Wallabies add to Matfield’s woe
26 Nov 2011
JON CARDINELLI watched the Wallabies thrash the Barbarians 60-11 to ensure Victor Matfield’s international career ended on a depressing note.
Australia edged South Africa 11-9 in last month’s World Cup quarter-final, a result that stretched their record against the Springboks in 2011 to three from three. This Saturday’s fixture at Twickenham represented a final attempt at revenge for Matfield, but as much as he tried as an individual, he couldn’t lift the collective to the point where they could mount any real challenge.
The result sees the Baa Baas missing out on a hat-trick of wins against the Sanzar nations, having beaten New Zealand in 2009 and South Africa in 2010. It also sees Wallabies coach Robbie Deans getting one over the All Blacks’ Graham Henry and Steve Hansen, who took charge of the Barbarians for this particular encounter.
The Baa Baas looked a disinterested and disjointed bunch for much of the contest. They butchered two early try-scoring opportunites, and failed to make the Wallabies pay when Adam Ashley-Cooper and James Slipper were yellow-carded at separate intervals in the first half.
The visitors struggled to fire early on, but certainly looked the more structured and ambitious of the two teams. It finally came together in the 26th minute when flyhalf James O’Connor found Digby Ioane, who proceeded to expose some poor Barbarians defence.
This aspect of the Baa Baas’ game grew worse as the game progressed. They managed to keep the Wallabies in check in the first half thanks to the two yellow cards, but in the second stanza, there was no stopping the relentless green and gold wave.
The Wallabies’ bench provided the desired impetus, but the defensive effort of the Barbarians was nothing short of shocking. In a definitive period between the 40th and 70th minute, those wearing the black and white hoops ushered the Wallabies to the tryline no less than five times.
It will go down as the worst performance by a Barbarians side in recent times. Although they managed to score one consolatory try in injury time through young league star Sam Tomkins, it was the gutless defensive effort that will anger officials and members of an extremely proud and elite club.
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27 Nov 2011, 13:48 pm
the guys a **** at this rate, really.
i hope he has no future success at national level.
on a similar note, i see applications for the ‘dirtiest team in world rugby’ coach has closed and that the list is comprised of three people.
hansen being one of them, i wonder who the other two are?
27 Nov 2011, 13:50 pm
Brumbies management must be seething… just a few months ago Jake wanted to ride in and rescue the Boks… Jake had to back-track then and promise he was only interested in the Brumbies…
The Brumbies must have a contingent coach lined up, they’d be crazy not to.
27 Nov 2011, 13:50 pm
@Hondo(Hondo)-153: Venter/Rassie, Kruger, Teichmann weren’t half bad as a combo, hey…. Neither were Pienaar, Kruger, Straeuli… Heck, the latter fcked up the loosie combo packed with “greats” such as Brooke, Kronfeld, Brewer, with Andrews, a lock, playing instead of Straeuli in the WC final for most of the game.
27 Nov 2011, 13:51 pm
hell of a record to follow on.
personally i dont think any all black team with any all black coach in the future will ever match teddy-g’s record.
27 Nov 2011, 13:52 pm
@David(David)-163: The final, my boy… The final… Kitchies masterstroke.
27 Nov 2011, 13:53 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-202:
justice would be for the brumbies to ditch him first.
or make the rfu pay a monumental release fee or something.
27 Nov 2011, 14:03 pm
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-195: This post is true. Yes. Yodaesque.
27 Nov 2011, 14:07 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-189: @wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-191: Fark me, what a kn.ob… I very much doubt he is England’s preference any way… They seriously want Mallet, but he seriously wants the Bok job….
Please God, let it be so. Mallet as Bok coach again.
27 Nov 2011, 14:19 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-204:
Ted is but a boy compred to Fred Allen.
Freddy was 14 from 14.
27 Nov 2011, 14:21 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-208:
Speaking of *****,
how goes it HG.
27 Nov 2011, 14:26 pm
@cane(cane)-209:
gosh, only 14 games though compared to teddy’s 100+ surely you cant make a comparison?
had allen coached any longer would he have retained a good win record?
no man, graham henry’s the best you guys ever had imo.
i honestly do not think you guys will have a better showing for a long time to come.
27 Nov 2011, 14:26 pm
Fck Ted… Fck Fred Allen.
I give you Kitch Christie…
Transvaal Currie Cup Champs.
