BUT THERE IS NO WAY they’ll won this game, without some stupendous luck/dodgy refereeing/or yellow&red cards to chiefs.

on a level playing field this would be a worthy final. with the travel etc sharks will do well to keep within 10. I have put money on chiefs by 13+. not a reflection on respective quality of sides, but the reality of the task at hand.

GO SHARKS! i live in hope. but chiefs played their final last week. now a formality.

this is a rugby site and we are here for rugby.

SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway Chiefies fck these aggrandized aggravating aggrograndiose geniuses up, show these guppyuppie groupies who the real deals in the unimportant rugby world are.

Let the best team win but please don’t come with fairy tale excuses of traveling disadvantages from hell if Chiefies pomp the pattering patter cake pretensions from out of prince Patricks pursed ponderous poepol.

Saffas should start realizing there’s way more to be had in sport endeavour other than those two pommie cast off colonialist past times called rugby and skittle sticks, its no wonder those 2 archaic activities aren’t ratified as olympic disciplines where rowing and fencing and weight lifting and badminton and ping pong and greco roman wrestling is.

So where the real sport loving world focuses on the adrenaline and drama unfolding on the biggest sporting stage where the Bolts and Phelps’ and Bakeles etc strut their stuff, the colonies are still transfixed with what’s going down in Headingly and Hamilton. As if anyone in the real world is concerned about who’s Freddie Michalak or Aaron Cruden when Bolts push comes to Phelps shove.

Bad tactical race, should not have tracked Phelps who wasn’t going to tire in 100 like in the 200
Le Clos was far less focussed for a gold here, like OK I got my gold already I’ll track Phelps and settle for silver if I have to.

If Le Clos can up tempo in 200 after 4 laps he can definitely hold tempo at full throttle in 100. He swam same time in final as in semi, an extra half second on first lap and he would have taken gold instead of watching for and tracking Phelps he should have gone out hard and brought it home in front.

Usual saffa syndrome just do enough be the gentlemen don’t rock the hero’s boat, one gold is enough give the icon his moment of glory, turning half a second behind in a field like that not a good idea. He comes off the block slow and turns way behind. Should have been told hit it from the front and don’t let up and forget Phelps, if he wants gold let him come fetch it from you don’t try chase him down in the 100 like in the 200 because he won’t tire in a 2 lap race.

But the real challenge to Australia’s sporting self-esteem has been issued by the Kiwis who, with three gold medals (all from rowing), were perched seven places higher than Australia on the medal table. Which, in time-honoured tradition, will prompt us to embrace the spirit of great Australasians Neil Finn, Russell Crowe and Phar Lap and to note that, with four gold medals, Team Oceania is doing quite well

MARK KEOHANE is a shocker to read your first line boet. and then your arguement put forth. Harsh words but probably true.
Michalak is a bit of a softy and shys from big contact, so he’s a weak link, throw in Jordaan whom is facing probably the best line breaker in the tournement is a bizaar decision but if the boys mark their men and lasoon their opponnents feet repectfuly the threat of SMW is reduced. THis whole SBW off loading thing , just the general point, makes me laugh because in rugby league this is what you, its very common. And go back a few decades rugby union had plenty of it too. The new concept of tackling the man and ball,upright tackling, has deminished the offloading after the gain line that once was common. We seem to forget this.

Chiefs will play a hi tempo game, with a very hostile crowd backing them.
God bless the Sharks they need him on their side too!.. next to Jordaan and around …