Tri-Nations latest (Thurs)
22 Jul 2010
Keo.co.za brings you the news from the Tri-Nations.
Monty wants to bin the boot
Springboks kicking coach Percy Montgomery has called for a more ball in hand approach against Australia.
‘I want us to kick less against the Wallabies and carry the ball more. The kicks will also have to be a lot better than has been the case up to now,’ said Montgomery.
‘The second week [in Wellington] was much better. We pointed it out to the players after the Test in Auckland and the statistics from the second Test shows how much better we were. The last thing the players should have done was to kick the ball away. And that’s precisely what we did.’
‘The chase of the kick is just as important and that is another area in which I expect a major improvement. It cannot be measured by statistics. It’s an attitude and I’m happy that we are improving. We could get away with it against Italy, but not against the All Blacks. We have to go back to the basics.’
Wallabies make late change
Matt Hodgson will miss the Wallabies’ Tri-Nations opener against the Springboks in Brisbane on Saturday because of a groin injury.
The Western Force flanker, who was named on the bench, suffered a minor groin strain in training on Tuesday and was ruled out after the injury worsened on Thursday. Hodgson will be replaced by Force team-mate Ben McCalman amongst the reserves.
Boks take ref frustrations to Sanzar
South African Rugby Union president Oregan Hoskins has instructed the Springboks’ representative on the SANZAR legal committee, Judge Lex Mpati, to look into the matter of perceived inconsistencies in the application of the laws.
‘A number of stakeholders have complained to me about the lack of consistency in the rulings of the judicial officials in rugby,’ Hoskins said.
‘I have stressed to Judge Mpati the seriousness of the matter, and he has promised that he will come back to me in writing hopefully by next week. I don’t want to say too much further, as previously I have spoken about the issue in the media and nothing has been done about it.’
Tickets to go on sale in Soweto
Tickets for the historic Tri-Nations clash at the National Stadium will go on sale in Soweto on Monday.
The Golden Lions Rugby Union are the official hosts for the South Africa vs New Zealand fixture, which was originally planned to take place at Ellis Park. 5 000 tickets will be available from 09:00 on Monday, 26 July, sold for R100 on a first-come-first-served basis.
Buyers will be limited to four tickets per customer. These tickets will only be available at Sowetan outlets.
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22 Jul 2010, 06:56 am
Yawn….Dragons…
22 Jul 2010, 07:00 am
Ben Who?
22 Jul 2010, 07:06 am
@Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-2: You know, the Cobus Grobbelaar of Australia
22 Jul 2010, 07:09 am
@JL1(JL1)-3:
I must admit it is a new name for me…waar is daai ou van die Reds, Peter Hanggat of iets?
22 Jul 2010, 07:33 am
talk about no-namers
22 Jul 2010, 07:38 am
@flanka(flanka)-5:
Ja but the no-namers seem quietly confident.
22 Jul 2010, 07:49 am
Ben MaCalman represented Aus at schoolboy, under 19 and under 20 level – he played in all 13 matches for the Western Force during 2010 and was also named “The rising star of the year” for that Franchise (Hodgson was player of the year for the second time in a row). He also excelled for the Australian “Barbarians” during the 2 miweek games in England earlier this season.
This “no-namer” can become a “big namer” before you know.
22 Jul 2010, 07:53 am
@Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-4: Higgenbottom bwhahahaha, dis snaaks
22 Jul 2010, 08:03 am
@Robzim(Robzim)-7: Sheesh Robzim, I obviously did not pay a lot of attention to the Force during the S14!
22 Jul 2010, 08:10 am
@Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-9:
I started to take note of them when they beat the Crusaders in the super 14 this year.
22 Jul 2010, 08:15 am
@Robzim(Robzim)-10: Is Mitchell still coaching them next year? I think they will do better under a new coach…
22 Jul 2010, 08:16 am
@Robzim(Robzim)-7: impressive junior resume…no namer nevertheless until he does something on the big stage. shining for the western force isnt the hardest of feats
22 Jul 2010, 08:18 am
@Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-9: Yeah funny that. Must have missed him, which is odd because there must have been many shots of him (and his teammates) standing behind his own tryline waiting for the conversion……
22 Jul 2010, 08:19 am
@Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-11:
Waar is jy – Gormenghast?
Mitchell is at the Lions (the SA Lions)
I see Keo tweets that his lackeys are writing “insightful stuff” here.
Fools.
22 Jul 2010, 08:20 am
Damn I’m sleepy this morning.
22 Jul 2010, 08:21 am
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-13:
maybe but they usually show the guys with the smiles rather than the sulking mob behind the poles…
22 Jul 2010, 08:21 am
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-13: haha brilliant
22 Jul 2010, 08:22 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-15: Oh ek dog jy is net deur die kuk… Mitchell is net by die Lions tot die einde van die CC!
22 Jul 2010, 08:24 am
morning all…
don’t know if anyone heard or knows this… but it sure is manna to all the conspiracy theorist who say the antipodean kissing-cousins are out to get the japies… a la the infamous e-mail…
on Cape Talk yesterday Oregan Hoskins was asked about the fact that SARU had instructed their legal guy to investigate to the whole thing…
he said it’s not just about the refs decisions but the fact that despite all parties in sanzar agreeing to a new process for the S14 and 3N whereby an appointed national commissioner from each country (Freek Robinson in SA) would watch every game and confer with the other two national commissioners on all incidents before deciding on a course of action whether or not to cite… This was announced at the beginning of the S14 with much fanfare as you all may remember…
Anyway, what Hoskins revealed is that the Aussie and NZ match commissioners conferred with each other and cited Jean De Villiers without even contacting Robinson, let alone conferring with him and hearing his opinion on the match as to who he thought should, or should not be cited.
