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12 Oct 2011
RYAN VREDE says it’s Heyneke Meyer’s time to coach the Springboks.
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Willie le Roux and Lappies Labuschagne have finally been rewarded with spots in the Springbok training group. They are two of eight that are first timers in Springbok training groups this year. The others are Gio Aplon, Trevor Nyakane, JJ Engelbrecht, Lionel Mapoe, Wiehahn Herbst and Demetri Catrakilis. The group of players will assemble in Durban for the second training camp of the year, before the final squad for the Incoming Tours is selected. Players not considered due to injury include: JP Pietersen, Jaco Taute, Frans Steyn, Johan Goosen, Duane Vermeulen, Pat Cilliers and Frans Malherbe. ... Read Article25 May 2013
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Jan Serfontein, the player of last year's under 20 World Championship, will head the baby Boks defence in France. Serfontein and Kings wing Sergeal Petersen are two Super Rugby regulars to make Dawie Theron's squad and brilliant flyhalf Handre Pollard is another to play in a second successive tournament. Theron's squad lost a three-match series 2-1 to Argentina in Argentina. Serfontein, Petersen and Western Province's Cheslin Kolbe did not play in those matches. Bulls loose forward Ruan Steenkamp is captain. Serfontein and Pollard are the only two squad members from last year's ... Read Article14 May 2013
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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. Racing Metro flank Bernard le Roux and Clermont prop Daniel Kotze join Antonie Claassen in a squad that includes eight new caps. Fijian-born Clermont winger Noa Nakaitaci is among the newcomers. Saint-Andre has rested flyhalf Francois Trinh-Duc, but included Toulon's Frederic Michalak. France play world champions New Zealand on June 8, 15 and 22 in Auckland, Hamilton and New Plymouth respectively. French super club Toulon's foreign dominance ... Read Article5 Mar 2013
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RYAN VREDE says it’s Heyneke Meyer’s time to coach the Springboks.
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13 Oct 2011, 07:51 am
@husky(husky)-549:
No man…it’s Bleat Panties.
13 Oct 2011, 07:51 am
@grant10(grant10)-550: meant your loss….condolences my man.
13 Oct 2011, 07:58 am
Blame the ref?
What about your poor selections? What about your out dated game plan? What about the injury to the form 12 at the cup?
WHAT ABOUT YOUR IDIOT OF A COACH!
Lawrence didnt lose you the game, you had the world cup lost the minute Hoskins got into bed with PDV. Aussie have had your number in the PDV era, this loss as hard as it is to take is the culmination of years of misguided influence on the mighty boks.
Now you must rebuild and come back stronger. Blaming the ref wont solve anything….you are winging worse than us kiwi’s did in 07
13 Oct 2011, 08:28 am
@NZMaori(NZMaori)-553: Cant be….you kiwis are still moaning today about that forward pass. The thing is you had 20 minutes to win the game after the forward pass. What did the Famed All Blacks do? They shelfed their expansive approach and went for pick and drives! lol You also didnt have the ref against you on that day….it was a fair contest except for the forward pass. We had 10 minutes to try and win the game against 16 players. Our selections were spot on and our gameplan had the Aussies on the back foot whole day but it is impossible to play against the ref….he is all powerful!
13 Oct 2011, 09:00 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-546: Hehe dude I put a disparaging comment on Facebook about this stupid Bryce Lawrence facebook campaignt…***** teeth, I’ve been copping it from all sides for 3 days!!
I don;t know when saffas turned into a bunch of whiny girly sour-grapes girls….ffas we need to man up and take it on the chin, this is getting beyond embarrassing
I don’t for a second think Lawrence is a competent ref, but hell, there are far more important problems in SA rugby and denial isn’t gonna get us anywhere. Our percentage rugby isn’t working. Scoring 7 tries against Namibia just papered over the cracks and for some weird reason made people think our attacking ability was OK.
How you guys feeling about Saturday? I think the aussies had a much tougher game, I think you might find they run out of puff after 60 minutes….due to my extended australian family I’ll be supporting them, but my head says AB’s have to be favourites….I have a feeling they might put a big score over them
13 Oct 2011, 09:23 am
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-533:
The similarities dont have to be EXACTLY the same as 07′ so really no 2 games are the same.
