Dusautoir takes top honours
24 Oct 2011
France captain Thierry Dusautoir has edged out some stiff competition to win the IRB Player of the Year Award.
Many thought that the winner of this prestigious accolade would come from the world champions. The All Blacks won the World Cup final on Sunday and while both Jerome Kaino and Ma’a Nonu were nominated in the top player category, Kaino was believed to be the strongest candidate for the award.
At the annual prizegiving on Monday, however, Dusautoir was honoured for his efforts in 2011. The powerful French flanker enjoyed two particularly good games in the semi-final and final. He was named Man of the Match in the decider even though the All Blacks won 8-7.
The All Blacks walked away with the Team of the Year accolade, while Graham Henry scooped the Coach of the Year gong.
The only South African to win an award was sevens star Cecil Afrika.
The founders of the Rugby World Cup and all previous winning captains and coaches were inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame. In addition Gareth Rees (Canada), Jonah Lomu (New Zealand), Agustin Pichot (Argentina) and Brian Lima (Samoa) were also inducted in the Hall of Fame.
The 2011 winners:
Player of the Year – Thierry Dusautoir (France)
Team of the Year – New Zealand
Coach of the Year – Graham Henry (New Zealand)
Junior Player of the Year – George Ford (England)
IRB Sevens Player of the Year – Cecil Afrika (South Africa)
IRPA Try of the Year – Radike Samo (Australia), Wallabies vs All Blacks, Brisbane
The Spirit of Rugby Award – Wooden Spoon Society for their work with disadvantaged youth
IRB Women’s Personality of the Year – Ruth Mitchell
IRPA Special Merit Award – (chosen by fellow players for outstanding contribution) George Smith
IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service – Keith Lawrence
Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service – Jock Hobbs
IRB Development Award – USA Rugby for their Rookie Rugby Programme
98 Comments
24 Oct 2011, 12:05 pm
Congrats Thierry! Thoroughly deserved and should have had a WC winners medal too!
24 Oct 2011, 12:07 pm
IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service – Keith Lawrence
HA HA H AH AH A
Coach of the Year – Graham Henry (New Zealand)
hah ha h ah aha
24 Oct 2011, 12:11 pm
Whatta monster this guy is.
24 Oct 2011, 12:12 pm
The Spirit of Rugby Award – Wooden Spoon Society for their work with disadvantaged youth
Who is this? I thought they were called Springboks?? OUch!
24 Oct 2011, 12:13 pm
Dousatair deserves it after yesterday…
What a guy. What a game the French had yesterday.
24 Oct 2011, 12:14 pm
Samo’s try deserves it!
Although, there were some real pearls during the RWC, especially from some of the minnows
24 Oct 2011, 12:17 pm
While Dusuatoir was outstanding yesterday, IRb world player of the year is about ENTIRE season.
Should have gone to Jerome Kaino. His body of work of the last 8-12 months has been outstanding especially consistency.
This award is fast losing its appeal due to questionable judging.
Keith Lawrence getting an award as well….Pass it on to your son,Bryce did you and NZ proud mate.
24 Oct 2011, 12:18 pm
@Oxy moron(cjgrove)-2: Who would have been a better choice for coach?
Deans for wining tri nations but losing to Ireland, Samoa, and RWC semi? Johnson for 6 nations but losing in the QF? Did anyone else achieve anything else this year? A pity Japan and Tonga didn’t get further because maybe Kirwan or Maka would have been candidates
24 Oct 2011, 12:26 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-7:
Even though it is very the whole season, they have given different weights to different tournaments. The world cup performance was given a much bigger weighting….. in that sense, I agree with their choice. Nonu would have been my second choice
24 Oct 2011, 12:33 pm
@Helen(Helen)-9:
I understanding the “weighting” of the games/tournaments etc but still end the same in by books. Kaino was massive in the world cup,best blindside in the tournament and played even better with Read injured and McCaw not at 100%-still excelled. He has been class all season long. Not one single bad game. Dusautor was largely invisible much of the season & was diabolical vs AB’s in group stage game. To be fair he had ONE outstanding game in final….then wins.Mediocre criteria. By that criteria then Victor Matfield should have been IRb player of the Yr in 2007 ahead of Habana…(Juan Smith should have won that year)
24 Oct 2011, 12:33 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-7:
Agree, Dusautoir was piss poor the whole season except the vs England and New Zealand. Even against a 14 Welshmen he did bollocks.
