Comments on: King of the Wing

By: JH

JH — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:51:55 +0000

The Best Rugby Mag and don’t ya just love Ashwin doing his impressive version of the Spock “Mind Meld” on a bewildered looking Bryan Habana….” I just gotta know how you scored that try!”

Excellent Cover picture and articles

By: Hurricane

Hurricane — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:55:00 +0000

ddrek
Yep it would be great to see a footrace between the best wingers in the world

By: ddrek

ddrek — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:13:36 +0000

Hurrican
Last year he created very few (remember wings are finishers too so often its not them doing all the creating but anyway in the S14 (final esp) and the England games he created a few blinders out of nothing or very little…..most ohers would never have scored those tries. He was average and frustrated last year…..he is WELL above average this season ,or else im missing a lot of other action around teh world.
Hey 5 to 10 metres is a long way.He’d battle to catch a loosie at 10 metres.
No Rok and Siv are fast and also well above average wings. If he’s faster its not by much….I would love to see a footrace.

By: Hurricane

Hurricane — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:09:02 +0000

Well honestly i rate him as a good average winger but not anything more.
He spends to much time out of position and its only a matter of time he will be caught out.
I havnt seen him create many tries and at all,intercept king but that just justifys my comment above about out of position.Alot of those intercepts are with his opposite winger outside him.He maybe fast but he will not run down Rokocoko/Sitiveni once they get about 5-10 metres on him.

By: ddrek

ddrek — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:41:48 +0000

Mongrel…but the truth is that the rest of the world have taken serious note once again like in 2005 and are extremely wary of Habs. Also what you say is true of last year,workrate /intercepts only etc…but you cannot deny his form this year …..quite a number of something out of nothing try’s….and hey intercepts get us 7 points and often a 14 point turn around if the team has an overlap or 2oints….pretty handy I say,I wouldnt complain.
But we tend to do so when thinghs are going well….just like the politicians selecting a positive pre world cup time to throw our game into mental dissaray with statements and pressure that they contrive.

By: ddrek

ddrek — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:38:08 +0000

Ja but Johan Roets’s wife is awesome ! But he shouldn’t be a bok so it doesn’t matter.

By: mongrel

mongrel — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:23:43 +0000

Greatest wing in the world, pah – only if the whole bokke team is dominating. Duribility and work rate are lacking. The change of rules means he and JDV have to catch the ball on intercept or be binned. I don’t think BH’s chick is that hot.

By: skinny

skinny — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:04:56 +0000

rocket shoes

By: wpforever

wpforever — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:54:14 +0000

#11 i guess Wahl Bartman did not have the best looking wife Thats for sure !

By: eth_ig_er

eth_ig_er — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:53:59 +0000

small giving habana c.criticism,sms.

By: counterruck

counterruck — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:30:03 +0000

Jake, I reckon Luke Watson would also like to know who has the hottest wife.

By: Jake_White

Jake_White — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:31:50 +0000

Why are the players physical stats to hush hush?

Whats wrong with releasing players stats?

The world wants to know how fast habana runs 100m, or 40m. We want to know who the fastest players are. But its all kept secret.

I’d love to know who leg presses the most in the boks and world rugby, id love to know who is the fastest, who is the slowest, who can bench the most, who has the hottest wife and who wears the biggest shoes.

etc.

By: Brads

Brads — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:45:12 +0000

Habana has scratched the surface of his talent.

He clearly reads a game well, just look at the number of intercepts and pick ups he has scored from.

Whether he will become a true legend or not will depends on where SA rugby goes. If it stays as a forward based bohemouth with solid backs to limit the opposition, then the answer will be no.

By: scar

scar — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:44:13 +0000

Go Habana, you will set the world alight this year!!

By: ddrek

ddrek — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:44:07 +0000

Hey is Ashwin gonna get stick like Bolla got for kissing his teammate !?

By: ddrek

ddrek — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:42:55 +0000

You can only hope Ricane.
It was a dismal year last year….but now finally i think the team have remembered where there firepower is AND Bryan has realised that if he kicks a ball ahead its 50/50 wheras if he keeeps it in hand it’s 80/10….or maybe more in the last few games. Also opposition take their chances with late hits and pushing him out of play rather than allowing him a clean run to regather his kick. Almost every time they get away with it if they time it close so it seems BH has realised this and is playing likehe did more in 2005.
Sivavatu aswell as Rok are also v dangerous but not including history or ststs….BH you have to say is the form wing right now.

By: ricane

ricane — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:19:06 +0000

Blouste – does that mean he will be burnt out and stuffed by the time the RWC rolls around??

By: mshiniwami

mshiniwami — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:18:01 +0000

The best at the moment with his pace setting him apart from every1 else.Rokocoko also gathering momentum..The battle between the 2 will me HUGE!!

By: Staal

Staal — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:04:23 +0000

Daai try teen die Sharks – eishhhhh , you beauty!

Bur maybe his all out commitment on the tackle as well – that is what makes him very good.

By: Attie Heunis

Attie Heunis — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:03:43 +0000

On his website it says that he is out for 4 weeks. Is this still the case?