Lambie gets his break

Lambie gets his break

7 Nov 2012

RYAN VREDE, in Dublin, reports Pat Lambie will start at flyhalf against Ireland, while Morne Steyn is still in the mix.

Lambie emerged as a strong competitor for the flyhalf berth with an impressive Super Rugby campaign and commanding performances in the Currie Cup. Initially seen primarily as a fullback, Lambie now has a chance to advance his cause to play in his preferred position at pivot.

With Heyneke Meyer committed to settling on a deputy for Johan Goosen for the 2013 season onward, Lambie will know he has been handed the inside lane in that race.

Steyn comes onto the bench in what can only be ascribed to Meyer’s fears around Lambie’s tactical aptitude. Steyn was dropped from the match 22 for the home leg of the Rugby Championship, with Meyer saying he didn’t have the attributes to warrant his retention as an impact player.

However, Meyer has made consistent references to Steyn’s tactical prowess, and was forthright in his reasons for picking Steyn ahead of Elton Jantjies.

‘I don’t believe in a pecking order so I won’t say Elton was second behind Johan Goosen [from the Soweto Test]. I believe in horses for courses,’ Meyer said.

‘I just felt I didn’t want to be in a position like we were in Soweto when Goosen went off injured in the first 10 minutes and then have to replace him with a youngster who is inexperienced. Morne has 40-odd Tests and has played on the year-end tour before, so he is an insurance policy. Elton will get his chance at the right time. As far as Pat goes, I want to see what he can do. He has really impressed me recently and his goal-kicking has been superb in difficult conditions, he is in the zone, which is what ultimately got him the start.’

Elsewhere Jean de Villiers and Francois Louw have overcome injuries to start, but this is not the case for Gurthro Steenkamp, who picked up a knock playing for Toulouse at the weekend.

Hooker Schalk Brits is involved in the match 22 for the first time in four years, edging out Chiliboy Ralepelle. ‘Chili has been injured a lot this year. Scrummaging is so important here and Schalk Brits has been in superb form. Chili will never let you down, but you want an impact from the bench and with most of the games being won in the last 10 minutes, we’ve really lacked someone who can come on and make the difference. Schalk is just a better impact player,’ Meyer said.

The bench has a dynamic look about it with the industrious and abrasive Flip van der Merwe and Marcell Coetzee included, while Juan de Jongh and Lwazi Mvovo have the aptitude to exploit the space that will open up in the final quarter.

The forecast is for cold but clear conditions at kick-off on Saturday. Ireland announce their team on Thursday and are expected to name skipper Paul O’Connell and experienced prop Cian Healy in their run-on side.

Springboks – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaco Taute, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Pat Lambie, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermuelen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
16 Schalk Brits, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Pat Cilliers, 19 Flip van der Merwe, 20 Marcell Coetzee, 21 Morne Steyn, 22 Juan de Jongh, 23 Lwazi Mvovo


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  • 451.Liewe Luiperd: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:24 pm

    @skopdiekan-447: ek is ‘n pienk-ou!

    skop, you’re racially pathetic. do you dribble pee in your pants too?

  • 452.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:26 pm

    @whatever-448: so tell me again schmuckaluk your definition of a racist is actually what?.. you reckon you are not a racist.. but I am.. that your definition of who or what a racist is..

    shows how confused in the brain you actually are.

    @poltergeist-449: who the fck cares about you pathetic little fuckwit prat.. you the kind of arsehole little groupie who climbs up pseudo supremacist nincompoop backsides looking for a cream cake hand out.

  • 453.ryecatcher: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:29 pm

    @Liewe Luiperd-444: I see dead people.
    A lot of them were racist too.
    I am now 73 and if I lived for another 70 years and said sorry to all of the
    people I have consciously been racist towards,I think that I may make
    it.Point is,try and be non racist now.Agree.I think that Skop is a racist.
    I am just tired of all of this self flagellation expected of me.
    Did I benefit from apartheid?Yes.But I was living the life(No better,no worse)
    of people in Australia,UK Usa and E urope
    My wif e works with Aids babies.She loves them,feeds and nurtures them.
    The bulk of the people doing this work are(oh horror)the nasty whites.
    I too am getting mightily pissed off (not necessarily)on this site at
    being called a racist by peopler who disagree with me.The term is the
    coinage of the stupid,and is ca st about with careledd abandon.
    I could give countle ss examples,but time is fleeting.

  • 454.poltergeist: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:31 pm

    @skopdiekan-452: haha more grammatically incorrect nonsense.

    Try constructing a sentence with only one adjective next time. Maybe people will understand you a bit more. They still wont give a shi.t though.

  • 455.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:32 pm

    @Liewe Luiperd-451: what is that to dribble pee? sounds like something you quite familiar with, first I ever heard of such a condition, is it common in your family tree?

    you called someone by a derogatory handle.. a bruin-ou like a condescending little pienk-ou prat that you are.. and you STILL wanna come pretend around here that you are so bloody kosher and non racist in your enlightened intelligent demeanor.. maybe some you morons fool yourselves but your words and thoughts come screaming out your brains faster than you can even catch them blazoning your real impressions out on the big movie screen in the sky..

    like this pathetic little fuckwit piffle arsed punk poltergeist here.. sometimes the levels of intelligence on this blog seriously show the state of SA rugby and precisely where it is at.

