Hore set for hefty ban
26 Nov 2012
New Zealand hooker Andrew Hore has been cited for an off-the-ball incident which subsequently hospitalised Wales lock Bradley Davies.
Hore hit Davies off the ball during the initial stages of last Saturday’s Test in Cardiff. The incident was missed by matchday officials, but Hore has now been cited and looks likely to receive a lengthy suspension.
The time and date of the hearing, before the IRB’s appointed independent judicial officer, have yet to be fixed.
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen expects the hooker to be sidelined for some time. Hansen did not say as much, but has already called for a replacement ahead of the coming Test against England.
Dane Coles is expected to start at Twickenham.
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6 Dec 2012, 14:52 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-9734: ha ! The little chits would love that…it would be classified as treasure to destroy like all the solar garden lights that they took up into the trees and dismantled.
6 Dec 2012, 14:52 pm
A wHOREsbroodjie would be nice right about now!
6 Dec 2012, 14:53 pm
@Mr Black-9752:
Or maybe some wHOREtelkoek
6 Dec 2012, 14:54 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-9729: If not UFO, then Gunther…. The 10 000 is Blue….
6 Dec 2012, 14:55 pm
225 to go? C’mon hores!!!!
And on that note – something for HG
http://www.news24.com/Travel/Flights/Cape-Town-a-top-five-hit-for-British-Airways-customers-20121206
6 Dec 2012, 14:55 pm
I’m wHOREied that Skoppie might get 10000
6 Dec 2012, 14:55 pm
This thread is hOREsome !
6 Dec 2012, 14:55 pm
@Gumboots-9750: You’re piling up the ‘shallow’ victories
6 Dec 2012, 14:56 pm
Feck, am really not good at this chit.
6 Dec 2012, 14:56 pm
@Dawn-9740: classic stuff…2009 was such a FUN year, Boks were winning & cunnts were threatening to leave
6 Dec 2012, 14:57 pm
“109. Ed_the_Lion :
March 31st, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Met GBS en Pietman nie hier nie, is KEO boring. Bring hulle terug
Roy. Hulle is onskuldig.
6 Dec 2012, 14:57 pm
@Treehugger-9759: Don’t be so hard on yourself.
Just by blogging here, you are contributing towards something beautiful
6 Dec 2012, 14:57 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-9758:
I’m getting my timing right…
6 Dec 2012, 14:58 pm
What exactly happened in 2009? Why were people forced to leave Keo?
I’ve heard so many different accounts
6 Dec 2012, 14:58 pm
@Mr Black-9756: Can the world really cope with more of this?
100.skopdiekan said:
5 Dec 2012, 20:07 pm
ONE HUNDRED
Glory f’ng hallelujah clothe me in halo’s I just scooped the big scoop of the 100th post on a blogging bullshit bandwagon…
I gotta be the bees knees.. who says anything to the contrary is just a stick in the mud spoil sport… without any sense of FUN..
Imagine if rumbles in at 10 000. Twilight meets Bieber in it’s epicness.
6 Dec 2012, 14:58 pm
@Transformation-9760:
Its a shame the cunnts only threatend and never left at all
6 Dec 2012, 14:59 pm
I’m ttttoo nnnerous ttto ppppost. Had mmmmy sssession with Ddddoctor Calder, mmmaybbbe I ssshould have a quick ssssesion with Dddddoctor Henning Gggericke, my ssssport psychologist…
6 Dec 2012, 15:00 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-9765:
Psyco allert!!
6 Dec 2012, 15:00 pm
From Supersport. Lovely read
NZ’s worst rugby week hard to stomach
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by Tony Johnson 06/12/2012, 11:04
Last week, towards the end of my piece, I mentioned that I was mildly envious of the Springboks going home a week ahead of the other teams.
Much as I love my job, I was well over the cold wet weather, the ridiculous travel delays, and having already seen the All Blacks play 13 tests this year, so I wasn’t exactly doing cartwheels over the prospect of another week away from home, even if it was in London, and for a match against England.
I suspect the All Blacks, with glorious hindsight, would have been happy too if the tour had ended in the gloom of Cardiff. Had it, they would have been spared their worst week of the rugby year.
In between the time their bus left Wales, and when most of them flew out of London seven days later, they had lost their unbeaten record, and most of them had lost the contents of their stomachs several times over
No, Suzy the mythical waitress was not to blame, although she got a few mentions! There is a nasty stomach bug going around Britain right now…Norovirus, they call it, it spreads like wildfire and it has the effect of opening up both ends in fairly spectacular fashion, although in this case for just a 24 hour period.