Jerome Kaino deserves the IRB players medal.. Hell even Pocock been massive the past year
24 Oct 2011, 12:34 pm
Well Done Dusautoir! Kaino also deserves a mention.
Keith Lawrence?? What has he done?? Please enlighten us.
24 Oct 2011, 12:35 pm
ok – i would have given coach to Warren Gatland
24 Oct 2011, 12:38 pm
Simple – He got it because he is black!
24 Oct 2011, 12:39 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-10: Agreed Kaino was very consistent throughout the whole year. Dusautoir did have a bad game or 2 in the World Cup but the way he played in the Final….was outstanding.
24 Oct 2011, 12:40 pm
@grant10_is_a_maaifoedie(suffer_guy)-14:
*** off
That **** needs to knocked on the head Grant.
24 Oct 2011, 12:42 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-7:
fully agree with you, i recon all the nominees were poor choices but outta the lot i would have gone with nonu or genia….
dusautoir was good in the last 3 games no doubt but no ways is he a player of the yr
team of the yr gotta be the all blacks and likewise with coach , warren gatland must get a mention too, and btw who were the nominees fro young player of the yr??
24 Oct 2011, 12:45 pm
@gonzo(gonzo)-8:
the dam canadian coach deserves a mention with the way his boys played in the wc, most attractive style of rugga by far and defended like beasts, by far IMO the best team to watch at the tournament
24 Oct 2011, 12:46 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-16:
Don’t feed the troll.
24 Oct 2011, 12:47 pm
@seabiscuit(seabiscuit)-17: Yes Nonu also deserves a mention.
24 Oct 2011, 12:50 pm
Keith Lawrence, well F uck me dead. The IRB has not a stitch of credibility. POB, Bryce Lawrence and his old man Keith (Lets get the Yarpies). No wonder the officiating was what it was…hondkak!
These manupulative, cunning cheats have got what they wanted, but the at what price? The noble game of Rugby Union has been badly tainted by dubious officiating at the World Cup.
Congratulations AB’s not your fault, but hmmm yes.
24 Oct 2011, 12:54 pm
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-12:
Because he “got those Jappies”.
24 Oct 2011, 12:55 pm
@Connag(1112Connag)-21:
Every thread is full of the same things, seem to cant get away from this.
Are any of the good South Africans out there are embarrased by the dribble and the blaming thats been happening lately?
24 Oct 2011, 12:56 pm
@seabiscuit(seabiscuit)-17:
Genia Fell off at world cup. Not one really good performance.
Nonu very good entire season but KAINO still pips him.
When you see a player play at such a high level,quality performances and have a near perfect error rate…It ends up lookin normal…When it NOT.
Kaino.
24 Oct 2011, 12:58 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-23: When you guys admit that we got a raw deal and that Bryce Lawrence cheated, them and only then will I acknowledge the AB’s as worthy champions.
24 Oct 2011, 12:59 pm
Personal choice would be Kaino, he had a very solid year.
24 Oct 2011, 13:01 pm
@Connag(1112Connag)-25:
Dummy, i have said all along that Bryce bulleds it up but heres the kicker. You guys should have won with that much territory and possesion.
I honestly thought Morne was there to get these drop kicks?
My impression is that he is the best kicker in the world.
Now with all those things in your favour, you cant just blame a ref. Its impossible.
