Bismarck’s the best
27 Sep 2011
Bismarck du Plessis has used the World Cup to enhance his reputation as the world’s No 1 hooker.
Du Plessis made an immediate impact for the Boks when he came off the bench in their World Cup opener against Wales, helping to turn a 16-10 deficit into a 17-16 victory.
‘To have a replacement hooker like Du Plessis coming off your bench is something no team in world rugby can match and is a massive weapon,’ Wales coach Warren Gatland said after the game. ‘He really put himself about in the time he was on. I’d say he was probably their most influential sub. I’m glad we didn’t have to play against him for longer.’
In the latest SA Rugby magazine – a 172-page bumper edition – we analyse Du Plessis’ season and lament the fact that he’s been relegated to the Bok bench to accommodate captain John Smit.
Also in the new issue:
– Conrad Smith and Ma’a Nonu are totally different players but together they form a potent midfield combination
– Wallabies coach Robbie Deans took a big gamble when he made James Horwill his new captain, just three weeks before the World Cup
– Heinrich Brüssow used the home leg of the Tri-Nations to fight his way into the Springboks’ World Cup squad
– How Bryan Habana rediscovered his form ahead of the World Cup
– Manu Tuilagi has brought muscle to England’s midfield
– Thirteen years after making his England debut, Jonny Wilkinson is still setting the example for his team-mates
– Having been left out of Ireland’s squad for the 2007 World Cup, Tommy Bowe made sure the selectors couldn’t ignore him in 2011
– Outgoing France coach Marc Lievremont will be remembered for his conservative approach to the game, odd selections and public outbursts
– Western Province flank Siya Kolisi has made the most of his opportunities in this year’s Currie Cup
– Sharks wing Sibusiso Sithole wants to refine his game
– Jaco Taute has all the attributes required to play at the highest level
– There’s something special about Johann Sadie
– Clint Newland and Ross Kennedy are playing an important part in EP’s rugby renaissance
– A host of players are representing their adopted countries at this year’s World Cup
– The Webb Ellis Cup is closely guarded when it travels around the world, but that wasn’t always the case
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27 Sep 2011, 15:54 pm
I think Rassie is sharing room with Hougie, now that will be a coup-koop
27 Sep 2011, 15:56 pm
At Bulls watch this young new 8- Arno Botha , SA 21 capt
27 Sep 2011, 15:58 pm
@capebull(capebull)-150: i agree with you. I think 4 is OK, Steenkamp and Etsebeth can play there too, but I suspect that Elstadt will stay there. He brings a hard edge as you say. Not much in the lineouts though.
27 Sep 2011, 16:02 pm
@capebull(capebull)-147: what jas cheeky ever done to you?
27 Sep 2011, 16:07 pm
@capebull(capebull)-152: He looked very promising at the WC. Nice big chap.
27 Sep 2011, 16:12 pm
@capebull(capebull)-152: bulls have had new u21 #8 who haven’t lived up to expectation in that position: cj stander, gerrit-jan van velze, dewalt potgieter
hope arno will get game time and not stunted because of spies.
27 Sep 2011, 16:12 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-154: Do you like everyone in SA , even Bull supporters ?
In all honesty nothing , but its percentions that one get from papers , reports ect.
I supose thats wrong. Let me rephrase I do not like or dislike him.
Perceptions are dangerous , just like all Bull suporters are drinking brandy and are stupid
27 Sep 2011, 16:14 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-156: Hopefully Van Feltze will only play lock
27 Sep 2011, 16:16 pm
@capebull(capebull)-157:
Damn, it’s hard not to respond to that statement.
27 Sep 2011, 16:19 pm
@David(David)-159: He he he was very tempted
27 Sep 2011, 16:19 pm
Over and out
27 Sep 2011, 16:24 pm
@capebull(capebull)-157: i don’t want this to escalate into anything it shouldn’t be. i’m just interested in a honest opinion from yourself. you put it out there that “i don’t like cheeky” so i thought there might be a valid reason why you don’t.
i like barend van graan, he comes across as a solid and honest man. i don’t like oregan hoskins, he is too slimy for my liking and never answers questions directly.
27 Sep 2011, 16:26 pm
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-160:
Yes, although “misguided” might be a kinder description of the Bulls supporter.
27 Sep 2011, 16:29 pm
@David(David)-163:
27 Sep 2011, 16:32 pm
@David(David)-163: tl tl tl
27 Sep 2011, 17:46 pm
This really is a boring topic now!!!
GO Smittie – Go Bissie however you are used
27 Sep 2011, 17:52 pm
Bulls supporters are to be admired. Their loyalty is incredible. I am a WP supporter through and through. While partying on a farm outside Pretoria, i was amazed at the warm hospitality I received. The brandy flowed, and it was a lekker braai. There is so much k@k going on up north, I sympathize with these die hard patriots. Their comradeship is exemplary.
27 Sep 2011, 18:00 pm
Its a travesty of justice
Sean Fitzpatrick any remember him?
One of the best hookears in rugby ever
He said that Bismarck is the best hooker in the world
Kick PDV in the balls and then maybe he will wake up
27 Sep 2011, 19:08 pm
How exactly has Habana re-discovered his form ‘ahead’ of the RWC? I just don’t see it. That’s a moerse broken-nose being sported by Brussouw there eina!
