Blitzboks fall at last hurdle
10 Dec 2011
GARETH DUNCAN, reporting from the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, watched the Blitzboks concede a last-minute try in a 31-26 Cup final defeat to New Zealand on day two of the PE Sevens.
The inaugural PE Sevens finished in 20 minutes of madness.
Ahead and during this fixture, the crowd created a magical atmosphere – something that was missing throughout the weekend’s festivities. The St Georges band arrived late during the day and their presence ignited an electric mood around the park, especially with the large All Blacks club who sat themselves in the seats below them. It was a fitting stage for the Blitzboks and New Zealand, who were clearly the two best teams at the tournament.
For New Zealand, it was their eighth consecutive Cup final appearance while it was only the hosts’ third in their history, having previously won one and lost one – both to the former. And on this occasion, the Kiwis went on to win their ninth South African leg Cup title thanks to Tomasi Cama, who scored and converted a try in the last move of the game.
It was a close contest in the first half, which ended 17-14 at the break in the Kiwis’ favour. DJ Forbes led from the front and powered over for the opening try, which was cancelled out by Bernado Botha’s finish. The hosts were then dealt a blow when Boom Prinsloo was yellow-carded for a professional foul at the breakdown.
From a defending scrum, the Blitzboks crumbled and Cama capitalized to dive over for his first five-pointer. Once South Africa returned to seven men, Botha went on to score his fourth try of the tournament – but New Zealand held a slender half-time lead after Frank Halai crossed the chalk.
The Blitzboks dominated the early parts of the second half, surging into a 26-17 lead with Steven Hunt and Cecil Afrika running over from close range. But defensive lapses at the death saw Halai and Cama complete their braces, the latter score a controversial one as a few South African players believed they were tripped during the final play. But Australian referee Anthony Moyes waved play on as Cama broke South African hearts.
The day’s results sees Fiji and New Zealand share the World Series table lead with 51 log points each. The Fijians performed badly on day two, which ended with a 48-0 thrashing from Wales in the Plate final. The Blitzboks find themselves third on the table with 48 log points while England (47) and France (38) trail closely behind.
Earlier in the day, the Springbok Sevens downed Samoa 12-7 in the Cup semi-final.
It was a physical clash and one the hosts handled well as they kept the game tight and capitalised on favourable field position. They spent most of the first half in Samoa’s 22m area, and they finished two scoring opportunities to take a 12-0 half-time lead. A Branco du Preez side step and break opened the scoring while Botha showed great power out wide to finish in the corner. Samoa ended the half with six men when Afa Aiono was sin-binned for striking Kyle Brown with the forearm.
After the second stanza restart, South Africa placed a greater emphasis on restricting the Pacific Islanders – which they did to great effect. Samoa struggled to break into the hosts’ red zone but managed to score a late try through Paul Perez. The Blitzboks, however, still did enough for a place in the Cup final
In their first match of the day, Cecil Afrika scored two crucial tries in the Springbok Sevens’ 26-12 win over France in the Cup quarter-final.
Coming off a 19-5 Cup defeat to the French in the same fixture at the Dubai Sevens last weekend, the Blitzboks ended on top on this occasion thanks to their hometown playmaker. But it didn’t come easy, as an attacking error saw Terry Bouhraoua put the opposition 5-0 ahead.
An Afrika run set up Boom Prinsloo minutes later while the former also dotted down after sniping a gap. But Renaud Delmas finished off a late attack, which capitalised on the hosts’ shaky rearguard. The half-time score read 12-12.
The Blitzboks produced a strong second half showing to seal their place in the top four. Brilliant stepping from Afrika saw the speedster grab his 70th World Series try while Botha finished off proceedings after chasing down a Du Preez chip.