24 Oct 2011, 13:04 pm
Dusatori towered above kaino in the game that counted and achieved a level of performance unmatched by any other player- not least of all was his captaincy mountainous, when it counted I cannot say enough.
Keith Lawrence’s attrocious ant-bok reffing symbolizes the corruption, led by his boss Paddy O’Brien, that is at the heart of the game: to call this man a ‘good ref’ after the Australia travesty is Orwellian double-speak of the worst type.
24 Oct 2011, 13:05 pm
IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service – Keith Lawrence
Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service – Jock Hobbs
Hahahaha
24 Oct 2011, 13:06 pm
Surprised Richie did not win it again, he played better than 2009.
24 Oct 2011, 13:10 pm
IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service – Keith Lawrence
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=4302
I guess his son made up for it.
24 Oct 2011, 13:10 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-23:
Not embarrassed so much just stating the truth really. And this is the medium to do it. Same as for Kiwis with Wayne Barnes in 07′. Sh*t thing is that standard of reffing at nz rwc 2011 was below par. Even worse than previous controversial wc.
The knockout rounds left much to be desired.
Non-Spectacle really. From what we have heard leading up to rwc 2011 final about attack dynamism etc that would be brought to wc by likes on nz/oz to improve from the past winners largely skop/jag-conservative strategies etc…We get dished up a 8-7 lowest scoring final in history. And have NZ employ kick chase almost entire 2nd half in final.
Tisk tisk.
24 Oct 2011, 13:14 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-23: NZ have been so accustomed to having the ref on their side, they view it as normal.
24 Oct 2011, 13:14 pm
Keith Lawrence getting his just reward for being instrumental in the messing up of the Boks and Aussies.
24 Oct 2011, 13:15 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-32:
Whats wrong.
We heard we wont win the RWC with our style of rugby.
Defence wins the RWC.
SA kicked in all of 2007 tsk tsk but they won.
Play to win i say, dont you agree?
BY the way, twice as many tries in the RWC final than the last one and was closer. What more do you want?
24 Oct 2011, 13:17 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-32: Ja it was funny to see NZ playing for territory and kicking that much.
24 Oct 2011, 13:17 pm
@Schalk is Pote Fouries daughter(richardmarais)-33:
So NZ should not be the #1 team or the world champs?
Do you also think we have won all these games cos we are not a better team?
24 Oct 2011, 13:24 pm
Kaino should’ve won the IRB player award, he was without doubt the best blindside flanker all year consistently! Dusautoir was colossal in the final but if you take the whole year plus the rwc, kaino should’ve taken it easily! Well at least he has a gold medal to show for it!
24 Oct 2011, 13:48 pm
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-12: He sent emails between him and Paddy O B saying they should:
“Get The Jarpies!”
24 Oct 2011, 13:50 pm
@Connag(1112Connag)-21: My sentiment exactly, it seems fitting that Keith Lawrence won it this year. Corrupt piece of ****
24 Oct 2011, 13:52 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-23: you should be embarrassed that a ref could be that biased , be caught doing it and still receive an award.
Average Kiwi is an inbred scotsman, they make the Aussies seem like model citizens.
24 Oct 2011, 14:05 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-37: I am not denying that NZ are very good at rugby. Of course they are, there are some brilliant playes and professional structures and a huge desire to win. A culture of rugby which I respect.
But refs favour NZ, kind of how Brazil get favoured in football, but to a greater extent. I know a lot of kiwis after living in Auckland for 2.5 years, and to be honest in my opinion your average kiwi is very closed minded. They don’t want to know about anything outside their world.
It is good to be patriotic, but don’t close your eyes. A trivial example is, your average South African fan will probably be able to name all the NZ playes in all 5 franchises on any given S15 weekend, I am am sure your average kiwi fan could too, but not know many of the SA players.
My point is, I believe you guys have been so used to having been favoured, that you just view it as normal. We always say, to beat the ABs, you need to be at least 10 points better than them.
