KeoTV: Boks in Blacks’ dust
7 Sep 2012
MARK KEOHANE says there has to be drastic changes to the Springboks’ game plan if they hope to compete with and beat the All Blacks consistently.
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19 Jun 2013
Jean de Villiers will be given the rest of the week to recover in time to face Samoa in Pretoria. Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer wants his captain to lead the side in the Boks final international of the month. If De Villiers does not recover from the chest injury, Jan Serfontein will start at inside centre. Morne Steyn again starts ahead of Pat Lambie. Willem Alberts will also be given the next 48 hours to prove his fitness. Adriaan Strauss retains the run on No 2 jersey while Bismarck du Plessis is nursed back after nine months out of the game. Boks - 15. Willie le Roux, 14. Bryan ... Read Article1 Jun 2013
The Bulls are South Africa's best team and they proved it in Bloemfontein. The Cheetahs have been outstanding all season and they were as good on Saturday night as they have been at any stage. Still it wasn't good enough to beat the Bulls, who won 30-25 after leading 30-13 with 10 minutes to play. The Cheetahs finished brilliantly and deserved the bonus point, but the Bulls consolidated their top two league placing thanks to an imposing first hour. Pierre Spies was impressive as team and pack leader, Arno Botha was ever present and the No 9, 10, 12 Bulls axis of Francois Hougaard, Morne ... Read Article11 Jun 2013
Brendan Venter's appointment as Sharks Director of Rugby is a good one. But the decision to end John Plumtree's Sharks coaching tenure is not. Former Springbok and Italy coach Nick Mallett turned down an invitation for the role of Sharks Director of Rugby and Venter, formerly the head coach and Director of Rugby at Saracens, will start his job at the outset of the Currie Cup season. Plumtree remains the Super Rugby head coach until the end of this season's tournament but his contract has not been renewed. Plumtree is highly rated in Europe and will in all likelihood link up with a European ... Read Article8 Jun 2013
Rene Ranger was among the few highlights in New Zealand's 23-13 win against France in Auckland. The All Blacks led 17-10 at half time but France dominated field position for most of the match and enjoyed the greater quality in possession. However they couldn't translate the advantage in the set phase and at the breakdown into points. New Zealand defended well in a match of poor quality. France lead early through Wesley Fofana's try and it took Ben Smith's break to start up New Zealand's international season. Smith has been the form New Zealand back in Super Rugby and he looked a class ... Read Article27 May 2013
Kiwi Vern Cotter is Scotland's new head coach. Cotter will only take up the position in a year's time. He will see out his contact with French club Clermont. Cotter's appointment means that New Zealanders will coach Scotland, Ireland (Joe Schmidt) and Wales (Warren Gatland). New Zealander Robbie Deans has been at the helm of Australia for the last five years and current Blues coach John Kirwan coached Italy and Japan. Kiwi coaches have also been at the helm of Samoa and Fiji in recent years. Read Article5 Mar 2013
MARK KEOHANE writes the Varsity Cup in its first year rocked. Since then it's just another professional tournament. The Varsity Cup may have the innovation of doing a few things differently, but what was supposed to be a celebration of student rugby somehow just seems like another tournament, in which the traditional power houses remain the traditional strengths in the tournament. Much has been made of the Port Elizabeth-based Nelson Mandela University display this season and equally there has been bewilderment at how poor Shimlas have been. But it seems the old one two of Stellenbosch University ... Read Article12 May 2013
Marcus Watson scored in extra time to beat the Blitzbokke in the London World Series Sevens Cup quarter-finals. The teams were level 14-all at full time. Watson's try came four minutes into extra time. England won 19-14. England had the chance to win the match with the last play of the game in normal time. They were awarded a penalty and opted to take a drop kick for goal. It missed. Watson then rounded off a move after England had retained possession for two minutes. South Africa suffered further embarrassment when they lost for a second time in the tournament to the USA and were eliminated ... Read Article8 Jan 2013
Limpopo will play in the Vodacom Cup as a separate side for the first time this year. The region, which is a sub-union of the Blue Bulls Rugby Union, has been granted a place in the tournament in its own rights to help foster rugby in South Africa’s far north. They join the 14 provincial unions as well as the returning Pampas XV from Argentina in the tournament, which kicks off in the second week of March and concludes in mid-May. The Polokwane-based Limpopo team will play in the North Section of the competition, along with the Blue Bulls, Golden Lions, Griffons, Leopards, Pumas, Valke ... Read Article7 Sep 2012
MARK KEOHANE says there has to be drastic changes to the Springboks’ game plan if they hope to compete with and beat the All Blacks consistently.
