Comments on: Meyer flying in Premiership

By: SodaJoe

SodaJoe — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:08:33 +0000

#47 wooden spoon: I think this would be great as well. As a minimum just having the tables would be interesting. Perhaps the coverage might even encourage some "internationaliste" (beyond Biggles) to visit an see what we think ala Aussies and Kiwis.

By: wooden spoon

wooden spoon — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:33:46 +0000

Please can we have more coverage of NH rugby, particularly as there is now so much SA interest!

By: cab

cab — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:57:54 +0000

#43 Big Hit: yip i know most of the NH players, murphy is good. Ayerza i dont know, but castrogiavani is a powerhouse. damn good side that, think could go all the way in europe if injuries recover esp with rossouw and caucau.

By: gras_piesang

gras_piesang — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:46:46 +0000

watch out for liefling…if snorre kan get over dollie and rose, liefling could be our no.10 for the next world cup

By: gras_piesang

gras_piesang — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:43:52 +0000

what a machine…

By: Big Hit

Big Hit — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:23:19 +0000

#42 cab: yea, if you add Mauger, Varndell, Murphy (Ire 15) , White, Corry, Flood, Kay and Ayerza (Arg prop) he definitely has the quality to work with, Roussow and Caucau would add to that.

By: cab

cab — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:11:58 +0000

#41 Big Hit: cheers quite a team there, cant be many excuses, dunno what lofreda was up to, that team could take on most of ours.

By: Big Hit

Big Hit — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:11:24 +0000

#40 cab: Rabeni, Moody, Castrogiovanni, Ellis, Tuilagi, Hipkiss, Hougaard, Deacon are the internationals and there's a couple of others to come back like Erinle, Vesty and Blaze

By: cab

cab — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:06:43 +0000

#37 Big Hit: thanks, glourcester and irish not bad, 2 away wins pretty good, you know who the internationals out are? rossouw and caucau are pretty damn good buys imo.

By: BMM

BMM — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:11:51 +0000

#33 Darquan: Fair comment on their jerseys not becomming of the rugby playing image!! But those Frenchies have taken professionalism by the scruff of the neck - but if you watch much of the French T14 you will notice that they still have a serious discipline problem there with many a brawl breaking out and punishment very lenient. There was a match with Toulon and "can't remember" couple of weeks ago with players running in from all sides throwing punches at whoever was around and there was 2 yellow cards one for each side and thats it. It was like the big punch ups of old - incredible. Apparently a lot on You Tube!

By: Sheriff

Sheriff — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:00:14 +0000

#25 greatest13gerber: Credit to you for surviving in NZ

By: Big Hit

Big Hit — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:53:35 +0000

#34 cab: the away win at Gloucester was pretty big as they finished top of the GP log last year, London Irish made the semis of the Heineken Cup but you'd expect Leicester to win that game at home and the away win at Worcester was a good result because they're an expensive side and its normally a tricky fixture. They're going well so far considering they have so many top internationals out but things are going to get much much harder when they lose most of their first team for the Autumn internationals. Thats no doubt why they're trying to sign Roussow and Caucau

By: Lions_Soutie

Lions_Soutie — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:51:00 +0000

Yikes! Imagine the accent he is going to return with!

By: cab

cab — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:49:02 +0000

#22 Anvil: hello, long time, u been following leicester? if he wins the premiership and/or picks up 1 or 2 other medals, some serious questions will have to be asked. think Mallett rates him highly.

By: cab

cab — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:45:46 +0000

whats the quality of the opposition he’s been up against it in the 3 matches thus far?

By: Darquan

Darquan — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:41:20 +0000

#32 BMM: We might think the standard of NH rugby is ****, but there is no question that the game is more professional up there, both players and management. I just can’t stand that one French team with the PINK outfit! Not even Western Poofters would be caught dead is that!

By: BMM

BMM — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:24:29 +0000

It could open up a lot of peoples view as to the quality and professionalism of the game up there. A lot of people in SA have this impression that the standard up there is kak!

By: Horing

Horing — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:19:02 +0000

#30 BMM: I agree, would ne nice to have a bit more info about what is happening in the Northern Hemisphere especially with the SA players (and couches).

By: BMM

BMM — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:15:57 +0000

Keo
I would like to see an all encompassing summary of all the results and match reports of all the Northern Hemisphere matches. Especially those including the SH players. I just read a very short summary of the French T14 on Planet rugby which provided great snippets on the SH players eg Big Joe Van Niekerk scoring on debut after receiving a pass from Jerry Collins!! I don’t comment much on the blog but visit often and by reading the bloggers there there appears to be a lot of interest in the NH competitions. How about a survey?

By: Tisme

Tisme — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:34:36 +0000

Just saw now that Danie Craven played for WP, EP & NTvl….!