KeoTV: Saffas to shine
5 Apr 2012
MARK KEOHANE, PERCY MONTGOMERY and RYAN VREDE predict a victorious weekend for the South African teams.
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MARK KEOHANE, PERCY MONTGOMERY and RYAN VREDE predict a victorious weekend for the South African teams.
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5 Apr 2012, 11:55 am
Same as PA, got Sharks and Bulls to lose.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the Bulls win although with Stegmann that pack doesn’t click like it should, but Sharks are gonna lose, they’ve been ridiculously lucky with such kak defense and the Canes know how to score tries.
5 Apr 2012, 11:57 am
i thot i taw a puttytat
5 Apr 2012, 12:00 pm
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-24:
But the Bulls have a record of 6 from 18 against the crusaders and have NEVER beaten them in Christchurch.
Yet they have won the Super 14 a few times. Should we not take those trophy wins seriously as they weren’t achieved with away wins over the crusaders?
So how can it be that the Saders are the bogey team for the Stormers? Surely then they are the bogey team for all the SA sides?
Unless you have a different interpretation of the word bogey?
5 Apr 2012, 12:01 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-47:
hehehe
cannot wait for the kings to start super rugby…cant ****** wait…
5 Apr 2012, 12:04 pm
bo·gey also bo·gy or bo·gie (bg)
n. pl. bo·geys also bo·gies
1. also (bg, bg) An evil or mischievous spirit; a hobgoblin.
2. also (bg, bg) A cause of annoyance or harassment.
I’m assuming we are referring to the second definition of bogey when stating the Crusaders are the Stormers bogey team?
Apt that it can also be used in the sentence “Bulls supporters are a constant bogey when it comes to ill-thought out, infactual, random statements re the Stormers”???
5 Apr 2012, 12:07 pm
Only Floyd is allowed sarky comments.
Everone else who does so is unnecessary.
He is has dictatorial tendencies and we shall remove him at Mangaung
5 Apr 2012, 12:08 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-2: I think Rehan needs some electrocution lessons.
He can’t pull off “credible” sounding like that.
5 Apr 2012, 12:09 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-56: Bladdy agent….voetsak!!
5 Apr 2012, 12:10 pm
Eloctrocution therapy?
How was Hostel California?
5 Apr 2012, 12:13 pm
@Mr Black(Mr Black)-50: you know why Poochie
5 Apr 2012, 12:13 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-59:
Did you know Rehan is an aspiring keeper/batsmen. Plays for Avendale. They play in the minor leagues…..1D.
Avendale is Bob Woolmer’s former club. Fark, he’ll turn in his grave if he sees the state of the club…… probably has already.
5 Apr 2012, 12:14 pm
@Vetkoek(Vetkoek)-53:
again, this isn’t about the bulls… its about the stormers…
the stomers were scrumfucked and ruckraped by the crusaders in a home semi so my thinking is they need to prove a point by beating thecrusaders away if they are going to have any belief in being able to beat the crusaders at home.
as you point out the bulls are not an easily affected team from a mental/psychological perspective. they can lose to teams but still have the mental hardness to bring it when it matters against those self same teams they lost to.
can we say the same for the stormers based on past performance..?.. i think safely not….
5 Apr 2012, 12:15 pm
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-48: HEAD TO HEAD: Played 17; Crusaders 12, Stormers 4, drawn 1
stormers seem to have never won in christchurch
the best they’ve ever done was a 16-16 draw in ’97
5 Apr 2012, 12:16 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-59: Ja. Him and Ashwin. Although I like it when Ashwin says Saaaaks. Unlike when Rehan says, well, anything.
The Eagles was grrrreeeeaaat!
One of my favourite bands so it was a real treat.
5 Apr 2012, 12:17 pm
@Jeraldjay(Jeraldjay)-61: Keeper/batsmen………………….Can we then say he should keep his opnion to himself and bat it out?
