KeoTV: Dagg’s a class apart
20 Oct 2011
RYAN VREDE says All Blacks fullback Israel Dagg has been the best player at the 2011 World Cup.
KeoTV: Dagg’s a class apart
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20 Oct 2011, 14:32 pm
Just for the drama of it, I hope the French win (also because the numbers of arrogant kiwis outnumber arrogant French on this blog)
BUT the kiwis deserve it. Shame, they have waited so long (24 years) and had to go the extra mile (paying Bryce) and are manipulating the IRB board members so that they can play at home (when SA put together a far superior bid for RWC 2011.)
This world cup has been scripted for a kiwi win. That is why the drama of a French victory will be so sweet
20 Oct 2011, 14:34 pm
#597
Your not a kiwi, 120% of the ball? lol.
All us Kiwis know you can only have 110% of the ball in a game.
20 Oct 2011, 14:37 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-565: from rugbyheaven,co,nz
France are backed into a dark corner, alone but not afraid.
The constant criticism that’s dubbed them the worst World Cup finalists of all time is consuming. But those insults are only enhancing their desire to be crowned World Cup champions for the first time.
Thrashed by the All Blacks and defeated by tier-two Tonga in pool play, France then discovered a quarterfinal performance to be proud of before producing arguably the ugliest semifinal win in history against 14-man Wales. Hardly an inspiring track record at this tournament is it.
Yet that counts for nothing now.
They are in the final. Accept it, move on. France doesn’t owe anyone an explanation. Sure, they had some luck, fell on their face along the rocky way and continue to amaze with playground squabbles. But the enigmatic French are the first to admit they haven’t been flash. Heck, even the heartiest French fans didn’t anticipate them staying this long.
“There aren’t many French supporters left. I don’t think they thought we would make it to the final,” lock Pascal Pape said after giving his side 10 per cent chance of winning Sunday’s final with the in-form All Blacks.
“We will do everything in our power to succeed. We would love to be the first generation to become world champions.”
Les Bleus have read and heard the engulfing condemnation expressed from every corner of New Zealand and indeed around the globe. How could they not?
Most of world rugby now wants an All Black victory to fulfil the fairytale and end 24-years of anguish for the hosts, except those watching with red wine, moustaches and fine cheese in Paree.
“They feel attacked and under pressure,” placid French assistant coach Gonzalo Quesada said of his players. “They know people think they shouldn’t be in the final. It’s quite hard to read, quite hard to listen for them and their families. It’s something that motivates you and makes you want to show how much you’re worth on the pitch.
“We’re not perfect. We have nothing to answer to people who are criticising us because we didn’t play as well as they think we should to get into the final.”
20 Oct 2011, 14:37 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-596:
Apparently he shot himself in both legs trying to get his pistol out of its holster.
Hand must have slipped on the pearl handle.
20 Oct 2011, 14:38 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-602:
But I’m Bryce D i c k head, remember, Kiwi cheat extraordinaire. I can fix it that any team can have 150% of the ball and still lose the game. Always just keep your eyes on my bank balance, and I can lose or win you ANY game.
20 Oct 2011, 14:39 pm
@Helen(Helen)-601:
Personally I would have loved it if the French could pull a surprise
Sort of romance ruling over rationalism if you know what I mean.
But i just won’t be able to handle the rants of your friend HG (on this site) if it happens.
So the farkin AB’s better do it.
20 Oct 2011, 14:39 pm
Minki engaged
Terreblache’s ***** ‘disappears’
Gaddafi killed
Julius offends someone
Zuma sends R400mil on his house
Rand has depreciated by 16% in 2 months
All in one day! – You have to love Africa’s headlines!
20 Oct 2011, 14:43 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-603: The most one sided final in the history of the World Cup.
All logic and good sense says a France victory is just not possible
20 Oct 2011, 14:43 pm
We are like 2 days away from either UTOPIA or ENDLESS NIGHTMARE for the kiwis
Look it’s unlikely that the French will win, but what if they do
Imagine that …
New Zealand will be like a factory that closed down ©
20 Oct 2011, 14:45 pm
@Helen(Helen)-607: You’ve got to wonder whether all those stories are related…
20 Oct 2011, 14:46 pm
@Robzim(Robzim)-606:
LOL…, yes, HG has been relentless…
She’s a sweetie, so won’t be too worried about her reaction. The bigger picture still excites me if the Frogs pull off a win.
At the end of the day, it is 80 minutes and if the kiwis play the worst game of the season and the French play their best game, anything can happen
20 Oct 2011, 14:51 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-609: imagine this about the majority of the saffa population
All Blacks evolving into ‘robo-players’
Neil Sands | 20 October, 2011
Researchers at Massey University compared the physiques of the 2005 All Blacks side to the “The Originals” of 1905, the first New Zealand team to tour Europe and the first to adopt the All Blacks moniker.