Transvaal Super 10 Champs
Bok World Cup Champs… (100% Bok win ratio)
Achieved all within a couple of years….
Would love to know Master Kitchies overall combined win record as Provincial and International coach…
Unsurpassed I would imagine.
27 Nov 2011, 14:30 pm
@cane(cane)-210: It goes well, kn.ob… You?
27 Nov 2011, 14:33 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-203:
I was reacting to a bold statement that Jones, Kronfeld and Brooks were the best ever in business as a combo.
I thought the 1986 Cavaliers had a better unit, so were the Boks of 1997-1998
27 Nov 2011, 14:39 pm
@cane(cane)-209:
interesting fact:
of graham henry’s 15 looses as coach 8 of those were to the springboks.
27 Nov 2011, 14:42 pm
looses = losses
27 Nov 2011, 14:43 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-215: that’s to be expected. The ABs lose to no other team more than they lose to the Boks.
Not even the Aussies, who rate themselves as the ABs finest opponents.
27 Nov 2011, 14:46 pm
@Hondo(Hondo)-214: I was agreeing with you in the main… I disagree about the Cavaliers unit – I’ll take Kruger, Venter, Teich any day of the week…
27 Nov 2011, 14:46 pm
i’ve got a feeling hansen’s not the man for the blacks.
also, i think they’re still going to be feeling the emotional effects next year of having finally won.
my prediction oz favourites to win the four nations with springboks the dark horse outsiders.
27 Nov 2011, 14:49 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-217:
yip, we still run them hardest. more wins against teddy-g’s all blacks than the rest of the world combined.
tell me there ain’t no conspiracies in this ol’ world.
27 Nov 2011, 14:52 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-219: Judging on yesterday, it seems that every AB has been sucking on a huge bucket sized bong since October… I wouldn’t be surprised if Hansen has been too – he looked as dozy as fck yesterday…
As for Ted – asked at half time what the BaaBaas needed to do to win, his reply was: “Kick for the tramlines”…. WTF? A BaaBaas game… He sounded halfpissed too…
Nothing like Kiwis outdoing themselves and living up to stereotype and expectation… Only the cheating missing yesterday.
27 Nov 2011, 15:01 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-221:
yip, hansen’s just got a look about him that does not impress.
both reechie and danny boy’s going into the ugly side of their prime now.
considering those factors coupled with the emotional exhaustion of the last 23 years i can easily see the all blacks tamely surrendering next year and then quite possibly even struggling the year after.
i think the collective rugby world is now tired of their cheating and having gifted them a cup will start to come down on them. also, this new ammendment to the citing rules for foul play could very well come back to bite the all blacks more than most.
27 Nov 2011, 15:34 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-205:
Semi final as well, my child. Just confirmed it on genslins site.
27 Nov 2011, 15:42 pm
Apart from some of the world stars going AWOL yesterday (Kaino et. al.) what we’ve learned is that rugby is indeed a team sport.
We’ve always known this of course, but the extent was confirmed by a mediocre performance from the Aussies being good enough to put 60 points past the all stars.
The highlight of the afternoon being Mortlock’s huge hit. Colossal. Gave me a headache.
That’s the way it’s done Pierre.
27 Nov 2011, 15:47 pm
Boks 1980 Morne, Louw, Stofberg.
Boks 1981 Wynand, Louw, Stofberg.
Nothing wrong with those combos.
27 Nov 2011, 15:49 pm
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-224:
Pierre’s an 8th man. Nobody told him he’d have to tackle like that, otherwise he’d of stayed at wing.
27 Nov 2011, 15:53 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-218:
At least that!
27 Nov 2011, 15:58 pm
@David(David)-225: Good combos, son… Ruff and tuff.
27 Nov 2011, 16:01 pm
@David(David)-225:
You could go back to Ellis, Bedford and Boland too but you have to draw the line somewhere, those greats loosies only played 5 Tests a year, no EOYT, no warm ups and had no Super Rugby’s 9-14 extra games per season
27 Nov 2011, 16:03 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-228:
Yup, then before them there was the Greyling/Ellis combo, probably the worlds best at the time.
27 Nov 2011, 16:07 pm
@Hondo(Hondo)-229:
Yeah, but if we’re also including the cavaliers it’s a fair stretch.
You beat me to it.
