I would miss winding you up far too much, JL1.

How are those stadium crowd stats for the tour coming on ? Still a few spare seats in the house for Udine, Italy, I see. The San Siro was Sold Out 2 mths ago, twice the capacity of the un-sold Bok venue.

What does that tell you ?

My few ‘negative’ comments re the Boks are a mere drop in the ocean compared to the bile directed at not only AB rugby, but towards Aussie, Poms, Lions etc here. Smits comments just showed he and many others dont feel the need to even put up a think veneer of respect to the lawmakers or his opponents.

So grow a spine, lightweight.

But in all honesty, I dont really care, enjoy your ulcers.

cheers

BTW – on yest’s article about the AB lineup to play Italia, I called the ABs “arrogant”, 1 of the players hopeless and today that middleweights Italia have a genuine chance.

Is this acceptable to your tolerance levels or was it too anti-ABs ?

If that is the case, then I wouldnt need to point that out to you either.

Who said anything about Judge & Jury and ulcers, tending towards the melodramatic now arent we ?

Thanks for that.

As for being around longer than 5 minutes, I joined this site just about a month after it was launched, somewhere in 2003 I think – as I said earlier, I dont feel the need to compete in this ‘mine is bigger than yours’ saga that you seem to be attracted to.

As a matter of interest, who appointed you judge and jury of bok sentiment?

Actually if you saw thru the thick red mist and had been around longer than 5mins you’d have also noticed that Ive consistently said I would still pick Bakkies as a great player, that I backed Smit as a great Capt against a tide of naysayers here who barracked that he was “only the 3rd best hooker in the country”. I even called Jake White the answer to your prayers in the 2yrs prior to the RWC despite those same naysayers here who called for the axe. The same fickle and spineless bunch who now pat them on the back and say “I told you so”.

And the 2% of entries you read from me/others that arent hitting your Pro-Bok Approval levels are lost in a tsunami of 1-eyed hypocricy that sweeps ruthlessly in the opposite direction. Anyway, for a tough nation, cant you just see past all the bits you dont like and just focus on all the bravado that an endless supply of willing punters are only too happy to oblige ?

Prepare to be disappointed then.

Respect is a 2-way deal mfraid. Which is not news to yer wee buddy, BokFan1 (BaXXies !).

Also, you’ve made your point about how you think Smit is arrogant and the boks are arrogant, and the whole conspiracy theory etc, why do you keep on about it all the time.
Do you think you are going to change the minds of die-hard bok supporters to turn against their team, especially when the team is winning? Its not going to happen.

Mind you, having said all this, they are your ulcers you’re cultivating and you will reap the benefits of them sooner or later.
I shouldnt be interfering or else I am guilty of what I am accusing you of.

Yes, it is.

Because we are the best team in the world.

And as such, you will treat the Boks with respect, heathen.

So its only fine here if its pro-Boks/SA ?

Funny, I dont see alot of pro-NZ/Aus/Engl…

And rest assured, Im probably harder on my own teams.

Phew, what a conclusion you have come to.

Congrats, I thought no-one would figure that out.

Doesnt answer the question as to why you are always having a go at the boks and certain other bloggers.

The point is that Bakkies was banned for an offence that others have similarly been cited/warned/banned for, as the clip shows. And Bakkies is a repeat offender of the same offence. Most people would be smart enough to learn to correct the problem.

What does it matter about who retaliated ? Woodcock is coming back from a 1-match ban for striking. The fact that G.Smith threw many punches at him and D.Mumm ran 20yards to throw another couple of blatant ones, seems not to have mattered to the Citing Commissioner either.

The IRB are trying to eradicate the cause not the effect. Which is why we have laws. Look for them, you’ll find them.

Is jy so verveeld?

The point is as elusive to you as a world cup to a kiwi hey?

IRB makes the rules. Citing commissioners interpret them the way they want and one guy gets cited for an offence that happens every week. you like youtube so much, check it out for yourself. Unfortunately due to moderation, the 5 or so examples of Brad Thorn, Richie McCaw, Nathan Sharpe, Tony Woodcock and the British & Irish Lions hooker who hit Bakkies immediately after he hit Jones, that I posted the links for have been disallowed.

But if you look for them, you’ll find them.

This from the guy of the team the Safas labelled as whingers.

Lucky players dont make the rules then huh. The IRB does.

Great story. This from WalesOnline and the Western Mail:

IF there was one person you wouldn’t expect to back the controversial Justice 4 Bakkies Botha campaign, it would be Wales and Lions star Adam Jones.
But, despite being the victim of the big South African’s “dangerous play” – an act that left Jones with a dislocated shoulder and facing six months on the sidelines – the affable Welshman is adamant Botha didn’t do anything wrong.
“It was just one of those things that happens in rugby,” said Jones, speaking for the first time about the incident at the Ospreys’ new kit launch yesterday.
“Botha shouldn’t have been banned for it, nowhere near it.”
Following a post-match citing by the independent commissioner, the Springbok powerhouse was given a two-week ban for an illegal charge on Jones during the Lions’ Test in Pretoria.
Botha staunchly protested his innocence and, such was the outcry among his team-mates, the entire starting XV wore Justice 4 Bakkies armbands during the third Test.
The protest quickly earned SA Rugby an IRB charge for bringing the game into disrepute. And, after presenting their case to a disciplinary committee in Dublin on Monday, they are waiting to hear their punishment.
Jones’ version of the affair was then quite timely
But, as far as the 28-year-old prop is concerned, his injury was just part and parcel of the rough and tumble of international rugby.
Jones added: “I don’t have any complaints. He just cleared me out of the ruck and I got caught.
“Everyone counter-rucks nowadays and, if anything, I was in the wrong place. He just hit me and I was unlucky.
“So I was surprised to see he got banned. I know we didn’t cite him so I don’t know why the independent commissioner did.
“It was just a fair ruck from a hard player. When I have met him before he seems like a tidy enough bloke so I’m not seeing it as anything malicious.