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• 151.Puma:
  7 Oct 2011, 08:56 am

  @Brads(Brads)-139: Yeah 87 was different. ABs had no compitition then.

  Now teams won’t play that sort of rugby against top class teams in a knock out game. ABs will against Arg but next week. NO WAY. Other wise they will be out. Your team tried doing it against France in 2007 and came unstuck.

  We will see your boys in the semi.

  Cheers buddy. Now have to dash. Catch up later.

• 152.RugbyStudent:
  7 Oct 2011, 08:57 am

  SBW and Quade Cooper to throw intercept passes to lose their games.

• 153.heboric:
  7 Oct 2011, 08:59 am

  If I was first, I would have said “Very predictable dragon”

• 154.>^..^< katman:
  7 Oct 2011, 08:59 am

  @Brads(Brads)-144: Doesn’t matter. He still does stupid stuff, regardless of where he finds himself. He doesn’t know the first thing about percentage play – knowing when the reward justifies the risk. When he does pull off a spectacular no-look 20m through the legs backhand pass behind his own goal line, everyone hails him as a visionary. But for every one of those there are three that don’t work out. Great fun to watch, but not the guy you want alongside you in the muddy trench. Because you’ll not see the end of the war.

• 155.President_of_the_Sharks_rugby_experts:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:00 am

  @mako(mako)-149:

• 156.Boks_B_to_win_RWC_2011:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:02 am

  Went to the pub with my girlfriend last night. Locals were shouting
  paedo and other names at me just because my girlfriend is 21 and I’m 50.
  It completely spoilt our 10th anniversary.

• 157.Boks_B_to_win_RWC_2011:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:03 am

  My son was thrown out of school today for letting a girl in his class
  give him a hand-job. I said “Son, that’s 3 schools this year. You want
  to stop before you’re banned from teaching altogether.”

• 158.mako:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:05 am

  Something else that I find very interesting is that the Aussies are running a poll on Rugby Heaven on who will win on sunday. 60% say they will in 40% are ready for a loss. When do only 60%of Aussies think they are going to win a match? They have already lost in their own minds!

• 159.Esoteric:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:08 am

  @mako(mako)-158: A lot of SA’ns also live in Oz and could have contributed to that 40%?

• 160.Slumtown:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:08 am

  Blah blah blah You guys at Keo are getting boring and one dimensional. Butch James blah blah blah – who the f U K won the Boks the Tri Nations in 2009? Butch James? What no? Morne Steyn? Ahhh Does he mention anything about the majority of those 5 defeats coming when we were sans Heinrich Brussouw? Oh no? So its not because we were without Heinrich that we lost or that we played dirtrackers against them, no gentlemen its because we didnt have Butch James – din din din – please buy my book here din din din. You bunch of lamers! Hope the Boks beat them just to shut you up.
  One thing saying you think the Ozzies are going to beat them and another to gloat about it – in my books thats unpatriotic. In some departments Ozzies are better than us – most notably the backline but on a man by man basis one cant discount the Boks. Gimme a break. if you want to say you believe the Ozzies are going to take it fine but dont be a d00s.

• 161.Jeraldjay:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:08 am

  @ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-84: Now PDV is an Idiot. You a schitzophernic achoholic.
  One minute his the cats whiskers and the next his ****. And you expect those on this blog to respect you opinion.

• 162.Transformation:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:09 am

  why are these dudes still talking about this before the knockouts? they are sure taking the shine off this RWC as it will be remembered more for the threats of boycotts than anything on the pitch

  O’Neill demands change
  .Friday, 7 October 2011 5.22 p.m.

  Australian Rugby Union boss John O’Neill says the SANZAR nations are united in their quest for a better financial outcome in Rugby World Cup years.

  Speaking in Wellington on Friday ahead of the Wallabies’ crucial quarter final against South Africa, O’Neill revealed the ARU’s involvement in the code’s showpiece event will cost $16 million in lost revenue.

  He claims New Zealand, South Africa and Australia stand to lose a combined $38 million.

  “The issues that are on the table at the moment relating to the financial consequences of participating in a World Cup are acutely felt by Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and that has brought us together in a very unified way,” O’Neill said.

  “It is not frivolous, it’s a serious matter and we’d hope to get the World Cup out of the way and in a quieter moment sit down and look at the timing of future World Cups.”

