Comments on: Smit to feel Bismarck’s heat

By: JL1(JL1)

JL1(JL1) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:32:56 +0000

@rugbywriter(rugbywriter)-204: Saw Gary play in London, he was average, small, limited in scrumming and not better than Bismarck

By: Brendope(Brendope)

Brendope(Brendope) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:19:45 +0000

204. RUGBYWRITER(RUGBYWRITER) :
July 30th, 2010 at 8:55 am
@OUToftheBOKS

Geez that is a bleak assessment of Bismarc. Personally i think has been the best hooker of recent times in the world. Are you a bulls fan?

By: JL1(JL1)

JL1(JL1) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:28:24 +0000

@Big Hit(Big Hit)-207: Well said Bismarck is the man

By: Big Hit(Big Hit)

Big Hit(Big Hit) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:24:15 +0000

@David(David)-198: I wouldn't, Mealamu can excel in an open game, BDP can shine whether it's a tight tear up or an open running affair. In my opinion he's the world's premier hooker.

By: BOKKECOACH(BOKKECOACH)

BOKKECOACH(BOKKECOACH) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:18:24 +0000

hi all

a few good comments, i personally will take this team to the 2011 wc

Coach: Heynek Meyer
Assistant Coaches: Alister Coetzee , Plumptree , OS Du Rand as scrum coach, Vlok Cilliers – kiking coach, eddie jones and jake white as technical

Team

1.Steenkamp
2.Bissie
3.CJ
4.Roussouw
5.Matfield
6.Brussouw
7.Potgieter
8.Spies
9.FDP
10.M . Steyn
11.G V.D Heever
12.J de Jong
13.J Fourie
14.G Aplon
15.F Steyn

16.Beast
17.J Smit
18.Bekker
19.F Louw
20.F Houghaard
21.J L Potgieter
22.J De Villiers

23.BJ
24.G Botha
25.D Potgieter
26.Kanko
27.B James
28.Habana
29.S Burger
30.Meisiekind ( Someone to carry FDP bags)

By: OUToftheBOKS(OUToftheBOKS)

OUToftheBOKS(OUToftheBOKS) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:46:19 +0000

@rugbywriter(rugbywriter)-204:
Calm down boy, insults will not bring you anywhere in life…throwing comments around about f ing someone else wife and now this sucking **** etc…pathetic little man. Rugbywriter…

Are you one of those die hard bulls…im i wrong? as posted by someone earlier…spies, meisiekind and gary botha…same boat.

Doesnt seem that we were watching the same games then…lions series: he was one of the stand out players, IMO. And tri nations: agree that he might have conceded some penalties…but then again…how many penalties did McCaw concede in the games we played now? Do you not agree he probably made us look like boys, although conceding penalties? wasnt he one of the best players on the park, although conceding those penalties? Did any of bissie’s penalties cost us any games last year? How many valuable steals did Bismark make during the Tri nations last year?

Gary Botha is an opportunist. thinks he can go away and earn the dosh, and then he deserves to come back and be a bok…come on man! Sure, he is a good player, but has not conviced me that he is better than Bismark, or Liebenberg for that matter.

Your insults wont work here, unlike with your own wife. Twit

By: rugbywriter(rugbywriter)

rugbywriter(rugbywriter) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:55:36 +0000

@OUToftheBOKS

2006 was 4 years ago. You can not use something that happened then to decide who the best player is now. In 2006 John was still a good player!

Did YOU happen to watch any rugby last year? Go back and watch the Lions series and keep count of how many times Bissie didn’t throw straight. Then watch the tri nations and keep count of his penalties.

I tell you what, if Bissie worked on his throwing and went 5 games without giving away a penalty, I wouldn’t mind seeing him in the team. Also is handling is atrocious. Never have I seen so many knock-ons by an individual.

And really he doesn’t know the rules of rugby. He just flies into the rucks wrecklessly, he tackles high and doesn’t scrum correctly.

This is 2010 not 2006. Give Gary Botha the Springbok jersey and then see if you still want your ***** Bismarck du Plessis. When you’re done sucking his ****, maybe you should watch some rugby

By: David(David)

David(David) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:26:38 +0000

@OUToftheBOKS(OUToftheBOKS)-202: You're quite right about his lineout throwing, but as you say, trying to avoid Matfield and our other jumpers is always going to screw up the oppositions throw ins.

