Comments on: Boks still top for Blacks

By: seamus

seamus — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:20:29 +0000

I have tickets too. I am worried that my 3 year old will be watching the Boks lose on the first occasion he attends a rugby game.

By: Brads

Brads — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:13:58 +0000

Considering SA is the only country left who have a positive win ratio AT HOME to the AB’s, I expect the likes of Sam Cane will use that as a motivator.

By: Brads

Brads — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:52:47 +0000

@H-15: Well said that man!

By: H

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:50:26 +0000

These articles are so embarrassing. They make it seem like we need NZ to justify our rugby existence. Sure, there is mutual respect between the teams but these soppy quotes make me cringe.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:34:18 +0000

@NZINCHINA-7: Sarky Watch what you say You'll wake STBUR

By: Brads

Brads — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:33:29 +0000

@onerb-10: All these if's and buts on the part of the Bokke assume the AB's aren't allowed if's and buts to match what happens during the game.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:33:23 +0000

@The Analyst-9: He's the only guy with a kiwi accent Reyhan could find at short notice.

By: Brads

Brads — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:27:39 +0000

@The Analyst-9: Quite right. Ignore the comment. NZ doesn't actually rate SA, it is all PR-BS

By: onerb

onerb — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:26:47 +0000

7- well we can throw in the argentina and aus game and it would have been the boks with 5/5 win record. Ifs an butts…

By: The Analyst

The Analyst — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:22:18 +0000

Who is Sam Cane and what does he know about the Boks?

By: Craven

Craven — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:59:03 +0000

I was there in 2010 at Soccer City.

Very, very dissapointing day.

By: NZINCHINA

NZINCHINA — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:52:24 +0000

6 I thought it was more than that, closer to 50 you guys are special.ww

By: onerb

onerb — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:32:08 +0000

Had we beaten them in Dunedin this would have been the final. We would have been on 16 points and they on 18. If and butts I know but weneed to fire Louis Skoen. How **** was our kickers? We left at least 40 points on the park due to bad place kicking.

By: londonshark

londonshark — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:41:01 +0000

I got my 21 tickets…….stag party!!

By: Sheriff

Sheriff — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:25:12 +0000

One of the key strengths of AB rugby is their self-belief.

This has been nurtured for decades and by now it is part of the AB rugby psyche to never give up or differently stated, to continue to believe that you can win it.

So even they are behind by 12 or so at half time, there is an arrogant belief that somehow they will bounce back and win it in the end. Now any of us who have done any form of sport will know that that type of opponent is the hardest to beat.

And to be fair, it is not an unfounded arrogance. They have worked out that to come back or win you have to create and finish opportunities and in that dept they lead the world by far

So the real challenge for Meyer’s Boks lies between their ears. Do they really believe that they can beat the ABs? I don’t think so.I think they would like to start believing but it’s not quite there yet. This is a pity because in reality they can beat them.

The way forward has to be to surprise the ABs- new moves, fresh ideas – and if they can win that battle they will have a realistic chance. ABs will plan meticulously and would have noticed that Goosen brings something else – note the usage of the word ‘interesting’

So it’s there for the taking. But it will require a belief that goes out to dominate and finish every time. The biggest opportunity will be to dominate in the forwards; that will rattle them but every half chance must be converted and we’re not good at that. We left 3 tries on the park last Saturday, that is almost unforgivable…

By: gonzo

gonzo — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:46:05 +0000

It’d probably a good idea to tell the young fellas what to say but sometimes the ABs sound brainwashed. “Parking” the RC, “taking the crowd out of the equation”. I’m sure that’s the third time i’ve heard those exact phrases in the last few days. Surprised he wasn’t talking about expressing himself.

Ryan is still waiting for the days one of the Boks starts telling the media they need to “boss the collisions”

By: west indies cricket board

west indies cricket board — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:20:44 +0000

doubt it will be as low as 65. I think it will sell out before the weekend

By: Peter Mkata

Peter Mkata — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:48:36 +0000

Got my 5 dragon tickets.