Preview: Wallabies vs All Blacks
30 Jul 2010
JON CARDINELLI foresees another Blackout this weekend as the Wallabies won’t be able to live with the All Blacks’ physicality.
Last Saturday, the Wallabies landed a blow that sent the Springboks down to the Tri-Nations canvas. They were rougher, tougher and ultimately smarter, and at the end of the Australasian tour from hell, the Boks had no reply.
The Wallabies’ dream start, however, will be short lived. They have home advantage, but they’re playing a team that’s grown stronger with every game this season.
After a scrappy start against Ireland and Wales, the All Blacks hit their straps against the Boks to score two bonus-point wins. They also managed to limit their opponents to two tries in two matches and 29 points overall.
The Aussies enjoyed similar success on the defensive front, but relied heavily on the boot of Matt Giteau to see them home. Their superior physical display was complemented by their ability to retain possession for long periods, and halfbacks Will Genia and Quade Cooper were instrumental in penetrating the Bok defence.
The All Blacks won’t be so generous. They smashed the Boks at the tackle at Eden Park and at the Cake Tin. In Richie McCaw, they have a player capable of slowing or stealing possession, and this will be key considering the All Blacks need to disrupt the Wallabies’ rhythm.
Cooper’s suspension is a setback for the hosts, even though Giteau is a more than competent 10. Whether he can offer Australia the same attacking edge is doubtful.
Neither Giteau nor Berrick Barnes are known for their abilities to take on the defence, and this, along with Australia’s likely loss at the collisions, is bound to limit the hosts’ overall potency. The All Blacks, having dominated the tackle point, had an easy time marshalling South Africa’s wide forays, and we should see more of the same in Melbourne.
The set-pieces will be interesting with Stephen Moore bolstering the Wallabies scrum and Nathan Sharpe sure to test an All Blacks lineout that enjoyed plenty of success against the Boks. But it will come down to the breakdowns and collisions, and the Aussies will play more territorially.
The Wallabies hardly kicked last week because they didn’t need to. The momentum was provided through their breakdown superiority, and as long as they retained possession, they usually prospered. This week, they’ll be outmatched in this area. They will strive for good field position and then try to build an attack from deep within All Blacks’ territory.
The Blacks will continue to employ their surge and destroy brand, although the Wallabies’ defence will be tougher to breach than that of the Boks. Dan Carter will vary his play in the early stages, and only once a comfortable lead’s been established will the visitors cut loose.
It may not be another bonus-point victory, but the win should bring the All Blacks one step closer to reclaiming the Tri-Nations title.
Prediction: All Blacks by 10
Wallabies – 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 James O’Connor, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Matt Giteau, 9 Will Genia, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (c), 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Salesi Ma’afu, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Benn Robinson.
Subs: 16 Saia Faingaa, 17 James Slipper, 18 Rob Simmons, 19 Matt Hodgson, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Anthony Faingaa, 22 Kurtley Beale.
All Blacks – 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Joe Rokocoko, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan; 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw, 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Subs: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Sam Whitelock, 19 Victor Vito, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Israel Dagg.
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30 Jul 2010, 16:46 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-199: heh yeah I am.
Seen the guy around town. So I know what he gets up to. Not nice.
30 Jul 2010, 16:49 pm
@goyougoodthing2(goyougoodthing2)-195: mmm.. I think everyone is pissed off about that one.
@Panzer Chief(cane)-196: While we’re at it, can we also chop the fingers off of whoever it was that stuck that bloody irritating ad at the bottom of the page?
30 Jul 2010, 16:51 pm
@goyougoodthing2(goyougoodthing2)-200: are you the new TheTackler?
30 Jul 2010, 16:53 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-203: No, I’m not the new ‘TheTackler’ (remember your inverted commas).
30 Jul 2010, 16:54 pm
Yeah dodgy old SA, that cavaliers tour was another disgrace, having to buy off players, but must admit I loved that tour, all the years they had not played
pity some of the boneheads did not wake up sooner, then again we never got to see the worlds best flanker on that tour,michael jones. Can’t remember if Maori fellas on tour or if our horseshit policy still applied.
30 Jul 2010, 16:59 pm
What an idiot Gold is:
Springbok assistant coach Gary Gold has broken his silence, admitting that the away leg of this year’s Vodacom Tri Nations was a failure, but vowed the coaching staff would work tirelessly to make the home leg a success.
Gold admitted in his online blog at rugbyiq.com that the Boks had executed their game plan poorly, but took another dig at referees by implying the difference between Super 14 and Tri Nations success was refereeing from the Northern Hemisphere. He also refused to believe the Bok game plan was outdated or old fashioned, as some critics have claimed.