By Wednesday it had been through all but two of the team. They look pretty awful at training on Thursday, but by Friday they were saying they were over it and feeling a lot better. If it had struck later in the week they would have been battling to field a team.
They refused to use it as an excuse for their loss at Twickenham, and gave credit to their vanquishers for one of the best performances seen from an England team in living memory, if not ever.
But frankly, I think they were stuffed already. By the end of the game in Cardiff they were like a car with the fuel warning light starting to blink. The tummy bug wouldn’t have helped, but this was mental fatigue as much as physical…..I mean when was the last time you saw Conrad Smith fly so aimlessly out of the defensive line?
After not firing a shot in the first half they sparked up in the second to score two quick tries and close it up….in any other game this year that would have been the catalyst for another win, but England responded with two quick tries of their own, one from Smith’s lapse, then the second from and intercept, and it was game over. There was nothing left.
It was not like they weren’t trying to win….Kiwis hate losing at Twickenham, and to England more than anywhere and to anyone else, and the gloating that went on afterwards was an ample reminder as to why. New Zealanders tend to crow a bit when we win for sure, which is something I dislike intensely….but the English are the world champions of that particular art.
But I just think it showed the dangers of chasing money from extra revenue sharing tests….that game was worth at least R20 million to the NZRU coffers, while they also played an extra match against Australia in October for a shared gate…..but those were the two games they didn’t win.
So hats off to Saru for putting their players first, and calling it a day after 12 tests.
It gives South Africa’s players a week head start on their summer break, and they finished the year on a winning note.
The All Blacks might feel a few rocks under their beach towel, by comparison.
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The test came too late to influence the IRB awards, although some of the judging panel might think it somehow provided some justification of their nomination of England’s Owen Farrell for Player of the Year.
That was of course arrant nonsense, and further proof that putting former players, no matter how illustrious their careers, in charge of such decision making, is like putting inmates in charge of an asylum.
I would even disagree with the choice of Dan Carter as Player of the Year.
At his best, there is no player quite like him, and we did see that in several tests this year, but he also missed chunks of the season with injury, whereas Richie McCaw was right back to his best after struggling through the World Cup on a broken foot. He has been the epitome of bravery and consistency, and quite inspirational in every match in which he lead his team.
Two great players, but they got the wrong guy.
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New Zealand were definitely team of the year, but there were promising signs for others looking to chase them down over the next three seasons.
Obviously the Boks finished on a positive note. They have maintained their number two ranking, but more importantly have introduced some young players to test rugby who are going to be very influential in the coming years.
Top of that list is Eben Etzebeth….it’s incredible the way he and Juandre Kruger have taken ownership of the jerseys held for so long by two such legends of the game as Vic Matfield and Bakkies Botha. Francois Louw and Adriaan Strauss were two others who took over from illustrious players and did themselves proud.
I can’t see Heyneke Meyer straying too far from South Africa’s traditional strengths, but I can see Johan Goosen bringing a vital touch of attacking flair when he comes back next year.
Australia are still walking a bit of a tightrope. They had a lot of players out, but it could go either way next year. They have plenty of talent, but some of their younger guys need to grow up. We should acknowledge the end of Nathan Sharpe’s test career, the guy is a credit to the game.
And “up north” France look menacing….they are the team to beat in the Six Nations, and could become a great side now they have a decent, relatively level headed coach in Philippe St Andre.
England could turn into something good too, if they can build on their win over the All Blacks, but it is one thing to throw everything into attack in a game few expect you to win, and another to play with that adventure and confidence every time.
Wales are in trouble, which is typical of a country which produces so much talent and can play with so much passion, and yet always have a crisis lurking just around the corner.
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I managed to catch a fair bit of the Dubai Sevens, which was notable for the performances of some of the smaller nations.
To see the likes of Spain and Portugal knocking off established powers will fuel the growing enthusiasm for the code in those countries, and underlines the value of sevens in helping rugby become a truly global sporting code.
But as much as that, there are signs that even some of the big guns are struggling now to fill the gaps left by players being promoted to the full time professionalism of fifteens….Australia are ridiculously young, while England are the opposite, and starting to look a bit old. Fiji are just plain erratic.
