Excellent Anscombe buries Bulls
10 Mar 2012
RYAN VREDE reports on the match where Gareth Anscombe scored all the Blues’ points in a 29-23 victory over the Bulls at Loftus.
Where has this kid been? The Blues have kept faith with the mediocre Michael Hobbs (unavailable tonight) but the 20-year-old Anscombe has surely ousted him through this accomplished, all-round performance. His goalkicking was particularly impressive, outshining Morne Steyn, whose two from six return – the majority of those easy shots – was out of character.
The Bulls just never settled into a distinctive pattern despite bossing possession, territory and the set phases. Credit to the Blues, who, after building a 12-point lead at half-time, played intelligently and forced the Bulls into expansive attacks. The Blues held firm in defence, waiting for runners to isolate themselves then stifling the recycle or forcing infringements at the breakdown.
The Bulls started in the worst possible fashion, conceding a try three minutes into the contest when Anscombe snatched a loose ball and sprinted 50m to score and convert.
However, the Bulls rebounded well, profiting from a man advantage after Ali Williams had been binned with Pierre Spies rounding off a slick blindside move. The Bulls built immense pressure thereafter but butchered a number of scoring opportunities in the Blues’ red zone. They will lament this period when they review the match.
Steyn had missed the earlier conversion attempt then sent an easy shot wide to further compound the Bulls’ struggles. He traded penalties with Anscombe thereafter, but the latter was over the whitewash again just before the break, after a Bulls move broke down well upfield. Anscombe kicked the conversion to give the Blues a commanding 20-8 lead at the break.
Steyn banked three but Anscombe kicked a beauty from the touchline to keep the Blues’ tally ticking over. And the Blues got better as the match progressed, exhibiting none of the tactical naivety that had marked their previous defeats. They punched up through phases and Anscombe continued his kicking masterclass, adding his fourth penalty of the evening to take his side 15 points ahead.
With seven minutes to go the Bulls set up a tense finish, Bjorn Basson scoring. But Steyn pushed his effort wide and despite a late try from Basson the Bulls never threatened to steal the points.
Their limitations when asked to chase a game were brutally exposed tonight. Their impotence is concerning but there is time to remedy their shortcomings in this regard.
482 Comments
10 Mar 2012, 18:39 pm
Young Bull Dragons
10 Mar 2012, 18:56 pm
go the blues!
10 Mar 2012, 18:57 pm
i hope the Scots give the irish a hiding.
10 Mar 2012, 18:59 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-2: The Blues or the guys in blue?
10 Mar 2012, 19:01 pm
die blues,nie die bulle nie.
10 Mar 2012, 19:08 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-5: In daai geval hoop ek nie jy bly of werk nog in SA nie? I’m not there but I support ALL our teams. Sies man!
10 Mar 2012, 19:10 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-5: And let me guess, you live in or very close to Pretoria?
10 Mar 2012, 19:10 pm
ek is n sharks onderstuener.niks so mooi soos pretoria na die bulle verloor het nie.ek woon en werk in sa.
10 Mar 2012, 19:11 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-8: Sad indeed.
10 Mar 2012, 19:12 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-8: Construction?
10 Mar 2012, 19:12 pm
waar woon jy kleuter?
10 Mar 2012, 19:13 pm
Wait till he start telling you about his Indian girlfriend.
10 Mar 2012, 19:13 pm
Ontario, Canada
10 Mar 2012, 19:13 pm
Joel Stransky you are a bitter old fool, and a pathetic commentator for South African teams.
By the way, a post-2007 Bulls team is not the same without Stegmann.
10 Mar 2012, 19:13 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-12:
10 Mar 2012, 19:14 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-13:
WHOO!! moet seker moer koud wees daarso ou pel.
Wel Ek is tans in Steelpoort en dis amper elke dag bo 40 grade celcius hierso, so
10 Mar 2012, 19:15 pm
geniet jy kanada kleuter?hoe is die mense?
10 Mar 2012, 19:16 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-15:
He shouted for the Canes against the Stormers as well. He’s not worth the PT.
10 Mar 2012, 19:17 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-16: Redelik koud, maar eintlik ‘n heel matige winter gehad.
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-17: @Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-17: Geniet dit ja. Mense is nice oor die algemeen. Kry ook maar jou damduikers,
10 Mar 2012, 19:17 pm
iaas i support any side that will benefit the sharks if they win.
10 Mar 2012, 19:19 pm
kleuter elke plek het maar sy goed en sleg,eks net bly jy geniet dit daar.dis n grot besluit en aanpassing wat nie almal kan reg kry nie.
10 Mar 2012, 19:20 pm
pierre just told morne “los the running rugby kak, skop hom”
10 Mar 2012, 19:21 pm
Jaaaa wat, Stevie, Mr. “he who controls bla bla bla”…rubbish penalty. These refs should really get a shakeup. For heavens sake.
10 Mar 2012, 19:21 pm
someone is going to get a moerse pak today
10 Mar 2012, 19:22 pm
hmm. I backed the bulls. I’ve yet to pick a crusaders or blues game correctly…
10 Mar 2012, 19:23 pm
at long last the vulnerabilities of the bulls will be exposed. these kiwis care nothing of reputations
10 Mar 2012, 19:23 pm
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-24:
your laaitie been in your whisky cabinet again?
10 Mar 2012, 19:25 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-21: Weet ja. Mis baie dinge in SA, maar eks bly ek het dit gedoen.
10 Mar 2012, 19:25 pm
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-26:
Dont be jealous sakkie, any team would struggle without two of their star players of the calibre of Stegmann and Hougaard.
10 Mar 2012, 19:26 pm
Bulls Get out of Jail Free card, Ali Williams gets the yellow..
10 Mar 2012, 19:27 pm
What a question is that?
10 Mar 2012, 19:27 pm
kleuter net sos daar die dinge is wat jy mis is daar ook die dinge wat jy nie mis nie.ek het nie n probleem met expats nie tensy hulle sa badmouth.
10 Mar 2012, 19:28 pm
Ball went back. Try.
10 Mar 2012, 19:29 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-32: Stem
10 Mar 2012, 19:29 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-29: The big loss was Stegman, Vermaak is more than a capable sub for this game..
10 Mar 2012, 19:30 pm
injuries only reveals a teams’s depth or lack thereof.
10 Mar 2012, 19:31 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-29: the stormers lost schalk and he’s more important than hougie and stegman put together.
10 Mar 2012, 19:32 pm
Blues will run out of steam quick sharp
10 Mar 2012, 19:33 pm
kaptein sweatband is on fire vanaand!
10 Mar 2012, 19:34 pm
@weakoma(weakoma)-35:
CJ is new, Im just worried about his pacing, he will be super tired by the final quarter.
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-37:
ja-ja…
10 Mar 2012, 19:34 pm
no try, short and knock on surely. BUT IT’S TMO TIME!
10 Mar 2012, 19:35 pm
Liar!
10 Mar 2012, 19:35 pm
Lost back again but clearly short.
10 Mar 2012, 19:35 pm
Ha ha, gotta love the communication ballsups between TMOs and refs…
10 Mar 2012, 19:36 pm
that first try of the bulls so was a knock on before the try occurred.
10 Mar 2012, 19:37 pm
i told tacitus about this daniel pienaar boy, he loses the ball in contact quite a bit.
10 Mar 2012, 19:37 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-39:
Captain Elastoplast, get it right
10 Mar 2012, 19:38 pm
Since when were u allot to grab a players head and throw it into the ground? Mealamu..
10 Mar 2012, 19:38 pm
Kirchner needs to stop with his semi-goosestep, it only breaks his momentumn.
10 Mar 2012, 19:41 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-47:
He’s clearly Captain Rambo
10 Mar 2012, 19:44 pm
@Tartan(Tartan)-50:
The last time the Blues toured here, Spies tore them to shreds with 2 great tries, one from the intercept over 40 m, the other similar to his famous Boks vs Eng 2007 try, ran through 4 guys.
10 Mar 2012, 19:44 pm
d.braid leaking penalties more than stegmann @ the mo.
10 Mar 2012, 19:45 pm
die ref haal asem deur die sy fluetjie
10 Mar 2012, 19:45 pm
Ja. He has the elastoplast over his eyes.
10 Mar 2012, 19:46 pm
Penalties all going one way.
10 Mar 2012, 19:46 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-52:
lol jou stupid bliksem
10 Mar 2012, 19:47 pm
i largely feel the blues have been blown away by the ref. I still regard the blues as favourites.
10 Mar 2012, 19:47 pm
well blow me down a penalty to the Blues!
10 Mar 2012, 19:47 pm
3rd high tackle rom the Blues now, they can be glad they’r not being penalized on that ALSO!
10 Mar 2012, 19:47 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-52: I though Stegmann was injured?
10 Mar 2012, 19:47 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-40: I heard the Bulls are one of the fittest teams in the comp..I hope the Bulls continue building momentum, I have them as the team to beat in a personal wager since weak one..
10 Mar 2012, 19:48 pm
@weakoma(weakoma)-61: week*
10 Mar 2012, 19:49 pm
look at the score board bulletjies
10 Mar 2012, 19:50 pm
Another game killed by the ref.
10 Mar 2012, 19:50 pm
piri weepu kan 1,2,3,9 en 10 speel.
10 Mar 2012, 19:51 pm
piru ‘ pukka pies’ weepu
10 Mar 2012, 19:52 pm
@weakoma(weakoma)-61:
Personal wager? hmm…
We have it from a very cheeky Sadie interview that the Bulls’ fitness certainly is a step above the *ahem*…Wezwp…Stormers
10 Mar 2012, 19:53 pm
@Guns(Guns)-60: ja he is, just that he the renowned penalty masjien.
10 Mar 2012, 19:53 pm
Blues still have issues with a running scrumhalf by the looks of it.
10 Mar 2012, 19:54 pm
Definetly missing Stegmann, CJ didnt apply the breakdown pressure in the opposition 22.
10 Mar 2012, 19:55 pm
If this continues we won’t see tac for a while
10 Mar 2012, 19:55 pm
watse kaak is die
10 Mar 2012, 19:56 pm
Will somebody now take me seriously……all that possession but they can do fokal……they nothing without the old guard and they going to b badly exposed
10 Mar 2012, 19:56 pm
We need someone to replace Kirchner.
10 Mar 2012, 19:56 pm
Tacitus must be poeping in his broekies now…
10 Mar 2012, 19:58 pm
new zealand also has quite a number of young first fives coming through…anscombe, barrett, bleyendaal, cruden, sopoaga…
anscombe in the front though
10 Mar 2012, 19:58 pm
Lot of chicken counting before hatching here
10 Mar 2012, 19:58 pm
Loftus is very empty. And very quiet.
10 Mar 2012, 19:58 pm
hugh bladen be honest that was exemplary. The blues played kak only difference is that they put points on the board.