Blitzboks’ fixtures, day two:
Cup quarter-final: South Africa 26 France 12
Cup semi-final: South Africa 12 Samoa 0
Cup final: South Africa 26 New Zealand 31
Click here for all day two fixtures and results
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11 Dec 2011, 22:34 pm
stevie ray vaughn, best guitarist of my era. 2nd would be Eddie VanHalen (roth days). watched an MTV unplugged show with joe satriani and SRV and joe made the mistake of singing. he sucked, however SRV was in his element and just blew the audience away on an acoustic guitair. the man was a legend but not sure if he was ever heard in southAfrica.
hendrix was the mozart of guitarist. a purist and technically superior to anyone since for his rock style and originality. not my cup of tea but as a muso u cant ever hope to reach his level of artistry.
george benson for a chilled talented easy listening riffs.
all talented and all contribute to the history of guitarists. like this site they present different flavours and colours to the world of music.
11 Dec 2011, 22:34 pm
@ashampoopaloo-747: Brian May?
11 Dec 2011, 22:35 pm
I saw the Rabbit Foot Spasm Band on Saturday…..
Don’t know if I will go again!
11 Dec 2011, 22:36 pm
@stormersboy-742:
Yep all original.
I took of the old whammy bar just for tunning purposes, it just kept going out of tune. I still have it though in the case.
Its a great guitar. I also have a Van Halen Krammer from when he first started way back in the day. One pick up, no switches, just pure feedbacking noise, love it.
11 Dec 2011, 22:36 pm
@Hurricane-748: Do you do requests? How about Skorpions “Rock me like a Hurricane”… There you go, a new theme tune for the Canes… Do the demo… Just Do it.
11 Dec 2011, 22:36 pm
I’m a blues guitar man.. thats me.. rock n rollers can go ballistic but you canna beat the Leadbelly.. Son House…Muddy Waters… Howling Wolf… Albert King…. John Lee Hooker… Bo Diddly Blues….
11 Dec 2011, 22:36 pm
Great name for a band though!
11 Dec 2011, 22:38 pm
@stormersboy-752: technically not very good but his compostions where awesome and exactly what Queen needed. every song freddie composed was made all the more richer for BM’s interpretation of the solo’s.
hendrix would be the mozart of guitarist and BrianMay would be the beethoven
11 Dec 2011, 22:38 pm
@Heavens Game-755:
OK.
Here i am.. Rock you like a Hurricane.
Is that the one?
11 Dec 2011, 22:39 pm
mark knofler, u gotta be out your tree, dire straits is dire shite.
best two guitarists were black fellas, hendrix way out in front (think even could play with left hand) and bb king.
11 Dec 2011, 22:39 pm
jonny lee hooker brilliant, esp with the old scratchy lp sound.
11 Dec 2011, 22:40 pm
@ashampoopaloo-756:
lol
yep them the blues.
11 Dec 2011, 22:40 pm
All the greats are vegetarian.. poor schmuck gonna have to burn all his CD’s.. he don’t even know it but Santana is out and out Vegan following an Eastern Guru…
arme ou fckd up Herr Goebeldy Gwat doos….
11 Dec 2011, 22:42 pm
@cab-760: omg how could i forget bb king?!?! from an era totally insular from commercialism
the reason i love stevieRayVaughn is because of a similar attitude to BB King. both were immune to commercialism and just played for the love of playing. neither seemed to care bout the money and popularity but just played for the love of it.
11 Dec 2011, 22:43 pm
@man1a-751: i love music with all it’s styles so couldn’t really separate them.
Brian May is a favourite of mine because I’m a big Queen fan.
Hendrix for what he did and his live stuff.
But there are too many to mention.
I’m a big Gary Moore fan.
Satriani, Vai, Vinnie Moore, Petrucci, Di Miola et al are great but tend to overplay a bit for my taste.
The oldies like Clapton, Blackmore, Page, Beck, Mcloughlin, Barre (Jethro Tull), Knoffler are great to listen too.
As are the american Blues players like SRV, Santana, Albert King, also great.
