Comments on: That winning feeling

By: DonutDunning

DonutDunning — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:09:47 +0000

@DonutDunning: Woops I buggered up that front row. Hammett was meant to be at no.2 with Greg Somerville (Crusaders) at no.3

By: DonutDunning

DonutDunning — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:06:23 +0000

@BULLETHEAD Jnr: As would we

@Oubaas2009: Bloody good team that. Made a couple adjustments just based on consistency and duration. Some of the players on yours only played 1-2 seasons in Super Rugby, while others were fantastic Test players but never actually achieved much in the Super format.

1. Craig Dowd (Auckland Blues)
2. Sean Fitzpatrick (Auckland Blues)
3. Mark Hammett (Crusaders)
4. Victor Matfield (Bulls)
5. David Giffin (ACT Brumbies)
6. Owen Finegan (ACT Brumbies)
7. Richie McCaw (Cantebury Crusaders)
8. Zinzan Brooke (Auckland Blues)

9. Justin Marshall (Cantebury Crusaders)
10. Dan Carter (Cantebury Crusaders)
11. Bryan Habana (Bulls)
12. Aaron Mauger (Cantebury Crusaders)
13. Stirling Mortlock (ACT Brumbies)
14. Joe Roff (ACT Brumbies)
15. Christian Cullen (Hurricanes)

16. Jeremy Paul (ACT Brumbies)
17. Kees Meeuws (Blues)
18. Bakkies Botha (Bulls)
19. George Smith (Brumbies)/Reuben Thorne (Crusaders)/ Josh Kronfeld (Higlanders)
20. George Gregan (Brumbies)/Fourie Du Preez (Bulls)
21. Steve Larkham (Brumbies)/Carlos Spencer (Auckland Blues)/Andrew Mehrtens (Crusaders)
22. Chris Latham (Queensland Reds)/ Doug Howlett (Blues)

This is harder than it looks. So many players I want to pick!

By: BULLETHEAD Jnr

BULLETHEAD Jnr — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:22:50 +0000

@Oubaas2009: why not at least we’d have one cup .

By: Oubaas2009

Oubaas2009 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:28:40 +0000

@Tacitus: Great to hear that amateur results don't count. Lets scratch New Zealand and Australia's name off the Web Ellis trophy oh ja and ours too!

By: Oubaas2009

Oubaas2009 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:10:47 +0000

@Tacitus: well according to the s14 dot com website it was still super rugby. I will take their word for it over yours.

By: Black Panther

Black Panther — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:05:35 +0000

They were also invitation-only, exclusive rather than inclusive. Super rugby relevant from 1996 only

By: Tacitus

Tacitus — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:56:07 +0000

@Oubaas2009: It was also in the days of amateur rugby. So no professional teams involved.

By: Tacitus

Tacitus — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:55:39 +0000

@Oubaas2009: It was an inter-provincial competition, not a a regional one. And it was before the establishment of SANZAR, if I recall correctly.

By: Robzim

Robzim — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:53:27 +0000

@Tacitus: To be fair, he had one brilliant year.

By: Oubaas2009

Oubaas2009 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:52:17 +0000

@Tacitus: S10 different? And how so? Besides the obvious? Its still Super Rugby old chap. Doesn't take anything away from your beloved Bonehead Bulls victories though, just means the Reds have 2 Super Rugby titles. In those days there were no easy weekends like there are now.

By: Tacitus

Tacitus — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:50:57 +0000

@Robzim: Yup. Priceless!

By: Robzim

Robzim — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:50:01 +0000

@Tacitus: I thought the bait would just be too much for you to resist

By: Tacitus

Tacitus — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:47:23 +0000

@Robzim: Hahaha. Hahaha. Hahahahahaha!

By: Tacitus

Tacitus — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:46:45 +0000

@Oubaas2009: Super 10 was a different competition altogether. Doesn't count.

By: Robzim

Robzim — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:45:56 +0000

Jeff Wilson/David Campese/Josh Kronfeld would also challenge very hard.

Skinstad on the bench?

By: Oubaas2009

Oubaas2009 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:45:32 +0000

reds also have 2 wins in super rugby least we forget their 94, 95 wins over Natal and Transvaal.

@Robzim: yip will have to fit Timmy H in there somewhere!

By: Tacitus

Tacitus — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:44:20 +0000

@Oubaas2009: Kick and chase lead to the biggest Super 14 final victory ever... You have to understand that there is a reason why SA scrumhalves are so good. While the Kiwis and Aussies let their flyhalves and inside centres dictate their games, in SA the focus is shifted closer to the pack, and the scrumhalf assumes the leading role in the team's tactical approach. The scrumhalf is the key decisionmaker for us, and not the flyhalf. Heck, go back all the way to the 95 final, Stransky was shouting NO, NO but Joost decided they should go for the drop. Stransky just had to go for it.

By: Oubaas2009

Oubaas2009 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:41:43 +0000

@Tacitus: its not a world xv its a super rugby 15. We don't play kick and chase.

By: Dantalian

Dantalian — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:41:39 +0000

@Oubaas2009: Can’t penalise the man for his private lif. He’s a champ. Best ever imo. I’d have Furry on the bench.

By: Tacitus

Tacitus — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:40:06 +0000

@Oubaas2009: Fourie du Preez is better than all of those scrumhalves.