24 Oct 2011, 14:09 pm
Funny how many neautrals also think the refs were biased. I work with Scots, Chineese and English guys who did not care who won out of AUS v SA. And Fra NZ, and are saying the exact same things about the refs.
24 Oct 2011, 14:37 pm
Are Keith Lawrence and Bryce Lawrence the same chap?
24 Oct 2011, 15:36 pm
Keith is Bryce’s dad
24 Oct 2011, 17:08 pm
Schalk is Pote Fouries daughter – The ABs were very lucky ti win yesterday, i am glad for the nation, but the team was very lucky indeed. In hindsight the French were better on the day and probably deserved to win their first RWC. New Zealand seem to have this idea that they deserve to be world champs!! One thing is certian they will not defend their title next time, neutral gournd , neutral refs, never!!
24 Oct 2011, 17:14 pm
@Schalk is Pote Fouries daughter(richardmarais)-42: Out of interest, in your opinion has a ref ever favoured your team, or are they always against the Boks?
24 Oct 2011, 17:19 pm
@race of tan(race of tan)-46: Obviously four years is a long way off and a lot will change in the set up. The northern hemisphere has been a happy hunting ground for the AB’s since professionalism hit the sport, RWC implosions aside. Grand slams have been scored by which team? The NZ’ers. Have to agree, NZ were damn lucky yesterday. NZ must just be a very lucky rugby nation. Except they never deserve to win do they, it’s only because the ref helps out. Right?
24 Oct 2011, 18:08 pm
@Cane 73(Cane 73)-47: Hi Cane,
Yes. What I find tends to happen is generally the refs favour the home team (in all sports). Be it the collective influence of the crowd I guess. I thought SA were lucky to win against Wales in this RWC. But generally NZ are favoured imo.
Bob Dwyer did some analysis last year, I can’t remember the exact figures, but it was something like this. In the last 5 years Trinations for every 6 penalties SA got a yellow card, Aus for every 8, and NZ for every 46 penalties.
If you can get footage of the 2003 Trinations, and look at Stu Dickinsons performance, interesting too.
In the Superrugby, the bans/punisments dished out are never comparable either. That can never be blamed on emotion/spur of the moment because there is time for anaysis.
I generrally find when SA has an English speaking coach, e.g. Jake White, the refs are more partial. I have noticed that countries that English are not their first languages always get worse treatement. France, Argies, SA, Italy.
For instance, do you think the ref favoured NZ in the NZ v Arg game this RWC?
24 Oct 2011, 18:18 pm
TThis is pretty normal but I don’t think most kiwis notice
http://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvFshWX2ypgE%26feature%3Dyoutube_gdata_player&h=QAQHKb2Xq&refid=20
24 Oct 2011, 18:19 pm
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvFshWX2ypgE%26feature%3Dyoutube_gdata_player&feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=vFshWX2ypgE&gl=GB
24 Oct 2011, 20:13 pm
Good bye Keo. I find the level of trash on this site of no good. There is so little cosntructive discussion and there are so many sore losers it is exactly the reason I am an ab supporter. There are many things wrong with NZ rugby but flanking sore losing isn’t one of them. As for flaming dusautoir, the guys leadership and play potential is excellent, he is the first French captain who’s name I actually know. Well done to him. Good bye Keo unless you force us to register with our real names i wont be back
24 Oct 2011, 20:43 pm
TOTALLY deserved it!!!
Was a mountain of a man in the final
24 Oct 2011, 22:17 pm
Good choice! Dusautoir did excellently and deserves the honour.
24 Oct 2011, 22:27 pm
Jock Hobbs did plenty of the grunty spadework for this RWC before his spreading cancer sadly ended his personal contribution. He knows his life expectancy is now measured in days, or even hours, but he’s lived to see Richie and Mils get their centurion caps and his beloved ABs become world champions. This well-deserved honour for a dying man is the cherry on top of a tremendous, albeit tragic, final year of his life. Kia kaha and haere ra, Jock Hobbs!
