Mealamu starts in milestone Test
18 Oct 2012
Keven Mealamu will start his 100th Test on Saturday night as the All Blacks name their side to face Australia in Brisbane.
Mealamu joins Richie McCaw and Mils Muliaina as just the third man to make a century of appearances for the Blacks, who are in line for their 17th consecutive win.
There is just one other change from the side that beat the Springboks 32-16 in Soweto, with tighthead prop Charlie Faumuina coming in for Owen Franks who moves to the bench.
‘Kevvy is a hugely respected man, not only in the All Blacks and New Zealand rugby but also in his wider community,’ coach Steve Hansen said. ‘He is a key leader in the team and one of the true gentlemen of New Zealand rugby.’
New Zealand — 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Liam Messam, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brodie Retallick, 3 Charlie Faumuina, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Subs: 16 Andrew Hore, 17 Owen Franks, 18 Luke Romano, 19 Victor Vito, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Ben Smith.
194 Comments
18 Oct 2012, 07:29 am
17 straight this weekend, the All Blacks record set in the 60′s will be broken.
18 Oct 2012, 07:31 am
That team is 20 points better than Aus or SA.
18 Oct 2012, 07:34 am
farking kevvy!
18 Oct 2012, 07:37 am
WOW 100 tests and he still can’t throw straight in the line-out!
Never mind Kev, hard grafter and still one of the more likeable AB around.
18 Oct 2012, 07:48 am
Luckily they are not playing at Loftus so Kevin does not have to dodge any bottles chucked at him during his 100th game.
18 Oct 2012, 07:54 am
It feels like he’s been playing forever… !
18 Oct 2012, 08:03 am
@Jeez-6:
100 tests is forever
18 Oct 2012, 08:06 am
congrats Kevvie..
apart from a couple of unsavoury incidents, has always played well in black imho..
18 Oct 2012, 08:11 am
@NZINCHINA-1:
Well lets just hope there isn’t another brain fade by one of the players like the Ducks did in Hong Kong to scupper the AB’s last tilt at the record.
18 Oct 2012, 08:15 am
@Brads-9: please, I’ll have none of that – dissing the bloke who kicked us to the World cup, thats sacrilige.
hes a RWC medal holder, now earning easy money playing in the second division up north…
18 Oct 2012, 08:19 am
Congrats well done Mealamu.
See franks rested, on bench, if it was boks, and Junnie or either (1/3) there would be noo such rests on the bench!
18 Oct 2012, 08:28 am
@poppa69-10:
Yeah, well he has nerve I will give him that.
His life was probably on the line with that kick!
18 Oct 2012, 08:31 am
@Brads-12: if Piri had kicked the kicks in the first half it wouldnt have mattered, as it was he stood up when he needed to.
full credit to him
18 Oct 2012, 08:43 am
Nice to see Shag will be running the cutter in Brisbane.
I have more confidence with him at the helm than Foster.
18 Oct 2012, 08:53 am
@poppa69-13:
Yes, you are correct, Piri should have done more based on his lead in form, but we are talking about Donald here.
Even Henry had no confidence in him mid tournament after Dan was injured. Do you recall his comment when someone asked if Donald was in the frame?
He was clearly the last option with all the other potential candidates being injured.
So yes, good on him for stepping up on that occasion.
18 Oct 2012, 09:09 am
Brads no chance I have some money on them at the TAB 13 and over, forecast for hot weather so a try fest.
18 Oct 2012, 09:14 am
@NZINCHINA-16:
Oh, you having money on the lads makes all the difference….
18 Oct 2012, 09:18 am
Pops, you’ve gotta admit, Donald running on the field in the 30th minute did not inspire confidence! The stadium went quiet in shock, before a few brave souls (me and my mate!) got a cheer going for him…. Just to give him a boost not because we weren’t bricking ourselves!
Re piri, he injured himself in the warm up, hence the poor kicking and slow to the rucks.
Did anyone notice that Vito replaces Thompson on the bench? Vito not hard enough to front the boks, but he’s safe to play against the Aussies.
Ditto franks – we would never have done that against the boks
18 Oct 2012, 09:54 am
@Transformation-3:
Must grate you to see a great team like that.
18 Oct 2012, 10:08 am
The reason the money was placed is because they’re 20 points better.
18 Oct 2012, 10:10 am
@corporal punishment-18: That was a cheer was it? It sounded to me like 60,000 gasps and nervous murmuring
I thought we’d officially forgotten HK. He’s a WC hero. All I remember is Beaver in his crop top, kicking goals, making tackles that more experienced guys missed, and breaking the line. Not to mention helping little old ladies cross the street and saving babies from burning buildings
18 Oct 2012, 10:13 am
Congrats Kevin.
Always one of my faves. A true rugby man. (I know some will disagree and haul out the one or two ‘incidents’ he has been involved in….but then again, every great player has a few of these ‘incidents’ in his timeline)
18 Oct 2012, 10:21 am
Take a bow, Keven. A great competitor, a great career.
18 Oct 2012, 10:37 am
RICHIE McCAW the greatest player of all time, read it on the ROAR
Champion All Blanks flanker and captain Richie McCaw might just be the greatest rugby player in history.
McCaw recently played in his 100th test win. Yes, that’s right – 100th test win. That’s not 100th test appearance, but 100th test win.
To provide the literary equivalent of a pause while readers pondered this would require me to leave at least half a page blank. But of course that’s impractical. But consider this briefly, all the same.
McCaw, quite incredibly, has achieved his 100 test wins out of an overall 112 tests played. That’s a winning ratio percentage (WRP) of a staggering 89.28%. In other words, he has been on the winning side in 9 out of every 10 tests he has played. Nine out of EVERY 10 tests.
To put this in context, the Wallabies won 9 out of 10 tests in 1991 on their way to winning the World Cup. But they haven’t been able to do this consistently year-in and year-out. McCaw has.
There are only 21 players throughout the history of the game who have reached the coveted 100 test appearances, with fellow All Blacks hooker Keven Mealamu set to join this august group against the Wallabies in Brisbane this Saturday as the 22nd centurion.
Of these players, the next most wins is by George Gregan with 93 out of 139 tests played (67.62% WRP), followed by Jason Leonard (89 out of 119, 75.63% WRP).
Since McCaw intends to continue playing until the 2015 World Cup, injuries permitting, he is likely to set a record for most winning tests that will stand for a very long time.
Whoever eventually beats his record, if ever, will most definitely be very, very tired! To put McCaw’s WRP in ever-more perspective, the next best WRP among the centurions is Mils Muliana with 84% in an even 100 tests. However, Mealamu’s current WRP is 85.85%.
Of all the players who have appeared in over 50 test matches, only one player has a superior WRP, and only just. That man is yet another All Black – centre Conrad Smith – with 56 wins from 62 tests and a WRP of 90.32%.
If there’s any doubt that NZ is consistently the best rugby team on the planet, then these stats certainly bear that out.
