? Jaco is kak,plays kak & should *** off…
19 Jul 2006, 08:39 am
eloise you male or female?
19 Jul 2006, 08:41 am
lesbian
19 Jul 2006, 08:46 am
Os for your sake, I hope what you say is the truth!
19 Jul 2006, 08:48 am
gretep
get the chip of your shoulder, you pitiful person.
19 Jul 2006, 08:57 am
Eloise …im also lesbian.
19 Jul 2006, 09:00 am
viewer and gretep
Do you see Gaffie or Marius or Barry in the team at all? No! Why? Because they are white, or because they play badly (well currently anyway)? Why is Smit still there? Because he is white or because he is the captain?
So get this stupid chip off our shoulder please.
And paulse has not had “one bad performance”. He has consistently showed lack of commitment on defence for the last three years. The last Scottish game in point: He did not even bother trying to get back to cover the grubber kick, although he could probably easily have out-accelerated the scottish attackers.
He is getting old and slow and lazy. And now under White, he is too confident of his position, with no hunger to win.
19 Jul 2006, 09:21 am
I also found a silver lining in the drilling we recieved from the convicts. My silver lining was the realization that huge amounts of alcohol makes all your troubles dissapear and it makes me a great dancer! Good stuff Boks, thanks!
19 Jul 2006, 09:33 am
Os, if you still have confidence after Saturday, you are either too dumb to get shaken or you are a better man that all the supporters. confident hahahahahaha Another clown opens his mouth.
19 Jul 2006, 09:35 am
Gretep why do you say this are you black?
19 Jul 2006, 09:48 am
drunk, sorry being a doos does not qualify you as a lesbian…
19 Jul 2006, 09:50 am
thats why u *** ne` doos sorry i mean koos
19 Jul 2006, 09:53 am
Come now drunk, admit it, you smiled when you read that one…
19 Jul 2006, 09:58 am
sorry okes but i think os is to slow i think its a pity guthro steenkamp is injured . how can he be out for so long all guthro has is a broken hand i think jake should bring back ollie le roux
19 Jul 2006, 10:00 am
lol ja was nogal funny koosie. Ek wonder of eloise die mannetjie of die wyfie is in haar verhoudings
19 Jul 2006, 10:02 am
I am glad you lot are finally realising how **** Fro actually is. He shows no commitment on defence and no commitment to the bok jersey. When he see him smiling when he let through the Scotland try and in the Aussie game I just want to punch his lights out!
19 Jul 2006, 10:07 am
Eloise, I think the answer to Drunl ******’s question is female. The last time I checked there was still only two sexes, male or female. Who cares if your are *** or straight, maybe Big G?
19 Jul 2006, 10:13 am
what a load of ****, all the players have been in a losing side before, so how and why would this make us a stronger side? The French loss made no difference and neither will the massacre, desgrace, whatever you want to call it on Saturday. South African players should cut the **** and prove it on the field.
I predict another massacre on Saturday.
19 Jul 2006, 10:28 am
and another thing, “people who left us in the lurch” – what the %$&*% does he think?? We are happy that it is a record loss and expect to be proud of them??? He is yet another idiot in the “springbok” team who instead of harping on about people leaving them in the lurch, should first ask why they put in such a disgraceful performance!!
Left in the lurch? Too fricken right, and what do we have to look forward to this weekend?
Yet another game where we kick all possesion away and then defend the whole game because we don’t know what to do with the ball!! Can’t wait to see anither record loss – NOT!! but it WILL happen because we play the wrong game plan over and over and over and over, you get the message!!
19 Jul 2006, 10:38 am
I have been watching JP closely over the past season, with more than just a passing interest. Loads and loads of potential, but so wet behind the ears, it is frightening. For one thing,his kicking out of hand is absolutely directionless. So wrong and unfair to blood a youngster like that against the AB. And if they aren’t planning to bring him on tactically, why not use a more versatile utility player like BR, who covers more positions on the park?
Someone isn’t thinking in the Bok coaching setup, but why am I not surprised?
19 Jul 2006, 10:47 am
gatiep,
cry us a river. besides being kak, Paulse was grinning as if we won the the test afterwards. The same for that fat gutless Smit.
Forget about Jaco. Even the most loyal Jaco fan has agreed that he must go.
But even faster than Jaco should be Januarie.
Bring in Pienaar.
19 Jul 2006, 10:59 am
drunk if you’re so interested I will arrange a meet? so I can make you my b!tch…
19 Jul 2006, 11:02 am
Hier kom ‘n ding!!
19 Jul 2006, 11:15 am
Os, jy’s ‘n legend.
Maar jy kan maar admit dat white gese het jy moet so ietsie met ons meedeel.
Ons verstaan.
19 Jul 2006, 11:34 am
Stan you forgot to mention Matfield, he wasn’t just smiling he was LOL.
19 Jul 2006, 11:36 am
superb, what a character, this fella is a constant performer.
and one other thing, the NZ media have made Os angry, dont EVER make OS angry…
19 Jul 2006, 11:52 am
From the sublime to the ridiculous. Paulse is pathetic!! Besides him being shot anybody that allows him or anybody even remotely of the same ilk near a green jersey should be as well!!
19 Jul 2006, 11:58 am
24. Myler jou drol
Os is en was die beste stut wat ons het.Hy probeer positief wees en bly.Want as ek na al die negatiewieteit luister wat hier aangaan kan ek net wonder hoe al die spelers moet voel.
Ja ons het ons self embarras maar as daar een persoon in die hele span is wat nie die kritiek verdien nie dan is dit Meneer OS.So tensy jy kan scrum soos OS kan.Moet jy maar eerder jou bek hou.
19 Jul 2006, 13:06 pm
eloise, you tell him girl…!
19 Jul 2006, 14:21 pm
cheetahdave
dit is ongelooflik hoeveel mense nie ‘n clue het van wat saterdag aangegaan het in die skrums nie. nie een keer kon sheperdson vir os terugdruk nie en in vyf van die tien skrums wat os op die veld was, het hy sheperdson se nersderm afgedruk. totally clueless
19 Jul 2006, 14:47 pm
GCC and Cheetadave, agree both OS and CJ were very good on saturday. The only other decent player on the field was Jacques Fourie, the rest were hopeless.
20 Jul 2006, 01:23 am
cab
couldn’t agree more.
20 Jul 2006, 04:26 am
Os was given a bloody fat total whipping by his new Wallaby opposite number and Os was supposd to be Jake’s number one “go to” guy. Os had to whimper off the field after just over an hour, tail between his legs.
20 Jul 2006, 05:37 am
tackler
i was at the game and i had a good look at the game again on sunday. you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about. don’t let me also start calling you names.
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