Elsom, Giteau to front Boks

Elsom, Giteau to front Boks

28 Sep 2010

Rocky Elsom and Matt Giteau will represent the Barbarians when they play South Africa at Twickenham on 4 December.

The Aussie pair featured in all three of the Tri-Nations matches against the Springboks in 2010, and played a crucial role in the winning of the Mandela Plate. They will join the Barbarians once their commitments on the Wallabies’ European tour conclude.

Wales centre Gavin Henson could also play against the Boks in this match if he passes a fitness test. Mike Phillips is another Welshman who makes the cut, while the team will be coached by the South African duo of Nick Mallett (currently coaching Italy) and Alan Solomons (the EP Kings’ director of rugby).


38 Comments

  • 1.iori Yagami: Reply to this comment
    28 Sep 2010, 15:42 pm

    Only 2 Dragons!!

  • 2.iori Yagami: Reply to this comment
    28 Sep 2010, 15:43 pm

    Scary line-up so far. Mallet and Solomons!! Yoh man. Great challenge for our young Bokkies.

  • 3.iori Yagami: Reply to this comment
    28 Sep 2010, 15:45 pm

    I wonder who are the BaaBaa’s gona call up as their young uncapped player??

    Johan Goosen maybe?? Small-Smith?

  • 4.iori Yagami: Reply to this comment
    28 Sep 2010, 15:49 pm

    @iori Yagami(iori Yagami)-3: Sonny Bill?

  • 5.race of tan: Reply to this comment
    28 Sep 2010, 16:16 pm

    Wish these 2 were coaching the Boks for RWC2011

  • 6.logie_Jumpbuck: Reply to this comment
    28 Sep 2010, 16:40 pm

    @race of tan(race of tan)-5: that’ll be great, but it’s not going to happen.

  • 7.Great White Shark: Reply to this comment
    28 Sep 2010, 17:34 pm

    We need them on our side..wait that won’t work cos they’ll have the talent coached out of them..

  • 8.Great White Shark: Reply to this comment
    28 Sep 2010, 17:35 pm

    Plumtree for coach.

  • 9.goyougoodthing2: Reply to this comment
    28 Sep 2010, 17:52 pm

    They probably only need 2 blokes to beat the “boks”, but give them 3, 2 to scrum and one to feed the ball. Rest should be easy.

  • 10.Great White Shark: Reply to this comment
    28 Sep 2010, 17:57 pm

    Mallett isn’t a bad coach by any stretch..he’s proven himself time and time again.

    This game is certainly going to sort the men from the squeaky mouse..

  • 11.UKSAFFA: Reply to this comment
    28 Sep 2010, 21:54 pm

    White, Mallett, Eddie Jones – now thats a coaching team. We definately have the players. We just need to use them effectively.

  • 12.Rhys7: Reply to this comment
    28 Sep 2010, 23:45 pm

    Barbarians should also invite some ex springboks / playrs who aernt picked

    Frans Steyn
    Luke Watson
    Ernst Joubert
    Schlk Brits
    Marius Joubert
    Marco Wentzel
    Dylan Des Fountain
    Peter Grant

    Along with

    Regan King
    Rodney So’oialo
    Dan Vickerman
    Saia Faainga
    Scott Higginbotham
    Stephen Jones

  • 13.Rogman: Reply to this comment
    29 Sep 2010, 01:20 am

    For RHYS7…why on earth would the Barbarians want to use any discarded Springboks for the match. Come on, they SA have shown their worth in the recent TN comp. Useless. So we dont want to spoil the spectacle of the Boks being done again. Then again they could ask the AB’s to join the Baabaa’s, then it would definitely be a win for the Baabaa’s.

  • 14.DonutDunning: Reply to this comment
    29 Sep 2010, 01:27 am

    @Rhys7(Rhys7)-12: I’d go Anthony Faingaa (inside centre) rather than Saia, for a bit of excitement.
    Would be better off getting a big French or Argie hooker to bulk up the pack.
    Is Ibanez still rumbling around up North?