  “The distribution policy, how much funding the IRB distributes, particularly to the major unions, and finally what we call the commercial rules about what you can and can’t do in a World Cup.”

  “I think let’s get away from the hurly burly of the tournament and sit down and resolve those issues together and not get caught in the divide-and-conquer north v south, which I think is the objective of some people.”

  The veteran administrator stopped short of matching New Zealand Rugby Union chief Steve Tew’s threat’s to boycott the 2015 tournament.

  However, O’Neill slammed IRB boss Mike Miller assertion that the All Blacks are ‘replaceable’ and called for a review of the governing body’s governance and management structures.

  “There’s a great saying that I picked up from a South African, ‘we’ll double cross that bridge when we get to it’,” O’Neill joked when asked if Australia would ever consider withdrawing from a World Cup.

  “I’m hopeful of a sensible resolution. Threatening to boycott a World Cup is not our style but equally the notion that any team is replaceable is nonsensical.”

  “A World Cup without the All Blacks, the Wallabies and the Springboks, I’m not sure you’d call that a World Cup– but that’s not a path we want to go down.”

  “We think the resolutions are there with a bit of give and take, and it’s about the IRB governing the game globally, not just about hemispheres.”

  Meanwhile, O’Neill concedes the result of Sunday’s cut-throat quarter final against South Africa is central to the health of the code in Australia

  “It’s extremely important, our objective as one of the world’s major unions is to be a world power on a consistent basis.”

  “It’s an inescapable fact that the health and well being of the game back in Australia does hinge, not solely but quite largely, on the success of the Wallabies and we’ve been building for this.”

  “World Cups come and go and our aim is to be in the top two or three in the world year in, year out and when people talk about world rankings this event tends to be fairly definitive in terms of rankings.”

• 163.Sannie Bill Who??iams:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:10 am

  Now that would make you very happy Keopie? Just because your gatgabba, that other short s hit was not picked.

  Think again!!! Boks to bring it home and 4 more years for the black p ussies.

• 164.mako:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:12 am

  Below is a very interesting article written by Australian rugby journo Paul Cully. Read this if you want to feel good going into the weekend. It is on http://www.rugbyheaven.co.au

  Australia v South Africa, Wellington, Sunay, 4pm AEST

  Four years in the making, four games into the World Cup and these Wallabies have delivered four halves of rugby – three, if we are in a less generous mood – befitting a team that has pretensions to be the best in the world.

  On the evidence of the group stages, New Zealand, Wales, Ireland, and South Africa have superior all-round qualities, in an order depending on your nationality. A limited England have at least grasped the concept of consistent physicality and the Wallabies’ conquerors in July, Samoa, have shown more but go home with nothing but hard-luck stories. This Australian team will be on a plane home in about a week unless there is a dramatic lift in execution, aggression and technique. The uncomfortable truth is that a quarter-final exit would be a fair reflection of the quality of their campaign to date.
  Yet, three events occurred at the weekend – two specific, the other a little more abstract – did enough to suggest it need not end this way.

  First, James O’Connor got his rhythm back. In worsening conditions against the Russians in Nelson, the youngster’s technique stood up to the examination. To say that he was kicking under no pressure is a lie. Every minute in a World Cup is a trial, and O’Connor coped superbly – particularly after missing his first shot. Subsequent reports suggesting Berrick Barnes will not start against South Africa have added significance to O’Connor’s excellence with the boot.

  Second, in the 50th minute of Springboks v Samoa game, the Samoans executed a move that was replete with possibilities for South Africa’s opponents. From an attacking Samoa scrum 15 metres from the Springboks left-hand corner flag, five-eighth Tusi Pisi and outstanding No.12 Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu ran a wraparound play that lured Jaque Fourie – the key man in the Springboks defensive patterns – out of the line and out of the play. Attracted to a sizeable decoy runner in the shape of Alesana Tuilagi, Fourie suddenly found himself 10 metres ahead of where the Samoans were heading. To his credit, Fourie scrambled well to tackle Paul Williams, but the ball was recycled quickly and No.8 George Stowers surged through the fractured line and over. It would be stretching the argument to call it a blueprint for the Wallabies, but the pace, inventiveness and intelligence of the move dropped enough hints. Even Fourie, with his fondness of rushing up fast to shut down the space on the outside, can be manipulated. Australia do not lack the brains.

