Comments on: Butch is back

By: fryboy

fryboy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:10:44 +0000

cheetah champ………..you have a good rugby brain china! agree with everything you have said 100%

By: brains_trust

brains_trust — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:17:33 +0000

but who is your goal kicker?

By: brains_trust

brains_trust — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:17:04 +0000

cheetha champs – your team post @ 33 is spot on in my book.

By: CHAZ

CHAZ — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:40:01 +0000

Please someone tell me, I must of forgot, but what was the score last year when SA played the BABA’s, didn’t the Jappies get creammmed???

By: Pirlet BEL

Pirlet BEL — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:55:38 +0000

GOOD NEWS, Jaque Fourie is gonna be back from injury and start playing in Voda Cup.. Still young and a great player..

By: Canuck

Canuck — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:52:24 +0000

how about playing steyn at 12 and Jean at 13, bring back percy at 15 or play jantjes?? I think that they could be an effective centre combination.

By: mshiniwami

mshiniwami — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:44:23 +0000

Harlequin

Bosman has shone at 12,never been a fan after the “whole Next Henry Honiball” thing.But he has lovely hands,great timing of the pass.Still has to work on his decision making and his tackle efficiency leaves a lot to be desired.

He is still far from being a Bok again amongst the new talent.

Question:Who is gonna be the Bok 13?????????

No one is/has been stand out,if Mossie is injured…then what???

Bobo has been the most consistent but He isnt a 13 IMO.

By: OCO

OCO — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:34:27 +0000

Just checked up. They are showing the match live tonight locally.
Sometimes being in the desert does have it’s bright side!

By: OCO

OCO — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:31:30 +0000

Should add that I would still like to see Ruaan have a good go at #10.

By: OCO

OCO — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:30:09 +0000

Grant is no Butch James. Butch is no Lem. Both Lem and Bucth were great on what they had to offer, not similarities. Butch controls the midfield like a brick wall and offers the ‘fear factor’, Lem had distribution skills (not that many got past Lem either!) and a pretty complete game.
Grant will have to develop his own style to make him worthy of Bok selection. Doubt he will ever be able to tackle as well as the other two but can make up for it by keeping the oppo on the back foot. Will be interesting to see how he measures up in internationals. However, no one else much to offer in this possy!

By: Harlequin

Harlequin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:01:18 +0000

BTW I rated them from best to worst.

By: Harlequin

Harlequin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:00:08 +0000

There are only five men capable of filling the 10 jersey and doing it justice.

1) Butch James (If PdV is smart he will keep the world cup team as intact as possible)

2) Meyer Bosman (Dark horse? yes. But he has shone in a shocking Cheetahs side, albeit at 12. If the selectors were looking for a like-for-like replacement for Butch they should look no further.)

3) Andre Pretorius (Bit of a paper tiger and he blows hot and cold but when he’s at the top of his game he can turn it on his head.)

4) Peter Grant (Still not convinced but its hard to stay among the detractors with the super 12 he has had)

5) Francois Steyn (The future: Left field but I think he has what it takes to be a great bok 10 albeit in a couple of years time.)

By: Bokbafana

Bokbafana — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:37:58 +0000

jonty i’m in…i cant actually wait to see what the side is gonna look like, what makes it even more frustrating is that over here on mud island we see very few of the saffa super 14 sides playing week in and out!!! Wish bloody sky would show the stormers more often as they are quite clearly the form side at the moment!!!

By: Cheetha Champs

Cheetha Champs — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:24:51 +0000

Jonty – stunning idea. Count me in. Can we not do both? Lets see who can read PDV the best? I reckon his team will differ drastically from my team mentioned at post 33.

By: PlayBall

PlayBall — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:22:17 +0000

# 38 JG

I’m in for sure – OUR team! Are you going to handle it like you handle the adhoc votes that you run on the site? On a weekly bassis and at the end tally the numbers?

By: Mzila

Mzila — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:19:50 +0000

i think the Sharks must use Steyn in his best position or risk loosing him,

By: jontyg

jontyg — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:12:34 +0000

Hey Guys

I see you’re already hard at work, selecting your Bok teams for Wales in Bloem on 7th June.

I was thinking of introducing a Springbok Barometer, based on votes from you guys (which I’d like to think would in turn be based on intelligent selection based on each week’s performances).

Then, by the time we reach Coach De Villiers’ first official team selection – we’ll be able to compare the keo bloggers squad to his, and see how far off the real deal we actually are. Or how near.

There are 2 ways we could do this. We could pick who WE believe to be the best, or we could go for who we think PETER is gonna select.

Personally, I’d prefer to see who makes it into OUR team. How about you?

Should we do it?

Cheers

Jonty

By: Biggles

Biggles — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:11:18 +0000

Cheetha, now thats a world beating test match side… Wouldnt change much with that.
Some would argue about who to start, Kankowski or Spies or maybe Ruan instead of January as another utility back but you cant really argue with that side.

By: Cheetha Champs

Cheetha Champs — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:11:12 +0000

Hoops. You know an opinion is like a panty. Elke po..s het een

My opinion on why Spies is better:

1. He is faster – which means a lot with the ELV’s.
2. He is taller, and therefore a line out option
3. He is less controversial and therefore less of a disruption to team morale
4. He is a specialist no 8 who can play flank. Watson is a specialist flank who can play 8.
5. He has more test experience.

i agree that watson i playing goog rugby, but i would personally play spies every day of the week

By: PlayBall

PlayBall — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:07:18 +0000

# 30
I think your views are rather dated and realistically rugby players are professionals like any other sportsperson who makes a living from sport, they are entitled to ply their trade wherever they get paid the most! There is one provision – they have to be the best in their respective position!

Grant has had a good season and is IMO the best SA flyhalf in the S14 but he is not better than Butch by any stretch of anyone’s imagination!