This template has brought us much success, but only when we’re winning the physical collisions and are accurate on the kick-chase. The limitations of this approach were shown up badly on the recent tour, and when the situation called for a change of game plan, the players were unable to respond. Much of the blame for that must go to the coaching staff who are happy to rest on their laurels while the rest of the rugby world is advancing.

I don’t think PdV has the maturity to be an international coach. He is technically and temperamentally ill-equipped. When the team wins, he becomes big-headed and arrogant, and when the team loses, he glosses over the obvious weaknesses in the performance. It’s a formula for long-term failure.

He doesn’t care if the boks play well only if they win. Well Keo, let me introduce you to your chickens which have come home to roost.

You told the Boks they were the best. Best at tactical kicking, best at chasing & best forward pack all through the tri nations & Lions series.

If you have helped with the recepie, don’t spit it out, swallow it like a big boy.

But regardless of all this the boks still won the Lions series and the Tri-nations, they beat the AB three times in a row. We should be applauding the boks for being able to play winning rugby in this polotical environment.

I also want you to remember the bias that comes for the officiating body that is IRB with their substandard NH reffing programs and international staff.

But still we win the games that matter. While YOU on on like they did not win the tri-nations or the lions series.

You have your points but I feel your comments are to critical against a team that has done us proud this year through tremendous adversity.

1) It is important to keep the focus on the uneven playing fields in the Super 14 and Tri-Nations which do contribute to added physical, mental and emotional pressure on the SA players, which you have negated; and

2) What do you mean by “facilitate the uber egos”? Egos cannot be facilitated. They have to be disbanded or there will always be negative resistances to positive ideas and progress.

If the Boks had beaten France and Ireland, there would be no questions asked and we would be hailed as the best team in the World. But because we lost we cannot consider ourselves to be the most dominent team in world rugby.

The All Blacks have played just as much rugby as us but they don’t loose. Even though we are currently World Champions, we are not the most dominant rugby team in world rugby and I think it is such a shame.

If we got our house in order as it is suggested in this article I firmly believe we could become the all powerful team we wish to be.

I an also extremely worried about our future as a powerful rugby nation. We are not developing our strongest youth or exposing them on tour like the one we’ve just you.

SARU get your act together before everything falls apart!

It already is happening despite the weight advantage these white schools have in their packs.

Cant you write posts without sinking to your homely gutter?
How about leaving all your personal vindictive out of it and try write English.
Are this brave face to face, or is your keyboard some sort of ’superman creating’ delusional enhancer?

Oh, of course Keo loves JW these days… Haven’t you noticed the “JWWW” link at the top of the page?

BUT he was streets ahead of Streauli, Viljoen, Du Plessis, Markgraaf, etc…

That 36-0 dismantling of England at the RWC 2007 was brilliant, a lot of planning and strategy (um, 4 years of it) went into that one game because we all knew it would give us an easier route to the final (kind of the opposite of what happened when we lost to Eng in the pool stage in RWC 2003). The guy deserves some credit.

IMO the bitter criticism of the guy is waaaay overboard.