5 Apr 2012, 12:19 pm
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-62:
But they can beat the crusaders at home. AS they’ve shown in the past.
Who says they will even get the saders in a home semi? Who says either of them will even get a semi?
It is about the Bulls as well as the Stormers/Cheetahs/Sharks/Lions, as it is a completely unsubstantiated statement. To suggest the Stormers need to beat the Saders away to prove they can win the tournament is senseless as the Bulls have already proved it is unnecessary?
5 Apr 2012, 12:19 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-63: now you can say “BOGEY” team!
5 Apr 2012, 12:23 pm
I didn’t know that Jerry.
Let’s hope he doesn’t play in his towelling V-neck.
Otherwise Bob will be turning like a subcontinent wicket on the final day of a test.
I dig Ashwyn SB.
He adds spice to a very bland product.
5 Apr 2012, 12:35 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-68: Exactly. Also he really does have something clever to say. I really enjoy his analysis.
5 Apr 2012, 12:41 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-67:
Do you maybe have stats on many victories SA sides have at Christchurch?
As I can’t even recall a single one now but surely there must be one, maybe Sharks during the 90′s?
5 Apr 2012, 12:50 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-63:
thanks transie.
ahhhhh 97..?… the stormers glory years….or was that 99..?…
5 Apr 2012, 12:53 pm
@wpstormerbok(wpstormerbok)-70: Mar 2007 Sharks 27 – 26 Crusaders
25 Feb 2006 Crusaders 22 – 20 Sharks
29 Apr 2005 Crusaders 77 – 34 Sharks
10 Apr 2004 Sharks 29 – 25 Crusaders
18 Apr 2003 Crusaders 23 – 18 Sharks
20 Apr 2002 Sharks 34 – 37 Crusaders
28 Apr 2001 Crusaders 34 – 24 Sharks
15 Apr 2000 Sharks 24 – 32 Crusaders
08 May 1999 Crusaders 34 – 29 Sharks
24 May 1998 Crusaders 38 – 32 Sharks
16 May 1998 Sharks 20 – 32 Crusaders
19 Apr 1997 Crusaders 26 – 26 Sharks
27 Apr 1996 Sharks 58 – 26 Crusaders
5 Apr 2012, 12:56 pm
Bet on Rugby at Unibet »
Head
to
Head
Super Rugby, Playoffs
2011-06-25Crusaders Sharks 36-8
2011-03-27Crusaders Sharks 44-282010-02-26Crusaders Sharks 35-6
2009-04-18Sharks Crusaders 10-13
2008-05-02Crusaders Sharks 18-10
2007-03-03Sharks Crusaders 27 – 26
5 Apr 2012, 12:57 pm
it doesn’t look like the sharks have done it either. yoh
5 Apr 2012, 12:58 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-72:
Ah just like I thought, not so easy to go and win there is it.
Wonder what the Bulls’ record is like over there
5 Apr 2012, 13:06 pm
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-71:
It was 99′. Won six in a row. Skinstadt got injured night after beating Crusaders.
Players (lead by Andy Marinos) wanted incentive bonuses before the home semi-final against the Highlanders and threatened to strike.
They eventually agreed to play on the 11th hour and got moered stukkend by the Highlanders in that game.
5 Apr 2012, 13:17 pm
@Jeraldjay(Jeraldjay)-76:
The Men in Black year, was like a cool movie with a very k@k ending.
5 Apr 2012, 13:23 pm
@Vetkoek(Vetkoek)-66:
ja, but you forget the bulls do not suffer from mental weakness.
they do not need any sort of confidence building excercises to convince themselves they can do things… they just do it…
@Jeraldjay(Jeraldjay)-76:
thanks jerry,
was that his motor vehicle inury? and, how’s that for irony… its the highlanders who beat them… maybe there is value in beating the highlander team after all.
5 Apr 2012, 13:31 pm
Lions to not only beat the Cheetahs, but score a bonus point in the process.