10 Mar 2012, 19:58 pm
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-79: that wasnt exemplary i mean
10 Mar 2012, 19:59 pm
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-73: Jy is ‘n treurige suur ou stront ne. Of dit of gesuip. Al die letsels van die kere dat die Bulle jou geboelie het is nou baie rou.
10 Mar 2012, 19:59 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-65: if he stands next to the hooker he looks like a prop:)
It looks like the bounce of the ball is favouring the Blues, come now Bulle I need a win to keep my SuperBru respectable this weekend..
10 Mar 2012, 19:59 pm
Nice to see Blues smashing Bullies in their own backyard. And if Blues win, Kiwi conference is by a mile the toughest and strongest one.
Di not let the foot off Bullies throat for another 40+ minutes.
10 Mar 2012, 19:59 pm
morning people
Blues came to play Bit of a surprise
just hope Bull step it up next half
10 Mar 2012, 19:59 pm
Chilli: ball retention…Stegmann’s main game. Ai toggie.
@Dawn(Dawn)-71:
Tacitus will be here no worries, he is a master at generating valid excuses…:mrgreen: that’s what I expect from a MBA
10 Mar 2012, 20:00 pm
10 Mar 2012, 20:00 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-68: yes indeed and that’s why he’s not leading the penalty count tonight bec he is not playing!
but I see according to the above team Keo still has him at 6 although the had a thread stating he’s out earlier.. Jokers..
10 Mar 2012, 20:00 pm
Bulls will win by 10….
10 Mar 2012, 20:00 pm
@IAAS(I am a stormer)-78: the boneheads only laaik the bof-boom-bash derbies.
10 Mar 2012, 20:01 pm
Does Tacitus have an MBA?
I always wanted to be a master of bugger all.
10 Mar 2012, 20:02 pm
@Nils(Nils)-83:
if anything it makes for a possible exciting 40
10 Mar 2012, 20:02 pm
Its such a relief not playing superbru for a change. Now I just sit back and enjoy the rugby, which ever way the rugby pendulum swings.
10 Mar 2012, 20:03 pm
Tac wear his heart on sleeve.
If they lose he will hurt.
10 Mar 2012, 20:04 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-67: A friend of mine is a big bulls fan, me Im a Lions supporter..he thought the bulls were not gonna feature this year, I on the other hand rate them as the strongest SA team, they have the best recruiting team by far, which got them some very promising youngsters..I dont believe Ludeke is as bad as most believe either, so we made a bet..
10 Mar 2012, 20:04 pm
@Nils(Nils)-83:
The Blues haven’t actually played well either, they’ve just missed less tackles this week and aren’t dropping the ball either. Amazing how the scoreboard changes when the basics aren’t botched, eh?
10 Mar 2012, 20:04 pm
Niils, you need to learn the difference between “foot on throat” and opportunism.
10 Mar 2012, 20:05 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-89:
the bulle fans only show when their team is guaranteed to pakslae the opposition…
they don’t enjoy squeaky bum time.
but the bulls will be terug 2nd half.
10 Mar 2012, 20:05 pm
@Nils(Nils)-83: Yes, NZ conference is the strongest by far. Everything in nz is better.
10 Mar 2012, 20:06 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-98: Except for the woman, munters, all of them.
10 Mar 2012, 20:06 pm
Anyone has a streaming link?
10 Mar 2012, 20:07 pm
@weakoma(weakoma)-94:
Well you did the right thing. Ok the sane thing, not necessarily the right thing.
The “right” thing would have been to wager and then to have given that man a wiellepapper.
10 Mar 2012, 20:07 pm
Come on Bulls.
10 Mar 2012, 20:07 pm
Nils is committed AB NZ supporter
10 Mar 2012, 20:08 pm
@willievz(willievz)-100: w w w . vipbox. tv/ watch/ 39558/ 1/ bulls-vs-blues-live-stream-online. html, remove the spaces.
10 Mar 2012, 20:08 pm
@CoachPete(CoachPete)-91: Without a doubt. I expect Bulls coming back strongly, the question is – will the Blues have enough to keep them at bay.
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-96: It is against the odds, yes. Until Loftus is kept quiet I am happy.
10 Mar 2012, 20:09 pm
Yip I said oppas miskien kom hier n klein dingetjie gebeur, soon as Stegmann and Hougaard ain’t around Bulletjie blou blou suddenly look little vulnerable round the park.
Some serious bid en gesels better kom from somewhere else its reality check time for the almighty invincibles
10 Mar 2012, 20:10 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-103: Yes I am. It will not deter me however to say “well done”, if the Bulls manage to win and do it strongly.
10 Mar 2012, 20:11 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-96: sorry “as long as” it was ment.
My English sometimes sucks big time.
10 Mar 2012, 20:11 pm
Willieviz waar is jy.
So’n knowldgeable rugby supporter maar soek altyd live streaming as die game amper klaar is!
10 Mar 2012, 20:11 pm
Everyone talks about the young Saffa 10s, but the young NZ 10s — Barrett, Anscombe, Cruden — have played outstanding rugby in the first few weeks of this season.
10 Mar 2012, 20:12 pm
bulls kicking away possession again
Not going to win that way
10 Mar 2012, 20:12 pm
@DAS(DAS)-110: In SA, in NZ they talk about them.
10 Mar 2012, 20:14 pm
Cruden looks like a serial killer
10 Mar 2012, 20:14 pm
This is what to expect this year from the Bulls. Up-and-down. All about inexperience.
10 Mar 2012, 20:14 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-99: Yeah right Clannie if there is only one woman in NZ she must be pretty worn out by now
10 Mar 2012, 20:15 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-113:
The Bundy or the Sithole kind?
10 Mar 2012, 20:16 pm
Bulle besig om my nou kwaad te maak.
10 Mar 2012, 20:18 pm
@willievz(willievz)-100: or try globalsports.co.nr (with all that http and 3w stuff) I am watching this one.
10 Mar 2012, 20:19 pm
Disagree with vermaak tap kick had no real support
Bulls need to chip away at lead
10 Mar 2012, 20:19 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-117: hahahhahaha is by tyd. die stormers is die nuwe baas van sa rugby.
10 Mar 2012, 20:19 pm
Yep, the Bulls squeaked a win against an extremely undercooked Sharks team, beat the lowly Cheetahs and they were singing their names on the mountain.
And now?
10 Mar 2012, 20:19 pm
This game is over, sad to say. Time for a cold one or 9.
10 Mar 2012, 20:20 pm
@Nils(Nils)-118:
Also
http://www.vipbox.tv
10 Mar 2012, 20:20 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-121: Supporting a foreign team against a Saffer side? Typical Shark.
10 Mar 2012, 20:21 pm
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-120: Ja sure.
10 Mar 2012, 20:22 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-124: where am I supporting a foreign team? Point out the exact post please.
10 Mar 2012, 20:23 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-122:
blues my tire at altitude so maybe not over
10 Mar 2012, 20:23 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-117: My ook, het verwag hulle sal die blues op Loftus goed wen..
10 Mar 2012, 20:23 pm
give jj engel die fokkending, he’s the only one who looks dangerous..
10 Mar 2012, 20:24 pm
@cab(cab)-129:
Cruden also looks a bit dangerous according to Dawn…
10 Mar 2012, 20:24 pm
HKGK
10 Mar 2012, 20:25 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-121: That one, seems you’re using the Bulls struggles to justify your Sharks agenda, a perverse sort of pleasure.
10 Mar 2012, 20:26 pm
Haha this ref has no control over the breakdown
10 Mar 2012, 20:26 pm
Bulls are sitting back waiting for the Blues
10 Mar 2012, 20:27 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-132: nothing I said is incorrect and I nothing I said supports the foreign team.
10 Mar 2012, 20:27 pm
Bundy
10 Mar 2012, 20:27 pm
where are the bus fans? one thing about the stormers, the fans are there week in and week out. ……..sorry about the loss bulls
10 Mar 2012, 20:28 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-130:
janee tittie, but where is steggies?
10 Mar 2012, 20:28 pm
Still 20 mins to play, lots of time.
10 Mar 2012, 20:29 pm
just catch the ball that was 5 points right there
10 Mar 2012, 20:30 pm
Wez hou jou bek man the game aint over yet
10 Mar 2012, 20:30 pm
jeeez… this is not like Steyn at all.
10 Mar 2012, 20:30 pm
Ok thats it cant score cant kick
Pretty much over ??
10 Mar 2012, 20:30 pm
@cab(cab)-138:
Evidentally not there. CJ Stander is red as a tomato and slumped shoulders and hasn’t even done half the work Stegmann usually does.
Morne is missing a few, hurting us.
10 Mar 2012, 20:31 pm
can anyone give me the attendance of the stormers vs sharks game? where can a man such as mysef pick up the weekly super15 attendances
10 Mar 2012, 20:31 pm
Almighty Bulletjies looking decidedly KAAAK without Steggies doing all the invisible hard grunt work where no one recognizes it
A loss here and then its wakey wakey back to reality even the invincible Steyn got the heeby jeeby jelly wobbly jitters
10 Mar 2012, 20:31 pm
In the past the Bulls relied heavily on Steyn to get his kicks. Now he’s missing them, what do they do?
10 Mar 2012, 20:31 pm
Game over.
10 Mar 2012, 20:32 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-144:
i see. must be injured.
10 Mar 2012, 20:32 pm
if morne cant kick then 70% of the game is already lost to the bulls, they know nothing of unning rugby unless they playing kak like the cheetahs
10 Mar 2012, 20:32 pm
Early hit-in by Blues, this is quite a poor reffing display. He rewards them
10 Mar 2012, 20:33 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-146: even with steggies there where will the creativity come from?
10 Mar 2012, 20:33 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-146:
yeah they are missing him skoppie but the whole team is playing kak
10 Mar 2012, 20:34 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-151: i think he was unbiased
10 Mar 2012, 20:34 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-146:
Indeed.
But with better kicking we could have been within striking distance, (and better resets)
10 Mar 2012, 20:34 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-147: Now that is one of the most profound statements ever. Sharks relied on Lambie for 2 weeks, and he failed. What happened? Sharks lost. You see banana, if you miss kicks, you might just lose.
10 Mar 2012, 20:34 pm
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-150:
I thought mauls qualified as “Bulls running rugby”
10 Mar 2012, 20:35 pm
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-154:
Of course you do hahaha.
10 Mar 2012, 20:35 pm
agmefok, i thought welshie had given up the bottle, what game he blowing?
check that mealamu climb into that first scrum with the new frontrow on, great player, bulls gotta step up tempo otherwise blues will wind this down. play some liefling ekse ffs..
10 Mar 2012, 20:35 pm
Die Flou Nulle moet miskien maar liewers in hul pienk pajamas begin speel.
10 Mar 2012, 20:35 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-156:
10 Mar 2012, 20:35 pm
Walsch has a hard-on. He is so happy now.
10 Mar 2012, 20:36 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-156: au contraire, the Sharks know how to score tries at least.
10 Mar 2012, 20:36 pm
Always have, always will.