The breakdown wasnt policed properly,period.
The try by Oz might not have been from a forward pass BUT the ball spilled out to to illegal entry points by Pocock & co with Pocock kicking ball out of an already formed ruck.Illegal.
Boks should have had more kickable penalties awarded especial;ly 2 in the second half on OZ 22m and 5m to tryline.
But hey if you’re trying to establish a case that you were robbed more than us in 07′,then fine you were but neither does it make the travesty that occurred on weekend any legitimate neither.
Boks will regroup. Next year is another year of rugby.
13 Oct 2011, 09:52 am
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-554: Bullsh*t, what about Foure DP knocking it on with the line in sight after the ball poped out the back of the Oz scrum, what about Lambie missing a drop goal that would have put you 4 infront, WHAT ABOUT DANE ROUSOW HOOKING THE LEG OF THE LOCK IN THE AIR AND TIPPING HIM OVER???? What about the forward pass you threw when the line was open? Blame your kak players for all their mistakes. Those were just a sample of many more chances your kakboks had. oh no it had nothing to do with them it was all the refs fault. Did you actually WATCH THE GAME??? Do you remember the amount of chances you blew? The ill disipline you showed that lost you the game? The droped balls, the missed drop kicks? Problem with you saffas is you dont watch the game. None of you are students of the game, your analysis of the game has been all on the ref. Scapegoat for all your own short comings. Springboks have only themselves to blame, your pathetic hooker was keeping out the best hooker in the world, Bismark would have made a huge difference. Heinrik went off int he first half HUGE LOSS to the team, thats like losing McCaw and Pocock combined….I could go on with more reasons why you lost, but all you are concerned about is the ref…. I rest my case
13 Oct 2011, 11:30 am
@NZMaori(NZMaori)-553: Its a tough pill to swallow as the reffing performance really was poor but you are 100% spot on. We are not the first country to be unlucky and we won’t be the last, no point in moaning we just need to get over it and look forward. There was a lot wrong with our world cup campaign that was in our hands totally, those are the things we need to focus on and fix.
13 Oct 2011, 11:38 am
@NZMaori(NZMaori)-557: Dont forget NZ was up in arms after 2007 and that was just one call…a clear forward pass which robbed NZ but only one call…our gripe was that the whole breakdown was reffed badly all game, that killed our momentum constantly not just due to one isolated call. That said NZ were robbed in 07 and we were robbed in 2011….that’s sport and we have to learn to suck it up and take it on the chin.
13 Oct 2011, 11:55 am
@NZMaori(NZMaori)-557: The thing is Pocock did not illegally slow down and steal our ball we would have had more oppurtunities to run at unset, mismatched defences but because he illegally slowed down and stole our ball they had time to set their defence….Boks were at a huge disadvantage because of this. This explains why we had all that possesion and territory and couldnt do anything with it because our ball was being spoiled at the breakdown by the aussies and Mr Bryce is solely responsible for that. So I rest my case.
@Skeppie(Skeppie)-559: They had 20 minutes to try and win the game. The mighty all bleaks who think they are the best and can score from anywhere and can score tries at will…..uhm where were those tries in the last 20 mins against France in 2007?? Pathetic display by NZ in 2007. The Boks atleast played a good game and can keep the heads held up high.
14 Oct 2011, 08:05 am
We should also be looking at who is running the refs.He should be sacked from his role because reffing has gone backwards under him.It is not about the best refs anymore but if you bow before paddy you will get somewhere.Steve walsh was down and out but i guarantee you paddy had a big say in him getting into the ozzie reffing to resurrect hos career.H e was one of the worst refs and now he is back.Dont think Bryce was not under a directive how to ref this game,all the refs are.Piss paddy off and you are gone,lick his arse,be the worst ref and you will ref the big games and tournaments.Just hope Joubert doesnt go the same way and refs within the rules.But then again let the ozzies win and we will see how these kiwis moan.
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