Too many to really mention, as soon as I click submit i will remember a whole bunch more.
11 Dec 2011, 22:43 pm
I know you are all You Tubing The Rabbit Foot Spasm Band…you don’t believe they exist do you?
11 Dec 2011, 22:45 pm
@stormersboy-765:
Oh boy out comes the styles.
Gary Moore (RIP) was goos at what he did. use to listen to him when trying to figure out how to play the Guitar.
But what surprised me out of your list was Petrucci. Now we are talking.
11 Dec 2011, 22:45 pm
@Hurricane-759: That’s it…. Ear plugs for the pooch though… Do it…
“So what is wrong
With another sin
The ***** is hungry
She needs to tell
So give her inches
And feed her well
More days to come
New places to go
I’ve got to leave
It’s time for a show
Here I am, rock you like a hurricane
Here I am, rock you like a hurricane
Whirlwind whining squealing wail………
( A different version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cd9FYO9Rh4)
11 Dec 2011, 22:45 pm
Hendrix was a blues man first and foremost.. one the absolute best even as young kid he played for Little Richard in his backing band and they tried to shut him up cos they were scared he’d steal their thunder.. then the Animals toured the US and Animals lead guitarist saw this maestro and hijacked him to the UK… and history did the rest.
11 Dec 2011, 22:46 pm
@Hurricane-754: Awesome. hang onto it a while, that will pay for your retirement one day.
Eddie V was a pioneer too,
11 Dec 2011, 22:53 pm
@man1a-758: i hear you. I think he’s technically better than he’s sometimes given credit for, but his role in the band was as a harmonizer and rhythm/lead hybrid, so he had to do a lot.
One of my favourites to listen to though.
Unmistakable sound.
@Hurricane-767: i used to listen to a bit of dream theatre in the ’90s along with Vai, Satriani, Yngwe, Johnson and the like. Lots of instrumental stuff.
Still find myself going back to the classics though.
11 Dec 2011, 22:53 pm
@man1a-764:
yeah also enjoyed. was never overly enthusiastic until walked into a north london record shop about 10 years ago and one of his albums was coming out of of a fanstastic sound system, great sound.
Sanatana, fk no, god gerd waars die perd, which basically means he’ll put you to sleep worse than knoffler.
11 Dec 2011, 22:54 pm
@stormersboy-765: yeah i agree. gary moore’s career was way too short. over the hills and far away was a fav
queen? no better band came out of the 70/80′s imho
eddie V in the DavidLeeRoth days was the shiz
11 Dec 2011, 22:56 pm
Readers’ Poll From Guitarist Magazine, January 1998
1. Hotel California – The Eagles (Joe Walsh And Don Felder)
2. Eruption – Van Halen (Edward Van Halen)
3. Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
4. Crossroads – Cream (Eric Clapton)
5. Voodoo Chile – Jimi Hendrix
6. Parisienne Walkways – Gary Moore
7. All Right Now – Free (Paul Kossoff)
8. Since I’ve Been Loving You – Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
9. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen (Brian May)
10. Sultans Of Swing – Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
11. All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
12. Shine You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
13. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
14. For The Love Of God – Steve Vai
15. Still In Love With You – Thin Lizzy (Gary Moore)
16. Child In Time – Deep Purple (Ritchie Blackmore)
17. Still Got The Blues (For You) – Gary Moore
18. Goodbye To Love – The Carpenters (Tony Peluso)
19. Purple Haze – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
20. Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
21. Need Your Love So Bad – Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green)
22. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses (Slash)
23. Freebird – Lynyrd Skynyrd (Ronnie Van Zant)
24. Layla – Derek And The Dominos (Eric Clapton [And Duane Allman])
25. White Room – Cream (Eric Clapton)
26. Red House – Jimi Hendrix
