4 or 5 teams are capable of this on a good day, so it is a given that the unexpected will happen from time to time.

What confuses me is the assumption that having been beaten, or damn near so in the case of the Aussies, the AB’s are apparent;y massively vulnerable to every other contending team because those self same teams have grown in stature by some form of osmosis.

Truly, an alien looking in on the Bokke supporter collective would have to be left with the belief there is some sort of bipolar disorder going on here.

This swinging from extreme despair to an unfettered expectation of triumph is a challenge to comprehend.

1973
1983
1993
2002, 2003
1936

they could be due

but looking at that record, I have new found pity and sheer sympathy for big hit..

@bokfan1-28: considering the frequency we play each other, youve won 12 games in approx. 46 tests in twenty years.. its delusion like yours thats endemic in SA rugby and is why you guys will continue to lag behind..

@race of tan-25: the French are always a tough challenge, but they havent won a series in NZ since 94. the last series was a 1-all draw… I was at the test at Eden patk in 94, and got to witnress one of the greatest tries in rugbys history..

“try from the end of the earth” and what a pearler..I hope they can produce similar form next year, they can and do play a beautiful game that I can appreciate.. so much harder to beat then the strengths of SA rugby..

@SodaJoe-30: good posy Soda.

hahaha
You have to be joking.
Tell me what part of his opoinion is even close to being the truth?
He needs to be put right. Unless you believe his opinion which mkaes you as much of a c0ckhead as he is.Please show us the 15000 crowd at a test match he is talking about against the Boks.

If you think the post at #4 was an opinion then you are seriously downgrading the intellect of the fellow. Perhaps you should take a bit of time out of your busy schedule of thumb sucking to understand the difference between fact and fiction.

As for my comments, I have already acknowledged they were abrasive but they were not intentionally directed at the wider SA audience here on Keo.

That said, they were at least facts, not unsupported drivel.

Show me a good loser, and I will show you a loser.

The benchmark are the All Blacks.

We are below that, and need to get our act together.

Simple.

As much as I wish the Frenchies could get their revenge for a terrible refereeing display in the 2011 Final, alas I seriously doubt it will happen…

#4@wnbb-17: Not the only “bright spark” but one of the few, unfortunately.
Dont forget the unbeaten team in 98/99, who also klapped smelly Kiwis in each game. The 2004 team under White were also great (they shouldve won that first test in NZ where Howlett scored in like the last minute), and 2005 they were also good against NZ (another last-minute try by Mealamu avoided defeat).

@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-21: As above, we HAVE come close, we have matched them, and even surpassed them over the post-isolation years, but not consistently enough.
I agree it should be the #1 priority of the Boks to work being #1 team in the world (this goal includes the decimation of the ABs). I dont care about beating the Wallabies, or a good EOYT. I want the ABS defeated and the RC trophy to be the Boks’

“Nag ou Groote”