The move of Smit to TH was to accommodate Ralepelle on the bench.

I believe that is what you guys call a quota.

The NZRU don’t agree with you.

context is everything

you arrogant finger-pointing moron.

“we will win the RWC” is nothing short of sheer pure unadulterated arrogance. Are you related to Kobus K Kitty ?

happy to dish it tho, arent we ?!

Its called being rational, my son – not arrogance.

Oh well, at least you get to play the odd round of golf and ex-pat tax benefits.

“it’s all in the tone” …..my God, that truly is desperate !

Whatever problem you have with the modern Kiwi fan I couldn’t really care less. I certainly don’t refer to anyone here as “Yarpies” ( altho I do suggest it has more to do with the proliferation of “Jaaaaa” pies than any of yr own sensitivities). Nor have I ever seen a Kiwi fan ever run on to the field and attack the referee. Nor have I seen Kiwis, en masse, quote victimisation as fact and refereeing conspiracies out of thin air.

Nor have I ever, here, once said “we will win the RWC” as you have. Far from making some non-existent perception of Kiwis as poor sports you have, instead, perpetuated the image of the arrogant Safa. So congratulations !

on this continent, the chinese have taken over and basically control the new markets.
the african govt ministers are selling their souls to get a chinese sponsored swiss bank a/c and the ordinary people will see nothing.
been the same story, different colonial powers, for hundreds of years.
live in accra, work in tema.
accra is pretty cosmopolitan, lots of foreign companies and ngo’s so one gets to meet a large cross-section of the international community.
not a bad life but the locals drive worse than our taxi maniacs back home. think they were introduced to these mechanical devices far too early in their natural development.

Fleet – thats funny – I drove there today. Little market town in Hampshire, seems quite nice.

Jeez, so you must have seen it all in terms of business on the continent. Whats it like in Ghana – are you in Accra

lovely around richmond, kingston area.

have a son in wandsworth and a daughter in fleet.

yes, currently in ghana. i work for a uk shipping company and they have a habit of shifting their senior guys around africa.
moved here from sa (including angola), prior to that in lag0s and ghana.
been living this expat life for 10 years now so looking to give it up soon.

assume you living in the uk – which part?

And I said despite your preciousness – the Boks did beat a decent team in the Final. Heck, it must have been decent – it beat the team that beat the mighty All Blacks – WC winners 1987.

The relevance of a Baabaas non-test match has nothing to do with the result, it has to do with the Kiwi supporters on view there and their unsportsmanlike attitude when, as you have pointed out – a non-test match with an AB-B team – lost.

As I said before, the new breed of Kiwi supporter(and i have met a few) has this sense of entitlement and preciousness that far exceeds any arrogance shown by the “yarpies”. This does not reflect the respect, knowledge and more humble attitude of previous generations.

It will be interesting to see what happens in NZ if a team other than the AB’s lift the WC.

This new gen attitude I see in your commentary. If you were a troll then this would be another story – bait, counter bait and have laughs stirring (as in poppa, hurricane), but you are a different breed.

Just to expand on England: Yes they have won 1 WC (=NZ)
They were in the final (1991), ABs knocked out in semis, Semi final 1995 (ABs knocked out in final), 1999 QF (ABs 3rd), 2003 (WC) ABs – Semis, 2007 Eng Finalists ABs knocked out in QF.

So from 1987 – Eng have progressed further than NZ in 3 WCs, and likewise for the ABs (progressed further than Eng in 3 WCs). The record of NZ and Eng in World Cups in terms of progression is pretty even.

Bt hey “It matters not when who won what” as you say.

Asking your heritage now equates to a ‘personal attack’ ?!

Wow.

Im struggling to understand the relevance of a BaaBaas non-Test match against a AB-B team however. Unless youre telling me that the Boks losing to Leicester and Sarries equates to something less embarrassing. How were the faces leading out of Wembley and Welford Rd that day ?

Frankly, youre all over the shop.

Oh, I think I get it now. Youre trying to take the Moral High Ground ?! This, the man who says the Boks “will win” the next RWC ?

Bless. I sense you are one of the new in-breeds.

“It matters not when who won what” – who has lost it now. I was at Twickenham when the Baa Baas beat the AB’s last year.

And I didn’t cheer on your lot – how could I.
It was funny hearing the English, Welsh and Irish supporters of the Baa Baas shouting “Matfields ball” when the Baa Baa were given a penalty. Sure enough, Giteau kicked for touch.
It was also funny seeing Twickenham giving Habana a standing ovation after his hat trick.

The funniest was hearing the Kiwi supporters shouting “we’ll win the game with tries and running rugby”.

Funnier still was the sour looks on Kiwi faces upon leaving the stadium after the game – if there was a moment for rugby hooliganism, that was it. Bad attitude and sportsmanship.

I respect Kiwis of an older generation – the young’uns I’ve met in “Blighty” are a different breed. A sense of entitlement wrt rugby that beats the cr*p out of any “Yarpie” arrogance. I sense you are one of the new breed.

Youve lost it, that is if you ever had it.

Youre ‘decent’ Engl team were ***** before RWC’07 and theyve been ***** ever since. It matters not when who won what, altho to be fair, Engl have been going ON about the roundball version since 1966. Which begs the Ques, do you have any English blood ? Im guessing you do, a ‘decent’ amount probably too.

I was in Stade de France, Paris, 2007. And I cheered on your lot, no matter how farken lucky they were to meet that dire Engl team.

Go ahead tho, continue trying to make that silk ear out of a sows purse.