Comments on: Celebrating Monty’s century

By: pompies

pompies — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:57:02 +0000

Go you good thing

By: ohtanisjacket

ohtanisjacket — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:35:57 +0000

Percy’s a survivor, but I wouldn’t rate him as high as HO de Villiers, Gerrie Brand or Joubert. Not sure he was better than Johan Heunis or Gysie Pienaar.

It doesn’t really matter, though. 100 caps is a pretty small club and a tremendous achievement. Congrats Percy.

By: Gr8ter

Gr8ter — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:26:28 +0000

Just to think I didn’t rate him in his early years…but as time has gone on he has been a pillar of strength, how wrong can you be….Brilliant Achievement!! Hats off to him…Respect!

By: heathage

heathage — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:10:40 +0000

well done monty, we back 100%!

By: londonshark

londonshark — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:30:09 +0000

Yeah I think Cullen was a cut above the rest. Very underrated kicking game too.

Burke was the compete 15 though. He had it all and allowed Larkem to play at 10 by handling the place kicking.

By: grunk

grunk — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:15:46 +0000

Christian Cullen has to be tops.
H O de Villiers also had the same total class.
JPR Williams maybe in the same bracket.

The rest, albeit, very very good – not in the same genius class.
Percy came back from Europe a much better and mature player than when he went over.

By: mshiniwami

mshiniwami — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:11:43 +0000

Matt burke was the ultimate match winner(IMHO) at 15.Had the boot,Running skills,Hands,versatility most importantly BMT.

Won countless games via boot or tries…

Not a big fan of anything Australian but I can appreciate true class..

Gavin Hastings was also impressive-all round rugby player.(the little I saw of him)

Andre Joubert-my favourite player of all time.Grew up watching him at KingsPark..Natal and Bok Legend..Will never forget him matching Lourens Venter(Kalahari express) for pace in 99 S12…when he was 35!!!

Cullen…The best Attacking player/Fullback to play the game…Was also very priveleged to play in the golden era that included Umaga,Wilson,Lomu,Bunce….Who often set him up to stroll in for tries…But from 96-98 he was unstoppable…

By: londonshark

londonshark — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:03:06 +0000

#204 adj nm: True story. If he had always offered such a good kicking option, it would be a no brainer thats for sure. If only he could kick like he does now against the Lions in 97. He has 2009 to make up for it though.

By: adj nm

adj nm — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:38:55 +0000

#202 londonshark: Lasting that long you have to lean towards great - point taken though.

By: wooden spoon

wooden spoon — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:26:57 +0000

#191 The Insider: cheers

By: londonshark

londonshark — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:07:36 +0000

BUUUUUUUT, lets not forget:

1997 Percy was good (awesome at the end of 97)
1998 Awesome
1999-2002-Kak kak kak kak kak
2002-2004 He was in Wales
2004-2008 Awesome

I’m torn between him being one of our top 15′s and being one of our great 15′s.

By: londonshark

londonshark — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:04:41 +0000

Who would have thought, 5 years ago, that Percy and Butch would be the calming influences of the current Boks.

By: boksupporterbelgium

boksupporterbelgium — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:53:58 +0000

Can anyone advise me how to obtain tickets for the Bok fixture against England in November. thks.

By: WPjoulekkerding

WPjoulekkerding — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:53:51 +0000

Remember when Percy played for Province with his silver boots and wavy hair. He was booed at every stadium except Newlands. Who would have thought that he would be running out for his hundreth test

By: hoffy

hoffy — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:39:01 +0000

true legend!

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:20:11 +0000

Sorry, meant to say “who played HIM at 13 in WC99″…

By: Mitch8

Mitch8 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:20:04 +0000

I would like to make a suggestion to SA Rugby Magazine. Instead of printing a double sided poster each month, why don’t you make something more collectable, like in the old days. We used to be able to collect trading cards of all your favourite players. Make one or two trading cards (A5 size) as an insert to every issue. Each card would be dedicated to one of the greats of South African rugby and have some photos, all their personal and Springbok Stats.
Kids would love to collect something of this sort, and it would increase your readership

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:18:43 +0000

#186

Pietman – is that really your top 4 fullbacks of all time? You seem like a knowledgeable rugby fan but your choice surprises me…

At the top of my list of fullbacks would be one Christian Cullen. Quite possibly the most complete player and most talented athlete to play rugby that I have ever seen. The fact that he was messed around by the incompetent coach Heart (who played at 13 in WC99) is further testiment to just how good he was.

Christian Cullen could carve up teams like few others and was a joy to watch on the run. How many tries did he score against the Boks again? A lot as I recall…

With respect to Andre Joubert, he was always 2nd best to Cullen during the first 5 years of the Tri-Nations.

Cullen could run like no other, was a hard tackler, solid under the high-ball, had a huge boot and was in my book the closest thing to the complete player as you could get (Jeff Wilson being another one).

Matt Burke was pretty handy too…

By: Butch James 4 president

Butch James 4 president — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:12:06 +0000

Monty you Beaut!!!

By: David

David — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:56:17 +0000

#188 lapoftherugbygods: Except when he scored all the points to beat the Boks.