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7 Sep 2012, 13:22 pm
@mikeybrass-137:
nice
@Transformation-139:
booya!
7 Sep 2012, 13:25 pm
keo also told us that morne was THE guy and we must sommer wait.
haha, then he told us morne was actually k a k.
keo is showing signs of schitzophrenia.
7 Sep 2012, 13:27 pm
@rangerman-152: Yes, and so is keo.
7 Sep 2012, 13:27 pm
@KWAGGA ROBERTSE-84:
Geneig om saam te stem. Sal weer Maandag begin moan as hulle verloor het.
7 Sep 2012, 13:28 pm
@Transformation-141:
bridges were alredy rebuilt by then with only a phone call away to meyer for all the players and coach.
7 Sep 2012, 13:30 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-148: Ek is nie Bronlo nie
7 Sep 2012, 13:37 pm
@katman-153:
7 Sep 2012, 13:38 pm
@katman-153:
7 Sep 2012, 13:45 pm
@SAussie/QldRed-146: The Boks do beat NZ regularly. They need to stop losing to Australia, Scotland, Ireland, and drawing with England and Argentina to become number 1. Oh, and beating the ABs even more regularly
I would expect them to be #2 by end of the year at least
7 Sep 2012, 13:47 pm
@gonzo-159:
looking at ozz’s form i’d say thats pretty much inevitible.
bks being 2nd by year end.
7 Sep 2012, 13:48 pm
@Skeppie-156:
ek **** jou
7 Sep 2012, 13:49 pm
h o o r jou
7 Sep 2012, 13:49 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-160: Let’s wait for those chickens to hatch before we count them
7 Sep 2012, 13:49 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-161: Get a room!
7 Sep 2012, 13:50 pm
why is h o o r on the banned list?
makes no sense
7 Sep 2012, 13:50 pm
@TooMuchRugby-164:
7 Sep 2012, 13:52 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-165:
Funny thing is, if you look at the “recent comments” on the right hand side of the page, the swearing is not starred out. WTF?
7 Sep 2012, 13:54 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-165: Because souties think it sounds like a prostitute.
7 Sep 2012, 13:54 pm
@TooMuchRugby-167: Really?
****, piss, ****, ****, **********, ************ and tits
*sorry if i offend anyone, purely for research purposes*
7 Sep 2012, 13:57 pm
They will be ranked 2 if they beat the wallabies, saturday.
7 Sep 2012, 14:00 pm
With so many injuries I do expect the Bokks to be number 2, We,ve got problems we need to sort out, sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards
7 Sep 2012, 14:03 pm
Transie, google is a friend.
Meyer was first appointed as executive of coaching at the end of 2010.
You have a point re the 2009 title. At the same time remember Meyer was back in the country in January that year and his advice was sort.
Re-read what I said about Ludeke nit being as bad as people make out but neither is he of the same quality as Meyer.
The attempted parallel with Deans is simply wrong.
7 Sep 2012, 14:05 pm
@TooMuchRugby-167:
its a circus
@katman-168:

that or the chops can’t spell
guess who got an e for afrikaans
7 Sep 2012, 14:06 pm
@gonzo-163:
being a bok supporter
i can only agree
7 Sep 2012, 14:08 pm
@Gazelle-170:
i’m betting we’ll be ranked 2nd by years end even if we dont beat the wallabies on saturday
7 Sep 2012, 14:37 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-175: Telling the ref he has sexy eyes might do it in Hondo’s world
7 Sep 2012, 14:47 pm
@mikeybrass-172: “The attempted parallel with Deans is simply wrong.” on what basis?!!
Deans used Smith’s “structures”, no? Ludeke used Meyer’s “structures”, yes?
YOU SAY “Meyer was first appointed as executive of coaching at the end of 2010.”
after the season and the bulls had beaten the stormers in orlando! meyer had fokkol to do with the 2009 & 2010 Bulls titles!
7 Sep 2012, 15:09 pm
@mikeybrass-176:

Hondo is scooping in bales of greenbucks just looking up the match referees
How much are you making dude?
Money talks
7 Sep 2012, 15:12 pm
@Hondo-178: talk is cheap hondo…we have no proof of all these winnings you brag about, it’s like rangerman bragging about fighting off great whites, we weren’t there…
delusions of a bigot!