By: OUToftheBOKS(OUToftheBOKS)

OUToftheBOKS(OUToftheBOKS) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:21:18 +0000

@David(David)-201:
I’ve never rated him on throwing in (Mealamu)…but I would not be able to throw into the line out either if I saw mattfield and baxxies in front of me…kry sommer die horries…but everytime he freaken starts looking up and down and around when he approaches/sneaks up to the ruck, I start sweating…FREAKEN oke scavages and attacks about 30cm above the ground with VERY low centre af gravity…remember once he picked up about 15m from the bok try line and just ran through everything infront of him (and that was about 5-6years ago. every game since then, i stress when his approaching the breakdown and appears that he is going to do the same “pee-dee”

By: David(David)

David(David) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:12:09 +0000

@OUToftheBOKS(OUToftheBOKS)-200: He's a similar type of player to Bismark but with more finesse and brains.

By: OUToftheBOKS(OUToftheBOKS)

OUToftheBOKS(OUToftheBOKS) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:06:58 +0000

@David(David)-198: o my word! Now that's someone that can't throw into the line outs...but he is not k a k around the fringes though! Little etertjie!

By: OUToftheBOKS(OUToftheBOKS)

OUToftheBOKS(OUToftheBOKS) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:05:48 +0000

@Staal(Staal)-196:
Enough said…! These fools rating Gary Botha…Blou Bloed…thats quite sad…even mentioning Derek Kuun as an option makes me sick!

Rugbywriter…did you at all watch any international games last year? Can’t throw in straight? Can’t scrum? Yeah right…and Gary Botha can srcum??? Remember 2006/2007? Gary was second choice then. Pierre got “sick” from the roids, and enter Bismark (JW didnt select 3 hookers in the squad as customary. Then Bismark outclassed Botha COMPLETELY and went to second…Gary to third. And Gary realised this….that he just isn’t that good….and packed his bags for some dosh up north. Now he thinks he can try again…Bismark has shown loyalty to the Boks. He had numerous overseas offers, but stayed loyal. Even with both him and John at the Sharks, he sucked it up, and just played his game. And ousted John. He has had an angry management issue, but that, I believe, he has also outgrown. He is one of the players that demands respect within the entire Bok squad, and definately brings more to the party than his physicallity.

By: David(David)

David(David) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:02:53 +0000

@grant10(grant10)-197: I'd take Mealamu over Bissie any day, and he's the ABs second choice.

By: grant10(grant10)

grant10(grant10) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:59:11 +0000

@Staal(Staal)-196: And with that statement.....i totally agree.

By: Staal(Staal)

Staal(Staal) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:51:27 +0000

Good morning all,

IMo….

Bissie isn’t the best 2 in SA..

he’s the best in the World!

By: Great White Shark(Predawn)

Great White Shark(Predawn) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:48:31 +0000

Bismarck is certainly a heck of a lot stronger than Smit. If he ever manages to work on his handling skills and stops infringing he might get a starting place..in The Sharks team.

By: David(David)

David(David) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:47:20 +0000

@rugbywriter(rugbywriter)-193: To answer your question from last night, no I live in SA but find US politics fascinating.

By: rugbywriter(rugbywriter)

rugbywriter(rugbywriter) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:43:05 +0000

@Boksarenumber5(Boksarenumber1)-182: Bismarck by far the best hooker in the country?

Please explain what it is that makes him the best hooker in the country.

Is it the way he can’t go 5 minutes without getting a card? Is it the way he can’t throw the ball straight? Is it the way he stands up in the scrums and concedes penalties? Or is it the way he doesn’t know the rules of rugby? Or is it because he is a walking knock-on?

“Physical Presence” can’t be an excuse anymore for Bismarck to keep making the team.

By: David(David)

David(David) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:39:43 +0000

@money_man(money_man)-190: Leave Proudfoot where he is.

By: Bok fan(Bok fan)

Bok fan(Bok fan) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:38:32 +0000

Smit just needs to go on a conditioning program instead of the EOYT. We can’t go to the wc without smit as capt if we want to win