  Third, the group stage finished. The point is blindingly self-evident but no less important for it. History shows that champions and chumps have frequently been anointed at the end of the group games with consistent inaccuracy. Sides that have produced some rubbish in the early rounds suddenly find themselves purveyors of gold. Teams that have appeared sloppy are reborn as desperate and urgent. The mindset changes when the loser gets a slap on the back and a plane ticket.

  Against Russia, the Wallabies ranged from good to very poor. Aided by one of the worst collective 40 minutes on the entire World Cup – and certainly the worst individual display, by Russian No.10 Yuri Kushnarev – they blew out to an early lead and barely broke sweat. Kushnarev’s inability, or refusal, to tackle led directly to three Wallabies tries, to Berrick Barnes, Ben McCalman and David Pocock. The same man also kicked a restart out on the full, to add to the inexcusable first act of the game when Russia contrived to get themselves offside from their own kick-off.

  With Kushnarev on the field in the first half, the Wallabies expressed themselves and showed some lovely touches, as we know they can. Berrick Barnes showed vision and awareness with a neat chip-kick to set up Drew Mitchell’s first try in the ninth minute and Mitchell’s incredible inside ball to Pocock in the 35th minute led to Stephen Moore’s try. Digby Ioane has many qualities but he cannot do that.

  And yet the Wallabies struggled to put the part-timers away. They were unforgivably unable to impose themselves at the scrum against a side who had been beaten comprehensively there by Ireland, Italy and the United States. James Slipper was unsteady at loose-head. He had a hand on the ground at the first scrum and was then penalised in the fourth minute. He won a Super title on the other side.

  They were shaky in the lineouts when they opted for anyone else but the money man Nathan Sharpe, with both James Horwill and Scott Higginbotham shelling first-half throws. Even their best slipped off tackles, with Moore beaten in midfield in the 28th minute and exposing Quade Cooper at fullback to charging Russian centre Andrew Kuzin.

  When the rain came the Wallabies treated it as some freak act of God that couldn’t be planned for. Perhaps it was in short supply at the pre-tournament camp on the Gold Coast. O’Connor twice knocked on and Rob Simmons was also guilty.

  They conceded three tries to a side that had scored four in their previous three games, one to a replacement five-eighth who crashed over at the back of an attacking lineout. Once again, the lack of an enforcer at the gain line was exposed. It cannot be Pocock, who needs to be the second man in.

  No doubt substitutions and injuries interrupted the flow against Russia but this squad has been together for four months. A drop-off in intensity has also been mentioned but that works both ways. The first half might have been much less flattering had the Russians turned up. By all accounts coach Kingsley Jones tore strips off his side at half-time.

  While the Wallabies barely got out of second gear in Nelson, the Springboks were being pulled all over the place – especially in the second half – by a Samoa team that has footwork and pace. Samoa have done them little favours in that regard. The world champions enter the quarter-final operating at a physical level far in excess of their previous encounter, the Wallabies’ 14-9 Tri Nations win in Durban, which came on the back of six weeks of inactivity. In the last 10 minutes against Samoa, they were virtually down to 13 men with John Smit in the sin bin and Frans Steyn incapacitated by that shoulder injury, yet they still held out.

  Their scrum is also in a much better place, walking the Samoans forward 10 metres in the 26th minute to mirror the gains they made with the majority of their remorseless lineout drives. At the breakdown, they have a player in Heinrich Brussow to counter Pocock, especially when working in tandem with the brutal Bismarck du Plessis. Behind the pack, Fourie du Preez is playing with more directness with each game, and remains a tactical kicker of the highest order. Pat Lambie at fullback has composure and bravery beyond his years.

  But there are flaws – and one in particular the Wallabies’ playmakers are already familiar with – Bryan Habana’s susceptibility to the well-aimed kick over his head. The way a scrambling Habana reacted to a Pisi kick in the 34th minute immediately brought to mind the Reds’ 19-6 win against the Stormers at Newlands in April. That day, having attacked down Habana’s wing early to bring him up into the defensive line, Cooper and Will Genia then tormented Habana by turning him around with a serious judicious space-finders. Against Samoa, Habana hacked his clearance unconvincingly across field and into the path of the rampaging Tuilagi. On Sunday it could be Ioane.