24 Oct 2011, 23:24 pm
WOW
so now 1 great game, admittedly in the Biggest Match, is enough to win THE top Award as Player of the YEAR ?!
As wonderful player, and Captain, as Dusautoir clearly is this just cheapens the thing. For starters, Harinordorquy is consistently more brilliant for France than Dusautoir is. And Bok fans could also say S.Burger was ast a higher level for more games (albeit vs lesser opponents) than Dusautoir. If it all comes down to ONE match, then isnt MoM in the Final enough glory in itself ?
Jerome Kaino and Ma’a Nonu were consistently better over the past 12mths than all of these, Kaino was sensational on EOYT’10 which, if von Trapp isnt ‘lying’, is the start of the qualifying period for this Award.
25 Oct 2011, 00:18 am
Yes, Blackie, not everything has to be about NZ.
Great winner, the best of the bunch.
25 Oct 2011, 00:45 am
LOSER TROLL ALERT !
25 Oct 2011, 01:02 am
Nonu had a fantastic 3N but he was complete wet spaghetti in the S15. Kaino was consistently good all season. But, remember, these judgements are made at the END of the SH season but at the START of the NH one, so there’s a huge previous-season carry-over for all NH candidates.
25 Oct 2011, 02:11 am
@Helen(Helen)-5: Deserved it = he got his reward for being MoM, thats it. How was is his game against Tonga? What about Canada or Japan? He wasnt that great against NZ in pool play either
Great final for sure, this is a sentimental vote, absurd.
Kaino played all but 30seconds in the RWC in imperious form, was an outstanding player through the 3N and S14, his YEAR was better than Dusatoirs.
25 Oct 2011, 02:14 am
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-54: Cmon Tackles- he had one good game. This award is for the YEAR not the RWC final.
Its sentimental nonsense at best, it really is.
IRB just keep shootin themselves in the foot
25 Oct 2011, 02:15 am
@Labok(Labok)-53: Sums it up, the FINAL, not the YEAR
25 Oct 2011, 03:53 am
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-56: Take your All Black goggles off Panties! Nonu was absolute rubbish for the first 6 months of the year totally useless, Jamie Roberts was the better inside centre at the world cup and he was completely eclipsed in the final by Mermoz. Kaino has been very consistent all year, but Keiron Read is a far better back row player then him as is Schalk Burger, again in the world cup final he came second place by a huge distance to his opposite man Dusautoir. There was no obvious outstanding individual this year, so it all came down to the biggest, most important match of the last 4 years and Dusautoir came up with a monster of a performance, that will be remembered for many years.
25 Oct 2011, 03:58 am
Har har har pantie…this just cheapens the thing…to late for that, it happened a while back when ritcheeee got the gong for showing up!
25 Oct 2011, 04:06 am
@HongKongSlong(HongKongSlong)-63:
All said and done I would have given it to him based solely on his performance in the final, the man was incredible.
25 Oct 2011, 04:15 am
@Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-65: One of the greatest individual performances by a back row player that I can remember for many years.
25 Oct 2011, 04:19 am
@HongKongSlong(HongKongSlong)-66:
Maybe Brussow v BIL but a totally different type of game and impact on the two occassions.
25 Oct 2011, 04:25 am
@Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-67: Yeah I was actually thinking about it a bit more after I wrote it and thought of Brussow in 2009! Very different styles of play, but both were in a different league to to all the other players on the pitch at the time.
25 Oct 2011, 04:31 am
@HongKongSlong(HongKongSlong)-68:
Yip, Brussow changed the fortunes of a whole team…and country all on his own. The Froggie did everything but win the match, he just seemed to be everywhere, tackling, running and the people watching with me all said at different time something along the line of…man, that guy is good!
25 Oct 2011, 04:44 am
Brussow spent the whole of last year in the convalescent ward and then, when he came on this year, it amounted to little more than a cameo (in which he had hardly any impact) before he was crocked again! The superstar is a really little more than a supersicknote!