10 Mar 2012, 20:36 pm
@Tartan(Tartan)-157:
Only if it does not get stolen by the opposition
10 Mar 2012, 20:37 pm
The Bulletjies on da udder hand don’t know n ander way to play.
10 Mar 2012, 20:37 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-161: Was expecting something like this. Too many young guys not able to put last week’s success out of their minds.
10 Mar 2012, 20:38 pm
told tac about this potgieter boytie….knock-on specialist…
morne is playing kak today…put in fouche ludekak
10 Mar 2012, 20:38 pm
Bulls finding every way possible to lose this game
poor performance
10 Mar 2012, 20:38 pm
Don’t worry bulls fans it will only do Sa rugby a world of good. It just means the stormers wil take their rightful throne as the best rugby team in the southern hemisphere. I predict another stormers/highlanders semi at newlands like in 1999 when braam was putting away the penalties, slaptjip and breyton running in the tries, corne pulverising the opposition…….ok ok you know what i mean…………………..stormers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10 Mar 2012, 20:40 pm
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-170: are you pissed? Calm down dude.
10 Mar 2012, 20:40 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-163: Really my French connection man? How many? You scored 1 in 2 games. Today you scored against Lions at home. But leave it there, you are obviously in the mood to brag a bit after today. Your mouth was tjoepstil for 2 weeks, now you kraai.
Congrats on your team.
10 Mar 2012, 20:40 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-167:
Perhaps, but losing 2 star players together with many injuries to other usuals, and a poor kicking display makes for what we see (not to mention some reffing blindness, the penalty on CJ should have gone the other way, missing hightackles and huge offsides from both sides at times)
10 Mar 2012, 20:41 pm
their rightful throne as the best rugby team in the southern hemisphere.
The Stormers?
10 Mar 2012, 20:41 pm
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-170: Excuse me for not taking your prediction seriously.
10 Mar 2012, 20:41 pm
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-170: nope but i’ll piss on the bulls and your grave.
10 Mar 2012, 20:41 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-172: your turn to cry is yet to come. Perhaps in 10 mins?
10 Mar 2012, 20:42 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-173: True. This will be a tough year. Top 6 and I’ll be happy.
10 Mar 2012, 20:43 pm
Ahhh the good old Bulls maul, reminds me of a beautifully coordinated heavy infantry rolling phalanx of the Hellenistic Period.
10 Mar 2012, 20:43 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-173: stop mentioning who you lost, in a long competition like this you need strong back up. you dont see the crusaders complaining about losing mccaw and carter
10 Mar 2012, 20:43 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-172: Typical Shark behavior. Nogal on a thread that has fokkol to do with the Sharks, it’s how they roll.
10 Mar 2012, 20:43 pm
Too little too late
10 Mar 2012, 20:43 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-177: Cry? Why? It’s not the end of the world. But your world wont get any better soon. Sharks will be nowhere again this year. And you lost John Smit only.
10 Mar 2012, 20:43 pm
Toldja
Blues will run out of steam
10 Mar 2012, 20:44 pm
‘n soen vir a drie.
10 Mar 2012, 20:44 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-171: nope but ill piss on the bulls grave as well as yours.
10 Mar 2012, 20:44 pm
…….. That’s not Steyn, it’s an imposter.
10 Mar 2012, 20:45 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-181: Wooden spoon use to be an okay oke. Think he lost his marbles along the way. Sourpussy now.
10 Mar 2012, 20:45 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-183: as if that is meant to make me think. You sound like a teenager.
10 Mar 2012, 20:45 pm
Damn Bulls and Waraths have cost me points.
10 Mar 2012, 20:45 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-178:
Actually, I think like last year, the Bulls will become more rampant as the season progresses, but for slightly different reasons, these youngsters will learn fast, AND we have a nice gap in the SR season where the youngsters will be able to reflect a bit and some smaller games and test experience, back to the SR and we will be steaming ahead.
10 Mar 2012, 20:45 pm
the bues must just hold the bulls out to deny them the bonus point……and dream on hugh bladen a victory is beyond them.
10 Mar 2012, 20:45 pm
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-186: bizarre post.
10 Mar 2012, 20:47 pm
yessus tuis met melktert en koeksisters, what happens on tour?
10 Mar 2012, 20:48 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-193: my posts are not for the faint hearted, if you cant take the heat get out the kitchen.this is stormers country mate
10 Mar 2012, 20:48 pm
Jeez, Zane really being uncontrolled in his enthusiasm to look useful.
10 Mar 2012, 20:48 pm
Wez.
BLADEN IS NOT COMMENTATING
10 Mar 2012, 20:49 pm
bulle fairweather fans going home
10 Mar 2012, 20:49 pm
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-186: A bottle too far?
10 Mar 2012, 20:49 pm
So after all that the Bulls are only 2 points ahead of the Sharks on the log…
10 Mar 2012, 20:49 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-189: Aah, that is the Woodenspoon of old. Fook nee, you think? A few weeks ago you actually talked sense here on keo, now I see YOU were the little doos.
10 Mar 2012, 20:50 pm
Well done, Blues, first win at Loftus, I guess, for a god knows how long time. I am very pleased. A convincing win.
10 Mar 2012, 20:50 pm
Okay bye bye. Time to drink now.
10 Mar 2012, 20:50 pm
haha Basson deciding that he didnt do enough work in the first 60.
10 Mar 2012, 20:51 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-191:
Yes, it’s still early days, we really missed Hougaard and Stegmann today
Sadie will come back soon too
10 Mar 2012, 20:51 pm
@Wezwp(Wezwp)-195: Some okes are stupid when they drink, you are stupid regardless.
10 Mar 2012, 20:52 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-203:
Cheers, rather do something physical
By the way Rene Ranger really goes out to hurt players we know this, always gets away with it, and if I was there I’d have a real hard time not giving him a good old traditional boere PK
10 Mar 2012, 20:52 pm
Slow down Nils
10 Mar 2012, 20:52 pm
I hope Ranger does not somehow make Houdini act for the Bulls to sneak it.
Stupid Ranger.
10 Mar 2012, 20:53 pm
poor poor tackle from ranger.
10 Mar 2012, 20:53 pm
@Nils(Nils)-202: Enjoy Nils.
10 Mar 2012, 20:53 pm
Mmmmm…. I thought rugby was only played with 15 players me thinks me was wrong.
10 Mar 2012, 20:53 pm
Yay bonus point kick!
so not a total loss nay-sayers
10 Mar 2012, 20:54 pm
well Ludikak got some serious thinking to do Bulletjie blou bloed masjien don’t have half the magnificent depth they may have thought they had, lose Stegmann and Hougaard and the suddenly half the team they were a week ago.,
Basson No.2 too little too late., fat lady sung her last aria already
Bulls lose at home with a lucky bonus point
10 Mar 2012, 20:54 pm
@cab(cab)-210:
What tackle?
I saw a WWF-style shoulder drop.
10 Mar 2012, 20:54 pm
nothing wrong with the ranger tackle.
10 Mar 2012, 20:55 pm
Should have given the penalty at half way line
Even if time was up you cant end the game until penalty is taken
10 Mar 2012, 20:55 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-208: Now it’s oficially over, Ranger or no Ranger.
Well done, Blues. A convincing win.
10 Mar 2012, 20:55 pm
Ai poor Scotland
10 Mar 2012, 20:55 pm
The Bulls to a knock. And so did my super bru. That early try just killed the Bulls and there was no coming back.
10 Mar 2012, 20:55 pm
bulle supporter confronting mealamu after the whistle,common is maar common.disgracefull.
10 Mar 2012, 20:56 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-211: Thanks. To you as well – next time.
10 Mar 2012, 20:56 pm
@IAAS(I am a stormer)-220:
“took a knock.”
And congrats to the Blues.
10 Mar 2012, 20:56 pm
@Nils(Nils)-218: Nils, as you said yourself, your English isn’t that great, time to look up “convincing”.
10 Mar 2012, 20:56 pm
Steyn cost us the game today. If I was Ludeke I would give him the GROOTSTE UITKAK ever.
10 Mar 2012, 20:57 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-215:
he’s going to get cited for that and rightfully so, good player, but biejie vuil.
@CoachPete(CoachPete)-217:
yeah you right, i dont understand that, in fairness tho Blues looked better tonight.
10 Mar 2012, 20:57 pm
Shame. Poor Bulls.
Maybe next time.
10 Mar 2012, 20:58 pm
@Nils(Nils)-222: Nils, come to the Green side my son.
10 Mar 2012, 20:59 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-214:
Yeah but the Bulls have lost some considerable depth recently, once all the players are fit again we can still be proud of our depth.
By the way if Morne was accurate today we would’ve won.
(And if Kirchner stayed on his post).
Ag it’s ok, the Bulls lead the log before tonight, and with a bye we’ll have 4 points, and iin two weeks we can top the log easily.
10 Mar 2012, 21:00 pm
bulls fans disgraceful…
10 Mar 2012, 21:00 pm
bullls do not travel well
10 Mar 2012, 21:01 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-224: Cmon, in the second half (which was the only I watched), Blues held off Bulls with ease. It is convincing.
10 Mar 2012, 21:01 pm
I have a massive probvlem with the “releasing and rolling away” that Kiwis sides do. When they make the tackle, they do not roll off to the side and stand up, they stand up in the middle of the gate, *** forward, and generally get in the way as much as possible to prevent our cleaners from cleaning properly. This allows them to counter better. Surely this is illegal, and the capatin should bring this to the attention of the ref,because teh tackler must release and get out of the way to allow quick ball for the attacking team? And if it is not, why are we not doing it?
I appreciate it that ere is a grey area between when it is a tackle and when it is a ruck, and that the tackler can stand up and compete for the ball when it is just the tackler and the person being tackled, but as soon as anothre person joins the ruck, that tackler must move out of the way.
10 Mar 2012, 21:01 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-228: ?
10 Mar 2012, 21:02 pm
Ek laaik nie die Bulle nie.
Wou interessant wees hoe lank Tekky bly weg van hierdie site.
10 Mar 2012, 21:02 pm
*** = a.s.s.
10 Mar 2012, 21:02 pm
@cab(cab)-226:
yes Bulls were poor and dont really deserve the bonus point
And Blues weren’t that great either
But well done Blues
10 Mar 2012, 21:02 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-230:
Bulls *FAN
get it right, that was one man…
10 Mar 2012, 21:02 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-214:
Morning Joel,
They’re still youngsters, green, nat-agter-die-ore, I’d rather play and lose with them trying, than with last years grootgatte that were more worried about not getting injured for the WC
We missed Hougies breaks and explosiveness around the scrums and rucks, and he’s like a third flanker on defence
Stegmann proved his workrate in his absence
We need Sadie back and maybe an injury to Basson would give JJ a much needed opportunity
Steyn can lose his head like that, he did it in the 2005 CC final
10 Mar 2012, 21:06 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-239:
Well said.
I’m not that disappointed in this group, I just wish it happened away from Loftus.