7 Sep 2012, 15:31 pm
@ Dawn, Transformation and Gumboots
Please take this in context:
If the Boks lose tomorrow it does not mean Aussie are a better team than them. Laugh at how contradictory that sounds but in truth what it means is that our coach has been worse over the past months than Deans and as such, our team are underprepared. The boks have better depth than the Aussies and this will show once the team is given a fair chance, ie next year.
Should we be happy with Heyneke thus far – No.
But does it change the fact that we have more rugby talent than Aussie – No.
Come the end of year tour – Boks and NZ will be unbeaten and from there we can build toward becoming all that we can be.
Gumboots, if NZ fielded a lot of rookies they would beat Arg, yes, but they’ve had a smoother year than the boks. Our game was at altitude in freezing conditions with a poorly sellected team on the pitch – the boks had no chance.
If Heyneke’s carreer is 110m hurdles: he’s fallen flat on the first, about to fall flat on the second (over the next two weeks) but there-after he’ll only have one or two wobbly strides in an overall successful run-in to the RWC. Yes he’s been poor so far but he’s damn lucky that we and NZ are the two strongest squads in international rugby (if coached correctly)
7 Sep 2012, 15:50 pm
@Transformation-177: and quite honestly neither with the 2007 one, that should be credited to Steve Walsh!
7 Sep 2012, 15:53 pm
@outrightrugby-180: what are you saying?
“Our game was at altitude in freezing conditions with a poorly sellected team on the pitch – the boks had no chance.”
who selected the team “poorly”, the easter bunny?
7 Sep 2012, 15:54 pm
I must admit that, being one of the biggest HM critics on here, I feel a little better after some of the personnel change for this test. I wonder if the 7 hour selectors meeting had anything to do with it. Would have liked to be a fly on the wall there.
Unfortunately, no matter of personnel change will be able to rectify the antiquated game plan.
If Meyer proves me wrong at the end of this year it will only be because the Boks might actually win some tests this way. But to me winning is not the only thing. I need to enjoy what’s on offer also, and i doubt if HM has the ability to bring that to the park.
Amen
7 Sep 2012, 15:56 pm
@Sharksgirl-181:
Hie Hie Hie…..hoe lekker kry ek nou
7 Sep 2012, 16:02 pm
Transie, I enjoy your posts. However you aren’t reading the posts of mine properly this occasion, today.
7 Sep 2012, 16:05 pm
@mikeybrass-185:
Transie is a proffessional rugby blogger.
I think you are out of your depth here.
7 Sep 2012, 16:07 pm
@mikeybrass-185: what am i missing? was meyer back at the Loftus at the beginning of 2010 and thus had a hand is what you described earlier as brilliant attack or something like that?
if so, where is the proof?
7 Sep 2012, 16:10 pm
@gunther-186:
is that a new profession?
7 Sep 2012, 16:13 pm
Keo is starting to make sense.
7 Sep 2012, 16:18 pm
but wait……………………………………………………….”NZ were not magnificent against OZ, only good.
NZ left 7 tries out on the field”
Markie.
So with a bit of luck, NZ could have won by 60.
Only good. Come on Keo.
They were friggen fantastic.
7 Sep 2012, 16:18 pm
Some ****** put too many Fs in my profession.
Sticky Fingers.
7 Sep 2012, 16:20 pm
@cane-190:
Indeed Caner.
You sound tumescent with pride.
If you could I bet you would be bent double right now giving little Cane a right seeing to.
7 Sep 2012, 16:26 pm
@cunther-192:
tumescent …………………………………………did you get a Thesaurus for your birthday gunna?.
7 Sep 2012, 16:33 pm
@cane-193:
Indeed Caner.
For my tenth birthday.
I’m surprised you now what a thesaurus is.
My money would have had you googling dinosaurs.
7 Sep 2012, 16:42 pm
Don’t pick at it. Thesaurus bleeding again.
7 Sep 2012, 16:42 pm
@gunther-194:
close.
7 Sep 2012, 16:47 pm
@57
7 Sep 2012, 16:49 pm
@gunther-194: you already hitting the sauce!
7 Sep 2012, 16:53 pm
@gunther-192:
tumescent = abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
Are you picking on Thelo again?
7 Sep 2012, 16:54 pm
Good Luck tomorrow Oke Dokies.
I think you may need it.
Oz by 4.
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