It found the average 2005 All Black was 187 centimetres (just over six foot one inch) tall and weighed 102.5 kilograms (226 pounds), compared to 175 cm and 81kg a century earlier.
That means the smallest member of the current All Black team set to face France in the Rugby World Cup final on Sunday — fly-half Aaron Cruden (178cm, 79kg) — is still taller and heavier than the average 1905 player.
Massey researcher Jeremy Hapeta said the typical All Black physique was also becoming more uniform across the team, nominating Sonny Bill Williams (191cm, 110kg) as the modern protoytpe “robo-player”.
“Traditionally, if you were short you were put in the backs and if you had a puku (belly) you were put in the forwards, but that was the amateur game,” he said.
“Now they want a prototype robo rugby player. Guys like Sonny Bill Williams are evening things up again.”
Hapeta said improved nutrition and fewer childhood illnesses partly accounted for the increased size of the All Blacks in the past century, but also cited the rise of professionalism in rugby union in the 1990s as a factor.
“They (modern players) are paid to train and, perhaps more importantly, paid to rest,” he said. “Without the competing demands of secondary employment, they train hard and recover well.
“They bulk up at the gym and the best of sports science and nutritional knowledge is applied to making them bigger, faster and stronger.”
Hapeta said the statistical trend indicated that even today’s hulking behemoths had the potential to be superseded by bigger players in the future.
“We are not going to see the growth spurts at the level we have seen from 1905 to 2005 — 12cm and 7.5kg — we will not see those sorts of leaps,” he said.
“But we could see them growing by 1-2cm average height and 2-3kg average weight. You can lay odds that the All Blacks jerseys of the future will come in yet larger sizes.”
20 Oct 2011, 14:53 pm
I know it all done and dusted, but i am just thinking about a funny scenario. Just imagine, Bryce comes to South Africa on holiday, and walks into a Pretoria Afrikaner bar to enjoy a cold one, and someone recognizes him…I think the rest speaks for itself.
20 Oct 2011, 14:54 pm
@Helen(Helen)-611:
You never know, lets hold thumbs for the Tricolers then.
If they pull it off , guess I will have have to live with HER (HG’s) “utopia” here on keo for a while.
Its going to be hard – but for the sake of the exotic winning over the rational I guess I will have to handle it, lol.
20 Oct 2011, 14:55 pm
@Sharkie10(Sharkie10)-613: so you think he’d be safe in SOWETO?
20 Oct 2011, 14:57 pm
Does anything ever change here? If it is not the whiter than white,in a very defensive mmanner, dodging searching questions then it’s the blacker than black doing likewise. Sometimes, rarely though, it is those who are ” just intrigued ” (and will forever be so for their lifetime) making the most definitive comments about blacks(never having ever been in those shoes).
However,the true stupids are at it full tilt again, without fail as they comment about matters they are not qualified to so do.
Anyone and everyone can only definitively comment about their own emotions and absolutely no one elses’ emotions.
For some that emotion is invested in people’s lives and how it is governed or misgoverned(‘politics’) or even used or abused or misused(health).
For the lesser minded, that emotion is invested totally in sports. These simply exhibit, however, their limitations and simply confirm the fact that they have truly been taken in by the ‘dagga’ of the so non-discerning masses.
‘Julle lewe aspris.’
20 Oct 2011, 14:57 pm
@Helen(Helen)-601: You actually have a very good point. Was backing the AB’s up till i read that post. It makes sense. Go France!! haha
20 Oct 2011, 14:58 pm
@Robzim(Robzim)-614:
What happened yesterday to the Smith Mafia against the young Aussie Turks?
20 Oct 2011, 15:00 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-615: Look i actually think that wherever he is spotted in the country, his life will be in danger, i will admit, if i had to bump into him on the street, i would give him a good beating.
20 Oct 2011, 15:02 pm
@ufo(ufo)-505: ever heard the refrain “no normal sport in an abnormal society”? i guess not.
20 Oct 2011, 15:04 pm
Gadaffi hs been plugged. Good news.
20 Oct 2011, 15:05 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-610:
I wasn’t, but now I am…
Can’t find any connection between Minki, Eugene, Brother Leader, Juju and the Rand… Hmmmmm
All I can come up with is various genitals…. not sure why
20 Oct 2011, 15:06 pm
@Sharkie10(Sharkie10)-619: He will send you out of town with a red card for foul play!
20 Oct 2011, 15:07 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-612:
Yeah JK (John Kirwan) and similarly Ray Mordt were giants in their day.
Today they would have been regarded a normal size
20 Oct 2011, 15:07 pm
@Great White Shark(Predawn)-621: Who is the new villain to hunt? Has someone seen the nominees?
20 Oct 2011, 15:08 pm
Oh! My goodness, Transfornication trying to gain some respect with the SACOS globally acknowledged and acclaimed dictum or slogan of; ” NO NORMAL SPORT IN AN ABNORMAL SOCIETY”. What is next?
A level 5 hurricane must be approaching eBhayi.