27. Black Magic Woman – Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green)
28. Rosanna – Toto (Steve Lukather)
29. Texas Flood – Stevie Ray Vaughan
30. November Rain – Guns N’ Roses (Slash)
31. The Wind Cries Mary – Jimi Hendrix
32. Ladies Nite In Buffalo – David Lee Roth (Steve Vai)
33. Hot For Teacher – Van Halen (Edward Van Halen)
34. La Villa Strangiato – Rush (Alex Lifeson)
35. Killer Queen – Queen (Brian May)
36. Addicted To That Rush – Mr Big (Paul Gilbert)
37. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
38. Brighton Rock – Queen (Brian May)
39. Get The Funk Out – Extreme (Nuno Bettencourt)
40. Nothing Else Matters – Metallica (James Hetfield)
41. Inca Roads – Frank Zappa
42. You Do Something To Me – Paul Weller
43. Crazy Train – Ozzy Osborne (Randy Rhoads)
44. Marquee Moon – Television (Tom Verlaine)
45. Tunnel Of Love – Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
46. Live Forever – Oasis (Noel Gallagher)
47. Telegraph Road – Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
48. Out In The Fields – Gary Moore
49. The Final Countdown – Europe (John Norum)
50. Little Wing – Stevie Ray Vaughan
51. Bad Love – Eric Clapton
52. The Riverboat Song – Ocean Colour Scene (Steve Cradock)
53. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana (Kurt Cobain)
54. Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers – Jeff Beck
55. Beat It – Michael Jackson (Edward Van Halen)
56. Dead Or Alive – Bon Jovi (Ritchie Sambora)
57. Another Brick In The Wall – Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
58. And Your Bird Can Sing – The Beatles (George Harrison)
59. Green Tinted Sixties Mind – Mr Big (Paul Gilbert)
60. These Are The Days Of Our Lives – Queen (Brian May)
61. Yo Mama – Frank Zappa
62. Rocky Mountain Way – Joe Walsh
63. Paranoid Android – Radiohead (Johnny Greenwood)
64. Something – The Beatles (George Harrison)
65. Dry County – Bon Jovi (Ritchie Sambora)
66. Surfing With The Alien – Joe Satriani
67. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osborne (Randy Rhoads)
68. Jump – Van Halen (Edward Van Halen)
69. Love In An Elevator – Aerosmith (Joe Perry)
70. Light My Fire – Jose Feliciano
71. Alive – Pearl Jam (Mark Mccready)
72. The Loner – Gary Moore
73. Kid Charlemagne – Steely Dan (Larry Carlton)
74. Summer Song – Joe Satriani
75. Big Trouble – David Lee Roth (Steve Vai)
76. Resurrection – Brian May
77. While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles (Eric Clapton [And George Harrison])
78. I Want It All – Queen (Brian May)
79. Stargazer – Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore)
80. Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream (Eric Clapton)
81. Rough Boy – Zz Top (Billy Gibbons)
82. Road To Hell, Part 2 – Chris Rea
83. Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield
84. Paranoid – Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi)
85. Foxy Lady – Jimi Hendrix
86. The Forgotten: Part 1 – Joe Satriani
87. Lazy – Deep Purple (Ritchie Blackmore)
88. The Supernatural – John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (Peter Green)
89. Bold As Love – Jimi Hendrix
90. Mother Knows Best – Richard Thompson
91. Cry For The Nations – The Michael Schenker Group
92. He Man Woman Hater – Extreme (Nuno Bettencourt)
93. Samba Pa Ti – Santana (Carlos Santana)
94. No-One Said It Would Be Easy – Sheryl Crow (David Baerwald)
95. Echoes – Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
96. She’s Not There – Santana (Carlos Santana)
97. I Am The Resurrection – Stone Roses (John Squire)
98. Song 2 – Blur (Graham Coxon)
99. You Love Us – Manic Street Preachers (James Dean Bradfield)
100. A Kinder Eye – Allan Holdsworth
11 Dec 2011, 22:57 pm
gary moore, is that the country and western bugger? jeezuz dat some honkey stuff, next thing everyone going to be cryin in their beer bout the missus that left them, the house got burnt down and the dog died…
11 Dec 2011, 22:57 pm
The Top 50 Most Influential Guitar Albums Of All Time Ever!