Thus spoke the katman and so it was.
There will be no discussion on this.
5 Apr 2012, 13:36 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-79: You should have told me this before I made my ‘bru picks.
5 Apr 2012, 13:39 pm
@wpstormerbok(wpstormerbok)-77: @<a
Very kak ending indeed. But if the Stormers won that game they would've played the final in Christchurch against the Saders….No chance.
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-78:
Skinstad couldn’t handle his Ford Falcon V8. Crashed into a bridge.
5 Apr 2012, 13:41 pm
Hehehe, I thoroughly enjoyed this clip, victory drums beating, tram-tararam-tararam.
Would not be surprised by 3-0 to the “wrong teams”.
5 Apr 2012, 13:42 pm
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-80: Let that be a lesson to you then.
5 Apr 2012, 13:50 pm
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-62:
Bulls were good for 3 seasons and shite for 13
5 Apr 2012, 13:58 pm
@greentea(greentea)-84:
would you trade three seasons of heaven and 13 of hell for a lifetime of mediocrity..?..hmm..?…
anyway, its not true to say 13 as they were only really bad for about 5 or so of those 13, for the rest they made decent placings on the comp log.
5 Apr 2012, 14:11 pm
Percy’s best Keo TV yet.
Soooorriiee Bulls.
5 Apr 2012, 14:17 pm
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-85:
Bulls = Bokke 3 from `16
5 Apr 2012, 14:30 pm
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-85: have the bulls won in christchurch before?
5 Apr 2012, 14:38 pm
@greentea(greentea)-87:
ja, the bulls and bokke must improve… i agree…
@Transformation(Transformation)-88:
you know the point is that the bulls have beaten the crusaders in three semis, transie. and no, i’m not j(ch)oking. they took their losses away on the chin and went back home and demolished all before them in semi and finals.
can we say the same about any other saffa team..?..
5 Apr 2012, 15:04 pm
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-89: how many of those semis were at the AMI stadium in Christchurch?
5 Apr 2012, 15:53 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-90:
ag transie, you are such an agent.
this is a revolutionary rugby house…
5 Apr 2012, 16:05 pm
happy easter drinking everybody…
5 Apr 2012, 17:13 pm
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-78:
Oh please, the Bulls are not immune to mental weaknesses. In fact their forwards are probably busy developing one right now after having their asses handed to them by the young Stormers pack.
5 Apr 2012, 18:31 pm
The betting yesterday was Evens on the Hurricanes and 23/20 on the Crusaders (both non-favourites).
With the results we’ve had so far and bearing in mind the quality of the two sides involved, one of them surely will win so there has to be a very easy bet somewhere along the line.
5 Apr 2012, 18:57 pm
The only SA team to win a playoff on overseas were the Shartks…
5 Apr 2012, 18:57 pm
On overseas soil!!
5 Apr 2012, 21:10 pm
Firstly with my Keo TV critic hat on…
Percy, that was far better, however firstly as a Percy Montogomery fan and secondly as a Bulls fan you were a bit ‘flippant’ about the Bulls and you even sniggered!! However I forgive you
Ryan, I still need a translator when you get excited and talk quickly!! (I am a Pommie)
Keo, heavens man, whats with the flapping arms? However you do talk some sense this week!!
Secondly…There is no secondly!!
5 Apr 2012, 21:17 pm
Actually Ryan and Keo do drop a comment from time to time…..Now I am waiting for a Percy comment!!
Cummon Monty, I dare you!!
6 Apr 2012, 02:02 am
@wpstormerbok(wpstormerbok)-70: Crusaders have lost at home, as far as I know, only to 2 South African teams – in Christchurch to Northern Transvaal in 1996 (18-34) and in Nelson to Cats in 2001 (31-32).
6 Apr 2012, 02:36 am
@THE MAULER(THE MAULER)-95:
Did they win the Super rugby trophy that year?
Can’t remember!
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