“To say that the tour was not a success would be the understatement of the year. And while many of you rugby supporters are understandably annoyed and irritated with the team’s performances, it is our responsibility – and job – to not get caught up in a wave of emotion but, rather, objectively and systematically go about fixing the problem. Something which Peter de Villiers, as the head coach, is very good at doing,” Gold wrote.
“I believe that the cardinal rule about learning from our losses is that we need to focus our time and attention on the issues that we can control – in so doing we need to be honest and harsh about the things that we have done wrong; as an entire group. That said, I truly believe whilst there certainly were other external factors that aided our poor performances, spending time moaning and deliberating over these issues is counter-productive and takes our focus away from fixing the areas of our game that we can control.
Gold added that while it was a popular view at the moment that the Boks kicked too much while in New Zealand, the match statistics show that the All Blacks actually kicked more than the Boks.
“However, what is unquestionable is that their kicks – in their intentions and execution – were all superior to those of ours. Their kicks were on target more often and their chase was aggressive and accurate; in fact, their entire kicking strategy put us under similar pressure to what we did to them last year.
“You see, friends, what is really important is that we get to the bottom of whether our intended strategy and plan is wrong, as is widely report, or simply our execution. I believe the latter.
“Our kicks were generally inaccurate, we chased and aligned poorly and then failed on far too many occasions to make the first-time tackle intended to pin them deep in their own 22 – which, of course, exerts pressure and hopefully leads to turnovers. That is why I firmly believe, and clearly like NZ do, that the strategy is good – but on this tour our execution was far below our acceptable standard.”
Gold believes there is an irony in the claims the Boks aren’t “advancing the game” in the same way the Aussies and New Zealanders have.
“At last November’s SANZAR conference; the Super 14 teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa were told in no uncertain terms that four areas of the game were going to be heavily policed and teams not adhering to the refreshed interpretations of these four areas would be heavily penalised and thus be left behind. (The area that was most significantly going to be managed, would be the breakdown – with particular attention to the defending team allowing the attacking team to generate quick ball.)
“There is no doubt that South Africa’s Super 14 teams – through some astute coaching – adapted magnificently; an example of that is the team that conceded the most penalties in the 2010 Super 14 were the Crusaders, followed by the Hurricanes.
“In all, the Crusaders conceded 90 penalties; of those 75 penalties were conceded whilst on defence – mainly against effecting opposition from gaining quick ball.
“As we know, the Super 14 culminated in two SA sides meeting in the final and I am sure none of our Antipodean teams would disagree that they were the two best teams throughout the competition.
“How then, can it be possible that a few weeks later a Springbok team – made up largely of these same players – are now being accused of not ‘keeping up’ with how the game has advanced?
“And, here lies the irony…
“SANZAR instructed and initiated the new law interpretations and used 17 referees – from Australia, NZ and SA only – in 99 Super Rugby matches this season. Yet, to date, not one of those 17 referees have featured in the Tri-Nations (until this weekend – with our very own Craig Joubert in charge in Melbourne).
Gold said the team was admittedly “defenceless” when it came to their defence pattern on tour and this was something they would have to rectify.
“This is an area we will be giving massive attention to in the coming weeks as we build up to our next game in Soweto.
“The team has always prided itself in its strong defence and in the past that strong defence has given us a favourable reward by being able to turn over opposition ball. So, I am confident that rectify it.
“We are a tight squad under Pete’s leadership and nobody will shirk the hard work as we look to rectify our performances. Everybody in the Bok squad is very passionate about what they do, and how they do it, and there is a great camaraderie between everyone – all of whom have one goal; Bok victories. “
30 Jul 2010, 17:04 pm
@cab(cab)-205: Dude I thought the Cavaliers tour was great. It showed rugby is not about politics.
30 Jul 2010, 17:06 pm
Ah **** same old same old, it’s fine to get your kicking right, but that is not why we last, we have zero attacking impetus or plan to do so and our pack is considerably off the pack of last yeear
if they concentrate on their kicking again, even at home, the boks will get pumped again. Get the pack right and have a go with the ball in hand
30 Jul 2010, 17:17 pm
In short let Krusty work his magic, bugger this kickchase nonsense performed by lazy forwards that don’t want to committ and win hard fast giforward ball – Head Coach de Villiers must take a krusty mask to slip on before the kiwi tv postmaych interview
30 Jul 2010, 17:24 pm
jeepers Cab
stop talking so much sense.
It doesent feel right agreeing with you….
30 Jul 2010, 17:24 pm
Gold says that the Abs kicked more than the Boks. Well you genius, if they have 80% of the possession chances are they will do more than us, but the ratio of kicks to run is different.
30 Jul 2010, 17:28 pm
Nah this kickchase has Bern **** from the word go, the reason we were successful in 2009 was a pack that took the game to a different level on terms of commitment and frenetc blitzkrieg- had buggerall to do with the stupid kicking
30 Jul 2010, 19:38 pm
Brenden Nel
Johannesburg – Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has come out strongly to tell the country that he – and nobody else – is the coach of the national team.