10 Mar 2012, 21:07 pm
Huge win for Blues to come and beat bulsl in pretoria huge win
10 Mar 2012, 21:08 pm
Bulls
10 Mar 2012, 21:09 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-228: Oh, I probably got it.
No, father, I’ll stay on the Black side.
10 Mar 2012, 21:10 pm
And so the Sharks were the only South African team to taste a win this weekend.
Next weekend I will be supporting the Bulls over the Stormers.
Ek laaik nie die Stormers ook.
10 Mar 2012, 21:11 pm
One of those days where the Bulls looked like they only rocked up because they were paid to.
Poor performance. They did not deserve to win.
10 Mar 2012, 21:12 pm
I missed the game. What happened? How did they lose?
10 Mar 2012, 21:12 pm
keo.co.za
Can you quys please put the “Submit Comment” tab ABOVE the comment box, this will make it easier to hit so that you don’t have to scroll down to press it if you entered the box out of the screen- especially annoying if you’re using a laptop touchpad.
Thanks.
10 Mar 2012, 21:13 pm
@garth(garth)-246:
The Blues scored more points than the Bulls.
10 Mar 2012, 21:15 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-240:
We all new it was going to take time to build a new Blou Masjien
‘n Verloor op sy tyd is partykeer baie goed, dit sal die jong outjies se voete weer terug op die grond sit, hulle het dalk bietjie groot koppe gekry na laas week se maklike wen
10 Mar 2012, 21:15 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-248: I thought that was not possible.
10 Mar 2012, 21:16 pm
Also Keo and gang, when you guys report the score, next to the kicks
Penalties:
Morne Steyn (2)
Please make it (2/5) to indicate how many was missed…maybe. Would be a nice summary.
10 Mar 2012, 21:16 pm
@Nils(Nils)-243: Met many Kiwis? Seen many Kiwi woman?
10 Mar 2012, 21:16 pm
The headline should be “k.a k Steyn loses it for the Bulls”
10 Mar 2012, 21:17 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-251:
*were missed
10 Mar 2012, 21:18 pm
I just saw on the highlights that Zane Kirchner could have dived for Asscomb en route to the tryline..
Seriously disappointed in Kirchner.
10 Mar 2012, 21:19 pm
It’s an old Bulls malaise.
Make them the favourites and they rock up in autopilot.
Write them off, and make the other team – say the Stormers – the favourites, and they come out like raging buffalos and knock the stuffing out of their opponents.
Very disappointing.
10 Mar 2012, 21:23 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-249:
Ja is baie keer waar, maar ek dink die bestuur hoort die grootste verantwoordelikheid daarvoor te dra.
10 Mar 2012, 21:24 pm
@Tacitus(Deucalion)-256: Really Tac? How about discussing your predictions for this game?
10 Mar 2012, 21:24 pm
I managed to check the last 10 minutes and saw the Bulls playing really well. Were they not playing that way the whole game? I bet if they had they’d have won it, no problem, even with a bung number 10..
10 Mar 2012, 21:25 pm
@Tacitus(Deucalion)-256:
Actually auopilot would have been enough to beat these Blues
Sadly someone gave Morne Steyn the memo. I blame Wynie, he’s always pacing up and down making notes
10 Mar 2012, 21:26 pm
@wpjoulekkading(wpjoulekkading)-258:
The Bulls are gonna pynig the Stomers in pink, does that answer your question?
10 Mar 2012, 21:27 pm
@wpjoulekkading(wpjoulekkading)-258:
I was quite conservative going into this game, actually. In fact, I specifically said that if the Bulls weren’t switched on they could find themselves two tries down within 10 minutes against these Blues.
As it turned out, it was only 1 try and a penalty after 10 minutes, but the cause was the Bulls lacking attitude today.
Some hard yards ahead before the Stormers game, which will now be a cracker down in Cape Town.
10 Mar 2012, 21:28 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-261: Is “pynig” Afrikaans for “spoon”?
10 Mar 2012, 21:28 pm
So if I’m Heyneke Meyer my penciled squad looks something like this
Viljoen / Lambie
Aplon / Taute
Pietersen / Sadie
De Jongh / Venter
Engelbrecht / Basson / Mvovo
Goosen
Hougaard / Duvenhage
Spies / Vermeulen
Alberts / Coetsee / Elstadt
Kolisi / Stegmann
Bekker / Kruger
Etsebeth / Sykes
Malherbe / Oosthuizen
Bismark / Chili
Greyling / Kitschoff
10 Mar 2012, 21:30 pm
@garth(garth)-263:
Depends on how they use spoons from where you’re from….yep, that’s it, quite right
10 Mar 2012, 21:31 pm
@Tacitus(Deucalion)-256:
The Bulls are spoiled by S African referees, it usually when the match is refereed by a non S African that things are crumbling.
Any Bulls supporter who thought they can make the playoffs with Ndungane, Kirchner, Basson and Chiliboi all in the line up needs some serious reality check.
10 Mar 2012, 21:32 pm
Just one of those days.
1. Steyn had his first really bad game with the boot in a couple of years.
2. The Bulls gave them a 10 point start.
You will not win many games in this competition when you play like this. Hopefully they will pick themselves up from this as they have a couple of difficult weeks ahead.
For the rest of the year I will back NZ teams in my predictions if they come up against any Aus or SA team. They are light years ahead of us this year.
Some good points. Stander (but he is not a fetcher), Spies and JJ.
Greyling, Venter, Steyn, Potgieter and Kirchner were poor.
10 Mar 2012, 21:33 pm
@Hondo(Hondo)-266:
Strange, cause I recall that the penalty count was overwhelmingly in the Bulls favour today, with a Kiwi/Aussie ref.
So sorry, but you look like a bit of an arse with that statement.
10 Mar 2012, 21:33 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-264:
There’s still quite a lot of rugby before a relatively easy June tours.
But nice to see our young midfield respected.
10 Mar 2012, 21:34 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-264: Coenie is a loosehead. Where is Brussouw?
10 Mar 2012, 21:35 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-252: I do not see any relevance here, to be honest.
10 Mar 2012, 21:35 pm
@Horings(Horings)-267:
Agreed. Vermaak was also poor. Took ages to clear the ruck, and his kicks were sub-standard.
10 Mar 2012, 21:35 pm
watch Stormers put these Bluesies away with ease next week to set the cat amongst the pigeons then all those who suggested Stormers didn’t stand a chance gonna have to wake up and dry the sleep from their eyes
watch Van Aswegen and Duvenhage have a blinder, just to put a little perspective into the half back ratings in the country.
10 Mar 2012, 21:36 pm
Loftus is certainly no “fortress”. More like a happy hunting ground for NZ teams.
10 Mar 2012, 21:36 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-264: Not a bad side Skop, my changes would be: swap Bissie and Chili. Duvenhage back to Vodacom cup, replaced with McLeod, Lambie ahead of Goosen for me. Pack is spot on and good to see some love for Spiiiiiiiees.
10 Mar 2012, 21:36 pm
@Hondo(Hondo)-266:
Actually Chilliboy has been quite impressive so far this year. I always look out for a player’s attitude in contact, I must say, I like this Chilliboy, but a bit reserved, he couldve been playing this way earlier.
And this game was actually not really down to the ref as much as we’d want to make out it was.
10 Mar 2012, 21:37 pm
@Nils(Nils)-271: I’m trying to understand your love for all things Kiwi…
10 Mar 2012, 21:37 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-273:
I actually don’t discount that possibility at all. These Blues weren’t that impressive today. The Bulls were just poor.
10 Mar 2012, 21:39 pm
I play Coenie at 3 not 1 and I drop Jannie out the squad.. Brussow can come back if he shows he’s back to where he was in 2009, I also take a serious look at Frans Louw and Frans Steyn overseas, perhaps Schalk Brits.
10 Mar 2012, 21:40 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-277: I would like to know what logic you have applied to come to that conclusion.
My support is limited strictly to rugby union. Anything else is your own add-ons.
10 Mar 2012, 21:40 pm
@Horings(Horings)-267:
Actually I thought in the role that the team required of CJ he was not good at all, but carried pretty well on occassion and didnt make any basic errors.
10 Mar 2012, 21:41 pm
@Tacitus(Deucalion)-268:
My prediction was spot on, included the margin, does it make me a propfet?
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-274:
money talks
I thought the Bulls lost there last year to the Sharks at the do or die play-off spot..
Kudos to Walsh, isn’t he from Auckland originally?
10 Mar 2012, 21:42 pm
Has he played at 3 before?
10 Mar 2012, 21:42 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-281:
Stegman is a crucial cog in the Bulls team, no doubt. And it was demonstrated clearly today.
In Stegman’s absence, they should have played another fetcher, like Teckenburg or Okkie Kruger, and Stander should have come off the bench to replace Potgieter in the second half.
10 Mar 2012, 21:43 pm
@Tacitus(Deucalion)-272:
Shame, a good opensider as the Bulls apply them certainly makes the scrummie’s job a lot easier, CJ di show his inexperience, but I’m not really disappointed in this loss. With Stegmann there Jano would have looked better. I think we can easily go forward from here and destroy our opponents.
10 Mar 2012, 21:45 pm
@Nils(Nils)-280: There’s always more to rugby than just rugby, weather, woman and supporters. Only asking Nils, just wondering why a neutral would choose to support the All Craps, “rugby union” is as good an answer as any!
10 Mar 2012, 21:47 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-273:
It all about the referees
The Sormers without their caring referees of Jonker/Joubert/Lawrence/ProLegota etc are pretty mediocre, just like the Bulls
And,
It was Grant who saved the day last week, not Van Aswegen!
10 Mar 2012, 21:48 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-279:
Yeah I wouldnt leave out Frans Steyn just yet, and I really am missing Francois Louw, strangely.
He would’ve really helped the Stormers’ cause and I really enjoyed the contest when Louw was there, ever since 2009 when Louw started to show what he can do, also there was some beautiful play between flanks Burger and Louw in 2010 (remember Habana’s try of the season, just a silly example), but Louw really enabled Schalk to play looser, especially on defence.
10 Mar 2012, 21:48 pm
Os switched Coenie to 3 more than once and suggested his future could be there.. we got enough LH’s but relatively few strong TH’s.. young Chadwick don’t look half bad but I reckon Malherbe and Kitschoff could go places as the next generation of props
10 Mar 2012, 21:48 pm
@Agile T*t-Tyrant(Anairetes agilis)-281: I agree, but he was better than Potgieter. Potgieter had one good game and two terrible games. I will rather take Dewald’s consistency. I think Dewald is Stegmann’s backup and the only player we had that could possibly step up was Marnus Schoeman. The U19 openside is also very good. I don’t rate Tecklenberg to be a Super 15 fetcher.
10 Mar 2012, 21:50 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-289: I don’t think Coenie is strong enough to play well as tighthead.
The forum is going to be interesting come monday.