  Morne Steyn is another one who will have a target on his head, and the trouble the hard-running Fuimaono-Sapolu gave him in that No.10 channel casts the Wallabies’ decision over who plays at No.12 in a new light. From a 37th minute scrum move, the powerhouse Fuimaono-Sapolu broke through Morne Steyn and put his side on the front foot at the next ruck. This is the template that put Pat McCabe and Rob Horne into the jersey in the first place, and might be enough to earn McCabe a recall.

  Now all the Wallabies have to do is hit every collision with the ferocity of the Pacific Islanders, for 80 minutes, against 22 proud men from South Africa who really don’t want to go home with their trophy.

  Yes, Dan Carter is gone and the future pathway is little less hazardous, but this week the magnitude of the task could not be any greater.

  The tactic: Brussow will hold and obstruct Pocock as much as he can get away with at scrum time on the Springboks feed, giving as much room as possible for either Pierre Spies or du Preez to fly off the back. A gentle word from James Horwill in the ear of Bryce Lawrence would not do any harm. Referee management is just one detail that cannot be overlooked. We already know the Springboks analyse each referee and will be prepared.

  The danger: You know it’s coming but it doesn’t make it any easier to defend. Morne Steyn is going to launch it high towards the back three and let the Wellington weather do the rest.

  The prediction: Springboks by two points.

• 165.oneslickpenguin:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:14 am

  yaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
  after this, no way am i buying the butch book. imagine *paying* to read drivel like this.

• 166.ashampoopaloo:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:14 am

  yeah UFO you are on ONE massive high horse about being so called ‘morally’ objective because you are UNABLE to be detached and objective about this situation facing this rugby team. Your love and so called blinded patriotic fervor and attachment to one John Smit has blinded you to what is ABSOLUTELY palpable obvious which is for the sake of the TEAM.. Smit should ride bench and Bismark should START..

  Smit has systematically worn this team down into a LOSING one in recent years and you people are simply UNABLE to see who should be rated above whom

  This single decision is the worst that could have possibly been made.. and no matter how much of a high horse f’ng sentimentalist Smit disciple blind man bluff you wanna remain it does NOT change that absolute FACT..

  Had Bismark started and Smit and Spies rode bench and better players started and not be sacrificed for some inane sentimentalist garbage about some ineffective and mythical leadership f’ng aura that has ONLY LOST in recent times this would be a walkover vs Wallabies.. now it is a DISTINCT advantage to them and NOT us…

  Ask Deans and Genia and Moore and Elsom who they prefer to face in this match Smit or Bismark and you will get a RESOUNDING compliance with what I am saying.. how much you wanna bet?

  So maybe you reckon you the so called prophet of Smitty boy discipleship but fact of the matter is it is blinded archaic stupid hero worship sentiment that will sink this team and NOT the OBJECTIVE decision making that SHOULD happen above this pathetic sucking up to somebody whop has NOT put his team first nor has he led his tyeam WHATSOEVER with distincion throughout the PAST TWO YEARS.

  Go ahead and list his wins vs his losses against the VERY teams he is about to be facing in this WC play off situation down to the wire and to the death…

  Like Keohane has stated he hopes he’s wrong and so do I… and if I am I will be first to acknowledge that PdV got it right by sending on Smit ahead of Bismark..

  BUT if I am RIGHT and you are WRONG.. lets see then who is the distinct holy hero worshiping patriot shall we.. lets see if Smits inclusion ACTUALLY DOES fckup Boks chances on Sunday.. let us see you come back here Sunday and ADMIT that it was YOU who was WRONG.. !!

• 167.Brads:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:14 am

  @>^..^< katman(katman)-154:
  I agree, the guy can be a liability. Except, he could spark a couple of unexpected moves from way back that result in try’s.

• 168.cab:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:15 am

  i think Keo’s right, but its got nothing to do with morne steyn.

  Good luck SA.

• 169.Brads:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:16 am

  This has become a cut and paste wankfest

• 170.mako:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:22 am

  @169.Brads:
  No mate it is a rugby blog, with a big weekend coming up. Skip the long articles if you don’t like them, but some may find it informative. I personally find the article interesting and wanted to share it with others who may also feel the same.

• 171.sparticus:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:22 am

  Hits must be low .