Richie McCaw is no saint and I like that about him. I like my heroes to be flawed diamonds, humans, just like the rest of us.
Even so, McCaw appears to be not only respected by his peers, but liked as well. While it seems he is also revered by the younger generation, as it should be. McCaw is the kind of guy you would like to have as a mate. At least that’s the perception.
McCaw has been given a great back-handed compliment by Aussie rugby fans who have labelled him a serial cheat.
There is a humorous irony in this, as any flanker worth his salt, especially an open-side flanker, must be willing to play on the edge of the law. It comes with the territory. If you’re not willing to play on the edge and occasionally over the edge, then find a less contentious position to play, like er, winger.
Some things are in the DNA of every position. Scrumhalfs yap incessantly, wingers can’t catch, props don’t have necks and flankers cheat. That’s the way it is!
For a long time I was unwilling to concede that McCaw was a superior player to the superbly athletic Michael Jones, but McCaw eventually wore me down, in the same way he wears down opposition flankers, flyhalfs and the referees as well! While I think Jones remains the most perfect rugby athlete I’ve seen, McCaw is probably the best-ever rugby player of all time.
Richard Hugh McCaw was born on the last day of 1980 (which the superstitious claim is a good omen). He came from a family steeped in distinction. His grandfather was a fighter pilot during WW2, credited with shooting down 20 V I missile rockets in the last year of the war. McCaw developed a love of flying from his grandfather and is a qualified pilot.
McCaw made his test debut late in 2001 against Ireland. He was embroiled in controversy early in his career when he wrestled a South African spectator, who had come onto the pitch in Durban to harass Irish ref David McHugh, to the ground in 2002.
As mentioned earlier, McCaw is far from perfect. His captaincy during the World Cup quarter-final against France in 2007 was a low point, when he along with his team mates, appeared to be bereft of ideas and they subsequently lost.
But he has learnt from his mistakes to become a clever and inspirational leader. During the 2011 World Cup tournament, won by the All Blacks, McCaw inspired his team mates and the nation, playing on virtually one leg after suffering a debilitating ankle injury.
I have been following rugby for about 45 years. Richie McCaw is the best open-side flanker I’ve seen in that time, while his phenomenal win-loss record alone suggests he might also be the best player in any position in history.
As for best captain, I will reserve judgement for the time being. But it’s fair to say he’s up there among the best leaders.
18 Oct 2012, 10:46 am
Well done Keven!! A magnificent achievement. Having been a hooker myself, he’s been one of my favourite rugby players of all time !!
18 Oct 2012, 11:40 am
@Black Power-24:
Nice read Mr Power.
18 Oct 2012, 11:56 am
Just to put things in perspective. I still don’t think this is a great AB team. And to think they will get the winning streak record. Not much justice in the world.
Looks at the state of the competition and you can see why.
Australia:
Will Guinea
David Pocock
Horwill
Justin Beiber
Ben Alexander
Adam Ashley Cooper
Quade Cooper
etc…
South Africa:
Bismark du Plesis
JP Pieterson
Schalk Burger
Juan Smith
Johan Goosen
Heinrich Brossouw
Piere Spies
Frans Steyn
Chilli boy
Bijon Basson
Coenie Oostehuisen
etc…
New Zealand:
?
18 Oct 2012, 12:03 pm
while this Ab’s team has not been as good as the results have show they have been miles ahead of the comp.
It is going to get extremely fugly for the the Aussies I foresee a hideous scoreline with the wallabies quite possibly on the receiving end of another whitewash .
18 Oct 2012, 12:05 pm
@blik-27:
Piere Spies……………………………………………..The sidewinder,
really now blik. Even you don’t believe he would make the Boks a better unit …………………………do you. Really.
But you make a point.
18 Oct 2012, 12:11 pm
@Black Power-24:
McCaw is a cheat and always has been. One only needs to look at back to 2009 to gain insight into the hoax that is the IRB and their “coveted” awards ceremony.
The kiwis who run the IRB along with John Eales (the self-confessed Springbok hater), have dishonoured the sport, dishonoured their respective countries and dishonoured themselves.
Just a few reminders of what actually goes on behind the scenes:
- 2009, Richie McCaw injured for the majority of the Super15. The ABs lose all 3 games to the Springboks (home and away). Richie wins no trophies of any kind. But the IRB award him player of the year.
- 2009, Fourie Du Preez wins the Super15, the curry cup, the Trinations, and the Lions tour. Man of the match in multiple games, South African player of the year, man of the tournament in the trinations. IRB does not consider him.
- 2010, Richie McCaw rated as the games biggest cheat by The Daily Telegraph. Stuart Barnes and Will Greenwood comment and agree on this point. IRB selects him as player of the year again.
- Bryce Lawrence – makes an unprecedented 47 errors against the Springboks in the World Cup Quarter final… Wins Referee of the year by NZRU.
- Keith Lawrence – Another Kiwi referee attempts to collude with fellow NZ and AUS referees to “teach the Japies a lesson”… he further writes in his email “We won’t tell Freek what we have decided and make sure (SARU chief executive Rian) Oberholzer doesn’t get involved.”
- NZ rugby – in the time that Paddy O’Brien was in charge – had the highest penalty to yellow card ratio of any rugby nation in world rugby.
Cheating is a national culture in New Zealand and Richie McCaw is a very appropriate captain.
I am The Authority.
18 Oct 2012, 12:26 pm
@blik 27: Kahui, toeava, Ali Williams, Colin slade and kaino are all out with imjury (the need for a shoulder reconstruction was what convinced kaino to take a break from the AB’s. There are probably a few more too (eg like peranara who could well have been brought in with Barrett) but those are headline players currently out.
During the world cup, when the streak started, we had serious injuries to read, carter, and cruden (plus slide, obviously). Plus richie played the tournament with 3 fractures in his foot….. Other injuries too, but the above were to key players.
This season carter was out for half the games, as was Conrad smith. Then we lost sonny bill to Japan.
I agree we haven’t had the injury toll that the Aussies have had, but we’ve had to contend with the loss of key players at crucial times in order to run up this streak. It is an amazing feat given how many times we have played the second and third best teams in the world over the period.
Credit where credit is due please.
18 Oct 2012, 12:26 pm
@the authority-30:
“The kiwis who run the IRB along with John Eales …………………..”.
We (NZ), have one (1) vote, like everybody else. SA, Aus, Ire, Scooti, Asia. etc…..
Well sometimes 2 votes actually, but WTF.
You Saffas never really have come to grips with Democracy ………………………..have you…………………………..really now.
18 Oct 2012, 12:30 pm
@the authority-30:
hahahahahahaha
its because youre South Africans the authority
the world has seen you guys cheat for the first 80 odd years of international rugby..
but continue with your whine, it sure is fun to see..
nothing like a sour neanderthal dragging his already worn down knuckles along the ground
18 Oct 2012, 12:35 pm
Pops, turning to more positive topics, what do you think the score will be on Saturday? The Aussies will come out fighting, but their confidence and morale must be down.