10 Mar 2012, 21:53 pm
Can someone on Keo please check the rules and come back to us if Walsh had been correct today? Bulls would probably not have scored, but I am gatvol that the Aus and NZ refs (and Jonker) don’t know the rules. I know rules change each day, but I thought the Bulls should have had a penalty after the conversion.
And another thing: What should we do about the scrums?
10 Mar 2012, 21:55 pm
@Horings(Horings)-290:
Ja, a pity that we couldnt bring Marnus through yet, I feel it’s a similar situation to Johan van Deventer, but we need a serious, hard-nosed bedonnerde fighter to take over from Steggies when he is injured- there aren’t too many of those that display all the qualities he and Brussow does.
10 Mar 2012, 21:56 pm
Without his boot, does Steyn offer anything? Meyer can’t risk this from him in a test match situation.
10 Mar 2012, 21:58 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-286: I’m afraid I did not fully understand you what makes you wonder why some (many, in fact) people support particular foreign team and it has nothing to do with that particular country, men, women etc.
For example, okes here usually imply Kiwi women are ugly, I do not give a **** about it, never met them and do not need to. (For the record, IMHO, the best women are in my part of the globe, but then again – it’s just my opinion, anyone else is free to disagree.)
It’s my free choice to support whatever I want to. As it is yours. When it comes to rugby, my choice is Kiwi teams. It does not mean I love everything else Kiwi’s, in fact, I do not care. Simply and honestly.
10 Mar 2012, 21:58 pm
I know what happened last week when Grant saved the game.. I’m talking next week when Van Aswegen and Duvenhage throw a spanner in the works to show there are some other contenders for 9 and 10 in the country
So far my 10 remains Goosen and 9 Hougaard by a whisker… as far as back up goes Duvenhage at 9 ahead of Mcleod or any of the others.. and Janties, Lambie, Van Aswegen all gotta still show they can definitely cut it there… Morne Steyn is just too predictable and don’t have any X factor..
Can imagine
Hougaard
Goosen
Engelbrecht
F. Steyn
Pietersen
Aplon
Lambie / Viljoen
Duvenhage, De Jongh / Sadie / Taute / Viljoen / Lambie
as back line options
10 Mar 2012, 22:01 pm
@DAS(DAS)-294:
I honestly think that Morne Steyn cops a lot of criticism from SA rugby fans just because he looks like a volstruis vetkop vaalseun.
10 Mar 2012, 22:03 pm
Lobotomized boneheads find boring bashathon nullified at home
beautiful
10 Mar 2012, 22:12 pm
The SA teams dont look too good so far…. Pretty poor rugby this weekend from all of them. Although the reds vs rebels game was a shocker too
10 Mar 2012, 22:14 pm
I was hoping the bulls would step up another notch this weekend, but I cant see one of our teams being the favourite to be title contenders this year. Still early days though
10 Mar 2012, 22:16 pm
Can’t wait for the return Bulls fixture at Kings Park!
10 Mar 2012, 22:19 pm
You Saffies concentrate on the croquet,sorry cricket,while us kiwis look after the rugby.
10 Mar 2012, 22:22 pm
21.2 Where penalty and free kicks are taken
(a) The kicker must take the penalty or free kick at the mark or anywhere behind it on a line through the mark. If the place for a penalty or free kick is within 5 metres of the opponents’ goal line, the mark for the kick is 5 metres from the goal line, opposite the place of infringement.
(b) When a penalty or free kick is awarded in in-goal, the mark for the kick is in the field of play, 5 metres from the goal line, in line with the place of infringement.
I can’t actually find any reference in the laws to fouls committed in the act of scoring or just after… or from where such a kick should be taken…
but it certainly falls into the point above… can find nothing that says says any penalty kick after a try should be taken on halfway line…
so looks like Walsh should have awarded penalty 5 m out from try-line near touch… with kicker allowed to move back.. a very achievable kick by Morne…
food for thought…?
10 Mar 2012, 22:24 pm
@Horings(Horings)-290:
I reckon that Dewald would make a great opensider. He’s wasted at 7 and also doesn’t have the build for it. He’s a natural 8 but without the height. 6 would be the best position for him as he has the distribution skills and work rate that would balance todays requirements for a 7 and 8 to be big ball carrying forwards.
10 Mar 2012, 22:35 pm
@ufo(ufo)-303:
I think you are right
I said earlier that you could not end the game until the penalty was taken, even if time was up. The tackle and yellow card occurred in goal penalty should have been given 5 meters form try line and 5 meters in or at least on the half way line dead center.
Either should have been a relatively easy kick for M.Steyn
Bulls could have got that all important bonus point
10 Mar 2012, 22:38 pm
@ufo(ufo)-303:
Cant apply (b) since he was in goal you cant take it in goal, so i believe it is taken back to the Half way line
But is time up after the conversion and game over ? or should he have been allowed to take at half way line?
10 Mar 2012, 22:38 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-296:
Skop,
That great show will have to wait until next time Peter Grant is not match fit, otherwise, Van Aswegen is condemned to the bench
Even a kncklehead such as AC realised what’s his best option
10 Mar 2012, 22:38 pm
so SA thought we had an array of depth at fly half
Goosen, Lambie, Jantjies, Van Aswegen, Fouche
while Kiwi S15 teams have uncovered the following
Barrett. Anscombe, Cruden, Slater, Bleyendaal
and Aussie got
Halangahu, Toomua, Harris, Stannard with Cooper and perhaps O’Connor still stepping up
maybe its time for next generation to put the game into a new dimension from the Carter, Steyn, Cooper – Barnes rivalry
10 Mar 2012, 22:39 pm
@David(David)-304:
Now I’ve been thinking/saying that for a while now. Dewald potgieter at 6 just takes me back to the times of Jean Pierre Rives, Rob louw, Neil BackI also don’t see him as a 7 in the Theuns Stofberg, Gert Smal, Smith mould.
the Bulls are wasting the talents of that boy.
10 Mar 2012, 22:40 pm
Pete @ 305
yes I agree with you… and I’m sure we all believe a game can’t end on a penalty and see this in practise in most games played these day…
but I can’t find such a clause in the laws… have the official irb law app on my phone and can’t see it anywhere…
if anyone else can post actual irb law point on this issue, would sincerely appreciated it
10 Mar 2012, 22:45 pm
@Hondo(Hondo)-307:
Why do you call AC a knucklehead?
The man coached the WP/Stormers to semi finals/finals in the last 2/3 years.
Something that Rassie couldn’t do. You know Rassie? The greatest rugby brain in SA since Danie Craven!
10 Mar 2012, 22:46 pm
Pete @ 306
it clearly states take it back 5m from try line
big question is when does game end… based on common practise in most games many people believe the penalty should be taken…
but can’t find a point in law to confirm this
10 Mar 2012, 22:50 pm
@nama1(nama1)-309:
He has been injured most of last two seasons, I feel he is too much of a rugby thinker for the Bulls coaching staff – like Erasmus for Laurie Mains – they may not tolerate any diversion from their game plan?
10 Mar 2012, 22:52 pm
even if Bulls kicked another 3 point penalty after the hooter to make final score 29-26 would make no diffs to standings.. same result of Blues get 4 points and Bulls get 1 for a bonus loss… what the fuss about a possible penalty that don’t change any result.?
10 Mar 2012, 22:56 pm
and AC may just start Van Aswegen again vs Blues and he may even surprise the likes of Hondo and some others here and take the game by scruff of the neck similar to what young Anscombe did today… then who gonna sing another melodious tune of what might never have been if only but for that.
10 Mar 2012, 23:00 pm
@CoachPete(CoachPete)-305:
I believe they got that bonus point.
Think you guys are confusing things here.
There is also a rule that says that play must start at the halfway line after a try has been scored.
So, if an offence takes place in the action of scoring a try, where do you and UFO think the penalty must be awarded? 5m from the try line?
@Hondo(Hondo)-313:
You may be right about that. What do you think of him playing at 6 though? You think he’ll be good?
I’m sure he’ll be better than Steggies.
Btw, Where is Steggies’ dad, Agyle Tietman?
10 Mar 2012, 23:08 pm
@nama1(nama1)-316:
Was there even an offence? From where I was sitting Ranger tryied to tackle Basson, who went very low diving to score his try. The fact that he also went low and hit the wind out of Basson’s lungs did not mean that it was a dangerous tackle at all in my opinion.
The ref probably saw it the same way hence his reluctance to award the penalty although the LJ recommended it.
It was a kak call from the start imo.
10 Mar 2012, 23:10 pm
well that’s a typically blinkered short-term view…
it’s about applying the laws correctly and consistently… no matter what the log says or which comp…
a situation could easily arise where the kick could win a game, top a log or win a championship…
it would be good if all the fans, players and particularly the refs knew the correct laws and facts…
of course that is if you’re interested in fact and correct consistent application of the laws…
10 Mar 2012, 23:15 pm
big fat deal about nothing.. applying letters of laws which make no difference whatsoever to any outcome.. only dumb dweebs wanna make such huge issues about nonentities are those blinkered by some big fat non important importance…
10 Mar 2012, 23:15 pm
@UFO
http://www.irblaws.com/EN/laws/2/5/44/before-the-match/time/other-time-regulations/#clause_44
5.7 OTHER TIME REGULATIONS
(a) In international matches, play always lasts eighty minutes plus lost time.
(b) In non-international matches a Union may decide the length of a match.
(c) If the Union does not decide, the teams agree on the length of a match. If they cannot agree, the referee decides.
(d) The referee has the power to end the match at any time, if the referee believes that play should not continue because it would be dangerous.
(e) If time expires and the ball is not dead, or an awarded scrum or lineout has not been completed, the referee allows play to continue until the next time that the ball becomes dead. The ball becomes dead when the referee would have awarded a scrum, lineout, an option to the non-infringing team, drop out or after a conversion or successful penalty kick at goal. If a scrum has to be reset, the scrum has not been completed. If time expires and a mark, free kick or penalty kick is then awarded, the referee allows play to continue.
(f) If time expires after a try has been scored the referee allows time for the conversion kick to be taken.
(g) When weather conditions are exceptionally hot and/or humid, the referee, at his discretion, will be permitted to allow one water break in each half. This water break should be no longer than one minute. Time lost should be added on at the end of each half. The water break should normally be taken after a score or when the ball is out of play near the half way line.
10 Mar 2012, 23:18 pm
there too many laws in this game already anyway.. get rid of at least half of them and maybe it gets a whole lot more entertaining .. and interesting..
10 Mar 2012, 23:18 pm
When there is a penalty infringement AFTER the act of scoring a try then a penalty is to be awarded from the half way line after the conversion attempt.
Time would have run out in the phase of the kicker taking the conversion. Therefore, whether the conversion kick was successful or unsuccessful, by the time the ball was kicked the time would have been up.
Therefore the real issue at stake is this:
Should the fact that it was a penalty have meant that it should still have been awarded after the conversion, even though time was up?
