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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2 Feb 2013, 05:56 am
@nama1-28050: lol a commission of inquiry?
2 Feb 2013, 06:09 am
@nama1-28050: I see Makhaya Ntini’s hand in this as well.
At three out out of 28 wins it is just short of SASCOC & Co’s official quota figures.
2 Feb 2013, 06:12 am
@Transformation-28051: Well done!
I fell asleep at the crucial stage!
2 Feb 2013, 06:50 am
About Arrogance and Success:
“Arrogance likes to appear humble in public.”
Toba Beta
“Harshaw had the arrogant humility of the man who has learned so much that he is aware of his own ignorance and he saw no point in ‘measurements’ when he did not know what he was measuring.”
Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
“The fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
Bertrand Russell
“Underestimate is the sign of getting fucked up.”
Toba Beta
“If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.”
Jean-Paul Sartre
“Defeat may serve as well as victory
To shake the soul and let the glory out.
When the great oak is straining in the wind,
The boughs drink in new beauty, and the trunk
Sends down a deeper root on the windward side.
Only the soul that knows the mighty grief
Can know the mighty rapture. Sorrows come
to stretch out spaces in the heart for joy.”
Edwin Markham
2 Feb 2013, 07:42 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-27847:
Why is that tragic?
A natural consequence of free enterprise = make a profit OR make a loss (incur debt), outcome NOT guaranteed
& one of thetruly tragic consequences (for creditors, trade suppliers, employees, etc.) of free enterprise is that one can structure your business in a corporate entity thereby normally escaping personal legal liability
but, conversely
Partnership = JOINT AND several liability …
A case of “eyes wide shut”?
2 Feb 2013, 07:55 am
Nee wat Bitters
Far too early for Economic Theory
Watch some sport
2 Feb 2013, 07:56 am
Skop said “gamadoelas”
2 Feb 2013, 08:19 am
@Dawn-28057: yeah he did…i laughed out loud
2 Feb 2013, 08:25 am
RIP Louis Luyt
I can remember being on a troop train leaving PE for Pretoria & as the train was pulling off some vendors running next to the train selling to us “roofies” bottles of brew; only back in my compartment did I notice & have my first taste of Luyt Lager;
A few years later at varsity I was a founder member of an exclusive, invitation only drinking club, Club 33, sponsored by Luyt’s Intercontinental Breweries (flagship brew being Kronenbrau 1308);
Needless to say, at that stage I was quite impressed with LL;
Another few years later I lost respect for him as the Info-gate scandal broke;
Those negative feelings were reinforced by his boorish, ungracious behaviour after the Bokke won the ’95 RWC;
but then, sometime later,
I read his biography and revised my opinion of him – although a formidable, hard, brazen, artless, controversial person (probably because of his disadvantaged upbringing), he was driven by passion & single-minded purpose (probably also because of his childhood hardship); he was never really part of the Afrikaner elite inner-circle, & in fact had to extricate the Transvaal RFU from the bad decisions/policies of those; he was a self-made man come good, from the wrong side of the tracks; a businessman & sports administrator of some vision, ability & success, net-net he was a good son of South Africa, “‘n Triomf”, one could say.
(imo)
2 Feb 2013, 08:26 am
Farking well done Kenya.
The AB’s infringed so many times at the breakdown and the ref just allowed it.
The final is their for the taking.
2 Feb 2013, 08:31 am
@Jeraldjay-28060: yawn… the “truthers” on this blog seem to be growing in number by the day..
2 Feb 2013, 08:34 am
Tonga making mincemeat of Wales
2 Feb 2013, 08:37 am
Bakkies is that you
2 Feb 2013, 08:39 am
Trans
You do realise that you are now an official “lurker” in terms of the rules of the Hore
2 Feb 2013, 09:07 am
@Dawn-28064: rubbish! go read the thread…
no need to be jealous
2 Feb 2013, 09:14 am
@the curse-28061:
Bakkies, theory’s are a bit over the top but damn the AB’s tried to slow down the Kenyan ball so many times at the breakdown, it was daylight robbery.
They deserved that victory, especially cause it was in the AB’s own backyard.
Put it in your pipe and spoke it.
2 Feb 2013, 09:14 am
Lurker
2 Feb 2013, 09:20 am
@Jeraldjay-28066: didnt see the game so cant comment…
but like bakkies, keep repeating it often enough and youll start believing it too
2 Feb 2013, 09:34 am
@the curse-28068:
Nothing wrong with manipulating the rules of the game to give your team the advantage.
The AB”s have mastered the art but the Boks will catch up.
2 Feb 2013, 09:41 am
hope so. we need a strong Bok team. but having fallen behind is it possible to catch up again?