18 Oct 2012, 12:37 pm
@cane-32:
> “You Saffas never really have come to grips with Democracy ………………………..have you…………………………..really now.”
South Africa is a democracy…. Plus, your history with the Maori people is not exactly littered with gold dust either son.
@poppa69-33:
> “the world has seen you guys cheat for the first 80 odd years of international rugby..”
Incorrect. Cheating is your game and for 80 years of international rugby, The Springboks were the games dominant team. New Zealand then took the opportunity to use referees as cheats as soon as the game went professional. Hence why you have had the highest penalty to yellow card ratio of any team in world rugby.
South Africans are Neanderthals?? Really?….. Smacks of racism that comment. Maybe us saffas should beg Keo to ban you… Oh wait, that’s your game – Begging the ref for help.
B1tch.
I am The Authority.
18 Oct 2012, 12:38 pm
One kiwi with one vote – Charlie Dempsey. Ah, the will of the people.
18 Oct 2012, 12:38 pm
@the authority-30: .
2009 EOTY tour, wasnt FDP replaced cos he played like a twat?
I am sure he meesed up the last few games.
Ok we cheat, you guys suck at sport….move on
18 Oct 2012, 12:39 pm
@corporal punishment-31:
Kahui – yes a loss, would he have made the team ahead of Nonu/SBW/Smith or on the wing?
toeava – no loss, not international quality, I though he was overseas anyway
Ali Williams – no loss, not international quality anymore
Colin slade – DC and Aaron Curden are ahead of him
kaino – overseas based player
So it is only really Kahui, who is a class act but is unlucky with injuries. If you want to include overseas based players, I think SA could almost select a stonger overseas based team than th current Boks, with the likes of Jaque Fourie, Bakkies Botha, Danie Rossouw, Fourie du Preez, Joe van Niekiek, Guthro Steenkamp, etc.
18 Oct 2012, 12:41 pm
@Black Power-24:
Yep, Richie is the greatest player ever.
18 Oct 2012, 12:44 pm
@stormer in a teacup-36:
Charlie didn’t vote, he abstained.
And only after consulting ALL other FIFA Oceania Federation Member Nations, the night before.
18 Oct 2012, 12:44 pm
@blik-27:
Why have you players that were not injured and were not picked?
Brussow was not picked to play for the Boks, why include him?
18 Oct 2012, 12:45 pm
@stormer in a teacup 36: Dempsey was a stain on nz sport with that vote. I’m ashamed of what he did.
You have to wonder why FIFA allows individuals representing their countries personally decide how to vote. The decision of the national football association should be binding on the representatives like Dempsey (did you know he contravened the directive of the nzfa to vote for south Africa?). Otherwise the system is wide open for corruption.
Incidentally, nz soccer got bitten by a similar rogue official for one of the pacific countries recently. The decision was not remotely of the importance of what Dempsey was voting on. But it was just another example of a broken system.
18 Oct 2012, 12:48 pm
@Hurricane-41: He was injured and played one or games for the cheetahs during the Championship competition on his comback and got injured again.
HM had Duan Veermelen injured for the first few games and Johan Goosen too. But he even said he can’t select Brossuw because of his injuries. He has been injured almost all season.
You say players (plural). Who else?
18 Oct 2012, 12:51 pm
@Hurricane-39:
One hundred TEST WINS.
Says it all really………………………………………………….doesn’t it.
18 Oct 2012, 12:54 pm
Oh sht, I’ve ended up in the play area of keo. I was looking for the toilets.
18 Oct 2012, 12:54 pm
@ blik 38: well, Juan smith and burger aren’t going to pull on springbok jerseys again, they certainly won’t be a shadow of their past selves if they do. Spies, bassoon, connie, chilli not of international quality. Actually, I would say Bismarck is the o ly real loss from your team.
Kaino would have stayed in nz but for his shoulder injury. The overseaslayers you mention are a veritable dads army of has beens or never weres (eg roussow). Eg I’ll see your steenkamp and raise you Carl haymen. I’ll see your bakkies and raise you brad thorn. I’ll see your fourie dp and raise you nick Evans (a 10 not a 9, but just as influential as fdp). I’ll see any other player you care to mention, and raise you sonny bill.
It’s pretty simple – all sides struggle with injuries and departures. The all blacks have more depth than other countries. So it hasn’t affected us as much as others.
Real simple.
18 Oct 2012, 12:55 pm
@blik-43:
Spies???
There is where you list fails.
He is the joke of international rugby.
But anyway we understand that all teams have injuries, i am sure we had them in 2009, a few out but thems the breaks. Cant say NZ are not that good when we smacked Ireland 60-0 . They beat Ozzie last year.
18 Oct 2012, 12:56 pm
@katman-45:
Tell Gunther to move over….dont you two share now?
18 Oct 2012, 12:56 pm
@corporal punishment-42:
” Dempsey was a stain on nz sport…………………………..”
Charlie was anything but a stain.
18 Oct 2012, 12:58 pm
@cane-44:
Does. No one has ever done it.Probably no one ever well
18 Oct 2012, 12:58 pm
@katman-45:
Your nappies need changing katman…………………….
18 Oct 2012, 12:58 pm
@stormer in a teacup-36:
but he got his villa in the south of france so all ended well.
@the authority-35:
Keep them hobbits busy.
Good lad.
18 Oct 2012, 13:00 pm
49 cane: ok, I’ll rephrase that. Charlie’s decision to abstain, contrary to his directions from the nzfa, was a stain on nz sport.
18 Oct 2012, 13:00 pm
@Hurricane-48:
don’t be bitter no my boy.
you were exposed as a lying sack o’****.
but we’ve all moved on.
18 Oct 2012, 13:05 pm
@gunther-54:
Strange, i qouted from newspapers yet you called me a lier?
Funny though when Wnbb turned up and made you his ******, you went a running.
yeahhhh good times.
But yeah you are right we have moved on
18 Oct 2012, 13:06 pm
@Hurricane-47: If there is any justice in the world (or any truth to the article appearing in SA today), Spies will be leaving for France…..soon.
18 Oct 2012, 13:06 pm
@corporal punishment-46: I’ll see your SBW and raise you Jaque Fourie, haha like your game.
I am not disputing that the ABs are a good team, that’s obvious. But I think a lot of Kiwi fans are getting too carried away. I can think of many previous AB teams better than this one, but this one will get the record. The point I am making is it is more because the standard of international rugby is not very high due to the injuries etc.
Comparing NZs injury toll with that of Aus or SA is just not doable, it’s in a different league I am sorry.
But wher I give NZ credit, is they are not responsible for other teams misfortunes, they need to grab every opportunity and win as much as they can, and they are going so.
18 Oct 2012, 13:08 pm
@Hurricane-55:
made me his *****?
by insulting my dead father? you’re right all power to him
you are in good company there buddy.
any island in a storm hey?