“Guitarist” Magazine, December 1994.
Lead Guitarist Name In Brackets, Where Applicable.
1.Are You Experienced? – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2.Van Halen – Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen)
3.Led Zeppelin II – Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
4.Disraeli Gears – Cream (Eric Clapton)
5.Bluesbreakers – John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (Eric Clapton)
6.Blow By Blow – Jeff Beck
7.Axis: Bold As Love – Jimi Hendrix
8.In Rock – Deep Purple (Ritchie Blackmore)
9.The Shadows – The Shadows (Hank Marvin)
10.Appetite For Destruction – Guns ‘N Roses (Slash)
11.The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones (Keith Richard)
12.Surfing With The Alien – Joe Satriani
13.Dire Straits – Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
14.Nevermind – Nirvana (Kurt Cobain)
15.Volume 4 – Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi)
16.Eat ‘Em And Smile – David Lee Roth (Steve Vai)
17.Back In Black – AC/DC (Angus Young)
18.Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The *** Pistols (Steve Jones
19.Queen – Queen (Brian May)
20.Larry Carlton – Larry Carlton
21.Live At Leeds – The Who (Pete Townshend)
22.The Chirping Crickets – Buddy Holly And The Crickets (Nikki Sullivan)
23.Revolver – The Beatles (George Harrison)
24.Texas Flood – Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble
25.Hatful Of Hollow – The Smiths (Johnny Marr)
26.Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (Dave Murray And Dennis Stratton)
27.Electric Ladyland – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
28.Marching Out – Yngwie J. Malmsteen’s Rising Force
29.Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
30.The Unforgettable Fire – U2 (Edge)
31.Blizzard Of Ozz – Ozzy Osborne (Randy Rhoads)
32.Abraxas – Santana (Carlos Santana)
33.Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie (Mick Ronson)
34.Purple Rain – Prince And The Revolution
35.Master Of Puppets – Metallica (Kirk Hammett)
36.Outlandos D’amour – The Police (Andy Summers)
37.Hotel California – The Eagles (Joe Walsh, Don Felder)
38.Pornograffitti – Extreme (Nuno Bettencourt)
39.The Yes Album – Yes (Steve Howe)
40.Breezin’ – George Benson
41.Hot Rats – Frank Zappa
42.Layla – Derek And The Dominos (Eric Clapton, Duane Allman
43.Gene Vincent Rocks! – Gene Vincent And The Blue Caps
44.Ricky Sings Again – Ricky Nelson (James Burton)
45.Elegant Gypsy – Al Dimeola
46.Live At Fillmore East – The Allman Brothers Band (Duane & Gregg Allman)
47.Live At The Apollo – James Brown
48.Virtuoso – Joe Pass
49.Harvest – Neil Young
50.Toto Iv – Toto (Steve Lukather)
11 Dec 2011, 22:59 pm
Here another one i did. I downloaded drums and keyboards and did the rest on the guitar.
Have a listen, a bit of Poison.
I just did a photo thingy of pics around Chirstchurch,my car and of course my dog.
All the guitars i did at home on my 8 track digital.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG1q-HbOHEk&feature=g-upl
11 Dec 2011, 23:00 pm
@ashampoopaloo-769: Over released… over rated… Jimi Hendrix to a tee… Proper Uranus Rock… Terrible sh.yte.
11 Dec 2011, 23:00 pm
@Hurricane-777:
Oh its a melody, no singing, i will leave that upto HG
11 Dec 2011, 23:01 pm
@man1a-773: agreed
11 Dec 2011, 23:02 pm
@Hurricane-777: Nice!!!!!