South Africa’s problems are of course more to do with injury, and you had to feel for Paul Treu as he lost another key man, this time Kyle Brown, and he will be hoping like mad that Cecil Afrika will be fit for the PE tournament.
I also think the points system for the series is in need of an overhaul. They’ve tried to encourage the little guys with the points on offer for the lower tiers of the tournament, but it’s providing cheap returns for the big guys who fall out of the Cup section.
Case in point, the Kiwis finished runners-up while Fiji were beaten semifinallists in the plate, and yet New Zealand ended up with just nine points more from the tournament.
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Finally this is my last column for the year. I am looking forward to some time with my family after being an absentee father and husband so often this year.
I would just like to thank SuperSport for having me, and you for your feedback and comments. I thoroughly enjoy the interaction, and the exchange of views.
Have a safe and happy festive season, and roll on 2013.
6 Dec 2012, 15:01 pm
@willievz-9762:
that gave me the giggles, twit.
6 Dec 2012, 15:01 pm
@Finfan-9767: Lube that mouse mate, lube that mouse. (And don’t forget to breathe)
6 Dec 2012, 15:02 pm
“Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:16:00 +0200
Hi Chuma,
You are banned.
regards,
Roy”
6 Dec 2012, 15:03 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-9771:
Sticky mouse
6 Dec 2012, 15:04 pm
@Gumboots-9742:
shame
nice to know he is remembered though
and was highly respected.
6 Dec 2012, 15:04 pm
@Dawn-9772:
Can it be three years…
6 Dec 2012, 15:05 pm
@Treehugger-9344: Yes.Oscar not Herman
6 Dec 2012, 15:06 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-9774:
For sure boet…
6 Dec 2012, 15:06 pm
@willievz-9769:
Thanks, good read.
6 Dec 2012, 15:07 pm
@Nikita-9773: No. Please don’t go there again. I beg of thee. (Finfan too is a guppie mascot)
Stop right now says the traffic officer.
6 Dec 2012, 15:08 pm
@Dawn-9772: Why were people banned en masse? I thought it was only Skop who was banned regularly.
6 Dec 2012, 15:08 pm
Ja and that is why you get those disinfectant wipes, don’t touch rails doorhandles, wipe handle of shopping carts before touching, I never get any bugs, feck I even wore a one of those papery masks when standing in the queue for ages in SARS, eish people coughing all over you …yuuuuuuuuk. People looking at you strangely a given, but you cares they nothing in your life.
6 Dec 2012, 15:08 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-9780:
I remember those days well… They fell like flies…
6 Dec 2012, 15:09 pm
I wonder if we are going to see Jub Jub on Keo.
He’s going to have done time on his hands for the next 27 years.
6 Dec 2012, 15:09 pm
@willievz-9769: Try posting an article similar in length and as interesting when this thread is at 9962
6 Dec 2012, 15:10 pm
@Finfan-9784:
6 Dec 2012, 15:10 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-9780:
This place was rof jong!!!!
You have no idea!
6 Dec 2012, 15:10 pm
Oh that’s in response to the ABs getting a stomach bug.
6 Dec 2012, 15:11 pm
@Robzim-9352: Beat younger guys against all odds this year.Much younger guys.If I gave the race,it would
reveal his name.Oh,Hello all
6 Dec 2012, 15:11 pm
9800
6 Dec 2012, 15:11 pm
@Mr Black-9766: look who is talking
6 Dec 2012, 15:12 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-9780:
Him the Poodlefucker and Langers.
The three Stooges.
6 Dec 2012, 15:12 pm
@willievz-9769:
he could at least have made passing mention of the ref.
6 Dec 2012, 15:12 pm
@ryecatcher-9788:
You read #9352? Brave indeed. Hello
6 Dec 2012, 15:13 pm
@shooter-9789:
6 Dec 2012, 15:13 pm
the days when wallabie was the poppa
6 Dec 2012, 15:13 pm
I was only reading keo in those days, started a few months before the 2007 RWC….had never written anything on internet before, joined RT for writing on first, there were some really nice guys there for a long time.
6 Dec 2012, 15:14 pm
@Gumboots-9794: just checking, testing, getting the wind and the slope right… the hore boobys?
6 Dec 2012, 15:14 pm
@Transformation-9790:
You calling me a cunnnt?
6 Dec 2012, 15:14 pm
@shooter-9789: Your timing is way out today. Too much celebrating?
6 Dec 2012, 15:15 pm
@Treehugger-9796:
Now you are a blogging legend…
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