18 Oct 2012, 13:09 pm
And in other news, which might just throw Grant10 straight over the edge…
“I’ve had a chat to Bashie (Grant) and he’s definitely coming back to Stormers (from Kobe Steelers in Japan) and for keeps as well … he’s very much part of our campaign plans.”
(This from Allistair C)
18 Oct 2012, 13:10 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-59:
The must have been mad to let the Greek go and keep him.
Apparently the kings offered Grant 3 bar a year and he said no.
18 Oct 2012, 13:11 pm
@gunther-58:
Didnt see the dead father comment, so maybe that was sad but then again
people seem to find talking about someones mum was a source of a cheap thrill.
Of bounds i say but again i didnt see that comment, i will read his posts again.
18 Oct 2012, 13:12 pm
@corporal punishment-53:
As I said, before Charlie abstained from voting,
he consulted with every Oceania Federation Nation he could contact the night before.
And had UNANIMOUS backing on his abstention. If no one in the NZFA picked up the telephone. That is not Charlies fault.
18 Oct 2012, 13:21 pm
@gunther-60: Yup, the Kings offer for Grant was a fine one. As our Sharks friends are so fond of saying re:their players,”Grant must be a Stormer at heart”
I’m not that distressed about him returning permanently. He’s never going to be a showstopper, but he is a good, solid 10, who can be put to good use, even if Elton starts. (I know many of the WP lot would prefer Alistair to play one of the young 10′s behind Elton next year – but I have yet to see one of our young 10′s who is ready to play Super rugby)
If Elton does well down here, and enjoys it, I can see him moving here permanently once his Lions contract expires end 2013. Grant is a nice 2IC to have for the next year or 2 (until a young gun ACTUALLY puts his hand up, and keeps it up…maybe that young Bulls Craven week 10, the Jordaan kid, Swiel or A N other) Coleman and van Aswegen are too injury prone.
18 Oct 2012, 13:21 pm
@the authority-30: what is with saffas and their conspiracy theory’s? The all blacks are not in charge of the IRB and as mentioned before nz gets one vote.
In 2009 everyone including most nz were surprised that he won too. The SA were the best team that year until the end of year tour. Don’t blame nz that Du Preez wasn’t picked because we DID NOT VOTE!!!
2010 McCaw had an outstanding year both in domestic and international level, we lost just one game that year. So the telegraph wrote an article about McCaw cheating so what’s new? The English always right bad articles about the all blacks. Actually about all SH teams including the boks calling them a bunch of thugs. Can you please name a player that year that should have won it instead?
Bryce I would agree was shocking during that game but you really think nz wanted oz to win? We would have prefer to play you rather than oz because the boks weren’t exactly the form team in the comp and besides during that game you had so much ball but still couldn’t score. You should blame your attack coach rather than nz.
If SA were actually consistent and not have so many muppets running your game then you’ll no doubt have as much success as the all blacks have had so far. PDV was on the right track in 09 when you won against the abs 3 times in a row only problem is he keep the same game plan throughout and teams pick up on it.
Think rather having a go at the abs you should have a look at your own team.
18 Oct 2012, 13:27 pm
@Hurricane-61: You can’t help yourself, can you? You start condemning the comment about his father, but you’re barely 10 words in and you’re already latching onto some equally disgusting but COMPLETELY UNRELATED comment by someone else, directed at someone else as some kind of justification? Honestly, WTF?
18 Oct 2012, 13:28 pm
@melkiwi-64: Melkiwi let me put it this way….if the Boks were the dominant team in world rugby and had the wood over the AB’s consistently you guys would probably also resort to conspiracy theories etc (that’s a compliment by the way)
18 Oct 2012, 13:34 pm
@katman-65:
Well i went through and could not see the post.
So i dont know what he is talking about. And dont start again, the other thread lets say was disgusting as well.
We shall move on
18 Oct 2012, 13:37 pm
@Hurricane-67: I’m not starting again. I’m calling you out for your bullshit post here. You really need to grow some balls.
18 Oct 2012, 13:39 pm
@Skeppie-66: well not really, in 2009 when you had it over us, the coaches and players were being question not the boks. We didn’t say they were cheats we realised they had a game planed the worked. When the roles reversed in 2010 we were called cheats.
Guess as long as the abs continue to win people will call the abs cheats. Guess that old saying cheats never prosper was not right after all.
18 Oct 2012, 13:39 pm
@the authority-30: Until conclusive evidence becomes apparent I will continue to see Ritchie Macaw as simply a brilliant rugby player and captain. Whether you think he is a cheat or not you just have to watch the tackles he makes, carries he makes and work he gets through to appreciate how great a player he is.
18 Oct 2012, 13:40 pm
@Hurricane-61:
What a lag.
It was right there whilst you were hanging on to him like a fat bridesmaid at a wedding.
I mean its not like you’re a liar.
Anyway I’m more interested in your bizarre definition of making someone their *****.
I must have put your leash on too tightly.
We’ll chat later my little fibber before you start crying about running away again.
18 Oct 2012, 13:41 pm
@melkiwi-69: 2009 was one year….the AB’s have been consistently the worlds best team for a lot longer than that….cant really compare.
18 Oct 2012, 13:43 pm
@katman-68:
My post was actually true kats, no matter if you like it or not.
This is what this site has become. I did say its wrong and out of bounds and there are a few pathetic indidviduals out there….believe me i am not one of those.
Sorry if you took my post the wrong way.
18 Oct 2012, 13:44 pm
@gunther-71:
What are you on about.
I posted a clipping from the Australian post that was put out today and you call me a lier?
By the way you called me a gibbon…isnt a gibbon a ****** or primate?
18 Oct 2012, 13:45 pm
@Hurricane-73: What the fck did one disgusting post by some ******** about Poppa’s mom have to do with Gunther and his dad? How are the two even remotely related? And why do you feel the need to qualify such filth? You’re not emerging here very clean.
18 Oct 2012, 13:50 pm
@katman-75:
Dont you understand what i am saying here??
This site is like that……terrible and disgusting at times. And it was not one person that posted something once about pops,there were a few and it went on for along time.
But as i have said you have taken my post wrong. I never said anything about Gunthers dad or did i even say it was ok too…..disgusting once again.
18 Oct 2012, 13:51 pm
And lets stop this cos it is getting very messy.
We are going down an ugly path.
OK?
18 Oct 2012, 13:57 pm
@Hurricane-76: It seems like people are always getting your posts wrong. Take your comments about Bryce and Barnes and the relative seriousness of their respective death threats. Either you don’t express yourself very well, or you’re prone to uttering sht that you feel you need to backtrack from quite often.
18 Oct 2012, 14:03 pm
Isn’t it obvious what’s happened here?
The Authority is a troll.
He posts something controversial which gets everyone emotionally hyped. The Kiwis on here fire back at South Africa (which is what he wants)… Then Saffas see these emotionally charged responses from us Kiwis and they get annoyed.
Before you know it, there’s a food fight at the family BBQ.
Bottom line is… DON’T FEED THE TROLLS!
18 Oct 2012, 14:03 pm
@katman-78:
What i find annoying is how you turn what i say around and make it look totally different.
