Comments on: Bok pair sizzle for Sarries

By: Spies_Is_King

Spies_Is_King — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:15:34 +0000

Thats why I said “most”.

By: The Bill

The Bill — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:30:20 +0000

It amazes me all the people who have got so much to say about the quality of the Premiership & club rugby in the UK & France without even seeing it.

The standard is very high no question about it. It has to be with all the quality player around.

For those Tools who think De Kok is the best of a bad bunch, try watch a game & then open your mouth. De Kok would (on current form) walk into the Bok side. FDP & Pienaar (the incumbents) are far from their best & besides a Greenhorn like Kockket no one has put their hand up.

Russle to is playing well. Not that he is the best 15 in the UK or SA, but he is playing really well, breaking the line with regularity. More than can be said for any of the SA Super full backs, who have rules that favour them doing so.

By: FoxAche

FoxAche — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:17:50 +0000

gas-man #21

Trevor Halstead has retired, and resident in Durban again. Find another one.

By: coma

coma — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:04:15 +0000

gus, where does trevor play these days?, I thought he retired!!

By: gus-man

gus-man — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:28:38 +0000

coma – rudy keil??? he’s useless. try trevor halstead.

By: coma

coma — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:18:16 +0000

Overseas Boks XV
01)Faan Rautenbach
02)John Smit
03)Cobus Visagie
04)Gerrie Britz
05)Victor Matfield
06)Hendrik Gerber
07)Charl van Rensburg
08)Shaun Sowerby
09)Neil de Kock
10)Butch James
11)Ashwin Willemse
12)Rudy Keil
13)Marius Joubert
14)Brent Russell
15)Percy Montgomery

16)Pat Barnard
17)Gary Botha
18)Nico Breedt
19)Jacques Cronje
20)Maichael Claasens
21)Shaun Payne
22)Thinus Delport

Would win Six Nations without much trouble. Anyone wanna strengten the team?

By: Pirlet BEL

Pirlet BEL — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:58:03 +0000

Northern hemisphere rugby is rubbish. That’s why they’re doing well.

By: leeanthonyw

leeanthonyw — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:32:17 +0000

wernergreeff fanclub membership 1 – I think it is the change of scenery that helps most of the SA players perform well in the UK and France.
But yes De Kock and Russel are playing well, i watched them both in action for Saracens a few weeks ago in a pub in Chiswick and they were both very hot! Even the English comentator was saying he wished De Kock could play for England.

By the way i think the man in your name is another player who never reached his full potential as a player! What a player he could have been!!

By: Andre_WP

Andre_WP — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:01:32 +0000

South African players are doing good for there teams over there.

By: Komodo

Komodo — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:45:23 +0000

Bod is it really necesaary to bring colour into the conversation?

He already had the “gumption” to include a non white player in Habana?

Jantjies is not the best fullback in SA by a country mile, but I guess thats just opinion for you eh?

By: wernergreeff fanclub membership 1

wernergreeff fanclub membership 1 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:11:31 +0000

This fixation with Brent Russell just shows the power of the press. I will never forget his meltdown against the AB’s at Loftus. His exposure to the Green & Gold should have been limited to 7′s. I would even pick Louis Ludick ahead of him. Very underrated youngster

By: Bod

Bod — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:05:03 +0000

Agreed Cheetha

If de kak is the best scrummie in the Premiership this season, I shudder at the capabilities of the rest of the scrummies.

I like Gerbers backline though, if only he had the gumption to pick the best fullback on display in SA rugby at the moment to really round off his selection…. but that fullback unfortunately happens to be a Stormer and ermmmm…. non white.

By: Cheetha Champs

Cheetha Champs — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:48:20 +0000

Russel simply aint good enough. Another classic case of a player going overseas, and doing well ina club environment, and all of a sudden being pushed for Bok. Remember Andre Snyman???

I would pick Jantjes, Steyn, Pienaar and probably even Kirschner above Russel in my Bok team.

As for Toulon – if they dont win the second division someone should be shot !! It is basically an International side playing club rugby

By: munkiboi

munkiboi — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:46:49 +0000

russell wont play boks again.

pity our depth is all overseas – only way we can sustain 5 teams in super rugby is if we pay the players enough to keep them here.

By: greatest13gerber

greatest13gerber — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:09:35 +0000

15.Russell
14.De Villiers
13.Fourie
12.Steyn
11.Habana
10.James
09.du Preez

dreams are free

By: Insomniac

Insomniac — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:05:14 +0000

wonder if pdv will give him another chance.

By: Insomniac

Insomniac — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:02:53 +0000

PROBABLY FULLBACK

By: oxfordshark

oxfordshark — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:02:11 +0000

Maar,he has started all the games,he is realy playing well here

By: Insomniac

Insomniac — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:01:23 +0000

lekker te hear the boys are doing well!
From all the positions that Russel played…I wonder which one is the best position suited 4 him…

By: maarjoukleinbliksem

maarjoukleinbliksem — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:25:03 +0000

Is Russel starting or is he still a “super-sub”?