We have seen after the hooter, if play is stopped by a team being awarded a penalty, that that team is permitted to take the penalty even though time is up. Otherwise, the opposing/defending team after the hooter had sounded would simply infringe in any way possible to bring the game to an immediate end.
Or alternatively, and I think what Walsh was saying, was that the penalty would only have accrued and therefore could only have been awarded AFTER the conversion, and therefore the time would already have been up. A technical issue as to the timing. I believe Walsh was saying the penalty only accrued after the conversion and therefore after time.
However, in my view, I would say given that an offence/infringement was caused before the end of time, it would be common sense that the Bulls should have been permitted the benefit of having a penalty from the half way line after stadium time having ended.
I hope the IRB or someone with the relevant knowledge can clarify this issue.
Who knows, they could have taken a tap and scored a try to win the game?
10 Mar 2012, 23:19 pm
@Sharkshooter(Sharkshooter)-320: at halfway
10 Mar 2012, 23:20 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-301:
I believe you’ll moer them at Kings park
They’re on a slippery slope to nowhere from here on.
10 Mar 2012, 23:20 pm
@Sharkshooter(Sharkshooter)-320:
“…If time expires and a mark, free kick or penalty kick is then awarded, the referee allows play to continue.”
This would suggest that Walsh should have allowed the penalty to be taken. The penalty infringement was made before the end of time in any event.
10 Mar 2012, 23:23 pm
Nama @ 317
10.4 Dangerous play and misconduct…
(g) Dangerous charging. A player must not charge or knock down an opponent carrying the ball without trying to grasp that player.
Ranger clearly did not attempt to grasp basson… but charged/dived on him shoulder first…
Sharkshooter
10 Mar 2012, 23:23 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-322: Refer 5.7 (e) above
10 Mar 2012, 23:24 pm
one more grey area law for IRB to set a standard about.. shows the ref’s don’t even know exactly which laws are stated in any statuary law book most the time anyway
10 Mar 2012, 23:24 pm
@Sharkshooter(Sharkshooter)-327: refer to post #325 above
10 Mar 2012, 23:25 pm
@Sharkshooter(Sharkshooter)-320:
What’s your point?
10 Mar 2012, 23:30 pm
Sharkshooter…
thanks… so the continuation of play for penalties is purely at the refs discretion…?
another law which can be applied differently depending on the interpretation and perspective of the individual ref… could have a huge impact…
also would like to see the reaction if a ref ended the game before allowing the penalty in the field of play to be taken…
10 Mar 2012, 23:31 pm
@nama1(nama1)-330: According to rule 5.7 (e) a penalty should have been awarded on the halfway line.
Kicking for posts would not have made a difference though – only if the Bulls tapped and ran…but based on the way they played tonight, it would have been highly unlikely that they would have scored from there…
10 Mar 2012, 23:32 pm
@ufo(ufo)-331: I believe you have interpreted it incorrectly.
10 Mar 2012, 23:43 pm
spooner…
tired n fuzzy brained…
meant that in practise… as per Walsh this pm… despite the laws as posted by sharkshooter… walsh is/was free to basically do his own thing…
I believe he should have allowed spies to take the tap at halfway as spies was clearly asking
10 Mar 2012, 23:51 pm
What was up with that kortgat manager of the Bulls wanting to take on Mealamu?
Man, I was so hoping Mealamu lost it for a few seconds and moered that oom.
He is becoming a disgrace, that oke.
Was the same fool who wanted to take on Os when Os was moering Danie during a CC final, wasn’t it?
He’ll probably be hailed as a hero tonight in Pretoria for standing up for his “seuns”.
Freakin fool!!!
10 Mar 2012, 23:53 pm
@ufo(ufo)-326:
How do you “grasp” a player when the player is
10 Mar 2012, 23:58 pm
@Sharkshooter(Sharkshooter)-332:
See how quickly you have put this case to rest? You should’ve said that in your original post.
I see the Kiwis are all on their knees praying for rain to avoid a defeat in the cricket test match.
11 Mar 2012, 00:00 am
@nama1(nama1)-311:
Don’t know about that, Rassie was there alright last 2 seasons above AC in the coaching hierarchy, he traveled with the Storms to every match
Let’s see how AC does without Rassie and WITHOUT the Jonker/Joubert/Pro Legota Brigade shafting the opposition for him?
11 Mar 2012, 00:04 am
@nama1(nama1)-336:
Freakin computer! Posting before I was finnished.
Sorry UFO.
I wanted to ask how you “grasp’ a player when he is only 10cm from the ground.
I believe that Ranger was also going as low as he could in order to tackle a diving Basson into touch or at the very least, knock the ball out of his hands.
That kind of “diving tackle” is so common in the in-goal area. It takes place every week. The fact that Basson got winded in the tackle, did not warrant a yellow card at all, if you ask me
11 Mar 2012, 00:06 am
Bulls rely on Morne too much. When he is kuk on the day they will lose. Bulls fans must hope and pray Morne don’t get injured because I don’t think XXL gum guard Fouche will help them a lot. Another Brummer/JLP in the making.
11 Mar 2012, 00:07 am
@Sharkshooter(Sharkshooter)-332:
Ya right!
I can imagine Ndungane doing the Carl Dup slalom, running from the halfway line to score under the posts through the Maneaters, or Kirchner for that matter
11 Mar 2012, 00:13 am
@Hondo(Hondo)-338:
Come on now Hondo. Remember, the Stormers made the semis in Super rugby last year, no?.
How many games did Pro ref for the Stormers in Super rugby last year? Did he even officiate in Super rugby? Why would he have any influence on the performance of AC as a coach?
What would your verdict be re Ludeke if the Bulls get nowhere without Meyer holding his hand in Super rugby this year?
11 Mar 2012, 00:22 am
@Hondo(Hondo)-341:
Yeah, I believe the only wing currently playing with the ability to do that would be Shadow. Unfortunately the stupid Bulls decided to sell him to the Stormers. They could’ve won tonight if only he was there.
11 Mar 2012, 01:45 am
@ufo(ufo)-310:
very true But had M steyn missed the kick then it would have been an issue
11 Mar 2012, 01:57 am
How was the gutless and dirty Saffa who bottled Mealamu whilst he was sitting on the bench.
Gutless and cowardly South African rugby fans throwing bottles tackling refs.
I guess thuggery 101 is one of the first lessons taught at rugby and rugby supporters school in the republic.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/6556535/Blues-skipper-Mealamu-bottled-after-Bulls-clash
P.S Ranger should be suspended for that shoulder charge there was no need
11 Mar 2012, 02:04 am
@Sir Rugga(Sir Rugga)-345: These boere are so embarrassing. They are clearly all touched.
11 Mar 2012, 02:12 am
POWER RANKINGS after 3 rounds:
1………..REDS
2………..HIGHLANDERS
3………..STORMERS
4………..CHIEFS
5………..BULLS
6………..HURRICANES
7………..WARRATAHS
8………. BRUMBIES
9……….BLUES
10……..SHARKS
11……..CRUSADERS
12……..LIONS
13……..FORCE
14……..REBELS
15……..CHEETAHS
11 Mar 2012, 02:17 am
346.garth said
How does anything of what you have posted relate in anyway to the gutless act by the Bulls fan after tonights game!
Honestly bottling a oppossing teams player because your team lost then running on to the field like he would actually stand a chance against Mealamu.
Disgusting and all Bulls and South African Supporters should be ashamed!
COWARD
11 Mar 2012, 02:24 am
@Sir Rugga(Sir Rugga)-345:
“P.S Ranger should be suspended for that shoulder charge there was no need”
What shoulder charge?
You guys still praying for rain over there?
11 Mar 2012, 02:26 am
Why do you call yourself “sir?”
You a subject of a faraway queen?
11 Mar 2012, 02:27 am
@Sir Rugga(Sir Rugga)-348:
I am surprised that you can even get bottles in the ground. most sports grounds ban them for that very reason! the pretoria boere normally throw naartjie (mandarin) peels at the field.
no doubt the individual involved will be duly punished – but i suggest you avoid making sweeping statements over SA rugby fans when you cite 2 incidents over 10 years! your just trolling when you do that!
11 Mar 2012, 02:36 am
@Sir Rugga(Sir Rugga)-348:
Dont blame all the fans because of one bad apple
11 Mar 2012, 02:38 am
@Sir Rugga(Sir Rugga)-345:
its because they are whinging Yappie skum with an inbred inability to accept others as their superior.
11 Mar 2012, 02:39 am
@Sir Rugga(Sir Rugga)-348:
That guy was a stupid individual.
11 Mar 2012, 02:56 am
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-252:
This is a sore loser.
Its amazing how many times when a Bok team loses, alot of you guys go down the road of ugly kiwi women and bad mouthing us Kiwis.
Why?
Are you really that sad of a person?
I have two daughters, i think they are the most beautiful girls ever. If a clown like yourself bad mouthed my girls i would make you look damn stupid as your posts normally do.
I have met a few South Africans, i work with 3 actually. Great people, unlike you.
11 Mar 2012, 03:07 am
@Te Rangatira(Te Rangatira)-354:
True, he was.
You get them at every match and in all countries. Can only blame the individual.
Now saying that, lets see what would have happened if a Kiwi through the bottle at a South African.
Then you would see that all Kiwis are Drunks and abusive and bash there kids…… oh thats right
its all ready been said on here
11 Mar 2012, 03:07 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-356:
through = threw
11 Mar 2012, 03:25 am
Freakin post got lost somewhere.
let me as a proudly south African just say this re the confrontation by the Bulls manager with Mealamu.
That was totally out of order and Mealamu should’ve moered him before he was dragged away by basson.
It’is a disgrace that somebody with that kind of standing with one of the leading franchises in SA rugby can act in such a manner. I doubt that the Bulls will take any action against this fool but I hope that SARU will show some ballas and act against his union.
This is not the 1st time that thisfool act in a manner unbecoming to someone in his position.
11 Mar 2012, 03:55 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-356:
Ae Cane, hearing you. Have become immune to some of the outlandish statements made on here, but certain individuals get on my nerve. The majority are very funny and articulate. Unlike you I only have sons, one is in Brisbane working there, coming home soon for his 21st soon and the youngest is on a fishing boat heading for Fiji.
I better go and do something constructive like listen to the cricket while mowing the lawns.
Kia kite ano
11 Mar 2012, 04:02 am
hard luck to the Bulls and their fans on the blues game…however it’s a loooong season and the time to peak should be when nearing the play-offs anyway and not round 3 so it’s early days for all potential finalists…more like a marathon than a sprint this extended competition now…
11 Mar 2012, 04:15 am
As for the skinny white yarpie who “bottled’ the legendary Mealamu…. get used to losing, you chump.
11 Mar 2012, 04:44 am
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-361:
If Mealamu sounds like Bryce and Browneye, then he had it coming.
We’re getting pissed with you people.
11 Mar 2012, 04:46 am
The Bulls deserved to lose to a team who made their own luck.
Walsh reffed this game very well. No complaints until the last minute.