20 Oct 2011, 15:09 pm
@ET.(ET.)-618:
Fark knows, the 18 year old speedster seemed to have them jumping and ducking – and Biff is still unable to handle left arm fast swing bowling (even if it is not so fast and conditions not good for swing).
It seems as if Gary K will have more to do then he expected- in India he only had to deal withy the minds and attitude while here he will have to also deal with the lack of technique and even talent.
Going to be an interesting test series with the Aussies favourites at this stage- Ponting seems to be in great nick.
20 Oct 2011, 15:10 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-624: Spoke to a “oom” who made his debut for Oos Transvaal on the wing having to mark Ray Mordt. First tackle attempt he ended up waking in the hospital. The man was hard
20 Oct 2011, 15:12 pm
@Robzim(Robzim)-627: I want to see young Riley Roussouw get some ODI gametime. Aggressive, great in field, loads of runs
20 Oct 2011, 15:12 pm
@Bismarck Burger(Bismarck Burger)-623: Ni vir n F@k nie ek druks sy geel kaart, rooi kaart, en sy donerse fluitjie in sy gat op. Die doos moenie sy voete hier sitie. Kyk nou word ek opgewerk van voor af. HAHAHA.
20 Oct 2011, 15:12 pm
@Great White Shark(Predawn)-621:
I wonder what they’ll do with all Gaddafi’s beautiful bodyguards…. and what about that 1 hectare tent that he lives in. I’m sure Boswell Wilkie will be interested in both??
20 Oct 2011, 15:13 pm
@ET.(ET.)-626: Really? Was that it? I was under the impression their slogan was “I didn’t join the struggle to be poor”.
20 Oct 2011, 15:14 pm
@ET.(ET.)-626:
ET, what do you make of Gaddafi’s demise?
You’re running out of friends?
20 Oct 2011, 15:14 pm
@Bismarck Burger(Bismarck Burger)-629:
I agree, time to make space for the new guns even if it means we lose a few games on the short term imo.
20 Oct 2011, 15:15 pm
@Robzim(Robzim)-627:
Biff should never be playing these ODIs.
He should be sorting himself out in supersport cricket and getting ready for the tests.
20 Oct 2011, 15:15 pm
@Sharkie10(Sharkie10)-630: Ag nee man Sharkie, dis als ‘n saak van interpretasie..
20 Oct 2011, 15:16 pm
@ET.(ET.)-626:
“no normal sport sport in an abnormal society”
At least they thought of rugby as a ‘normal’ sport.
Is that why our national Soggy Marie team was never isolated?
20 Oct 2011, 15:16 pm
@Robzim(Robzim)-627:
Your take on this topic is commendably accurate. Could not have summed it much differently.
What I want to know is what Smith, Kallis annd Boucher have done in the present S.A. season to warrant selection for the ODIs?
20 Oct 2011, 15:16 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-632:
lolapalooza.
ask transie about extraballs mate.
the sacos THIEF running EP cricket.
What next?
Stealing your neighbours interweb access?
20 Oct 2011, 15:17 pm
@Bismarck Burger(Bismarck Burger)-625:
Bryce, Mugabe, Malema, Cele, Zooma, SARU….there too many to mention.
20 Oct 2011, 15:17 pm
Afternoon all.
It’s been a very interresting read, some politics, some rugby, some interresting perspectives,
20 Oct 2011, 15:17 pm
@Robzim(Robzim)-634: I also think we need to get over the “bits-n-pieces-players. Pick batsmen, bowlers, an allrounder. Faf, Miller not the 2 leading young turks in SA-not even close. Faf there as back-up for the back-up spinner…
20 Oct 2011, 15:17 pm
Davey Jacobs
J Rudolph
Osama Bin Ladin
Kallis
AB
Duminy
Botha
Steyn
Morkel
tahir (wicket taker)
Tsotsobe
20 Oct 2011, 15:19 pm
maybe Albie for Botha ….. true all rounder!
20 Oct 2011, 15:19 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-635:
Agreed, i saw today that his ex girlfriend Minki is now engaged to the third grade rugby player from the Lions- some bloke called Ernstig or something- farkit, going from average to bad, lol.
20 Oct 2011, 15:19 pm
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-641:
hello sweetie.
20 Oct 2011, 15:20 pm
@Great White Shark(Predawn)-640: And the bafana bafana management – we dance our troubles away celebrating mythical wins!
20 Oct 2011, 15:21 pm
@Lions_is_kak_kak_honde_honde_kak(suffer_guy)-643: Careful now, Dean Jones is umpiring bakers mini-cricket for the same offense…
20 Oct 2011, 15:22 pm
@Lions_is_kak_kak_honde_honde_kak(suffer_guy)-644: botha can be there for bowling, but faf does none of the functions well enough. He’s a good player, but nothing special..
20 Oct 2011, 15:23 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-612: Amazing post – could you imagine in 100 years time 7ft tall players , 150kg average – then you will see injuries !
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