This certainly puts a very negative and disturbing spin on the whole incident, the sanzar relationship and the historical belief of South Africans that the other two partners are indeed ‘out to get us’.
food for thought…?
22 Jul 2010, 08:27 am
@Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-18:
Vanoggend is ek deur die kuk!
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
22 Jul 2010, 08:28 am
@ufo(ufo)-19:
Nee man.
Freek Burger!!!
22 Jul 2010, 08:28 am
@ufo(ufo)-19: Is our commissioner not Freek Burger?
22 Jul 2010, 08:30 am
@ufo(ufo)-19: Yeah the Jarpies must have the last laugh by giving them an almighty thrashing on Saturday. Then we can moan about the citing process. Until then we just sound like sore losers.
22 Jul 2010, 08:30 am
@GI POT(GI POT)-22:
@Dawn(Dawn)-21:
22 Jul 2010, 08:31 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-21: I think that’s who he meant. Or Edwil van Aarde.
22 Jul 2010, 08:31 am
@ufo(ufo)-19: I pride myself on the fact that I am not objective, but I always try to see things in perspective. But I have to say, the citing system in both the 3N and S14 is heavily loaded against us. It has been for the last number of years and continues to be so. Bloody shocking
22 Jul 2010, 08:32 am
I agreed with Oregon even though that twat Maytham tried to talk him into a corner.
22 Jul 2010, 08:32 am
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-25:
Les Franken?
22 Jul 2010, 08:33 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-14: I think he menat “incite” – ful stuff. That would make more sense, ne?
22 Jul 2010, 08:33 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-20:
Bwhahaha ten minste herken jy dit darem nog…anner is al so gewoond daaraan hulle dink dit is normaal!
22 Jul 2010, 08:33 am
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-23:
yeah StormersBud… but the fact that two guys whose job it is to communicate with Freek Burger… decide to exclude him from the agreed to process and decide to cite the japie and not the kiwi… is gonna take some amount of explaining to convince anyone that something smelly has not been trodden on…
22 Jul 2010, 08:34 am
@ufo(ufo)-19: I don’t believe any rugby report that hails from the Cape of Storms.
22 Jul 2010, 08:35 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-28: Nee, Riaan Cruywagen
22 Jul 2010, 08:36 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-28: Christopher Dingle? Remember when he dropped the “f” word when he thought no-one was listening and that was the last we saw of him??
22 Jul 2010, 08:37 am
@Ratel Brussow(Morne Steyn is under-rated)-32: Do you think, in your esteemed estimation, that the citing process is fair?
22 Jul 2010, 08:37 am
@Ratel Brussow(Morne Steyn is under-rated)-32:
it was hoskins onthe radio meatloaf.
anyway today the cape of storms is peachy and mild.
22 Jul 2010, 08:38 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-27:
yeah Dawn… and Hoskins revelation sure took the wind out of maytham… pity maytham didn’t pursue that either… which illustrates the truth of your statement that he was out to paint hoskins into a corner…
22 Jul 2010, 08:38 am
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-34:
22 Jul 2010, 08:39 am
@ufo(ufo)-31: Sadly we all know that it is an active campaign, conspiracy theories aside. The problem is proving it. But if this was the case then there really should be a formal apology and an automatic turn over of Jean’s ban.
22 Jul 2010, 08:41 am
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-34: Haha, Never say Dingle in front of the children>
22 Jul 2010, 08:41 am
@ufo(ufo)-37:
I don’t care much for Maytham anyway.
Glad Hoskins kept his cool.
22 Jul 2010, 08:41 am
@ufo(ufo)-37: I tend to find that Maytham interviews his subjects with a view of furthering a specfic opinion. Don’t find him to be particularly impartial.
22 Jul 2010, 08:42 am
@stormer in a teacup(stormer in a teacup)-40: For ages they used to refer to it as the “dingle word”
22 Jul 2010, 08:43 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-41: I’m with you on that one.
22 Jul 2010, 08:44 am
@GI POT(GI POT)-35: No. Bakkies last year was pathetic. That said we don’t do ourselves any favours (headbutt etc). I believe the new system is better, but if it is being ignored then something is up. (BTW easy on the sarcasm)
@gunther(gunther)-36: Sorry, was it Meatloaf on the radio or Hoskins? Did you hear him with your own ears?!
22 Jul 2010, 08:45 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-41:
agreed he is beyond smug for no apparent reason.
22 Jul 2010, 08:47 am
@Ratel Brussow(Morne Steyn is under-rated)-45:
I heard Hoskins saying to maytham that he would do anything for love but not that…
22 Jul 2010, 08:49 am
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-43: That was a shame. He was a very talented journalist. But that was up there with Martin Locke being sacked live on TV and that poor reporter, whose name I forget, having to read out that Alan Boesak was having an affair with his wife, on the news. Some great moments from the SABC archives.
22 Jul 2010, 08:49 am
@Ratel Brussow(Morne Steyn is under-rated)-32:
and therein lies the rub…
well if that’s your starting point in any discussion, don’t expect anyone on this blog to take you seriously… but thank you for proving that your mind is made up even before any discussion takes place…
don’t try and lie in future and pretend you are an objective honest person… you’ve shown everyone your true character…
BTW… wasn’t Hoskins involved with the Sharks rugby union…???
hehehe
22 Jul 2010, 08:49 am
@gunther(gunther)-47: Haha!!
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