All this being said, Walsh did stuff up at the final whistle. I think that he was in a rush to make it for Happy Hour at the Kroeg.
11 Mar 2012, 06:50 am
having these conferences is giving a grossly unfair advantage to the Australian champs the Reds
You have the Saffers and Kiwis bashing the **** out of each other in their own conferences while the Reds get to play scary teams like the Force , Rebels Brumbies and the Tahs
Im pretty sure any team from the other 2 groups would love that draw
Basically it is a free pass into the finals without over taxing the players either physically or mentally
Each team should play each other once
and the the top 4 teams into the semis
that would be much fairer
11 Mar 2012, 06:51 am
@YoMama(YoMama)-362: For thumping you in your own back yard? Get used to that too.
11 Mar 2012, 06:56 am
@spartan(spartan)-364:
well it was the aussies who designed this conference system. i still cant figure out why the kiwis supported it though. I guess they’ll wake up after a few more provinces go broke. maybe.
in any event kiwi conference looking the strongest so far. SA teams always take a while to hit their straps, and go back through history – week 3 is usually our worst.
11 Mar 2012, 06:58 am
munkiboi,is it expensive to go and watch a super 15 game in nz?
11 Mar 2012, 06:59 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-355:
this blog has a habit of bringing out the worst in people – from both our countries.
show me a “good” loser, and I’ll show you a loser…
11 Mar 2012, 07:14 am
@munkiboi(munkiboi)-366:
Well the end result is the injury count in the NZ conference is skyrocketing
with the local derbys being particularly brutal
11 Mar 2012, 07:32 am
Hondo
you are becoming one helluva pain in the ***.Your blatant racism does not sit well on this site.You blame non-white players for anything and everything.Please do us all a favour and f off,take Langes and ET with you.
11 Mar 2012, 07:41 am
Stay classy South Africa!
11 Mar 2012, 08:13 am
@corms(corms)-371: Become classy, you mean?
11 Mar 2012, 08:16 am
Steyn off day cost us the game
11 Mar 2012, 08:18 am
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-372: That happened when you left.
11 Mar 2012, 08:19 am
Morne Steyn’ed your undies, no follow-through required.
11 Mar 2012, 08:21 am
I saw the guy tussling with mealamu and thought they should have arrested him… is he the same guy who threw the bottle…?
either way and anyway… they should lock the bottle-chucker up in pretoria central holding cells till monday… and then they should throw the book at him for assault…
scumbag…
but also have to say the guys tarring all saffas with the same brush are letting their own issues and prejudices show…
there are good and bad in all groups, communities and nationalities… be real and condemn the individual…
11 Mar 2012, 08:22 am
None of the SA teams looking too hot at this stage of the tounament. A bit of a reality check for the likes of Tac who think just turning up is enough.
11 Mar 2012, 08:31 am
@ufo(ufo)-376:
storm in teacup
old man just frustrated
Meleamu should just walked away
11 Mar 2012, 08:43 am
Good grief Cape Town is outstanding today for this big bike ride.
Vokken beautiful place!
11 Mar 2012, 08:44 am
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-367:
no it is pretty reasonable. there’s just not a lot of people here.
11 Mar 2012, 08:44 am
g13g…
no justification… old man shoulda just gone home… if you condone ‘frustrated’ fans assaulting players and then say its the players fault for not walking away… then you really got your priorities wrong…
bulls union should also explain how they let a drunk fan onto the field… thought their 2010 upgrade made loftus a world class facility… fans should not be able to get onto the field
11 Mar 2012, 08:47 am
Am looking for robzim amongst the leaders.
No luck
11 Mar 2012, 08:50 am
@ufo(ufo)-381:
agree.
11 Mar 2012, 08:54 am
@ufo(ufo)-381:
I see it from both sides. the old man will get a stern warning but nothing more.
Loftus is notorius for its fanatical fans. sometimes it cross line but it comes with the atmosphere.
11 Mar 2012, 08:56 am
Short wheel between second and third
11 Mar 2012, 09:23 am
Just to add to the Bulls woes, their Vodacom Cup side lost as well yesterday.
11 Mar 2012, 09:35 am
Mayor Zille has just hit Simonstown
11 Mar 2012, 10:17 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-387: Should we evacuate the Peninsula?
11 Mar 2012, 10:45 am
Not yet. Wait till Fikile hits Hout Bay.
11 Mar 2012, 10:50 am
@garth(garth)-346:
“boere”
Who said the guy was a “boer”, and plural? it was one moron.
:eyebrow:
11 Mar 2012, 11:12 am
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-372: Since you left you dumb retarded Yarpie
11 Mar 2012, 11:31 am
@heboric(heboric)-391:
11 Mar 2012, 11:32 am
@greatest13gerber(greatest13gerber)-384:
What?
Both sides?
The guy that threw the bottle then marched on the field to have a go with players has a side?
And all this has to do with Atmosphere you say.
I am sorry but when you get 90000 people playing a bledisloe cup at MCG, that is what you call atmosphere but without the sore losing drunkards coming on the ground to bash the players.
11 Mar 2012, 12:05 pm
if you look at Keith Brown’s performance yesterday then there its no surprise that Bryce was NZ’s ref of the year in 2011. F*ck where do they get these okes? are they grade 3 drop outs who are given a whistle and told to become a rugby ref? NZRU should be ashamed, but then also if your mentor is Paddy you have no chance!!! its like telling a rehabilitated
child molestor to have Robin Brooke as his idol! … a big f up!
11 Mar 2012, 12:14 pm
nama1 one would think that you are used to this behaviour! i mean in the club rugby you support so dearly, there is a messteek en a broken bottle fight in every game … and thats just the players … the spectators are even worse … but i agree, it doesn’t look good on TV (worlwide audience)! not cool!
11 Mar 2012, 12:15 pm
By the way, what happened to old Hugh Bladen? I thought highveld was his territory and Crowley sticked to commentating Newlands games.
11 Mar 2012, 12:21 pm
Dawn…
Patricia is the Mayor… I’m sure neither would appreciate your oops…
11 Mar 2012, 12:50 pm
Garf is a very prejudiced Cape Spaniard.
Very embraboer.
Emboerising.
Emboerit.
Brtrrtt.
11 Mar 2012, 12:56 pm
@nama1(nama1)-358: Was is the Bulls’ MANAGER ???
That is unbelievable.
I don’t know what to say.
11 Mar 2012, 13:00 pm
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-353:
Your english sucks. “..others as their superior”. Stay in school. You’ll pass one day.
11 Mar 2012, 13:03 pm
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-361:
Reminds me of the Kiwi crowd hurling abuse at the Proteas fielders during the first T20 game vs New Zealand. We all know how that turned out for the fans….
11 Mar 2012, 13:03 pm
What happened to the mighty Morney Steyn last night. Well, I guess every player is allowed a night off, but what I didn’t like is the fact that Meyer didn’t have the guts to pull player from the field. The bulls should also have changed their tacticts in the second half and tried to run the ball more, they seem to be more effective with ball in hand rather than kicking for territory. Their usual tactic of smashing the ball up back fired and they should have exploited they wide channels more. Bjorn Basson, Ndugane and co was on fire when they go the ball in hand. JJ Engelbrecht is definately a player to watch.
11 Mar 2012, 13:05 pm
@BWA(Dusktill)-395:
“nama1 one would think that you are used to this behaviour! i mean in the club rugby you support so dearly, there is a messteek en a broken bottle fight in every game … and thats just the players … the spectators are even worse …”
Ai tog!!!
@willievz(willievz)-399:
My mistake. For a moment there it looked like old Wynie. Apparently it wasn’t him.
Apologies from my side.
11 Mar 2012, 13:07 pm
Its when things like this happen that I am ashamed to be a Bok supporter.
Apologies Kevin Mealamu. There is no place in rugby for pikey thuggery like that.
To all the Saffer’s and foreigners playing *** for tat about who has done what and who has the worst supporters blah blah…GROW UP. The whole thing is absolute b*** s***, and the sooner that we as supporters take a stance against this k*k, the better.
Disgusted. Even the English RFU supporters behave better than this.
11 Mar 2012, 13:08 pm
Nama looking like a bit of a doos there.
No harm done old boy.
11 Mar 2012, 13:13 pm
@kingcorn(kingcorn)-402: “…but what I didn’t like is the fact that Meyer didn’t have the guts to pull player from the field.”
Do you mean Ludeke?
11 Mar 2012, 13:15 pm
just a bit of revenge for the flour bombs in the 80′s! its just sad Keven wasn’ hurt *evil f*cken grin* !!!!
11 Mar 2012, 13:18 pm
@BWA(Dusktill)-395:
Why not just come out and say what you really mean?
11 Mar 2012, 13:23 pm
look Keven isn’t the best looking oke around … he has a bulldog kinda face …. maybe the oke thought is was a dog running on the field … honest mistake after a beer or 2!
11 Mar 2012, 13:25 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-405:
@David(David)-408:
He is not even worth it.
Probably Quota_Sux in another disguise.
11 Mar 2012, 13:34 pm
@nama1(nama1)-410:
Sorry I didn’t respond to your comment about dewald last night. I reckon he reminds you of those others you mentioned because of their blonde hair. Seriously, though, I reckon WP should give serious thought to signing him as an alternative 6 to Schalk, especially as he seems to be slipping down the pecking order at the Bulls. He has all the attributes of a tearaway flanker and I was surprised the Bulls didn’t use him there last year.
11 Mar 2012, 13:36 pm
@BWA(Dusktill)-407: I guess he still have time to tear his abdomen muscles when remembering that old feisty **** running at him.
11 Mar 2012, 13:38 pm
c-ock, I mean.
P.S. It would be really nice if Keo makes available complete list of censored words here. It seems that bloggers cannot use even some natural animal names due to some perverse politcorrectness.
11 Mar 2012, 13:43 pm
@David(David)-411:
I agree 100%.
I believe his best position to be at 6.
11 Mar 2012, 15:42 pm
Ag ufo lighten up it far too hot to be persnickety.
I am sure both ladies have enough of a sense of humour to forgive my error of protocol.
11 Mar 2012, 16:30 pm
Hence the wink dawn…
Guess the heat has melted your sense of humour…
11 Mar 2012, 16:33 pm
Indeed.
Magtag.
11 Mar 2012, 16:57 pm
@Shark(Predawn)-401: Hurling a few verbals is a lot different than throwing a bottle, pilgrim.
11 Mar 2012, 17:04 pm
A plastic bottle.
11 Mar 2012, 17:08 pm
@BULLET(BULLET)-404:
Well said Bullet! I too am tired of the holier than though attitudes…
11 Mar 2012, 17:11 pm
Well done Sharks!
11 Mar 2012, 17:12 pm
What time is it in Underworld
Why is tackler still awake
11 Mar 2012, 17:15 pm
Weird.
No crowd noise in this 6 nations game
11 Mar 2012, 17:18 pm
I heard a little cheer and an announcer!!!
