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22 Aug 2012
MARK KEOHANE says there needs to be greater respect for the value and decisions of South African players from the global rugby fraternity.
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MARK KEOHANE says there needs to be greater respect for the value and decisions of South African players from the global rugby fraternity.
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28 Comments
22 Aug 2012, 15:29 pm
well said Keo…
22 Aug 2012, 15:35 pm
I wont comment on 2011…the pain too much still….
22 Aug 2012, 15:37 pm
@grant10-1: what is he saying grant, i have no inclination to watch keo babble
22 Aug 2012, 15:39 pm
@Transformation-3: It’s another SBW rant about how it’s ok to take the money in Japan/France/wherever. The fans need to grow up and accept it
22 Aug 2012, 16:00 pm
@Transformation-3: it is worth a listen …
22 Aug 2012, 16:04 pm
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22 Aug 2012, 16:12 pm
Make a very valid point.
I’d rather you didn’t try speak Afrikaans though Mark.
22 Aug 2012, 16:14 pm
In total agreement with you Keo,especially regarding Bissy.
22 Aug 2012, 16:16 pm
Keo tell that KDK loser to also grow up and grow a pair. He and his broederbond buddy pricks make me sick.
22 Aug 2012, 16:18 pm
@grant10-1: real G10 or that smelly toothless punk nic thief?
22 Aug 2012, 16:27 pm
Seems like the real one as the talk has been consistent with fetchers and Louw etc…
22 Aug 2012, 16:33 pm
Consider ourselves collectively sh at on, Keolings.
22 Aug 2012, 16:37 pm
Alll those now suddenly shouting the odds re Bismark and Smitty etc??
Its about you that Keo is referring too, dont act innocent
22 Aug 2012, 16:38 pm
@John Galt-12:
22 Aug 2012, 17:34 pm
Keo, you have a point re SBW. Brining Bismark’s substitution into it though is ridiculous. Bismark behaved like a brat. Respect works both ways, boet.
And as for respect both ways, take your middle finger and shove it up yours until you show respect for posters here.
22 Aug 2012, 17:51 pm
Why not set the Keo tv clips to a lower quality so it can load quicker. Theyve got faces for radio anyway. Boom
22 Aug 2012, 18:00 pm
@RL-10: it’s the real mccoy
22 Aug 2012, 18:06 pm
@mpundulu-6: Thank u for that. One can read Wayne Smith articles all day. Great insight.
22 Aug 2012, 19:11 pm
F@ck1ng well SAID! I’m gatvol of people dogging the people they claim to support. When they do well they are the best thing since sliced bread, and if they do kak, then they must p1ss off and go somewhere else. Rugby for Rugby players is just a job, it’s a job that elicits moerse passion, but a job nonetheless. If I had to chose between playing for Stormers for whatever amount vs playing in Japan for R22 million Rand for 2 years work, yussus what an easy decision. Goebaai WP! Easy as that, our Sportsman play the toughest sport in the world, put their bodies on the line for the jersey that they wear week in and week out, but they can’t play forever and need to do what they can to secure their future, when the rest of Safrican supporters have decided that they are no longer the flavour of the month. Bissie is my hero, a moerse loss for the Green and Gold and for the Black and White, I can only pray to have him back. The same goes for many other players. Just because we are a Rugby mad country that literally has quality players rolling off the production line doesn’t mean we replace the ones we have. Great players become great by playing rugby, living it, breathing it, gaining experience and through injury have it taken away only to realize how much they love it and then come back bigger, harder and faster. Like I always say, there’s a funny thing about Jean Deysel, Jean used to be Willem Alberts until his injury. Look at him now, his try against the Lions on Saturday (sorry Lions, just trying to make a point here) was perhaps one of the best tries of the season. He plowed through 6 oke’s to dot that ball down over the whitewash like a fat guy gooi’s pie’s down his throat for breakfast. So yeah, KEO, many times we do not agree, but this time we do!
22 Aug 2012, 19:38 pm
Blah blah blah
The only thing bigger than Keo’s mouth is his ego.
What a ******.
22 Aug 2012, 19:39 pm
Keo – you are such a hypocrite.
You curse in your videos and then your websites *’s out when I say r.etard?
Sad little man with ego problems
22 Aug 2012, 20:52 pm
Keo,
I can’t watch these videos at my office. But I did now.
And I have to say – I agree 100%.
22 Aug 2012, 21:52 pm
complete hyprocracy – there was not single article from this website in support of Bismark over Smit – quite the opposite, too little too late.
As for the money, they get paid very well in any case, injured or not, they are on lucrative contracts, so cut the cry-cry spiel out, they all know exactly how lucky they are – as for the coaches, get serious – what a great job and what skills u gotta have? fkall.
23 Aug 2012, 02:30 am
Well said keo. Players need to make the most out of what their bodies can give in a short period of time. I’ve said to my friends and family whenever SBW comes into the conversation, i’ll say it again. Look after yourself and your family first……everyone else can buy a ticket, jersey, etc and upgrade their TV packages.
Good luck to Bismark…….and i’ll say this to him and his family, worry about yourselves first. Us supporters will always find someone else to bag and glorify.
23 Aug 2012, 11:06 am
get f u ck ed dwarf
23 Aug 2012, 11:46 am
For shitsake Keohane get the hell over yourself already which considering your altitudinally challenged stature should not be too hard to do. Take your own advice and grow the fuckup and show a little respect to RUCKby yourself. Your behind the scenes machinations have got fokkol to do with the game respect or being a supporter only about you milking the game for every dirty cent you can.
You need to show more respect to the players the supporters and most of all your ‘posters’ who contribute so much to your blog in terms or content and insight.
You are in no position to criticize supporters who pay hardearned cash to rugby and they do not have to respect anything. RUCKby administrators and players should show more respect to the people without who they would not be able to “take the money.” The supporters at the grounds and on TV are the foundation upon which professional RUCKby is built. You are not a supporter for fokkol nothing nada nix you do this to make a considerable buck and stir as muchshit as you can to attract hits to your site and bucks to your pocket it has nothing to do with respect you have none for anyone and have shown very little integrity over the course of your career. You show no respect to anyone yourself included but cowtow to the people giving you the sweetest buck so fokoff with your hypocritical tendencies before you touch yourself on your studio again.
Honesty and you are strangers.
PS And forfucksake learn how to pronounce RUGBY. There is no K in the word it is a G. You have no right to be involved with something you can not even pronounce correctly.
23 Aug 2012, 11:52 am
Supporters are contributors to the game and the players.
You are a taker from the game no more no less.
Time for you to learn what the hell respect is because you have got absolutely no idea.
23 Aug 2012, 18:23 pm
I agree with the keocat.. This is a simple and clear message to the fans. It’s like crouch, touch, pause, engage. It now reads grow up, snort, inhale, throw up.
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