Leading SA’s rugby revolution
26 Dec 2011
What do Francois Hougaard, Bismarck du Plessis, Gio Aplon, Johann Sadie, Andries Bekker, Pat Lambie and Juan de Jongh all have in common?
They all have the X factor, something that sets them apart from the rest.
If the Springboks are to achieve consistent success against the world champion All Blacks over the next four years, they will have to change their conservative mindset and play an expansive game when the situation demands it.
These seven players can lead South Africa’s rugby revolution and take our game to the next level.
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Also in the new issue:
– Many junior players have failed to make the transition to senior rugby over the years because of flaws in the Baby Boks set-up, but the situation seems to be improving
– Why rugby is ripe for a global rebel league
– SA Rugby magazine reveals how Solly Tyibilika wasn’t the only black player to be mismanaged over the past four years and how South Africa has regressed with regard to transformation at the highest levels
– Saracens flyhalf Derick Hougaard on suffering from depression, the ‘soul destroying’ experience of Kamp Staaldraad, and his desire to force his way back into Bok contention
– England’s shambolic World Cup campaign left Martin Johnson with no choice but to resign
– Victor Matfield speaks to SA Rugby magazine about his post-retirement plans, why players should be treated like adults, and his second-row partnership with Bakkies Botha
– Your ultimate guide to the 2012 Super Rugby season: Everything you need to know about the 15 teams
770 Comments
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5 Jan 2012, 12:02 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-697:
you’re too clever for me bud I just work on rankings NZ 1 SA 4
5 Jan 2012, 12:03 pm
@Mr Black-699: haha, dont the sharks start with a bye this year?
if so, it could be the reason they are not taking part?
5 Jan 2012, 12:07 pm
SA doing well on flat track in cape town.
5 Jan 2012, 12:08 pm
@rangerman-700: every penny is needed, according to the brokeback, Tank Lenning.
5 Jan 2012, 12:08 pm
i watched the trailer for sacha baron cohen’s new movie the dictator and now i keep thinking of amla:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6qkINDPh8g
there’s def a resemblance there.
5 Jan 2012, 12:09 pm
IRB World Rankings – 02 January 2012 Position (last week) Member Union Rating Point
1(1) NEW ZEALAND 91.43
2(2) AUSTRALIA 87.99
3(3) FRANCE 84.70
4(4) SOUTH AFRICA 84.34
I know a man
He came from Capetown
He wore his passion for his Team
Like a thorny crown
He said cane
I live in fear
My love for these loser’s is so overpowering
I’m afraid that I will disappear
Slip slidin’ away
Slip slidin’ away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you’re slip slidin’ away
(Paul)
5 Jan 2012, 12:12 pm
@rangerman-702:
sharks to learn crucial lesson of life, namely: it is hard… on the 24 feb, loftus, 7pm
5 Jan 2012, 12:12 pm
@rangerman-702:
It could be that they pulled out because they don’t want to play in that shithol_e called Newlands.
Lions don’t mind cause they are used to playing in a shithol_e
5 Jan 2012, 12:14 pm
@NZINCHINA-701:
On many long journeys have I gone. And waited, too, for others to return from journeys of their own. Some return; some are broken; some come back so different only their names remain…
5 Jan 2012, 12:18 pm
@Mr Black-696:
sharks can’t fill the tank for a semi final… so don’t think a play-play warm-up match is going to attract too many shark fans…
and they certainly would’ve got some of the tv money… so does seem a strange decision to me…
but no skin off our nose… at least the cheetahs will come and play rugby and not try to disable as many stormers as possible before the season…
but i do believe warm ups need to be hard and tough… to get into gear and hit the super 15 at full speed…
the stormers bye in the first week last year hurt us and we were behind the pace initially at the beginning of the season…
isn’t it the sharks turn for the first week bye…?
it’s a lot of crock this bye business… why is it not rotated around the three countries who can rotate it around their franchises to ensure that each team will only have the first week bye once every 15 years…?
anyway…
good luck to all the sa franchises… hope the lions can produce in the s15, that the bulls get back to their best soon, that the sharks produce the goods, that the cheetahs bliksem all the foreigners in bloem and away… and that… the stormers… finally… put a descent year together… the mayans will have us believe this is last chance coral for the stormers…
5 Jan 2012, 12:18 pm
@cane-706: I was watching a program the other night about a man in Wellington NZ, who supports the Canes and worked at the Wellington zoo … one day he decided to feed the Lions
and was mauled, bitten and licked by two beautiful Lions …. dramatic footage I tell you.
The feeding victim survived only because he tasted weird.
5 Jan 2012, 12:20 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-709:
Fair enough lets get some good honest debate going about the current state of SA rugby , why no trophies at any level and a ranking of 4th, unless you want to keep cutting and pasting articles about NZ?