  • 15.Slartibartfast: Reply to this comment
    29 Sep 2010, 05:43 am

    Great! Another game we can lose before this year ends…

  • 16.whatever: Reply to this comment
    29 Sep 2010, 06:44 am

    @Rogman(Rogman)-13:

    Hope you don’t…..aaah cough cough cough next year dude…

  • 17.mountaingoat: Reply to this comment
    29 Sep 2010, 07:13 am

    2 skaap stekers

  • 18.Slartibartfast: Reply to this comment
    29 Sep 2010, 07:44 am

    @mountaingoat(mountaingoat)-17:

    Toe nie, dit sal Tackles en Poppa wees…

  • 19.mountaingoat: Reply to this comment
    29 Sep 2010, 08:13 am

    @Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-18: dink hulle steek kiwis

  • 20.Slartibartfast: Reply to this comment
    29 Sep 2010, 08:17 am

    @mountaingoat(mountaingoat)-19:

    Wie? Aussies steek enige iets, as die wind gaan le sal hulle die ook steek! Tackles en Poppa steek enige iets wat hulle sal toelaat…helaas, dit laat nie veel nie!

  • 21.mountaingoat: Reply to this comment
    29 Sep 2010, 08:22 am

    @Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-20: so sad ;(

  • 22.clayfin: Reply to this comment
    29 Sep 2010, 10:22 am

    So they are very similar to you rock spiders then?

  • 23.Panzer Chief: Reply to this comment
    29 Sep 2010, 13:33 pm

    Barbarian coaches both Saffa’s.

    I thought these pricks got a fair suck of the saveloy last year!

    So what will we have THIS year?……….another Team stacked with their relatives from SA, and their pet players from Italy!

    Whatever happened to the Barbarians being a Quasi Lions Team, with one or two imports.
    A chance for the Northerners to strike back with flair and passion.

  • 24.Arthur: Reply to this comment
    29 Sep 2010, 13:34 pm

    You presumably mean “confront Boks”?! For a mo I thought the selection net had got wider.

  • 25.Rogman: Reply to this comment
    30 Sep 2010, 00:47 am

    Hey WHATEVER – whatever DUDE!!!
    and you wont see the AB’s coughing next year, I wonder thought what magnificent, daring and intelligent Bok side the Saffa’s will send. I have an idea, send your womens rugby team, they’ll do better dude..

  • 26.whatever: Reply to this comment
    30 Sep 2010, 02:00 am

    @Rogman(Rogman)-25:

    Yeah, you said that the last 5 times dude. This one is back at home so it will be twice the choke if it does not work!

  • 27.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    30 Sep 2010, 04:19 am

    Mountaingoat shagger

    and Slartibartfast..

    eerder ‘n skaap stoet dan’ n kneukel te sleep, rassistiese Neanderthal met ‘n harige terug ..

    ten minste as julle gaan ‘n belediging vir iemand wees man genoeg om’ n taal wat hulle verstaan te gebruik ..

    soek youtube vir ‘n clip genoem word, “Ive nooit met’ n SA wat ek wil” ..

    somme jy twee aan pragtig ..

    sonder ruggegraat asblik

  • 28.Slartibartfast: Reply to this comment
    30 Sep 2010, 04:39 am

    Yes Pops, I understand you prefer to “eerder ‘n skaap te stoet” but please can you keep your fantacies to yourself. I am really not interested in them.

    By the way, wtf is a spineless dustbin?

  • 29.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    30 Sep 2010, 05:00 am

    @Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-29: well, my apologies for not being able to converse properly in a language I really dont understand, at least I tried..

    think about it, dustbin = trash??

    I mean, it takes a real man to insult someone in a language foreign to them aye?

  • 30.Slartibartfast: Reply to this comment
    30 Sep 2010, 05:27 am

    No, a dustbin is a receptacle for tra…ag never mind, I get it, you were trying very hard to insult me. Sorry, it got lost in translation, next time just stick to English.