11 Mar 2012, 17:19 pm
Good try!
11 Mar 2012, 17:22 pm
@BULLET(BULLET)-404: “Disgusted. Even the English RFU supporters behave better than this.”
I think you are confused with the English football supporters?
Overall, English rugby fans are some of the politest in the world. Watching rugby at Twickenham is a real polite experience. The crowd keeps quiet for the opposing kicker. When I was watching the Boks play there the last time, some drunk young English lads were booing the Boks and the English peopkle around them to shut up and “this is not football.” They duly shut up.
Football fans, now that is a different story…
I am embarrassed at the behaviour of tanked up South African rugby fans. When we have minute’s silence there is always invariably some dufus who shouts something. We have ref beaters. We have plastic bottle throwers. We boo the opposition kickers. Nah, you have it wrong, South African rugby fans are more like English football fans than English rugby fans.
11 Mar 2012, 17:23 pm
S like playing in a church
11 Mar 2012, 17:26 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-427:
Depends which church! I’ve been to a few very hip and funky churches. A few dances and hand clapping etc.
Quite fun I must say.
11 Mar 2012, 17:26 pm
Can’t be my new wall-shattering TV
11 Mar 2012, 17:29 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-429:
Have you turned off the mute button?
11 Mar 2012, 17:31 pm
Yes I have.
Not blonde.
11 Mar 2012, 17:34 pm
11 Mar 2012, 18:02 pm
This silent game is creepy
11 Mar 2012, 18:04 pm
If this game was 2 minutes longer the Bulls would have won.
11 Mar 2012, 18:10 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-433: moerse twist but my before the reveal my spidey sense was tingling. That jaw is far too square.
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-434: Lol, the Bulls never looked like winning it in all 80 minutes but another 2 minutes would have been all that was needed?
11 Mar 2012, 18:14 pm
cmon France!
11 Mar 2012, 18:16 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-435: Yes they had the momentum in the last few minutes and the Blues would of been 14 men. And they had the penalty after they scored that try.
11 Mar 2012, 18:35 pm
Whse jaw is square?
11 Mar 2012, 18:37 pm
i don’t know why i don’t like chilliboy, but something about him puts me off! Bissie should be bok hooker … he had a awesome game last night
11 Mar 2012, 18:42 pm
I can tell you why you don’t like him.
11 Mar 2012, 18:43 pm
But then I’d have to kill you.
11 Mar 2012, 18:47 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-438: Duh, I was thinking of “The Crying Game”!
11 Mar 2012, 18:50 pm
why do u think prawn?
11 Mar 2012, 18:55 pm
Sorry spooner. Heat has fried my brain.
11 Mar 2012, 19:07 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-444: don’t worry – it was my mistake – you said The Sleeping Game, I thought The Crying Game.
The latter has quite a twist in it, if you’ve seen it.
11 Mar 2012, 19:11 pm
Have seen it indeed.
And the game with no crowd noise was creepy not sleepy.
I think my brain is OK
11 Mar 2012, 19:17 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-355: Firstly, those comments were made during the game not afterwards so it’s hardly being a sore loser, secondly i don’t support the Bulls.
I was just ragging your adopted supporter Nils, it’s laughable that you would take that type of banter personally, don’t be precious.
11 Mar 2012, 19:22 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-447:
I think Saffa women and Kiwi women are equally beutifull however i think we play our rugby slightly better than you guys
11 Mar 2012, 19:23 pm
@CoachPete(CoachPete)-448:
Sorry Better than Kiwis
11 Mar 2012, 19:34 pm
@CoachPete(CoachPete)-448: Of course they are but it get’s the Kiwis so riled up I can’t resist. Strange thing is this is the first time one of them has taken it to mean I personally don’t think his wife/daughter/mother might be attractive, he’s raised precious levels to DEFCON 1.
11 Mar 2012, 21:41 pm
Anscombe finally delivered on his promise.He was poor in ITM Cup last year having played well at age group level. Good for him and Blues.
11 Mar 2012, 21:44 pm
@BWA(Dusktill)-407:
Well that tour in the 80s actually split the country.
It was a mess, yet you think the flour bombs were only aimed at the Bok players, actually they didnt care who they hit that day, ABs were not the flavour of the year for a lot of people.
Shame you dont realise what we had to do to play the Boks.
I dont know why you think that behaviour is fine, a supporter throwing bottles and you think its revenge from the 80s.
11 Mar 2012, 21:49 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-447:
Well i dont care who you are, i dont care who you support.
What i find pathetic on here is the people that get annoyed due to a person from another country supporting the ABs.
I know one or two people in NZ that support the Boks, they not even South African, but i dont question them about it or bag a country that they dont even live in.
11 Mar 2012, 21:51 pm
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-450:
its banter, but i am sure you must be sick of hearing all South Africans are racist, full of Cr@p, murdering, theiving numbskulls with no spines at all…… of course this is only banter right?
11 Mar 2012, 22:04 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-454: c’mon Hurricane, have you decided to pick up the mantel from Poopa and BlackPanty with that “just banter” stuff? You are normally so normal…
11 Mar 2012, 22:04 pm
mantle
11 Mar 2012, 22:18 pm
Oh, another local brawl in the bar. Easy boys.
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-447: No probs with ragging. My “adopted” team won, so I can take it relaxed.
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-453: Cheers mate.
12 Mar 2012, 00:28 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-453: No guy, you’re pathetic, bringing your family into a perceived slight on a rugby forum, making thinly veiled threats about absolute garbage, “you’d make me look dumb”?
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-454: That’s the same as joking about Kiwi women not being attractive? Really?
Grow up man.
12 Mar 2012, 00:29 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-454: And that’s it from me you precious little petal, don’t bother responding because I sure won’t.
12 Mar 2012, 01:04 am
Now,as most of you Safwits have had a bad weekened,losing the majority of your rugby games and being thwarted by NZs predictable weather in the cricket(by the way ,you won’t win the test series because we don’t get 5 dry days in a row over here) I thought I’d give you a little joke to cheer you miserable biltong munchers up.
How many Saffies does it take to change a lightbulb………None,you don’t get electricity in mud huts.
Made that up myself,genius
12 Mar 2012, 01:21 am
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-459:
“don’t bother responding because I sure won’t.”
that was your 3rd consecutive reply you lobotomized whinging Yappie.
12 Mar 2012, 01:27 am
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-455:
Wooden, my apologies brother.
Rough few weeks to say least.
I am as normal as the next kiwi
12 Mar 2012, 01:29 am
@Clanerk(Clanerk)-458:
Yep its all Banter isnt it?
When does Banter draw the line?
Everyones line is placed differently. So just when you think its banter, someone else who it is aimed may not take it that way.
12 Mar 2012, 01:32 am
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-461:
lol
I know, he can reply to me 3 times yet i can only once. Is that fair banter?
I am sure in the book of banter i didnt see how many times i can reply to a person or post.
Damn this guy makes the rules up as he goes along and calls me a precious little petal?
12 Mar 2012, 02:58 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-464:
being patronized by a whinging Yappie is like being told “you dont listen to me” by a child.
The PrickBoks couldnt score 1 try in 80mins vs the Wallabies despite offside play and gouging. So they send death threats to the ref. Doesnt make bottle throwing seem so bad I suppose.
12 Mar 2012, 04:26 am
Poops and his buddies have escaped from the asylum.
Yip Yap.
12 Mar 2012, 04:36 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-466:
funny man, you appear to be operating 2 fingers short of a gouge. So far you have been “sure” Im 1. a whinging Yappie, like yourself 2. an Aussie 3. a, clearly, distinguished gentleman named Poop.
I am none of these.
It must be a frustrating living in a cuntry where everyone is pigeonholed according to what shade of grey they are or where an ancestor landed from centuries ago. So you’ll just have to deal with it.
12 Mar 2012, 04:47 am
ho hum, the arrsehole society in full swing…………..
It’s just below your noses in case you too stupid to find it !
12 Mar 2012, 04:51 am
Actualy it’s the bitterandtwisted society and the arrsehole society. They have joint meetings…………the bitterandtwisted society are those dingbats that are real pisssed and angry cause saffa shagged their missus…………
12 Mar 2012, 05:01 am
It looks like the prefrontal cortex has escaped from the jar.
Did you know that other side effects of a lobotomy include ‘distractibility, childishness, facetiousness and post-operative incontinence’.
Someone should post the jar to Saudi so he can live in peace with all the other nappyheads.
12 Mar 2012, 05:09 am
according to the whinging Yappie who steers this ship, Jerome Kaino is out of the SuperRugby season “with a knee injury”.
As long as the ‘knee’ is what joins the arm to the neck, then I suppose he’s almost half right.
Seriously, is this guy Keo the best youve got ?
12 Mar 2012, 05:14 am
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-471:
what a doos!
12 Mar 2012, 05:40 am
@The boys call my sister Redro(PrickBoks going South)-470:
> It looks like the prefrontal cortex has escaped from the jar.
> Did you know that other side effects of a lobotomy include ‘distractibility, childishness, facetiousness and post-operative incontinence’.
Sure sounds a lot like like the idiot from Philly, hey ET missing home again?
12 Mar 2012, 05:57 am
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-473:
youre talking out your pigeonhole, again.
Im not Poop, Panty, ET, Langers or any of the other displaced whinging Yappies. I know not of any other nation whose offspring is so desperate to distance themselves such as yours.
Neither do I know whose sister Redro is but thats rich from a bloke who calls himself Victoria.
12 Mar 2012, 06:01 am
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-474:
Maybe, but your misus likes Saffa beef…………….thats a given
12 Mar 2012, 06:13 am
they say the ones that talk about it the most are the ones that get it the least. But if Yappie beef is your thing, then be sure to have it with hollandaids.
12 Mar 2012, 08:30 am
The Bulls missed Stegmann and Hougaard in this game.
12 Mar 2012, 09:41 am
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-418:
“Hurling a few verbals…” is okay you say? Is this what is known as an ‘inconvenient truth’.
The fielders are isolated from the play and in earshot of the spectators. No unsavoury behaviour from the crowd should be condoned as nothing more than “a few verbals”. It’s just not cricket what what.
12 Mar 2012, 09:43 am
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-471:
“..youve” is actually spelt you’ve. How’s the home schooling coming along?
12 Mar 2012, 09:47 am
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-476:
…hollandaids”????? Do you mean The Holland Aids Foundation?
13 Mar 2012, 01:37 am
@Shark(Predawn)-479:
so
you
are
reduced to grammatical errors on a blog ?
and
@Shark(Predawn)-480:
a brain the size of a pee ?
no
not ‘pea’
I meant
‘pee’
just like I meant hollandaids, you dumb whinging Yappie.
13 Mar 2012, 08:25 am
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-481:
Aw that was a weeeeeeak retort. What’s all this about pees? Getting emotional is making you all flustered. Poor doodums. ‘Hollandaids’ was a spelling mistake and now you feel silly. Admit it, come on.
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