11 Dec 2011, 23:03 pm
of the gaylord stuff, quite like the eagles and fleetwood mac, and the edge was pretty good for U2 before Bono became the Great Healer of Humanity. Kurt Cobain and Slash pretty good. You cant knock GnR, welcome to the jungle we got fun and game, learn to live like an animal and then eat them all..
11 Dec 2011, 23:03 pm
@Hurricane-777: Funny enough… I really digged that song from that fcked up band of glamboy pretenders when it came out…
Brett Michaels and Poison…lol
Got to be honest, I like your style… Even if you are a Kiwi…
11 Dec 2011, 23:05 pm
@cab-782: With you there 100%… Can’t stand Axel Rose though…
11 Dec 2011, 23:07 pm
@stormersboy-774: That list is farked… Sorry.
11 Dec 2011, 23:09 pm
@Hurricane-777:
yeah poison was good, pity cant see your video tho.
So hurricane, looks like you buggers were lucky in the 7s again, geez u kiwis aint content with fixing the RWC, now u got DC Forbes doing dodgy stuff on the field, why the hell they call him DC, sounds like a 747 or something?
11 Dec 2011, 23:09 pm
@stormersboy-776: That list better… But also farked slightly… Toto???? WTF
11 Dec 2011, 23:11 pm
@Hurricane-779: Where’s the light house at? Very nice.
11 Dec 2011, 23:12 pm
@Heavens Game-785: It’ s a poll so open to interpretation. Best Guitar solo songs is what it was supposed to be.
I certainly wouldn’t rank them like that or even have some of them on the list but i put it on for discussion.
11 Dec 2011, 23:12 pm
@cab-786:
hahaha
Cab, dont you make you luck?
As for Forbes, i have never liked him for some reason.
11 Dec 2011, 23:14 pm
@Hurricane-790:
yeah me neither, he looks like a pretty useful player tho, wonder why he never made it in XV-man game.
11 Dec 2011, 23:16 pm
@cab-775: nah he was irish and had a definate blues UK sound to him. if he was in the states then yeah he probably woulda been country
this blog has definately touched many topics. started out as rugby (sorry didnt read the 1st 500 posts) then racism, then guitarists pro’s and con’s and now cab is trying to sneak in some rugby.
@cab-786: apparently we kiwi’s are always doing dodgy stuff. what did forbes get up to this time? was busy all weekend and didnt catch any of it.
note just because he’s captain doesnt mean he’s lily white. how many NZ captains do u know dont cheat?
11 Dec 2011, 23:19 pm
I always knew it.
Music will unite us all
11 Dec 2011, 23:19 pm
@Heavens Game-788:
Its a place called Akaroa.
Has a very French flavour to it. I think the first settlers were french, very nice place.
11 Dec 2011, 23:22 pm
@man1a-792:
oh right, think must’ve been two of them, see from stormersboy list that your gary moore was the guitarist for thin lizzy who i liked, but preferred slade. racism, music, watchatutu transcendental horseshite, geriatric flirting, vloek&moer and recipe swapping – keo’s got it all, and even the odd bit of rugby if u lucky.
didnt see forbes, probably someone else, but he is a bit dodge, plays hard tho. u right about the cheating tho, Cappie McCheat is probably the greatest (Cheat) that has ever graced the field, mind you their was the Legend (Cheat of cheats), Fitzy – good god those two have gone to Mexted’s acting school for that chorboy look after pilfering everything in sight – what me ref?
11 Dec 2011, 23:23 pm
Bath V Leinster on Supersport.
11 Dec 2011, 23:24 pm
@cab-795: Parisian Walkways. One of the great guitar songs of all time. Gary Moore.
11 Dec 2011, 23:25 pm
@Hurricane-794: Will look it up…Looks great.
11 Dec 2011, 23:25 pm
@stormersboy-797:
How about a bit of David Gilmour, Comfortably Numb
11 Dec 2011, 23:26 pm
@Dawn-793:
lol
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