You take it always the worst way and dont think about what i am trying to say.
Maybe i dont express myself great at times but getting called a mo.nkey, cheat, Iraqi and a racist in one days seems over the top.
18 Oct 2012, 14:04 pm
Hurricane it’s all smoke and mirrors Katman and Funny guy don’t really want to talk rugby, the Bokke are 1 win from the last 7 seven tests against Aus and NZ anything but rugby I would have thought.
18 Oct 2012, 14:07 pm
@NZINCHINA-81:
Yeah, getting a bit over it dude.
18 Oct 2012, 14:07 pm
Kats and Gunter are the big men on campus around here, if you’re lucky they’ll make up a knickname for you and then congratulate each other on how clever/funny they are, they don’t really want to debate AB Bokke rugby why would they.
18 Oct 2012, 14:08 pm
@NZINCHINA-81: @Hurricane-82:
This all started because of the post from the authority. We should ignore posts like that. They are bait and intended to get a reaction.
18 Oct 2012, 14:13 pm
McAwesome who cares, right now we own them on the rugby field and that’s the ONLY thing that matters, the rest is smoke and mirrors.
18 Oct 2012, 14:17 pm
@McAwesome-84:
Me and Kats and Gunther has been going on for about 2 days now.
Its over a comment i made comparing reasons why Bryce was not allowed to go to SA but Barnes ended up in nz a year or so later reffing or as a linesman. maybe IRB or Sanzar thought it was safer in NZ……so on so on so on….well i think that was it. So long ago now
Silly really.
18 Oct 2012, 14:18 pm
@NZINCHINA-85:
Yes you are correct….what a feeling
18 Oct 2012, 14:19 pm
Oh well better go, Kats and Gunther well be ready for the next tag team match
18 Oct 2012, 14:41 pm
Poppa: for you: I see The Rebels have signed Manu from the Blues. I just wanted to check with you what Blues props will NOT be leaving?
I’m starting to get MORE than a little concerned about the squad makeup for the S15…..(tight five especially)
18 Oct 2012, 14:49 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-59: gotta love how precious these kiwis are
“lie down infront of bulldozer” hehehehehe really TJ?
AIG and the black jersey
Even though the AIG logo is a third of the maximum allowable size, and minus the white box around it on the All Black version at least (thanks to the laudable insistence of the players) it is still centre stage.
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It’s amazing the fuss three letters can cause – UFO, RIP, SOS, STD, LOL and now AIG.
The appearance of the AIG brand on the All Black jersey is causing understandable debate and consternation.
It’s not the first time a logo has appeared on the iconic footy shirt remember here was Steinlager in the early nineties, and very subtly Adidas has had its mark on the shirt since 1999.
The Steinlager brand was a red and white strip on the right side of the chest, opposite the silver fern with the Canterbury logo in the middle.
Even though the AIG logo is a third of the maximum allowable size, and minus the white box around it on the All Black version at least (thanks to the laudable insistence of the players) it is still centre stage, arguably more prominent than its predecessor although not quite as tacky because of the colour.
I have to be honest and say I don’t like it very much, but I can understand the reasons behind it.
It’s not that long ago, after the 2005 Lions tour, that the NZRU had cash reserves of nearly $80m.
Player payments, the cost of the RWC, bailing out irresponsible provincial unions, and footing the bill for provincial and community rugby has seen those reserves dwindle, in the space of just seven years, to less than $40m.
Even if the RWC was a one-off (and an investment that is already repaying itself) and some of those other costs have been stemmed, the fact is the NZRU was staring down the possibility of going broke in the future.
They’ve done well to hold out as long as they have and score what is believed to be the biggest shirt front sponsorship in rugby history.
It is believed to be worth between $15m-$20m for nearly 5 years, and if that is the case then it has gone a very long way towards securing at least the mid-term future.
The alternative was to start letting even more of our top players go overseas, and allowing provincial unions to go bankrupt.
It’s not going to signal an avalanche of funding for the game, but its sure going to help keep the train on the rails, and when you add all that up, the practical pros heavily outweigh the emotive cons and please spare me the newspaper stories quoting wispy bearded academics telling me how much damage it’s doing to the brand.
It’s done, and we’re just going to have to get used to it.
At least they won’t be following the example of the “Qantas Wallabies” and calling them the AIG All Blacks.
I would be the first to lie down in front of the bulldozer if that was the case.
18 Oct 2012, 14:59 pm
@NZINCHINA-83:
what rugby have you come to debate?
sounds like you are looking for affirmation to me buddy.
@Transformation-90:
Zoomer is now an “unstoppable Tsunami”
Its vital he gets a second term otherwise he won’t get to build his castle.
18 Oct 2012, 15:03 pm
@Transformation-90: Must be honest. The hysteria and backlash sorrounding this sponsorship has been rather amusing (and unexpected). I say: take the money, put those offensive 3 letters wherever the frikkin sponsor wants them, and be MOST grateful that your rugby gets to live another few years.
All this talk of bulldozers is a little dramatic to say the least
18 Oct 2012, 15:10 pm
@NZINCHINA-83: do you debate or brag about how good the All blacks are every f.ucking moment you get?
you have little to no constructive contributions, only chirping and baiting…
18 Oct 2012, 15:10 pm
@gunther-91: ag, zuma was called a tsunami by vavi before polokwane…
18 Oct 2012, 15:14 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-92: it seems the keewees are capable of being precious about any-bloody-thing in their country…”at least it’s not called Qantas Wallabies” –
so f.ucking what?
18 Oct 2012, 15:16 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-89: What bothers me most is Woodcock went to the Highlanders because Jamie Joseph (and me for that matter) was under the impression that they would be using the new rules in super rugby where you can have an extra specialist prop on the bench. Now it turns out it won’t be used so either Woody or MacKintosh will not make the 22 each week. I’m not sure if it was a miscommunication or an error on the part of the Highlanders but it’s f*cked up the Blues good and proper along with MacKintosh’s career
And don’t get me started on Nonu. Wish it was Weepu leaving instead!
18 Oct 2012, 15:22 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-92: There has been a bit of backlash by nutters online but it seems most people realise it’s necessary. Rugbyheaven.co.nz has a poll running, very scientific i know, and less than a third of people have a problem with it.
Personally, i figure more cash = good but if I buy a new AB jersey I sure as **** don’t want to be paying through the nose for one with an AIG logo on it. Will have to go retro and get a Steinlager one
18 Oct 2012, 15:24 pm
@the authority-30: @the authority-35: POSTS OF THE MONTH… How to sh.ag sheepshaggers in just two posts…
Excellent
18 Oct 2012, 15:31 pm
@gonzo-97:
go all the way and get one of those retro kiwi cricket shirts.
the beige ones.
18 Oct 2012, 15:47 pm
@gonzo-96: The Landers have bought wisely though, all credit to them. But as you say, someone is going to be warming the bench, and it won’t be Woodcock…..
