Boks latest – BaaBaas wary of Baby Boks
3 Dec 2010
Keo.co.za brings you the latest from the Springboks’ end-of-year tour.
BaaBaas wary of Baby Boks – Barbarians coach Nick Mallett feels the young South African players entrusted with a starting responsibility at Twickenham this Saturday will be dangerous.
‘At the end of a long season, they [the Bok selectors] have taken the chance to have a look at some new faces. The England game completely turned around the South Africans’ tour after narrow wins to Ireland and Wales and the defeat to Scotland.
‘It would have been a poor tour if they’d lost to England, but now they’ve done the right thing by resting most of their big names.’
Mallett added that the fringe players will present their own unique threat. The fact that World Cup squad places are up for grabs will serve as further motivation.
‘Players like Willem Alberts, who is a really powerful guy and a very good ball-carrier, can make a further case for inclusion in that World Cup squad. Can the little wing, Lwazi Mvovo, confirm his good start at this level? For sure he’s got a lot of pace.
‘It will be interesting to see how new boys like Andries Strauss and Elton Jantjies cope at this level. These guys should be focused because there’s a lot to play for.’
Bakkies promises fierce showing – While the Test season has reached its conclusion, Bakkies Botha will still have a job to do this Saturday. The Bok lock aims to treat the exhibition game as a Test match.
‘If I am representing South Africa it means I am prepared to put my body on the line. I am as proud to play for the Springboks now as I was when I won my first cap all those years ago.
‘A lot has happened since then, but just putting on the jersey puts a smile on my face. That will be the case against the Barbarians. I will smile but I will also be very serious. That’s because I know the Barbarians forwards will be very pumped up to beat us.’
Botha will be joined by Alistair Hargreaves in the second row, and together they’ll face off against All Blacks’ lock Chris Jack and Stormers’ second row Anton van Zyl.
‘In Chris Jack and Anton Van Zyl they have two guys in the second row who know their business well. It will be a very good battle in the line-outs and all over the field. But the main thing is we win again, and end our season on another good note. Beating England has given everyone a big lift again and the guys just want to get out there and play.’
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3 Dec 2010, 22:27 pm
@David : good for you then
3 Dec 2010, 22:37 pm
@Transformation :
Too much wine leads to inflated claims. I need to sleep.
Good night!
3 Dec 2010, 23:01 pm
@David : 550
the last of the pe gigolos?
hope your wife doesn’t stumble across this post.
or would she be surprised or impressed?
8)
3 Dec 2010, 23:07 pm
@TASSIES :
Don’t give up comrade!
Keep pulling it long and hard, you’ll be rewarded with the divine feeling of getting it into its rightful place
3 Dec 2010, 23:21 pm
@Hondo : I’m working on it comrade. I’ll be sure to let you know when she blows.
3 Dec 2010, 23:54 pm
Mallet is either sucking up with all his comments for another shot at coaching a saffa team or he is up to his usual mind game shannigans…
We shall see, lets hope the boks remember we have an Afrikaans speaker at lock! So whatch those line out calls.
Cant wait to see Elton play, I just worry we have another Andre Pretorius here with injuries an all.
4 Dec 2010, 00:02 am
@cab :
@505
That scope you suggest is not such a bad idea for all those here with such geriatric thought processes and thoughts.
4 Dec 2010, 00:05 am
@David :
@550
You are only a ‘Kaapenaar(nie Kap nie) if you are born in the Cape Peninsula. But I can see why you have that tribe of Davids in P.E. with all that ‘kap(ping)’.
4 Dec 2010, 00:33 am
@zub :
Yip this one takes the cake, the all time top of the bokkietreffers hit parade, gotta say it, this hits the nail right on the head, or is it the dwarslat met n doring, or die pampoen met die mielie.
4 Dec 2010, 06:41 am
@558
if you or your wife or any other family have no front teath …. You might be a Kaapenaar
4 Dec 2010, 06:43 am
@ 558
If you call someone djy …… You might be a Kaapenaar
4 Dec 2010, 06:47 am
@558
If having intercourse with a 3 year old (even your own) comes naturally ……. You might be a Kaapenaar
And so on and so fifth
4 Dec 2010, 07:38 am
@rugby_only :
Are these just some of the things you have done to qualify you as an AapeNaar?
4 Dec 2010, 07:42 am
@ ET
Don’t be shy now – we in the Cape know you Kaapenare all to well.
If you wear those satin underpants as shorts ….. You might be a Kaapenaar
4 Dec 2010, 07:44 am
if you refer to your mother’s privates in normal conversation (read:jou ma se …) …….. You might be a Kaapenaar
4 Dec 2010, 07:54 am
@rugby_only :
Are those more of the things you normally and daily do? Shame on you, are you sure you are not an AapeNaar?
4 Dec 2010, 07:56 am
@E.T. : have I hit a nerve ? you from mannenberg? how’s the bandwidth there?
4 Dec 2010, 10:12 am
The little wing, Lwazi Mvovo?
4 Dec 2010, 10:31 am
@rugby_only : @ 562
sick-o
4 Dec 2010, 12:33 pm
@Transformation :
@548
Was just repeating what keo said in his weekly newsletter after having a conversation with Mallett and Solomons earlier this week.
Just because Solly was coaching the Kings, didn’t mean he had a permanent home in SA. Take it you haven’t spoken to Solly recently?
“It is frustrating that they are not involved with Bok rugby or with South African rugby in terms of direction. Solly is at least back in the country and in just five months has made a monumental difference to the rugby in Eastern Province. He tells me he has committed to making the Kings a powerhouse in the next decade and is relocating to South Africa. Kudos Cheeky Watson for getting back this kind of rugby intellectual capital.”
4 Dec 2010, 12:34 pm
Hilarious posting going on here. If one could overdose on laughter then this is the place it’s going to happen.
Take a bow, Gunther & Crew.
Pops, how the hell can you get so upset with someone as entertaining as Gunther? It can only backfire on you (see his subsequent posts)
Do the right thing and apologize – before it’s too late!
4 Dec 2010, 12:56 pm
I see the same imbeciles are still around to confirm rugby as the preserve of the less endowered psychopathetic p ussies who actively search for deficeincies in others to supplement their inability to satisfy their sexual partners…
@rugby_only : There are clinics for men who suffer from premature ejaculation… give it a go
4 Dec 2010, 13:04 pm
@youknowwho :
iknowwho
Let me guess, something with a brokeback flavour come Monday morning?
You’ve been a good sport for that.
4 Dec 2010, 13:15 pm
@I am a stormer : Did the shoe fit… did not offer it to you to try on.. Oh well
4 Dec 2010, 13:33 pm
@E.T. : How’s LeSean and DeSean ?
4 Dec 2010, 13:58 pm
From Keo’s latest twitter, it seems the masterplan is too keep the lads fresh for the game.
Brilliant.
4 Dec 2010, 14:38 pm
Lets just get liquored
4 Dec 2010, 15:23 pm
@rugby_only :
The only nerve you have hit is that ONE string-like thread that represents ALL the nerve tissue(read ‘brain’) your body ever has and you have given the indications for that with your yutterly sick comments even if the reference to infants are ignored.
Valkenberg or Sterkfontein for you whichever is nearest.
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