You are suffering delusions of adequacy.

3N going from home and away to best of 3, S14 to S15 and SA’s travel disadvantage does not add up to anything of benefit to the Boks anyway – to the extent that the S15 aberration is going to seriously threaten the CC. Actually its a farkup to stay in a lopsided “partnership” with 2 teams in a different time zone – it would be better to synchronise with NH.

The Boks were strong before 3N and they will remain strong without it… In fact they have a lot to gain without it. They can visit the antipodes every 2 years for a longer tour… (Bang goes Australian rugby, and bang goes the cash to NZ)…

Basically a big middle finger to the kissing cousins will do Bok rugby very nicely, thankyou very much…

My reply was to a rant about shutting NZ and Aus out by SAf and playing exclusively against NH sides.

If SAf played all their competition rugby against NH sides the standard of Bok rugby would descend to the level of their opponents.

This always is assuming the NH sides would not mind travelling to SA to play them.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again…Spies is a great S14 and CC player, but he doesn’t have all the needed skills an 8th man should in order to be considered amongst the world’s best. As for the Bok team, he doesn’t fit the mould of player we require right now. That being a hardman like Alberts/Vermeulen

Brussouw was instrumental in the resurgence of the Boks last year. We need a fetcher. Flo is the only match fit fetcher we currently have who had a good S14. He should play.

We need a strong no8 who can pick up the ball at the back of the scrum and go forward. Case in point: CC semi final 2009, Last scrum of the game with the Bulls scrum struggling. Spies picks up, Schalk comes in with everything he has to tackle man and ball. End result: Schalk flat on his back, Spies advances a few metres, Bulls recycle the ball and keeps posession until the final whistle blows.
Kanko to me has not shown that he is physical enough. If we had a dominant scrum he might have been an option. There are other candidates like Vermeulen who are strong enough but lack speed. Spies has speed. He might have gone through a slump but he will be back.

That leaves the no 7 jersey and there I will choose Juan Smith ahead of Schalk anytime.

JC praat k@k al weer

Is that your professional opinion?

I remember that game clearly. I would say that that is “feeble” of you.

Now let’s say that Brussow did, EVEN IF he did, what about this year’s S14? What about the CC matches?

And then you show more bias than me by saying Flou outperformed Stegmann in the S14 final?!?!?!
Flou didn’t even make any S14 final team of the week (except yours)- it was Burger and Stegmann.

I mentioned the reasons- each year that made it that much difficult to get selected. The Bok loose trio is an exclusive club, you know that. And Brussow made his S14 and CC debut a full year earlier than Stegmann.

And where do you get off saying that the Bok selectors agree???
You don’t even agree with the selections by the Bok selectors and are vastly upset that Flou may be facing the axe.
So how does tha count for anything? HUH?

Chiliboy shouldn’t be there, so shouldn’t Ricky, Kirchner (in a way), Smit (at the moment), Kanko etc.

So how do you say that the Bok selectors are the be all and end all of a player’s status?

What’s the difference between you and I? -Our “favourites” as you put it?

Well recently Stegmann met Flou in the S14 final and the 2009 CC semi final.

What happened?

Ja, exactly.

Burger is seriously overrated. He contribute as little as Kankowski in the trinations and in fact offered less. At least Kankowski is very dangerous with ball in hand. Spies had been horribly exposed. Behind a dominant pack get go forward ball he is very dangerous. Behing a losing pack, ****. We cannot grantee a dominant pack. All things being equal he is, on balance, a substandard international level loosie. Incredibly strong in one area weak in the others. Smith, well hope he is fit. But if he is on form he is a better choice for blindside than anyone else. As for Burger at openside. McCaw and Poccock will crucify him. Finished and klaar. A better balance would be Smith or at, a push Burger, Louw and Kankowski. If we really thing the tight five will be under pressure go for Smith, Louw and a Vermeulen or Alberts.

Last year, Brussow vastly outperformed him in the S14, and this year Louw outperformed him. Deal with it. The bok selectors agree.

Dont waste anyone’s time with feeble excuses…

Just to get your temperatures up.