25 Oct 2011, 04:47 am
Richie McCaw — crook foot with a HUGE target on it and all — survived the year and the onslaught of the fromage-scoffing surrendeur-minkeys and lifted Bill! That man is not a crybaby woosie!
25 Oct 2011, 04:48 am
I will say it one more time, Tackles, you have lost your edge!
25 Oct 2011, 05:44 am
C-rap decision
Kaino player of the year
end of story
25 Oct 2011, 08:04 am
@Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-72:
A cocky young slart called Ibartfast
Opined that Tacks’ skills surely can’t last
But alas for the Slart
Tack’s barely hit start
So, Slart, brace yourself for the next blast!
25 Oct 2011, 08:09 am
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-74:
Three and a half hours and that is the best you can come up with? May I suggest you stop digging…
25 Oct 2011, 08:42 am
Do better.
I dare you.
25 Oct 2011, 08:49 am
I heard the IRB awards, where applicable, were weighted 80% on performance at RWC.
Based on that, Dusautoir deserved the top player award. He has played consistently through the tournament and was a standout in the final. Well done to him.
The closest AB was Kaino, but he had a very subdued final compared to other matches. If the weighting was skewed in favour of performance during the RWC, then what the nominees brought to the show piece game would have had a massive influence
Weepu and Nonu played well during the Cup, but both failed to bring their A game to the final and didn’t warrant consideration either.
25 Oct 2011, 09:31 am
welll deservedd!!!!!
a tacklingg machine.
6,7,8 for frogss Best in worldd.
25 Oct 2011, 10:00 am
@greatest13gerber(greatest13gerber)-78:
Get a new phone or pc – your sticky keys are irritating or are you permanently gesuip when you post?
25 Oct 2011, 11:06 am
Surprised Keo hasn’t picked up on this
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby-world-cup-2011/news/article.cfm?c_id=522&objectid=10761610
When McCaw gets up off the ground it appears he says the words “Eye gouge” to the ref. But otherwise no official complaint – guess we’ll have to wait for footage from the crowd
25 Oct 2011, 14:45 pm
Dusatoir was massive in the final, no doubt. But I agree with others — he wasn’t a consistently excellent player all year. I would have gone for Kaino. If the IRB POY award is just going to become the MOM award for the Final, that’s fine, but the IRB should make that clear.
25 Oct 2011, 22:37 pm
A lot of biased NZ fans on here cribbing that Dusatoir only had 2 great matches and didn’t deserve to win. Did you watch him all season in the Heineken Cup or in the French Top 14 league? I doubt it.
26 Oct 2011, 01:01 am
@LastMinuteDropGoal(LastMinuteDropGoal)-82:
Dusatoir won Man of the Match in 2007 game against NZ W/C with a massive 38 tackles and a try. He has been a top-class flank forward for several years now, not just two games – Kaino doesn’t remotely compete at his level. He is a giant of the game and was a colossal towering above all others on the field in the biggest game ever played in NZ.
26 Oct 2011, 01:32 am
@Schalk is Pote Fouries daughter(richardmarais)-49: so did SA get favoured by home town decisions in 95? I seem to recall a match should have been abandoned, but they went ahead… but only because the Host nation would have been eliminated if the match was abandoned, do you remember the ladies sweeping water off the field? and the subsequent gold watch for the “best ref at the tourny” ?
double standards anyone?
26 Oct 2011, 01:34 am
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24 Oct 2011, 08:40 am
Lets put our ‘Player of the Tournament’ out there
Thierry Dusautoir
Wasn’t too hard predicting the obvious… Dusautoir was magnificent with daylight second.
26 Oct 2011, 01:39 am
@gonzo(gonzo)-80: Yes I have to agree with the French here… game is done and dusted and still the AB’s are crying.
