Comments on: Unforgettable finals

By: BishopsOD(BishopsOD)

BishopsOD(BishopsOD) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:07:49 +0000

Ah. The 2001 Final. The first and still only one I’ve ever been to. Braam van Straaten ripped the Sharks to shreds with a 24-point haul at inside centre. And Chris Rossouw was actually a Bok by then!

By: Great White Shark(Predawn)

Great White Shark(Predawn) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:02:40 +0000

Good article. Brought back fond memories.

By: Twig(benjamin)

Twig(benjamin) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:39:03 +0000

D ick C ocks? Seriously? How do the Sharks manage to plumb these ridiculous depths?

By: I am a stormer(I am a stormer)

I am a stormer(I am a stormer) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:53:36 +0000

@Tacitus(Tacitus) : @skopskiet(yliad) : So taccy watched his first CC final in the 80's with his daddy while still wearing short pants. Kind of puts things in perspective now.

By: charo - the wp giant(charo)

charo - the wp giant(charo) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:32:40 +0000

seems like quite a few keo bloggers went to the same school as gavin rich.

could be wrong but some that come to mind are;

biscuit
rangerman
charo

erm…..brain getting a liitle slow now.

heavens game is a durban h0m0 s3xuals old boy i think

By: Suidkapenaar(Suidkapenaar)

Suidkapenaar(Suidkapenaar) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:30:24 +0000

As finals go, the following finals were won by the 2nd favorite (favorite in brackets):

1987: Bulls (Tvl)
1988: Bulls (WP)
1989: WP/Bulls Shared (Bulls)
1990: Sharks (Bulls)
1998: Bulls (WP)
2004: Bulls (WP, although FS was in the final)
2005: FS (Bulls)
2006: FS/Bulls Shared (Bulls)
2009: Bulls (WP, thanks to Nakelevuki)

By: skopskiet(yliad)

skopskiet(yliad) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:02:14 +0000

never realized old tacit two shoes was such a lightie, always imagined him to be an old fogey like one of us.

By: Suidkapenaar(Suidkapenaar)

Suidkapenaar(Suidkapenaar) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:57:32 +0000

@Tacitus(Tacitus) : Your age explains a lot about your posts. You actually missed the golden era of SA rugby (1982-1989), when the dominating team played total rugby and the best ever backline players of SA rugby graced our fields. Johan Heunis, Gysie Pienaar, Andre Joubert, Calla Scholtz, Ray Mordt, Niel Burger, Danie Gerber, Michael du P, Faffa Knoetze, Carel Du P, Naas Botha, Divan Serfontein and Garth Wright. You might be surpised to know but the best ever Bulls team I saw was the one that graced the field in 1989, even though they shared the CC with WP thanks to a brilliant individual try by Carel and a shaving miss by Rian Gouws in the dying seconds of the match. The best ever CC team I saw was the WP one of 1988, even though they lost to NTvl in the final. They did however win the Lions Cup, the CC league match at Loftus at a canter, and should have won the CC final, but Calla Scholtz missed a sitter. Apart from those years, SA rugby had really lean seasons in terms of talent.

By: Biscuit(Biscuit)

Biscuit(Biscuit) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:53:59 +0000

@Tacitus(Tacitus) :

Hi Tac,

Its CC final week and the Bulls are not in the final.
So please forgive everyone for not talking about the Bulls.
The world does not revolve around the Bulls.
Hey Galileo got sent to prison for saying something so controversial.

BTW the Sharks did feature in finals prior to 1990. Only twice though.
1956 we lost to the Bulls 9-8 and 1983 as above against WePee

Of course so what that we hardly featured. The Bulls did not feature pre WW2 (of course they didnt exist)

Its our week (WP and Natal). Next week we talk Boks etc.

By: WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)

WP Till I Die(WP-Forever) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:24:43 +0000

“But what have rugby writers ever known?”

The truest words ever written in a rugby article here on Keo.

By: wernergreeff fanclub membership 3(wernergreeff fanclub membership 1)

wernergreeff fanclub membership 3(wernergreeff fanclub membership 1) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:18:57 +0000

@PissAnt(PissAnt) : In the corner of the Grand stand & Danie Craven stand. The key moment was Chris Rossouw kicking a penalty just before halftime to bring Province back. Up to that point they were nowhere

By: PissAnt(PissAnt)

PissAnt(PissAnt) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:14:50 +0000

@wernergreeff fanclub membership 3(wernergreeff fanclub membership 1) : Was an interesting game, remember a very young, and very impressive John Smit - scored for the Sharks in that game too.

By: PissAnt(PissAnt)

PissAnt(PissAnt) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:13:09 +0000

@Tacitus(Tacitus) : That should make us more or less the same age.

By: wernergreeff fanclub membership 3(wernergreeff fanclub membership 1)

wernergreeff fanclub membership 3(wernergreeff fanclub membership 1) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:08:49 +0000

@Tacitus(Tacitus) : I would have to agree with you. Do you remember that classic final where the CHeetahs beat the Bulls at Loftus through a Meyer Bosman try? Classic!!

By: wernergreeff fanclub membership 3(wernergreeff fanclub membership 1)

wernergreeff fanclub membership 3(wernergreeff fanclub membership 1) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:07:18 +0000

@PissAnt(PissAnt) : The one thing that stands out for me of that Final was flying in from Bloem for the match. As you leave the airport, Mr Price put up this massive billboard reading "Welcome to whine country". This was on the back of Corne & the boys complaining of over robust play by the SHarks the week before. I guys the "whine" was a bit sour when the Sharks flew back.

By: wernergreeff fanclub membership 3(wernergreeff fanclub membership 1)

wernergreeff fanclub membership 3(wernergreeff fanclub membership 1) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:03:09 +0000

@Frankly speaking(Frankly speaking) : Werner Greeff a real legend

By: Zandberg Jansen(Zandberg Jansen)

Zandberg Jansen(Zandberg Jansen) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:43:46 +0000

@Tacitus(Tacitus) : Legend, I remember Sport '83....hehe before Top sport.@Tacitus(Tacitus) : It was the World 15 at Newlands, or at least I remember bits and pieces of that game.

By: Frankly speaking(Frankly speaking)

Frankly speaking(Frankly speaking) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:44:07 +0000

@PissAnt(PissAnt) : Chris Rossouw and Werner Greeff were a thorn in the side of many a WP team

By: PissAnt(PissAnt)

PissAnt(PissAnt) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:35:45 +0000

@Frankly speaking(Frankly speaking) : Chris Rossouw of all people scoring the decisive try with his crazy chip in the Sharks 22...

By: Frankly speaking(Frankly speaking)

Frankly speaking(Frankly speaking) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:19:39 +0000

@Tacitus(Tacitus) : The Sharks and WP both featured in the 2000 & 2001 finals. WP were victorious on both occasions