2011 S15 – I thought heaven awaited with the Blues and Stormers in semis, and a possible Blues/Stormers final at Newlands – (if the Reds and Saders were beaten) but NO……not even ONE to screech for – both gone – kaput.
I’m a little disappointed by what thus far seems to be the Blues squad. No real ‘power’ signings, plenty low key ones. They don’t seem to have focused on getting fellows in who can stopgap the weaknesses witnessed last year. Forwards…..
Every year I reckon, ‘this is their year’, much like I do with the Stormers…..and both disappoint, time and again
More of the same for me next year?
@gonzo-97: At the end of the day, it’s a bloody useful sponsorship (reagardless of who the AIGfuckers are, and what they represent). NO rugby nation (beggars) can be choosers, when it comes to the $$$$$$$$$$$. I say smile, take the cash, and do whatever the sponsors want (within reason….)
18 Oct 2012, 15:54 pm
Come on the curry yellow of Australia!!
18 Oct 2012, 16:00 pm
@the authority-35: calling Saffas neanderthals is racist? bwahahaha I thought that term was d.utchies? the Bokke were only dominant in that time because the majority of games were at home and teams couldnt select all their players, honorary whites was the term I believe..
I think youve got the yellow card stat wrong too, the ABs only get one every 40 odd games or something, we are the good guys.. you saffas are the evil ones, as history shows..
Pedigree… Young Lady, the Blues will be NZs answer to the Kings next year, sad but true..
18 Oct 2012, 16:02 pm
The Springboks have never lost to the Maoris.
Interesting.
18 Oct 2012, 16:04 pm
@willievz-101:
Fitzpatrick once stop the ref in mid sentence during a test match and said …”Please ref, its not gold, its yellow”
18 Oct 2012, 16:05 pm
@willievz-103: seeems very racist Willie, why single out the moaris?
I mean, it was a saffa journalist who was disgusted that white supporters would cheer for coloured players..
eish, cant help whats in your genes huh?
18 Oct 2012, 16:06 pm
@Jeraldjay-104: The ugliest yellow in the world!
Nethertheless, I will scream my lungs out for them over the weekend. Hope they kick the living pukana out of those ABs.
18 Oct 2012, 16:07 pm
@poppa69-105: Just stated a fact I read today for the first time.
Never knew that.
18 Oct 2012, 16:08 pm
@willievz-107: best result has been a draw.. 81 I think
18 Oct 2012, 16:09 pm
@Jeraldjay-104: Ha ha. Ever noticed how most refs can’t bring themselves to mention the colour when the Bulls are playing in their away kit. They prefer to say “roll away 6” or even “roll away please”. Roll away pink just sounds… odd.
18 Oct 2012, 16:17 pm
@the authority-30:
@the authority-35:
nicely said, boet.
pretty much the truth and there’s more.
and to think it doesn’t half sum up the extent to which they are rotten and have made the game ugly.
18 Oct 2012, 16:22 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-110: the only thing thats ugly is the monotony with which we beat you..
47 to 33 or something, the gap keeps widening
you saffas need to go back to isolation, at least then you thought you were the best..
history proves otherwise..
keep crying bakkies.. its music to our ears
18 Oct 2012, 16:24 pm
@katman-109:
“hands off pink”
gives the producers at supersport sleepless nights.
18 Oct 2012, 16:29 pm
@poppa69-111:
dont hit out at the person stating the issue, pops. rather, hit out at the issue under discussion.
my harping on repeatedly has got sweet farkall to do with the fact of the matter being undeniably true.
18 Oct 2012, 16:31 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-113: in your own little mind bakkies, in your own little mind
18 Oct 2012, 16:37 pm
@poppa69-114:
no pops, in the minds of all the worlds rugby public except nz (save one or two rare souls).
18 Oct 2012, 16:39 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-115: so you speak for the worlds rugby public now?
delusion, thy name is bakkies hahahaha
you is one sad individual mate, I truly hope you recover.
18 Oct 2012, 16:43 pm
@poppa69-116:
how far and wide do you need to go to see and here what the people of the rugby world have to say about nz rugby, pops?
or should i say how much further and how often do you need to see and hear this?
lie to yourself all you want, boet. it wont actually change a thing as far as people view you (nz rugby – mostly the ab’s and crusaders & to an extent kiwis in general, i suppose).
18 Oct 2012, 16:44 pm
yes, i know there are spelling mistakes, thank you.
but feel free to correct them all the same.
18 Oct 2012, 16:46 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-117: when youre on top, everyone wants to knock you off..
I understand you dont know this concept, it comes with being third or fourth best mate..
who knows, you may have another lucky 2009 moment in your lifetime.. I hope so for your sanity mate, because its disappearing quickly
18 Oct 2012, 16:47 pm
night night bakkies
correcting yourself for your spelling errors, well its a start
18 Oct 2012, 16:56 pm
@poppa69-119:
no pops, its not and you know this. its got everything to do with the way you play and how you’ve gone about achieving your success… a bit like lance armstrong at moment i suppose…
i’m sure deep down inside you do, as do most kiwis but you’ll never have the guts to say so on here.
@poppa69-120:
ja whatever, boet.
cheers.
18 Oct 2012, 16:57 pm
@poppa69-102:
Yes, calling any group of peoples a derogatory term is racist… Doesn’t bother me, but if you want to play offside (much like your rugby team), then don’t going crying to Keo when we respond with interest son…. If it’s cool for you to spew racist slander, then don’t try and take a moral high ground when you get reminded of your country’s incestual history.
The yellow card stat is exactly correct. Your team cheats every game and not only do they not gen penalised as much as they should, but when they do get penalised, they don’t get yellow cards they deserve like every other team does. Take it up with the Daily Telegraph, Stuart Barnes and Will Greenwood if you disagree.
Evil ones? Us?? Hahahahaha!… Mate, you got your bearings crossed. Up a creak without a paddle…. You are the ones who cheat and get away with it, you are the ones who do a war dance before each match and sing death threats at the opposing team, you are the ones who want to “teach the Japies a lesson”, you are the ones who award Bryce Lawrence with Referee of the year after cheating in the world cup…. Hell you even wear Black… The colour of Evil.
We win trophies. You buy them.
Your ignorance offends me.
Next!
18 Oct 2012, 17:03 pm
@the authority-122: I have seen that stat too and it’s true, the All Blacks have a higher penalty to yellow card ratio than any other top tier rugby nation, but this does not make us cheaters.
Take it up with the refs, it’s their faults!
18 Oct 2012, 17:05 pm
@the authority-122:
Be careful Authority – if you school Poppa too hard, he’ll go tell on you to Keo.
Such is his patheticness.
18 Oct 2012, 17:09 pm
@the authority-122: I still don’t understand why people keep quoting this yellow card ****. Would you expect McCaw/Louw/Pocock to be carded the first time he plays the ball on the ground? I wouldn’t. But I would expect a yellow the first time someone headbutts the opposition captain or flies across a ruck, elbow first into their face. Of course teams that commit dangerous offences will have more cards per penalty than one that one breaks the laws of the breakdown
18 Oct 2012, 17:10 pm
“The All Blacks are the Lance Armstrong of rugby” – The Authority, 18 October 2012.