5 Jan 2012, 12:20 pm
@Roar my Lions …. Currie Cup Champions 2011-704:
funny that because just the other day hg gave me a detailed, well worded breakdown of how ffucking financially successfull the sharks union is, par none.
and this was excluding any commercial sponsorship / marketing tie-ins.
i was quite impressed as, by his calculations, it seemed like they were/are the richest union around by some distance.
5 Jan 2012, 12:21 pm
@rangerman-702:
sorry ranger…
was delayed writing my post and yours wasn’t up then…
but could be…
5 Jan 2012, 12:21 pm
@cane-706:
careful now you are a borderline troll
5 Jan 2012, 12:21 pm
Thanks for an awesome issue, was getting a bit worried over the last few issues
5 Jan 2012, 12:24 pm
@NZINCHINA-715:
I will have to try harder NZC.
8)
5 Jan 2012, 12:26 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-713: all unions are in the red, except for the Bullies.
5 Jan 2012, 12:27 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-713:
HG is full of shiit.
What is he a friggen Accountant now,
as well as an arsehol’e.
5 Jan 2012, 12:34 pm
@NZINCHINA-712:
True NZC…………………………………..true.
WC …………………………………gone to NZ.
S15…………………………………..gone to Queensland.
Curried Cup…………………….2 NZ coaches in the final.
World 7′s……………………………Gone.
Mandela hub cap………………….Gone.
Freedom Cup………………………Gone.
Etc, etc, etc…………
Imagine what G Henry could have done with this lot……………………………………….
5 Jan 2012, 12:36 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-713:
no trophies though 0 from 16 with the big boys
5 Jan 2012, 12:37 pm
@cane-720:
troll
5 Jan 2012, 12:41 pm
@NZINCHINA-712:
in a nutshell,
our problems start firstly with the south african rugby union and then follows very closely with the (almost always, usually inept) coach / coaches appointed by them / it. this is principally, and probably, the sole causes imo.
there is nothing wrong with the actual players, playing structures, different competitions, various super franchises (for the most part) as we have certainly been very, very competitive in the comp in the past five years, and just about any and every other aspect in any way related to rugby and how its conducted.
the ja-broers… english and afrikaans, black and white, political and transformational, greedy and self interested… are killing us…
@cane-717:
When you look at the dark side, careful you must be … for the dark side looks back.
- yoda
dont do it cane, dont do it…
5 Jan 2012, 12:44 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-709:
“When you look at the dark side, careful you must be … for the dark side looks back.”
“When you live on the dark side, careful you must be … for the dark side gougers back.”
?Bakkies
5 Jan 2012, 12:45 pm
@ufo-714:
no, they play on 24 feb, loftus, 7pm
expect tears…
@Roar my Lions …. Currie Cup Champions 2011-711:
@cane-719:
seems his right though, refer post # 718
5 Jan 2012, 12:48 pm
@cane-724: Bakkies is no gauger and he ain’t no thug either – that’s right. Bonehead Burger is the gauger thug.
“I do not eat my kids”
- Bakkies Botha.
5 Jan 2012, 12:49 pm
@ufo-710:
“put a descent year together”….
freudian slip
5 Jan 2012, 12:52 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-723:
fair call but you have a huge player base to call on so you have a massive advantage in that area over NZ and Aus
5 Jan 2012, 12:56 pm
@cane-724:
you would not find a more upright honest man than bakkies botha.
you know this cane.
he plays it hard and uncompromising but he plays it straight.
of course we get framed six love for minor transgessions while the
brad “i pick them up and throw them on their backs while going for the groin” thorns
and the tana “i go staight for the spear tackles and break the shoulder blades” umaga’s
and not too mention the kevin “i didn’t do it..but i really did, head butter extraordinaire” mealamu’s
of the world just go on cruising by….
5 Jan 2012, 12:58 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-725:
It seems, that across the board it is time for some pragmatism in SA Rugby.
The Soccer WC has gifted SA Sporting Codes with top notch, state of the art-Venues.
Difficult decisions lie ahead for Unions that own “Dinosaurs” that they cannot afford to upgrade or maintain.
5 Jan 2012, 12:58 pm
justice..?..
ffuck justice…
8)
5 Jan 2012, 13:00 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-729:
Bakkies perfected the flying headbutt from that pioneer of filthy play Corne Krige, now he was absolute filth
5 Jan 2012, 13:05 pm
@cane-730:
its actually the opposite at the moment.
the dinosaurs are paid for and making money while all the new stadiums (for the most part) are running at rather astronomical losses (for the most part).
of course the solution is to marry the top notch, state of the art (upgrades included) to the paid for and making money parts of the equation.
5 Jan 2012, 13:06 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-725:
well… no need to start swimming until we reach the river… let’s see what happens…
@charo-727:
hey charo… hope you had a good festive season…
very sharp bud… as always…
well… as most other fans would tell us… we’re pretty damn useless so no further descent would make much difference anyway…
so let me just say i hope we have a good season…
5 Jan 2012, 13:08 pm
@Roar my Lions …. Currie Cup Champions 2011-726:
That’s exactly what a “Golden Prawn” would say.