    I told you yesterday this is a South African blog, if you have a problem with Afrikaans then don’t visit.

    This is also now the second time you called me a racist, feel free to point me at any of my posts that support the fact that I made a racist comment and/or that I am racist. If you can’t find any I expect an apology from you.

    As for the insults, or poor attempt at them anyway, feel free to point me to my posts where I did that to you. Again, it is not the first time you have done this so I am starting to wonder about your motives.

  • 31.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    30 Sep 2010, 05:58 am

    Slartibartfast

    Post 20 for example.

    Anyways, this site has only confirmed the impression formulated in 81 of SA society, much to my disappointment.

    So enjoy your south african website. I came here to talk rugby initially, but after 3 years of constant degradation you too would have had a gutsful.

    The new SA. What a joke. Same old master race philosophy.

    E noho ra.

  • 32.Slartibartfast: Reply to this comment
    30 Sep 2010, 06:20 am

    What is racist about post 20?

    The Pops that came here 3 years ago did talk a lot of rugby but somewhere along the line he stopped and started off on another tangent. I have been saying it since I came back but to no avail. I was met with abuse on more than one occassion.

    Anyway, basing your opinion of South Africans on what you saw on tv in 81, some youtube clips and a SA blog about rugby, well what can I say? Maybe it is time for you to get out a little, see the world, meet people…

    You see, if I had to base my view on Kiwis solely on what I get from you and Blackpantie on keo I would probably also end up with a skewed view of ALL Kiwis just like you. Luckily I have met a large number of Kiwis in my lifetime and I know you are the exception rather than the rule.

  • 33.whatever: Reply to this comment
    30 Sep 2010, 06:25 am

    @poppa69(poppa69)-31:

    Aaah F u k off ya dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooos

    whinge, cry, whinge cry……….and then a dig at SA in general……… want a tissue?

  • 34.Slartibartfast: Reply to this comment
    30 Sep 2010, 06:47 am

    @whatever(whatever)-33:

    He said koebaai…wonder how long it will last?

  • 35.mountaingoat: Reply to this comment
    30 Sep 2010, 07:04 am

    @poppa69(poppa69)-27: have you seen the females from the cape…OMW! ek kry sommer ‘n horing

  • 36.Hurricane: Reply to this comment
    1 Oct 2010, 05:28 am

    @Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-18:

    oh and
    Kua tuwhera a K?rero M?ori hei taonga tautoko i te hunga e hiahia ana mountaingoat ki te k?rero M?ori, ki te whakanui r?nei i t? r?tou m?hio ki te reo M?ori.
    Kei konei ?tahi akoranga,Slartibartfast ?tahi rauemi reo M?ori, me ?tahi tohutohu hei whakakaha ake hoki i t? m?hio ki te reo M?ori.
    Nau mai r? – k?kiritia!

    lol

    Yeah now thats funny

  • 37.Hurricane: Reply to this comment
    1 Oct 2010, 05:33 am

    @Hurricane(Hurricane)-36:
    Hmmm looks like Keo dosnt like the way Maori is written,so i will re write it another way,lets hope it works

    Kua tuwhera a Korero Maori hei taonga tautoko i te hunga e hiahia ana mountaingoat ki te korero Maori, ki te whakanui ranei i to ratou mohio ki te reo Maori.
    Kei konei e tahi akoranga,Slartibartfast etahi rauemi reo Maori, me etahi tohutohu hei whakakaha ake hoki i to mohio ki te reo Maori.
    Nau mai ra – kokiritia!

  • 38.Hurricane: Reply to this comment
    1 Oct 2010, 05:35 am

    @Hurricane(Hurricane)-37:
    There we go now thats funny,hopefully i didnt confuse you guys in post 36. Post 37 should make thinks alot clearer for you.

Keo.co.za has always promoted uncensored views, but has never tolerated racist or crass outbursts. Come on guys and girls. If you can't moderate yourselves or each other then I am going to be forced to regulate the posts and enforce a registration process for comments. The choice is yours.

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