18 Oct 2012, 17:17 pm
@gonzo-125: go look at the tri-nations 2010 and see what both bakkies and danie were carded for…nothing like you described!
mccaw committed FIVE penalties for slowing the ball down and he got from alain rolland a “warning, a team warning and FINAL warning”
the same f.cuking player doing the same bloody thing, 3 different warnings… pffft
18 Oct 2012, 18:19 pm
@the authority-126:
I will be sure to reference you when repeating this quote.
18 Oct 2012, 18:52 pm
@Transformation-127:
i like you a lot more when you are honest with the kiwis, transie.
its clear you are infatuated with them,culturally, and like the way their running backs play. which is all fine with me as i say each to his own.
i do of course also know that you are a bok supporter irrespective of your admiration for some of thier super rugby teams and coaches and have never had a problem with that. however, i have been here long enough to know that you never really chirp, bait, needle, wind them up the way you do the saffas. i’m at peace with that and it doesn’t bother me in the least.
i just want you to know that, those few times when you are honest with them… i like you a little more for doing so. i suppose maybe you dont wanna lose the friendships and thats why you dont tell it like it is..?..
anyway, thank you all the same… even if this doesn’t come across as me saying so
18 Oct 2012, 19:13 pm
@Transformation-127:
mccaw committed FIVE penalties for slowing the ball down and he got from alain rolland a “warning, a team warning and FINAL warning”
18 Oct 2012, 19:28 pm
@gunther-130:
nope
the really funny bit is that he then happily proceeded to infringe thereafter any way.
as well the rest of the team. some of those red zone killing of the ball stuff was just larfable that nothing happened to them.
18 Oct 2012, 19:32 pm
i dont think rugby has ever been dragged as low as 2010 or 2011.
2012 was the usual stuff but at least the refs acted like they cared… not that they did anything.
18 Oct 2012, 20:54 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-129: lol haha i don’t know what u are rambling about…ask poeps if i haven’t dragged him around like a ragdoll and i guess you weren’t on keo when black pantie was looking for “traps” in everything i say.
18 Oct 2012, 21:20 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-132:
I suggest you losing cry babies up your game then.
You are getting left behind.
2010-12 have shown huge gaps between ABs and SA.
Infact even NH have caught up to SA. At the EOTY tour, how many South Africans are positive of the Boks winning all games?
You would probably surprised alot would expect a loss.
Fact is Ireland, Wales and England and even Scotland know they can beat SA
Cry all you like about the ABs, it is not getting your team anywhere.
All it is doing is making the SA fans look like pansies.
18 Oct 2012, 21:24 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-132: @Transformation-133:
If you two combined your brains, you still would end up with a half of a brain.
18 Oct 2012, 21:32 pm
@Transformation-127:
And what has that got to do with ABs cheating??
What it shows is that the ref needs to start penalising players.
And if you think its only the ABs that gets away with things then you too like Bakkies have a problem.
Here are SA myths that have already turned to rubbish:
Just wait until the ABs have to travel to OZ,Arg and then SA. Then they will know about travel and how hard it is………. well we fixed that alright.
Without POB you guys well be screwed……. yep another one gone.
18 Oct 2012, 22:12 pm
@Hurricane-136: you’re also rambling, i was answering gonzo who suggested that referees only issue cards for headbutts etc i then pointed out to him two innocuous instances.
Not everything is about the all blacks and your ‘gamesmanship’…pipe down
18 Oct 2012, 22:24 pm
@Transformation-137:
And i said that the refs are at fault here….correct.
Strange how Bakkies thought you and him were going to become buddies.
I also took your post as another hit at the way we play rugby.
18 Oct 2012, 22:50 pm
@blik-57: Blik, Fourie was a fantastic player, one of the best 13′s I have seen. Probably unfair to compare him to SBW in 2012, as he (JF) isn’t at his peak any more. Both at their peak, it would be a very difficult choice to make if it came down to one or the other. To be honest, the best outcome would be SBW at 12 and JF at 13. JF ran such good support lines he would get a bucket of tries off SBW. And his defence was rock solid (whereas SBW isn’t the finished article in that area).
To put it another way, I’ll see you my Nonu and Smith, you raise me SBW and Fourie, and I’ll fold at that point!!!
This AB side lacks some of the star power of the 96/7 and 2006/7 sides. But I think it is the best balanced side we have had since Buck Shelford’s team from 87 to 89, and Buck’s team never played the Boks so it is really hard to compare them to the present side.
This side won’t regularly rip apart teams as those others did, but this side will lose less matches due to better focus on defence and more “BMT”. I guess we’ve learnt something from you guys since 2007!!
18 Oct 2012, 22:58 pm
@corporal punishment-139: Thing is we dont know if JF is at his best anymore.
SBW and JF could prolly have been one of the best center pairings ever seen, But thats another story, one of the best center pairings we in SA have ever had is when JF and Fransie Steyn were together at the 2007 WC.
Frans is a better distributer than many Saffa’s give him credit for, and ur right, JF ran wonderful running lines, which is something Fransies new center partner at the Sharks does, Paul Jordaan.Many people want 2 huge centers etc, Centers are all about being a comination. For the MOst they should be 2 very different kinds of centers.
For me an inside center must be able to link and read play like a 10 too.
18 Oct 2012, 23:32 pm
@sharks_lover-140: I was really impressd with Jordaan this season, and was pleased he WASN’T selected for the Soccer City match
The guy has real speed, something we don’t always see from SA midfielders??
18 Oct 2012, 23:34 pm
@corporal punishment-141: PS – two big centres has generally not worked for the AB’s either. Smith and Nonu, Smith and SBW, yes. SBW and Nonu, no.
Two of our best 12′s were Walter Little and Aaron Mauger. Not big guys, but great skills and good kicking games plus, as you say, distribution ability.
19 Oct 2012, 00:28 am
@Transformation-137:
Isn’t it past your bed time??
19 Oct 2012, 08:30 am
@Hurricane-134:
you are fooling no one here but yourself with this kiwi party line, hurri.
19 Oct 2012, 08:58 am
Bakkies smoke and mirrors buddy we own you on the park, nothing else matters.
19 Oct 2012, 08:59 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-144:
You are being left behind Bakkies…..left behind son.
19 Oct 2012, 09:18 am
@NZINCHINA-145:
your own smoke and your own mirrors in your own minds, boet.
say what you want, the ab’s are a team that cheats for its wins and that’s all we’re saying.
@Hurricane-146:
really?
i’m no fundamentalist christian boet, are you?
19 Oct 2012, 09:31 am
Smoke and mirrors Houston all just a sideshow to mask you poor showing in world rugby, we know it as do all your countrymen on this blog.
19 Oct 2012, 09:35 am
Bakkies is praying for a miracle tomorrow night for something to stop the black juggernaut.
