Springboks Too Close for Comfort

I think we had one a few months ago that started and finished without being yellow carded or substituted!<

They are a very good team and hopefully they go all the way this season and win the Super 15 -D

Sprinbok winning rugby is running rugby not this brain-dead Bulls kicking game. If only they could kick properly and control the game. Craig I agree with your statement about the players. JP has always been a funky tackler and at best is well hidden on the wing where he can get away with it, but on attack a dif story.
Strong tight five, our brilliant loose forwards and running backs ( those with a flare not funky kickers of the ball). This has to be installed by the coach and we all know his approach/game plan.
We have the players (lot of serious injuries now) to impliment such a game plan, but we dont have the coaching staff with the knowledge to make it work.
Hope it changes quickly. Im sure J de V will make a difference when he comes back ( very injury prone ) because he has a rugby brain.

neigh Wrote:

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> Sprinbok winning rugby is running rugby not this
> brain-dead Bulls kicking game. If only they could
> kick properly and control the game. Craig I agree
> with your statement about the players. JP has
> always been a funky tackler and at best is well
> hidden on the wing where he can get away with it,
> but on attack a dif story.
> Strong tight five, our brilliant loose forwards
> and running backs ( those with a flare not funky
> kickers of the ball). This has to be installed by
> the coach and we all know his approach/game plan.
> We have the players (lot of serious injuries now)
> to impliment such a game plan, but we dont have
> the coaching staff with the knowledge to make it
> work.
> Hope it changes quickly. Im sure J de V will make
> a difference when he comes back ( very injury
> prone ) because he has a rugby brain.

well said re the Bulls. The sooner he gets rid of the style the better for SA. Its not the players its the coach who has a one plan and no other. If the big oke cant win his personal battle with the opposition then just send on a bigger oke.

We must remember Wales have played 5 tests this year in the Six Nations before they landed in SA while we are only starting our campaign - way too early to panic

No panic Mr H, I would just like to see the correct game plan being implemented now instead of just going through the motions and hoping for a win. A plan for the World Cup to beat the All Blacks and I dont see that happening.

I see 7 overseas players released to go back before game against Scotland and Strauss and Pollard added to squad so far.

And do bear in mind that we're talking about a coach who considers Heinrich Brussouw too small....is it any wonder so many of our players turn their backs on the Boks ?

HM's plan for the World Cup involves drafting Wynand Olivier into the Bok squad ! The mind boggles...he was shite as a blond and isn't much better as a brunette ()

He is probably one of the worst centers I have had the misfortune of having to witness in my life. Overated, but wait, he is rated by our coach.
Like his mind-set, his non-existent game plan and his choice of players is very Bulls like. Domestic ok international kak. Only Bakkies, Matfield, du Preez warrent their inclusion (from the Bulls) in the side because they are good.
There is only one man for the job and like all our coaches he got fired after winning the World Cup.
Unfortunately we have to accept HM in his position as coach, it wont change in time, and we have to get behind our boys. We have the talent to lift the Cup again for a record third time.

Has anybody noticed how much Du Preez and Bakkies have improved since they left the Bulls and played in France and Japan? Meyer as I have been advocating for 2 years is not an International coach. He has no plan B except for talking into his little radio during the matches and making like for like substitutions. Habana is another who after he left the Bulls has got better and better. Maybe Meyer should bring back Naas Botha so that he can sit in his little box up in the stands and be satisfied that Naas will kick that ball even further than Steyn can. What SA need is an unbiased coach who does not pick his maatjies.

CnC our domestic rugger and international program is hectic for our top players. They seem to take it a lot easier overseas and come back rejuvenated. IMO Agree 100% about coach. I sat through 1.5 hour speech HM made after winning the Tri Nations for a second time with the Bulls and thought to myself god forbid this dickie bird becomes our National coach. Haha