  • 456.poltergeist: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:33 pm

    @skopdiekan-452:

    Whats it like being Katman’s b.itch?… Does he treat you well?

  • 457.poltergeist: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:34 pm

    @skopdiekan-455: skop you are the village idiot.

  • 458.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:35 pm

    @poltergeist-454: wtf for you stupid imbecilic nonentity moron..?? since when do I have to construct anything to suit you and your dumb ingrained idiocy you pathetic little fckwit moronic self deluded prat.

  • 459.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:38 pm

    @poltergeist-456: @poltergeist-457: dream on schmuckaluck .. wouldn’t you just love to believe it… stupid little fuckwit idiot that you are.. climbing up that other fuckwit little idiots arsehole like the fuckwit little groupie idiot you are.

  • 460.whatever: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:39 pm

    @skopdiekan-452:

    Show me one post where I have made a derogatory comment towards anyones skin colour or in fact brought that into a conversation? You won’t find it…………………………so you are basing the “fact” on what? The fact I’m white and therefore must in someway be racist?……………….what a complete and utter dooooooos you are!

  • 461.whatever: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:40 pm

    @whatever-460:

    You on the other hand ………there are thousands of racist posts……..

  • 462.ryecatcher: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:40 pm

    Goodnight all.Never known a thread as toxic

  • 463.whatever: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:41 pm

    @ryecatcher-462:

    Cheers bud

  • 464.poltergeist: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:43 pm

    Skop you are a joke.

    I pisss on your face.

  • 465.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:43 pm

    @ryecatcher-453: do any of you actually have a clue what a racist is.. do you consciously understand what it is to be racist?

    I somehow don’t think most people here even have a foggy clue about what it is.. it is either a mental condition or it isn’t.. now search inside and answer yourself if you are or are not, its actually not a very difficult question to answer.. but most won’t.

  • 466.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:44 pm

    @skopdiekan-455: you have some issues.

    seriaas :lol:

  • 467.the authority: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:45 pm

    @skopdiekan-465: Youre a farking racist. We’ve all read your posts. One of the biggest racists on here. Not to mention one of the biggest dumbasses.

  • 468.the authority: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:46 pm

    @poltergeist-464: haha

  • 469.whatever: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:46 pm

    @The Rangerman-466:

    Understatement of the year :)

  • 470.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:46 pm

    @skopdiekan-465: you are the biggest racist round these here parts geezer.

    you have problems.

  • 471.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:48 pm

    @whatever-469: :lol:

    overcompensation is such a sad sight.

    at least he calls a spade a spade unlike nama who whines incessantly about the number of black/ cullart players in the bok team due to meyers selections then throws his hands up and says “i didnt say he is racist!” when confronted about it :lol:

  • 472.poltergeist: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:48 pm

    @skopdiekan-465:

    Jeez like your parents really didnt do wonders on you did they?… A good f.ucking backhand is what you need. That’ll do the trick.

    Your father needs to up his game because as it stands, he’s raised a little worm.

  • 473.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:51 pm

    @ryecatcher-462: shame.. the truth a little bit tough to handle.. now its toxic to be honest about recognizing whats what.

    @poltergeist-464: try your luck fckface.. you a pisswilly little piece of trivial trash… low life garbage is precisely what you are.

    @whatever-461: yeah I fight the scourge of racism with the very sickening low common denominator repercussion it warrants,… you wanna sit there in your handy little ivory tower of contempt at who you reckon is a racist.., you far from understanding the very root of the disease you stupid far removed alien in outa Mongolia.. you think you in the clear, perhaps that what you think, I reckon you ain’t.

  • 474.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:53 pm

    79.nama1: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 14:38 pm

    @CharlesM-51:
    How else do you explain Hougaard on the wing or Taute/JJE at 13. I don’t buy into this “they are there because they are bigger” kak. There is something else at work here.

    We can’t shy away from it forever.

    106.nama1: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 15:02 pm

    @Transformation-97:
    Keegan had a kak game so Meyer is looking for somebody else. A white player replaced by a white player. No problem there.

    Taute/Hougaard had kak games, Meyer keeps playing them because the only alternatives he has, are dark players.

  • 475.the authority: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:54 pm

    @skopdiekan-473:

    I hope you’ve got Katman’s permission to be up so late… You dont want him to punish you again now do you?