19 Oct 2012, 10:31 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-147:
Yep really Bakkies.
While you scream and wail everytime on Keo for excuses as to why the Boks lost, us Kiwis know why you lost…..cos the scoreboard said.
19 Oct 2012, 10:34 am
NZ 17 on the trot, then the actual record held by Lithuania, these are the targets, but after Hong Kong, I no longer dismiss anything versus Aus
We could lose.
The odds in my mind are about 5%.
19 Oct 2012, 12:18 pm
@NZINCHINA-148:
no china, its about your dishonsty on the pitch.
say what you will, ab’s are cheats.
@Hurricane-150:
and we all know why it does…
19 Oct 2012, 12:33 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-152:
Thanks Bakkies
Everytime you post you give a little bit of insight into how SA mental
health system is failing.
Do you guys get out on good behavior?
19 Oct 2012, 13:10 pm
@Hurricane-153:
nope its the same policy you guys have with Poep.
We try to normalise him by letting him mingle with the general population.
19 Oct 2012, 13:12 pm
@gunther-154: Sitting naked on a park bench spreading faeces over himself would be considered a massive step towards normality for Poeps.
19 Oct 2012, 13:24 pm
Bakkies how many Bokke would make a current world 15?
19 Oct 2012, 13:33 pm
@gunther-154:
*i see dead all blacks*
19 Oct 2012, 13:37 pm
@NZINCHINA-156:
habana
estebeth
jpp
bdp
flow
alberts
goosen
hougaard
off the top of my head
19 Oct 2012, 13:40 pm
he he stop kidding around seriously
19 Oct 2012, 13:48 pm
@katman-155:
That won’t go down well.
19 Oct 2012, 14:05 pm
@NZINCHINA-159:
you’re right, there’s few more who should be added to that list.
19 Oct 2012, 14:08 pm
@gunther-160:
Like an eleven-year-old with braces.
19 Oct 2012, 14:09 pm
you forgot Morne
19 Oct 2012, 14:13 pm
@NZINCHINA-163:
do us a favour sadsack.
quit whining and go and put your big girl panties on.
19 Oct 2012, 14:16 pm
Funny guy how many do you reckon?
19 Oct 2012, 14:42 pm
@NZINCHINA-165: Currently I reckon; Bismark (when fit), Etzebeth, JP Pietersen and Habana. In days gone by we would have one or two loosies but can’t choose Flo, Vermeulen, Alberts or Coetzee just yet.
19 Oct 2012, 14:49 pm
@Skeppie-166: i don’t know why you fall for china’s invite to j.erk him off
19 Oct 2012, 14:51 pm
@Transformation-167: Just telling it like it is Transie……
19 Oct 2012, 14:55 pm
@Skeppie-168: are you going to the game tomorrow? guppys should take it a canter
19 Oct 2012, 14:59 pm
@Transformation-167:
it’s friday night he was getting desperate.
19 Oct 2012, 15:05 pm
@Transformation-169: Nah, these days I am a guppy trapped in the big gold city! But I will be screaming abuse at my TV screen and hoping that Lambie makes Morne his beeatch!
19 Oct 2012, 15:19 pm
Skeppie fair calls and about right, Tranny you are a professional rugby blogger I expect more from you.Funny guy I’m blogging from my local foot massaging joint (no happy ending) a very pleasant way to spend a Friday evening.
19 Oct 2012, 15:25 pm
@NZINCHINA-172:
why, dont you want to play the extra?
19 Oct 2012, 15:25 pm
@NZINCHINA-172: Don’t your massage customers mind you blogging?
19 Oct 2012, 15:28 pm
Hello Bakkies you won’t be watching the game tomorrow night so i’d be happy to give you a summary after the game, i’ve got some dough on the black machine this weekend so looking forward to the win.
19 Oct 2012, 15:30 pm
pay the extra?
19 Oct 2012, 15:30 pm
Hello Katty you watched that tape yet?
19 Oct 2012, 15:31 pm
yer I got it Bakkies
19 Oct 2012, 15:35 pm
@NZINCHINA-175:
no, i wont be. there is nothing more distasteful to me than sitting through any rugby involving the ab’s or most of the kiwi super rugby sides.
i can barely stomach them when they’re playing the boks, which is sad really.
what a way to ruin what could have been a respected legacy.
19 Oct 2012, 15:36 pm
@katman-174:
As long as he gets the job done they don’t mind what he does.
Quite frankly the more he talks on here and the less he says there, the happier they are.
19 Oct 2012, 15:38 pm
Bakkies sorry to hear that mate, you must have been crook for days after Soccer City.
19 Oct 2012, 15:40 pm
New material for the funny men, this should be entertaining for a few minutes.
19 Oct 2012, 15:40 pm
@NZINCHINA-177: Not yet. You don’t appear to have sent it yet. Are you perhaps struggling to cast a believable re-enactment video?
19 Oct 2012, 15:43 pm
I won’t be sending it China Post is too unreliable, I may be in the republic at some stage again so I could hand deliver it?
19 Oct 2012, 15:46 pm
@NZINCHINA-181:
two things:
the better team lost.
and what the ab’s dish up is just so offputting it ruins rugby as a spectacle.
19 Oct 2012, 15:46 pm
@NZINCHINA-184: Um, no thanks. a “hand delivery” from a male chinese backstreet foot masseuse sounds like trouble.
19 Oct 2012, 15:49 pm
Bakkies keep an eye on A Smith he’ll surpass Genia next year.
19 Oct 2012, 15:51 pm
Plan B then, ask your old man trust me he knows.
19 Oct 2012, 15:56 pm
Goodnight, the black tide by 20.
19 Oct 2012, 15:56 pm
@NZINCHINA-187:
no, i really wont.
but you knew that.
20 Oct 2012, 05:14 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-190:
This will cheer you up Bakkies
AIG’s logo joins that of Adidas AG (ADS) and the team’s silver fern emblem on the All Blacks’ jersey. Adidas, the world’s second-biggest sporting-goods maker, has sponsored the All Blacks since 1999 and four years ago extended its contract through 2019. Upon renewing the deal, CEO Herbert Hainer described the All Blacks as “one of the most inspirational and talented sports teams in the world.”
20 Oct 2012, 05:17 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-190:
Oh i forgot, you can read the full article on
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-11/aig-becomes-jersey-sponsor-of-rugby-world-champion-all-blacks
Enjoy
20 Oct 2012, 10:51 am
@Hurricane-153: bwahahaha still got it Cane,AB’s have put all their ducks in a row…and the ducks dont like it.
What I’m loving the most is as World Champs they havent fallen in a pile after their long ovefrdue win like some others. This team is the team of all teams to show other teams how REAL World Champs put their stamp on things. Not by beating a team of has beens then falling in a disgraceful heap.
Gotta love McCaw he’s a man with no real equal in this game or his leadership.
20 Oct 2012, 10:52 am
KM you are legend, nothing more to say.
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