The AB won, we applaud their victory… but come on have some grace. Not even a congratulatory mention to Le Bleu. The lowlife media gatecrashed the French final repast on NZ soil, they were asked to leave but kept on with their ‘dog nipping at heels mentality’. Report say the pri<ks were spat on. Not good but perhaps bad habits are contagious.
Will the pi$$ poor media in NZ grow up, we are tiring of the charade.
26 Oct 2011, 01:50 am
@RugbyRulz(RugbyRulz)-86: like the whinging from a nation about Quade being booed, but its own crowds chant another teams superstar as a “w@nker”, yet is outraged at NZs perceived lack of sportsmanship? this from the underarm nation? puh-lease, hypocritical to the extreme..
Aussies talking about grace, hysterical really…
26 Oct 2011, 02:16 am
@poppa69(poppa69)-87: Pops you can justify the behaviour of NZ (Media) any way that makes you feel good. NZ was on display and showed its form. Cannibalising one of its own products because the lad moved to Australia, at the tender age of 10 is a joke. ( BTW I am not a Quade convert, I prefer Barnes.)
Dredging up past incidents, *** for tat really does not cut it. We can all explain why Richard Hadlee was called a wanker… sadly you havent bothered to google why.
Grow up, move on and enjoy the spoils. ALL BLACKS world champions
26 Oct 2011, 02:20 am
I apologise to fellow posters for digressing ……Now back to the accolade rightfully deserved
T H I E R R Y D U S A U T O I R
26 Oct 2011, 02:57 am
Francois Hougaard as a nominee for best player in RSA… what a joke… the guy missed on average just under 50% of his tackles and that was as a replacement in the latter halve’s of the game… unacceptable!
26 Oct 2011, 03:00 am
@RugbyRulz(RugbyRulz)-88: why should I have to google why hadlee was called such… why are you condoning this behaviour?
what makes the hadlee chant any different to how Quade was treated? if anything its a lot worse…
the whole hadlee thing I brought up as an example of the double standards you seem so happy to defend.. if youre comfortable with that then fair enough..
26 Oct 2011, 03:39 am
@LastMinuteDropGoal(LastMinuteDropGoal)-82: did you? bollox
and yes i watched a few games, average at best
not biased at all, just honest
26 Oct 2011, 03:44 am
@RugbyRulz(RugbyRulz)-85: He wasnt that good for foks sake. A try – well taken, and some tackles and runs, Look here, he had opportunities that came his way and he took them.
But one solid performance does not make any player, the Player of The Year – is that too much for you to understand.?
And dont give give us the time to be gracious nonsense either. We have been extremely low key in this victory, relieved is more like it. The Ab’s were pretty pissed off when the final whistle went as Dusatoir and co had ample opportunity to apologise for the eygouging, Kaino’s nuts being twisted, and a few other indiscretions that DID HAPPEN.
But hey, we took it all on the chin, no official complaints from the team, and deserved the win.
26 Oct 2011, 08:05 am
@Schalk is Pote Fouries daughter(richardmarais)-43: …I was watching with an Aussie who says the BL cheated the springboks
26 Oct 2011, 08:12 am
@RugbyRulz(RugbyRulz)-85:
Did he play against NZ in the pool games?
If he did i did not notice him at all.
In fact i saw the games and he really wasnt that great in any of the pool games.
But you seem to know better, how did he go in the 6 nations?
27 Oct 2011, 05:53 am
Dusatoir won the prize. It’s done and dusted. Get over it. At least it didn’t go to Wynand Olivier!
27 Oct 2011, 08:44 am
This RWC has now finally stained our “proud” rugby history! And I was a part of the whole scam! *******! I’m beginning to feel sorry that I did what I did to keep the Boks out. And I can tell you, Joubert, bloody Yarpie, was paid as well! We are disgusting. We are the pits. So is the IRR. What the heck, it’s out of me. I AM RICH!
27 Oct 2011, 09:08 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XBqetaCfgo&feature=youtu.be
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