Bulls, no panic. We lost but time will tell. Remember we said 3 years!

Nothing else to say.

But two aspects of his selection really disturb me.

Firstly he spoke about rewarding form: But ignores Siya, Gio and Juan… Siya having won several MOTM awards and being generally praised by commentators, experts and ex-players with no agenda to drive…

and then he selects Kankowski…? Who has hardly played 80 minutes all season!? So how did he gauge Kankowski’s form? He didn’t. He couldn’t. He did not go on form but favoritism.

Secondly, by saying he wants big players and ignoring the skills and speed of Gio, Heyneke has demonstrated he is extremely narrow minded. Sure, you want big players, but to simply dismiss Gio (and Juan who have proved themselves on the international stage) is a very worrying display of blinkerism. There are exceptions to every rule. But not in Heyneke’s conservative narrow mind.

Gio is so light and quick on his feet he hardly seems to touch the ground. He glides above it while everyone else plods step for step on it.

Finally, anyone who believes Heyneke will pick a significantly different team for the RC is deluding themselves.

If the Boks beat the POms, as they should, Heyneke’s mantra will become, you can’t break up a winning team, the boys have delivered…!!

I am very disappointed in Heyneke. I’ve always believed this north/south provincialism thing was a myth… Heyneke has demonstrated that it is very real in Pretoria. All we ask for is consistency in statement and execution. Heyneke has failed in this. He has said one thing and done another.

He has come up with too many varying ‘reasons’ for not selecting Stormers players. The really disturbing thing is that he is totally oblivious to it all. It is so ingrained it is natural for him.