  • 476.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:55 pm

    @The Rangerman-470: come again fuckwit.. another one that thinks he’s not when he is… all the racists coming out for desert.. come again fuckwit.. you another one that reckons he knows what a racist is.. little limey self righteousness twat

    @poltergeist-472: I give you that backhand you deserve you little fuckface, you the little punk that needs it most you little piece of trash skunk

  • 477.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:56 pm

    some of the nama greatest hits.

    no innuendo, no insinuation there right?

    just good old questions about racial make-ups of the team.

    what next, the post office, the school, the police…….uhm….nah he is probably a happy chappy there.

    nama is a racist.

    skop is not a real racist, he simply hates his own skin and thats sad because if you take off your skin, you die.

    biology 101.

  • 478.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:57 pm

    @the authority-475: @the authority-467:

    here we go the more the merrier.. more fuckwits to fuckuop… or are these fuckwits all one and the same using different ID’s.. poltergeist and Authority are the same little fuckwit prick with katmankunt and rangerfuckwit prude tagging along…

  • 479.Liewe Luiperd: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:57 pm

    about time someone called Nama out for his blatant whiny racism.

  • 480.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:58 pm

    @skopdiekan-476: what is this “come again” phrase you are using?

    i have a mental picture of you hopping around the room swearing at your nokia right now.

    settle down, i was trying to help you.

  • 481.Liewe Luiperd: Reply to this comment
    7 Nov 2012, 23:59 pm

    skop has all the questions but does he ever answer hem? skop has the magical question to determine a racist but can he answer it? would love to know if skop thinks he is or isn’t a racistkont because it appears everyone else says he is……………………………….

  • 482.poltergeist: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:00 am

    @skopdiekan-476:

    I’ll give you my address and you can come backhand me…

    Here it is. 31 Indlaba, L Section, Sowetho.

    Just come and knock on the door. Im waiting for my backhand.

  • 483.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:00 am

    @skopdiekan-478: having those persecution feelings again?

    looks like you have caught what namas got.

    thats awful, go have a lie down.

  • 484.wnbb: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:01 am

    @the authority-475: Are you Katman’s lover?I have never seen a blogger exhibit so much man love for another. :D

  • 485.the authority: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:02 am

    @skopdiekan-478: haha yeah me and poltergeist are the same person… In fact all of us who disagree with your silly little rants are the same person.

  • 486.whatever: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:02 am

    @skopdiekan-476:

    ag skop you could’nt even fukup your own shadow, so stop trying to be all heavy !

  • 487.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:02 am

    @The Rangerman-477:

    Listen rangerfuckwit.. let me tell you what a racist is..

    you and your bumchum china.. you know that pseudo little cleverdick prick that thinks its so intelligent and enlightened.. you know the one…. and these other smarmy little white snooty fuckwits in here like this prick authority and his alter ego poltergeist are outright racists through and through

    you just a slightly more conventional and sophisticated racist than some of these other scum like poltergeist and authority.. but if you search deep down you will discover that you not so bright and bushy tailed free of any racially indignant superior traits which I seen plenty times come oozing from out you suave little suburbia consciousness.. try hide it,, you almost do a good job at that., but if you look real careful.. yup.. its still there.. even unbeknownst to you.

  • 488.wnbb: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:02 am

    @Liewe Luiperd-481: Put a sock in it Woody.

  • 489.the authority: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:03 am

    @wnbb-484:

    Katman and skop are Keo’s biggest rivals.

    I support katman when they clash heads. It pisses skop off, which amuses me.

  • 490.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:04 am

    @Liewe Luiperd-481: ag please dont get him going on what a racist really really REALLY is!

    he will have cab here in 2 minutes (not a bad thing).

  • 491.wnbb: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:05 am

    @the authority-489: Whatever.

  • 492.whatever: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:06 am

    @wnbb-491:

    Yes?

  • 493.poltergeist: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:06 am

    @skopdiekan-487:

    Why dont you tell them the truth skop.

    You and me are the same person.

    I think its time we (I) came clean…

    I am skop.

  • 494.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:08 am

    @poltergeist-482: aha a bra from Soweto.. and a bra that reckons he knows whats what.. a bra that reckons all kiwis are whats the term you used ‘incestual’ or some such garbage.. and you reckon you in a position to dish out backhands.. I probably thrice your age you clever little twat.

  • 495.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:08 am

    @skopdiekan-487: ” smarmy little white snooty fuckwits”

    buddy you are so racist its frightening.

    funnily enough you are probably compensating for something you did or something you feel.

    your behaviour is abnormal and that indicates problems to me buddy.

  • 496.the authority: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:10 am

    Well, it’s been fun peeps. I always enjoy a good skop roast, but I must be off.

    Catch you next time.

  • 497.The Rangerman: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:11 am

    @wnbb-491: hey fkface :lol:

  • 498.poltergeist: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:11 am

    @The Rangerman-495:

    Well said. I agree.

  • 499.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:12 am

    @Liewe Luiperd-481: do you know what a racist is … you got some kind of clue?

    you reckon you and rangerprude and katmankunt are free of it.. think again

  • 500.poltergeist: Reply to this comment
    8 Nov 2012, 00:13 am

    @skopdiekan-494:

    Youre probably thrice my age are you?… And youre still so dumb?

    Jeez, poor you.

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