• 172.danuk:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:23 am

  Keo, the only thing I got from this rant was that PDivvy did not choose the team you wanted him to choose, so you want a “told you so moment” … yawn …

  Would be great if you could focus on what has happened thus far and that the Boks that lost the last 6 games are different from who we have now, with Brussow and FdP back. The last test against the Aussies we barely lost and that was with a team with little or no match fitness.

  If anything, what will be telling in this game will be:
  - The scrums and Bryce Lawrence’s interpretation. Guthro is a great scrum
  - The breakdown and if we can slow their ball down with Brussow and clear Pocock out ourselves
  - The defense of the 10/12 channel, depending on how much space Quade gets and the loosies covering
  - The effect and timing of the replacements from our side

  The Aussies go in as favourites, but I think we can win

• 173.once more unto the breach, dear springboks, once more...:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:24 am

  @Esoteric(Esoteric)-159:
  yes, but it still means only 60% think they’ll win.
  that 60% must be ozzies.

  i dont think saffa’s or keewee’s are anywhere near as negative about their teams as the ozzies.

• 174.Namblack:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:26 am

  Those who think that Aus will be bullied by the Bok forwards must think again. Aus scrummed very well against SA in Durban, their lineouts are on par and they contest cleverly at the breakdown.

  Their backline has no match. I don`t care if its wet everybody plays in the same weather

  Aus by 5. (The score will be around 15)

• 175.Slumtown:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:29 am

  @Brads(Brads)-169: so why dont you pi55 off then?

• 176.kesbok:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:32 am

  Keo
  We all sad the AB’s would win the World cup every time since 1987
  We all thought Ireland would crumble against Australia
  We all thought Tongo would get thumped by France
  You get the picture

  Predications are dangerous especially when you need to make them with you sporting betting sponsor.
  Then Bok is safe – will you eat your words on Keo TV.

• 177.mshiniwami:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:32 am

  @Namblack(Namblack)-174:

  Yeah right,thats why SA led in all statistical categories as well as scoreboard with OZ making little headway into SA territory.Forward ascendancy belonged to Boks who were playing their 1st Test of the year.

  All was going to plan UNTIL they put Smit at prop,Australia won a crucial tighthead,kicked downfield,Aplon dropped ball.Oz got another scrum with Smit at 3 and decimated Bok scrum getting right shoulder which opened up space & Oz scored.

  Jannie Dup came back on the pitch,SA regained forward momentum,then were on attack in last 5 mins controlling scrums,lineout,breakdown etc.Then Danie Rossouw dropped ball 10 metres from trying with Boks on attack.Game over.

• 178.>^..^< katman:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:34 am

  @Brads(Brads)-169: It’s a good read though. You should give it a bash.

• 179.Brads:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:35 am

  @danuk(danuk)-172:
  I am appalled.

  You have pre-rated the reasons why the Bokke may not win and from that analysis give your number one excuse as the ref.

• 180.Jeraldjay:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:35 am

  @Namblack(Namblack)-174: In Durban the players came back from a 6 week break buddy. Comparing their mental and physical conditioning to the team the Wallabies are facing on Sunday is like comparing Beyonce and Betty White or Elton John and George Michael which ever you prefer.

• 181.mshiniwami:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:35 am

  @Namblack(Namblack)-174:

  SA also missed 2 tries with Jaque Fourie knocking on twice. one with tryline beckoning-other one failed to dot down and knocked. SA had more scoring chances than Oz.Fluffed them,rusty 1st test of yr.

• 182.wooden spoon:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:36 am

  @mako(mako)-164: WOW!

  A whole article by an Aussie taking an indepth look at the weaknesses of the Boks… and NOT ONE PEEP about John Smit?!

  No comments about “the Aussies are stunned yet grateful that Smit has been chosen to start over the vastly superior Du Plessis”?

  WOW!

  If you read the constant sheep bleating comments to the same effect on this particular website (admittedly, it is a small but vociferously loud herd of sheep) you’d think this is the MAJOR weakness of the Boks.

  After all, if the Boks lose, it will all be one man’s fault…

• 183.wooden spoon:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:37 am

  But seriously, thank sweet ***** Keo has tipped the Aussies.

  The Keo curse.

• 184.wooden spoon:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:38 am

  Keo lining up a massive “I told you so.”

  Hope it backfires.

• 185.>^..^< katman:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:38 am

  Anyway, keo sounds so absolutely sure about the outcome on this vid. Not his gut feel, or his opinion, or his educated guess, but cold hard fact.

