Comments on: The 2012 keo.co.za awards

By: RugbyStudent

RugbyStudent — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:25:39 +0000

The only way the Sharks can be compared to the All Blacks is in their kit and their chokers tag…and even that’s a stretch.

Sharks Super Rugby Performance

Super Rugby Runners-up: 1996, 2001, 2007, 2012
Semi-finalists: 1997, 1998, 2008
Play-offs: 2011

Stormers Super Rugby Performance
South African Conference: 2011,2012
Semi-finalists: 1999, 2004, 2011, 2012
Runners Up: 2010

By: Lang Giel

Lang Giel — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:20:20 +0000

Province’s win in the CC-final was poetic justice after Mad Mark Lawrence engineered the Sharks into the final.

By: wp_boytjie

wp_boytjie — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:42:04 +0000

@Heavens Game-84: If your team can play the way they did during Super rugby playoffs right from the start next year you'll stand a great chance to win the thing. Sharks have not started well in Super Rugby for the last 2 , 3 years despite often being the strongest SA side on paper.

By: Heavens Game

Heavens Game — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:25:07 +0000

@RugbyStudent-82: Once game doesn’t make a swallow…

Sharks against WP in the CC final was like the ABs versus England at Twickers just last Sat…

With Sharks pretty much on a level with ABs in terms of comparative superiority to their opposing sides…

I am sure you wouldn’t bet against the ABs winning 4 out of 6 games against England in a season as I am sure you wouldnt bet against the Sharks winning less than 4 out of 6 against WP/Stormers in a season, which actually happened last year, no?…

Like the AB’s, the Sharks were a bit too overconfident and a bit flat… A good win for WP however but still rather lucky and against the flow of results the whole season…

But carry on thinking dreams of superiority – hope your team does too. Because next year I suspect you may be disappointed.

By: nortierd

nortierd — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:22:45 +0000

@Heavens Game-81: That I have to agree with. The Sharks had it over us in 2012, no disputing the results

By: RugbyStudent

RugbyStudent — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:18:43 +0000

@Heavens Game-81: Should be interesting then. Your halfbacks were totally outplayed on the day. Freddie Michalak who was instrumental in the semi-final is not there anymore. I think there are a lot of questions to be answered. Can Pat Lambie be the flyhalf the Sharks masturbate about? Is Frans Steyn fit? The Juan de Jongh in the Currie Cup final came from a scrum where Juan smashed Jordaan and he knocked the ball on. Can Jordaan cope when there's Springboks around? I think Taute/Ludik and Habana/JP cancel each other outh.

By: Heavens Game

Heavens Game — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:54:14 +0000

@RugbyStudent-80: Creamed? I wouldnt say that… What I will say it is the same backline that creamed the Stormer and WP backline what, 4 or 5 times this season, including the S15 Semi… at “Fortress Newlands” too…

By: RugbyStudent

RugbyStudent — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:50:03 +0000

@Heavens Game-79: Besides Steyn, this is the same backline that got creamed by the WP backline in the Currie Cup final?

By: Heavens Game

Heavens Game — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:20:47 +0000

@RugbyStudent-77: Strongest running backline in the competition?

No.

Here’s a stronger one:

9 Reinach/McLeod
10 Lambie
11 Mvovo
12 Steyn
13 Jordaan
14 JPP
15 Ludik

Eat your heart out – its stronger than the Bok backline, not difficult I know, but still “stronger running”

By: nortierd

nortierd — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:41:24 +0000

@RugbyStudent-77: And hopefully we don't suffer the same run of injuries like this year. Very good squad that.

By: RugbyStudent

RugbyStudent — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:10:06 +0000

Just Realised that the Stormers team will look like this next year:

15.) Jaco Taute/Joe Pietersen
14.) Damian De Allende/Gio Aplon
13.) Juan de Jongh/JP Du Plessis
12.) Jean de Villiers
11.) Bryan Habana/Gerhard van der Heever
10.) Elton Jantjies/Peter Grant/Gary van Aswegen
9.) Nic Groom/Dewald Duvenage/Louis Schroeder
8.) Duane Vemeulen/Nizaam Carr
7.) Siya Kolisi/Don Armand
6.) Schalk Burger/Michael Rhodes
5.) Andries Bekker/Ruan Botha/De Kock Steenkamp
4.) Eben Etzebeth/Rynhardt Elstadt/
3.) Pat Cilliers/Brok Harris/Frans Malherbe
2.) Tiaan Liebenberg/Deon Fourie/Siya Ntobeni
1.) Steven Kitshoff/Deon Carstens

If they play
Taute, De Allende, JP du Plessis, de Jongh, Habana, Jantjies and Groom they will probably have the strongest running backline in the competition.

By: husky

husky — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 04:03:39 +0000

Stupid and provincial, Look only at Greyling. Ok, he had a brain **** of note and maybe he ain’t such a great player. But McCaw was only ruffled and played on. Let him serve his suspension and, if he’s a good player, come back with better discipline. It’s incredibly childish and counter-productive to join all the NZ howls for him to be “banned for life” etc etc. Etzebeth’s head butt, Flo’s indiscretion at Bath etc etc were all losses of self control. Why single out Greyling. If it helped the Boks beat the AB’s (not to a pulp; illegally) I’d put Bees Roux in the team.

By: papashanga

papashanga — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:06:05 +0000

@BishopsOD-49: Well done,Mr Tautology.

By: papashanga

papashanga — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:01:54 +0000

@Brigadier Van Zyl-21: You can always hope,sir.

By: TooMuchRugby

TooMuchRugby — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:51:26 +0000

@SIumtown-52: The racist - my money is on suffer-guy

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:41:14 +0000

Dammittohellandback

I didn’t win anything

By: wnbb

wnbb — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:09:15 +0000

HOW TO LOSE A TEST CAREER … IN 20 MINUTES
Most of us have willed the memory of Dean Greyling’s horror show in Dunedin against the All Blacks to the darkest depths of our subconscious. He is a cult hero in some parts of Pretoria, I’m guessing, but for the vast majority of us he will be the prime example of how to completely destroy your international future. He squandered a scoring chance, was out of position for one of the Blacks’ tries and, most pertinently, was sent off for a cowardly and highly dangerous forearm smash on a defenceless Richie McCaw. I have it on good authority that he will never see a Springbok jersey for as long as Heyneke Meyer is coach. He should never have in the first place, but that knowledge is comforting nonetheless. The guy is named after the famously intelligent ’80s television character MacGuyver. They share a name, but not intellectual capacity. The guy can’t even get his face framed for his Twitter avatar. On your marks, go check. Now,with this statement,I totally agree!!

By: i_love_u_bakkiesbotha

i_love_u_bakkiesbotha — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:05:16 +0000

@SIumtown-52:
hehehe
you’re too kind, sir

i personally wouldn’t say i deserve it considering some of the quality comments thats been dished up consistently over the course of the season.

i suppose you could say i feel like an owen farrel nominee to the many richie macaw’s who’ve been posting consistently this year

By: Rage

Rage — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:44:46 +0000

@ 52

Hehe,nice work

By: TooMuchRugby

TooMuchRugby — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:23:36 +0000

@SIumtown-52: Best comment by Bakkies? C'mon......dig deeper.