2 Feb 2013, 10:23 am
@Transformation-28065: Well done Transie !!!
At the time of the sprint I was enjoying a curried tripe – as we’ll say in Afrikaans: “kerrie-afval”
It was delicious !! I know many will disagree with me!
2 Feb 2013, 10:59 am
jeepers creepers…!!!
steyn explosive at the wanderers…
12 for 3…??
suddenly the proteas total looking good…
2 Feb 2013, 12:17 pm
@CharlesM-28071: thanks Charles…you have an educated palate there…ulusu is very nice.
2 Feb 2013, 12:18 pm
Pakistani crumbling @ the Bullring
2 Feb 2013, 12:21 pm
Big Vern…Umar Gul GONE for 0
39 – 7 Pakistan
2 Feb 2013, 12:22 pm
WTF, Hindian bookies active again?
2 Feb 2013, 12:26 pm
Oh this SA attack is good.
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
If Dale don’t get you
Big Vern must
2 Feb 2013, 12:28 pm
@Transformation-28075:
Where’s ET when you need him. Pakistan the real deal, he said. Piffle if you ask me.
2 Feb 2013, 12:28 pm
Hot spot camera is not of the highest quality here is it?
Leaves a lot of doubt for me.
2 Feb 2013, 12:35 pm
@Transformation-28073: The last time I’ve had it was when my mother in law was still alive – that was more than 5 years ago!!
I never liked it when I was a kid: the smell while being prepared wasn’t very nice. But now I just love it!!
2 Feb 2013, 12:43 pm
@CharlesM-28080: hmmm, you’re a veritable bon vivant, a sybarite, an epicure …
yip, in my family I have to cook it myself: “pens, pootjies & skaapkop” …
must have ole skop(pensboer) over for dinner
2 Feb 2013, 13:06 pm
@Angostura-28081: skop would be devastated if you served him a ‘smiley’
2 Feb 2013, 13:13 pm
@Transformation-28082: no doubt
&
the brains are the best!
**
40/8
good catch by AB
will Pak survive the follow on?
2 Feb 2013, 13:16 pm
@Angostura-28083:
If I was Smittie I wouldn’t enforce the follow on. The pitch is going to deteriorate apparently. Having said that, the overcast conditions favour the quickies on both sides.
2 Feb 2013, 13:22 pm
@David-28084: I agree (coz I wouldn’t like to bat last against Ajmal & Hafeez, & coz it seems to be difficult for bowlers to maintain the intensity for 2 innings in a row)
pheiffer 4 the world’s #1
2 Feb 2013, 13:23 pm
So much for me going to the cricket on Monday. What a bummer!
Smith will be silly not to enforce the follow-on – our bowlers are still fresh.
2 Feb 2013, 13:23 pm
That’s Steyns 5 for!
2 Feb 2013, 13:25 pm
@I am a stormer-28086:
Kallis put a lot in his 7 overs for a 37 year old, bowling at close to 140kph.
2 Feb 2013, 13:28 pm
6 catches for AB. Not bad for a part timer.
2 Feb 2013, 13:28 pm
@David-28088:
How was that ball that got his 1st wicket – he was doing that 10 years ago.
2 Feb 2013, 13:36 pm
@I am a stormer-28090:
Yeah. Do you remember how he bounced the Windies in an ODI in Bloem? We’d got a low total that looked easy to beat. The Windies complained that so many short balls was unsportsmanlike. He was virtually unplayable.
2 Feb 2013, 13:37 pm
If our batsmen can now dominate them, THAT (together with the bowling performance) would psychologically destroy PAK for the series … (just posted their lowest ever innings total in a Test)
no follow on, plisa!
2 Feb 2013, 13:38 pm
@David-28091:
I remember. It wasn’t as if the Windies didn’t have a decent bowling attack as well. With Curtly and the rest.
2 Feb 2013, 13:39 pm
@Angostura-28092:
I’m hoping so too. I want to get to the Wanderers on Monday.
2 Feb 2013, 13:41 pm
@Angostura-28092:
Decided not to enforce the follow-on.
2 Feb 2013, 13:42 pm
@I am a stormer-28095:
Kirsten must be following Keo.
2 Feb 2013, 13:45 pm
@David-28096: he has a penchant for a hore?
2 Feb 2013, 13:47 pm
@Angostura-28097:
Developed on those long tours away from home.
2 Feb 2013, 13:48 pm
@David-28096:
Must be. We can assist. He just wants to bat the Pakkis out the match – and more time to get used to their bowlers for the following tests.
2 Feb 2013, 13:51 pm
I reckon the SACB told Smith that they can’t afford to keep refunding ticket money.
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