5 Jan 2012, 13:08 pm
@NZINCHINA-732:
i have no respect for filth
whether saffa or keewee
to bad the irb doesn’t see the world the same way hey..?..
5 Jan 2012, 13:14 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-733:
exactly Bakkies……………………………………………………………marry………………………………good luck…………………………………………with your match making.
Someone most likely has to force the issue for the good of SA Sport.
5 Jan 2012, 13:17 pm
Those Sri Lankans are getting moered. Nice! and our imported Pakistani is picking up wickets.
220/8 now.
5 Jan 2012, 13:22 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-736:
clearly you do though
5 Jan 2012, 13:24 pm
Quote from PdV.
“I don’t like to prepare the guys to cheat and it seems to me (it is) the only way going forward”
Any other International Coach would have lost his Job within 72 hours of this outrageous statement………………………………………………………………..but not in the land of Bakkies.
5 Jan 2012, 13:30 pm
@cane-740: Hey Porksword, nothing like Dean Richards at Quins (Banned for actually cheating), Warren Gatland (“Cheating” Statements At the World Cup – not fired) and Johnny Wilko’s Coaches (Blatant Ball “cheating”/switching incident at WC – also not fired)….
Come now, you dishonest little duplicitous sheepshagger… Tell the truth for a change, eh and then we’ll all get along fine….
5 Jan 2012, 13:32 pm
@NZINCHINA-739:
TRUE.
Bakkies is a gouger, biter, elbower, head-butter, puncher, etc, etc, etc………………
facts are facts.
5 Jan 2012, 13:34 pm
@NZINCHINA-739:
not have respect for filth, whether saffa or keewee?
yes, thats what i said…
but, again, as for the irb and a few posters hey..?..if only they could see the world in the same way…
5 Jan 2012, 13:36 pm
@Heavens Game-741:
HG is back.
The Return of the Worm-Tongue.
5 Jan 2012, 13:38 pm
@cane-740:
how laughable hahaha
the dark side with destroy you cane…
5 Jan 2012, 13:41 pm
@ufo-734:
had a surprise visit from my son and his girlfriend for christmas so that was good.
actually, for weepee, the forthcoming bok coach announcement could be a watershed.
if ac gets the job, you guys might benefit from a more adventurous new coach?
5 Jan 2012, 13:46 pm
google search query number 1:
the all blacks are cheats
results = About 287,000 results (0.24 seconds)
google search query number 2:
the springboks are cheats
results = About 217,000 results (0.26 seconds)
oh dear…once again you beat us…
5 Jan 2012, 13:48 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…-745:
Popps, NZC, panther and myself have blood that is black.
We are immune to the vagaries of the dark side.
8)
5 Jan 2012, 13:49 pm
@charo-746: Absolutely. As long as it’s not Pieter De Villiers, Gary Gold or **** Muir.
5 Jan 2012, 13:50 pm
bob dwyer on the all blacks:
On the negative aspects of All Black play, which has resulted in much criticism – and, as I have said, from many parts of the world. Just as the All Blacks value the necessity of quick ball for their own attack, they clearly recognise the threat that opposition quick ball poses to their defence. In fact, I thought that the All Black defence was unusually vulnerable to attack from quick ball, as evidenced by two quite simple Springbok tries in their second test in Wellington and a few similar efforts by the Wallabies. They strive therefore to limit such recycles from their opponents. Nothing wrong with that – all teams have a similar agenda – so long as they do so within the laws of the game.
It is here that I, and many others, question their tactics. Black jerseyed tacklers finish on the ground, on the wrong side of the ball, so often, that I can’t believe that it’s by accident. This prevents their opponents from arriving quickly to support their team-mate and allowing other All Black support players to attack opposition ball on the ground. Further, opposition scrum-halves are having difficulty getting in close to clear the ball and are forced to “lift” the ball for their pass to clear Black bodies. This slows down the clearing pass and gives valuable time to the defence. And, it’s illegal!
On New Zealand ball at the tackle. Whilst they, generally, arrive “through the gate” on opposition ball, they enter from outrageously off-side positions on their own ball – sometimes they are clearing out opponents from positions a metre or two BEYOND the ruck/maul. This has the beneficial effect of limiting opposition hands to the tackle ball and allowing their “early, long place” ball for instant recycle to their excellent support players. If any one doubts this, they should Google “All Blacks at the Breakdown” and view an excellently compiled video from the Wellington test v the Springboks. It is even on the increase. All players play their part, and while McCaw, Franks and Smith have been serial offenders, Kieran Read has recently perfected his technique also. It is dramatically effective and frequently brings tries – and it’s illegal!
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