27 Sep 2011, 19:10 pm
Maybe Pdiv has been fooling us all along. By saving Bismarck for the games that count. And playing Smit in the easier games like Namibia and Fiji.
This is the game where Bissie is going to go all out. And basically on the basis of his performance tell Peter de Villiers when it comes to the KO games “Drop me if you dare.”
27 Sep 2011, 19:24 pm
@I am a stormer(I am a stormer)-170: Hope so. He’s got the whole wo-rld, in his hands… The whole wide world…in his hands.
27 Sep 2011, 19:25 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-162: “he is too slimy for my liking and never answers questions directly.”…. So Oregan Hoskens blogs on Keo under the nic Transformation?
27 Sep 2011, 19:41 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-172: touché
27 Sep 2011, 19:46 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-172:
Hawu!
27 Sep 2011, 19:50 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-162:
The few private conversations I’ve had with Oregan, he’s been anything but indirect. Unfortunately, I can’t quote him here.
27 Sep 2011, 19:55 pm
Ja. HG is full of kuk tonight.
Must be that breakup.
He’s at the anger stage.
27 Sep 2011, 19:59 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-176: post-break up trauma neh?
27 Sep 2011, 20:07 pm
is this perchance a rugby thread or just a flow over from that other intransigent load of trash from next door?
27 Sep 2011, 20:08 pm
Ebony and Ivory are strong as Russia…
27 Sep 2011, 20:09 pm
It’s more intransigent load of trash
27 Sep 2011, 20:09 pm
Prussia more like … dancing the gefilte gefoefel flugel
27 Sep 2011, 20:11 pm
when the fck are the real rugby games gonna happen in this faux pax RWC
then we won’t have to wade through intransigent trash for days on end waiting for Godot to eventually transpire
27 Sep 2011, 20:14 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-182: Was a good game this morning – Canada vs Japan.
27 Sep 2011, 20:16 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-182:
Godot never did arrive.
27 Sep 2011, 20:18 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-183: missed it saw the last 10 minutes of Mussolini’s repulsion of General Patton’s invasion and this time old Musso got the tagliatelle the right way round.
Did the Nagasaki’s do the Canuks or the other way around? .. better go check
27 Sep 2011, 20:20 pm
@David(David)-184: where did he disappear to this time Sir David?
27 Sep 2011, 20:21 pm
Big farken crash waiting to happen… I tell you, on a knife edge… Will go stock up on canned food, get a log cabin in the woods with generator, solar panels and enough unleaded to last a month… The end of Capitalism as we know it is nigh…
27 Sep 2011, 20:23 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-185: Was a perfect draw. Enjoyed it immensely. Two fave games of the world cup have involved the Canuks… vs Tonga and then vs Japan, with Japan vs Le Bleus a close third and then Boks vs Fiji.
27 Sep 2011, 20:25 pm
This Michael Jackson trial thing on tv is pretty incredible stuff. Been watching the last hour or so, it’s like a movie. Move over OJ, this is going to be huge…
27 Sep 2011, 20:27 pm
@JockBok(JockBok)-189: Thought the man kicked the proverbial… resurrected?
27 Sep 2011, 20:29 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-187:
Knowing feck all about the markets and the implications of a crash, how do these things affect property and land prices? For example, would you say it was a good time to buy a plot of land if you plan to keep it for a while?
27 Sep 2011, 20:30 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-186:
Godot is a bit like the WW trophy, to the Kiwis.
27 Sep 2011, 20:30 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-187: its been on the cards for some time .. what on earth they been thinking all this time.. keep raping resource and keep getting greedier and fat cats feeding off the system ad infinitum .. there is only so far the pendulum will swing before it abruptly and violently readjusts and sets back toward equilibrium
I see the Canuks came back from 23-15 with 2 late tries to draw.. far more pluckier these lumberjacks than their Yankee doodle dandy boys from next door.
27 Sep 2011, 20:32 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-190:
His doc is on trial for his murder. Flick the tv onto sky, bbc or cnn, its the opening statements and it’s engrossing stuff.
Better get used to it, it’s headline news for the next few weeks.
27 Sep 2011, 20:34 pm
@JockBok(JockBok)-191: Buy fck all… Except gold coin or platinum jewelry, put it in a box and bury it somewhere you can find it. Buy survival farken implements and solar panels…
27 Sep 2011, 20:35 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-179:
What’s this ebony and ivory guff?
Apart from being incredibly g a y, Elliot’s about as ebony as my lily-white left butt cheek.
27 Sep 2011, 20:37 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-195:
Lol, fair enough. I had intended to buy the adjacent plot to me on auction at the weekend, but I think Clicks has a special on duracells.
27 Sep 2011, 20:38 pm
HG didn’t know MJ was dead …
27 Sep 2011, 20:39 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-193: New equilibrium = World Topsy Turvy… New World Order nearly here. Everything nearly fcked… Its all a financial engineering illusion about to be pricked, popped and exploded…
The Canadians have got ballas, be in no doubt. Yanks not too bad, but the Canadians are another story… It seems their coach Kieran Crowley is not half bad.
27 Sep 2011, 20:41 pm
@JockBok(JockBok)-194: I dont watch that propaganda… BBC, CNN, Sky… All farken Orwellian shy.te I tell you.
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