  So the pertinent question is, keo, how much of your hard earned dollars will you be taking down to your betting sponsors to place on the Aussies? Being as certain as you are, you could set yourself up for life here.

• 186.wooden spoon:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:40 am

  After all, “it’s Australia’s World Cup to lose”

  

  Ireland had a good laugh at that one too.

• 187.Brads:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:42 am

  @>^..^< katman(katman)-178:
  I have already read umpteen media reports including these before coming on here.

  I am surprised you come on keo for your NEWS.

• 188.capebull:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:42 am

  @mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-177: With you on that one , we outplayed OZ untill we got tired and they played Smit at 3. Did Burger play ?

  Keep it simple , kick the ball out , win line out drive the maul.

• 189.capebull:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:46 am

  But it could all change in SA’s favour if Butch play , nè Keo

• 190.capebull:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:48 am

  To go into any final as underdog suits me fine

• 191.David:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:48 am

  @once more unto the breach, dear springboks, once more…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-173:
  Those Aussies probably thought it’s a cricket match.

• 192.Ratel Brussow:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:48 am

  @capebull(capebull)-188: And also lets add a cerain no. 10s inability to control territory with the wind behind him and driving rain!!!!

• 193.David:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:50 am

  @>^..^< katman(katman)-185:
  I’m surprised that Keo has any money left to gamble, after all his wrong calls in the last few years. I reckon he’s given Marshalls free advertising to pay off his debts.

• 194.ufo:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:51 am

  @ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-166:

  hehehe…

  jaaaaaaaaa skop…

  you can repeat it as often as you like… swear as much as you want… and give your opinion ad nauseum… it still doesn’t make a single thing you say factual… it all still remains ONLY your opinion…

  the difference between you and me is i keep repeating it is only my opinion i’m expressing… i’m not claiming anything as fact… but in expressing what is simply your opinion… you seldom post any facts let alone “absolute FACTS’… if you replace each expletive with a fact your posts would hold a lot more credibility…

  try some originality too skip… come up with different insults and your own comebacks… instead of recycling other posters comebacks and your own way too often repeated points…

  two things…

  stuck record…

  broken watch…

  

• 195.>^..^< katman:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:51 am

  @Brads(Brads)-187: Bradley, Bradley, why so foul tempered? Stress is obviously a debilitating affliction.

  No one comes here for news, bud. We’re all here for the chat, but if someone happens to post an interesting article or link, then why not read it?

  But good for you for reading every single rugby report on the Interwebs before logging on here. We’d be lost without your informed guidance.

• 196.mako:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:52 am

  The Wobblies are in serious disaray. The public (Many of them) have no faith in their coach. Deans bulleted their NSW Waratahs skipper just before the WC, Waratahs players not too thrilled. They have lost to Samoa and Ireland in the last few months. O Connor is not kicking very well for posts. They know they are going to face a very experienced, very motivated Bok side on Sunday and they are going to have a tough day at the office. Their defence is not as strong as they like to think, having leaked tries to teams such as USA and Russia. Bokke have scored 21 tries in the tournament so far and leaked 2. Methinks the Aussies are in trouble.

• 197.>^..^< katman:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:55 am

  @David(David)-193: Ah, a trade exchange of sorts.

  I’m suspicious of keo’s sponsored predictions here for the simple reason that Marshall want him to help them make money. And they wont if the house loses. I’m sure there is something ethically deplorable to what he’s doing here – influencing betting patterns to benefit the master. If he were slightly more Pakistani, we’d be calling for his head.

• 198.Gunther:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:56 am

  @>^..^< katman(katman)-195:

  You are wasting your time with Bradley.

  He is VERY thick-skinned.

• 199.Tacitus:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:57 am

  Fourie du Preez. If he is on song, we will win.

• 200.Dex:
  7 Oct 2011, 09:58 am

  Aussies are by far a superior team and not just on paper.

  Man for man in the backs particularly they are simply better and more skilled players, no two ways about it.

  Unfortunately it takes a far greater coach than PDV to develop a game plan to counter this fact.

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  French coach Philipe Saint-Andre has included three South African-born players for the three-Test series against the All Blacks in New Zealand. Read More

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  Hansen rewards Blues

  All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has selected several uncapped Blues players in his training group. Read More

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