27 Nov 2011, 16:16 pm
My Best Boks
15 Jouba
14 Mordt
13 Gerber
12 Du Plessis
11 Van Vollenhoven
10 Honiball
9 Joost
8 Du Plessis
7 Venter
6 Kruger
5 Frik
4 Matfield
3 Domkrag
2 Uli
1 Os
27 Nov 2011, 16:22 pm
jw is the biggest selfserving piece of trash cn’t going and he ain’t even a decent rugby coach
Totally faked by his own self serving infatuated opinion of himself
27 Nov 2011, 16:26 pm
@233 Ollie Le Roux,
I get why you hate smit, why do you hate White?
27 Nov 2011, 16:27 pm
Heavensgame:
who would your coach have been? I hope its a coach that would not drop honniball for naas for fear of not having a recognised kicker!
27 Nov 2011, 16:30 pm
best 11 is Carel not Van Vollenhoven and Matfield is a 5 not a 4
27 Nov 2011, 16:32 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-232:
Nice selection, but there’s a number of other contenders for all those positions if you want to go back as far as Van Vollenhoven. Personally, I reckon Wynand was a better 8 than Morne at the time and what about Hennie Muller? In my opinion, Frik was a better 7 than lock. Gerber’s a non negotiable, but remember that he played 12 and 13. At 12 I’d also rate Whipp and if Gerber played 12 there’s also Peter Cronje at 13 or Roux. HO at 15. The list goes on.
27 Nov 2011, 16:33 pm
@BULLET(BULLET)-235: Only one coach, Cuzzie… Kitch.
Honiball is my man, and Michael DuP had a decent boot too, but if a kicker was absolutely needed then Keith Oxlee would be my man… Hard one, but if that Natal Soutie could make it in that era then he must have been farken good…
27 Nov 2011, 16:35 pm
@David(David)-237: Hold on, its my team… My bunch of favourites… Pick your side… Mine will shag yours 6 days out of a seven day week, guaranfukkenteed …
27 Nov 2011, 16:37 pm
Do you REALLY want to be asking skoppiekins why he dislikes JW? Where have you been? Skopster tells us why at least three-hundred-and-forty-six times a day.
27 Nov 2011, 16:38 pm
@BULLET(BULLET)-235:
You know, if you want Honiball at 10, then you should also consider Michael Dupe. They’re very similar players and both played 10 and 12 successfully, and both kicked like sh*t.
27 Nov 2011, 16:39 pm
White is a can’t Smit a selfish useless palooka who cost his country a Wc through his desire to be immortalized
And you Bullet are a moron who can’t see sh’t for trees you hail these can’ts like Smit and White while denouncing Mallet for dropping your hero Teichman for Bobby S
27 Nov 2011, 16:39 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-239:
Prove it!
27 Nov 2011, 16:49 pm
My favourite team of all time:
15 Blanco
14 Mordt
13 Gerber
12 Sella (had to move him inside)
11 Campo
10 Porta
9 Joost
8 Du Plessis
7 Kruger
6 JP Rives
5 Eales
4 Matfield
3 JP Garuet
2 Uli
1 Os
27 Nov 2011, 16:55 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-244:
Joost instead of Gareth Edwards? I can also think of a number of better choices for 8 than Morne.
27 Nov 2011, 17:07 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-222:
yer mate the Ab’s are supposed to tamely surrender every year, this time next year we all know who’ll be top of the world rankings
27 Nov 2011, 17:12 pm
@David(David)-245: Joost over Edwards any day of the week… Morne Du Plessis is an IRB Hall of Famer, a good leader, a good man and most of all a great Rugby player…. A great example of the best of South African… Got that?
27 Nov 2011, 17:17 pm
@David(David)-245:
watched a doccie on barry johns take apart the kiwis in ’71 series, he looked pretty amazing, called the george best of rugby, looked like it, effortless.
27 Nov 2011, 17:24 pm
@cab(cab)-248:
Now do you see why I rate him above Bennett?
27 Nov 2011, 17:26 pm
Here’s a 15 for you to chew on:
1. Sepaka
2. Ollie
3. Eddie Andrews
4. Quintin Davids
5. Elandre Van Der Berg
6. Tim Dlulane
7. Solly (Sorry boet)
8. Twatson (not sorry)
9. Van Hoeselin
10. Sherryl (He had a hot wife though)
11. Khaya Molatana
12. Jorrie Muller
13. Danie Van Schalkwyk
14. McNeil hendriks
15. Earl Rose.
Special Mentions:
Dale Santon
Deon De Kock
Gio Cronje
Owen Nkumane
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