After several articles which suggest that De Villiers was not in control of the World Champions but it was either run by senior players, or by the assistant coaches, the Bok mentor moved swiftly to dispel any doubts about who is in charge.
De Villiers faced up to fans questions in SA Rugby’s Bokzine – the email newsletter for Springbok fans – and was forthright when asked who is in charge of the team.
“I’ve heard this so many times – and not just in New Zealand – that it’s obvious that those with fixed opinions won’t change their minds whatever I say,” De Villiers wrote.
“I am the coach but I do listen to players who have played in close to 100 Tests and won every trophy there is to win in rugby. It has brought us success and I don’t recall this being a criticism last year. I am not threatened by this talk – after all, I went to France to fetch John (Smit) back.
When confronted by the question of bringing in young talent and the suggestion that some of the senior players have past their prime, the Bok coach pointed out that experience was a telling factor when it came to the World Cup.
“One of the key questions that we spend a long time debating in selection and this year you’ve seen that we have brought through young players like Francois Louw, Juan de Jongh, Flip van der Merwe and others,” De Villiers explained.
“But the history of World Cups is that they’re won by experience – the Bok and England teams that won the last two were the most experienced in either teams’ rugby history! All but three of Jake’s team won in 2007 had made their debuts at or before the previous World Cup, so experience can’t be a bad thing.”
De Villiers added that utility back Frans Steyn’s cannon boot was very much still in the Bok plans, but suggested his commitments to his French club Racing Metro were hindering him from playing for the national team.
“In answer, Frans is very much still in our thinking and we would like him in the team – we just have to balance the demands of club and country so that he can perform his best for the Springboks,” De Villiers said.
30 Jul 2010, 19:41 pm
@goyougoodthing2(goyougoodthing2)-206: Just read that now.
Gold often uses stats to back up everything he says on his blog…but im only interested in the most important stat…the Scoreboard
30 Jul 2010, 19:46 pm
‘“But the history of World Cups is that they’re won by experience – the Bok and England teams that won the last two were the most experienced in either teams’ rugby history! All but three of Jake’s team won in 2007 had made their debuts at or before the previous World Cup, so experience can’t be a bad thing.”’
well said PDV
30 Jul 2010, 22:56 pm
Peter Fitzsimons, former Wallaby prop, Sydney Morning Herald columnist and author of several books, has given 10 reasons why Australia will beat NZ in Melbourne. See what you think…
(Peter FitzSimons has the distinction of being the only Wallaby ever sent off against the All Blacks – something of which he is absurdly and tragically proud. Here, he tells us why Australia will topple New Zealand at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne tonight.)
1 It’s about bloody time. The Wallabies are too good a side, with too good a coach, to lose against the All Blacks EIGHT times in a row. It is against the natural order of things for a group of New Zealanders to beat a group of Australians at anything even once, and when it comes to losing at rugby that many times, surely the heavens themselves will revolt, the seas will rise, the sky fall in, before it will happen.
2 The Wallabies are rising fast. George Bernard Shaw once said: “Wagner has some wonderful moments … but some terrible half hours!” and the same may be said of the Wallabies in the latter part of last year, and a couple of their early Tests this year. But on their last outing, against the Springboks last week, the Wallabies had a couple of wonderful half hours and only a few terrible moments. They’re on the run-in to the World Cup now, and it was always going to be around now that it all started coming together. The signs are that it is happening!
3 The All Blacks are starting to fall away. How do I know that? Because there is no way they can possibly play better, ever, than they did against the Springboks in their past two Tests. Yes, of course they were completely devastating in those matches: rolling thunder in the forwards, lightning in the backs, all put together making a perfect storm that blew the South Africans away. But think of it mathematically. This year the All Blacks were always going to play “X” minutes of absolutely stupendous rugby. Now, we meet them at a time when there is only ”X less 320” minutes of perfect rugby left in them! There has to be some dud rugby ahead from them!
4 Our forward pack is getting better. And I know that from similar reasoning to that above. It was not so long ago that with a collapsing scrum and a dud lineout, they simply couldn’t get any worse, meaning the only way was up – and so it has proved. In the past two Tests, particularly, the Wallabies forwards have not only been competent, they have very nearly been bloody good!
5 Our depth. What does it say to you when we lose a player like Quade Cooper at five-eighth, and you not only have a genius the calibre of Matt Giteau to move into that position, but you get a refreshed Berrick Barnes coming off the bench?
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6 Will Genia. The halfback was a revelation for Queensland this year, the heart and soul of the side, and he was sorely missed by the Wallabies when absent through injury at the start of the season. But he’s baaaaaaaack! He demonstrated last week just how good he is and, with that run under his belt, this week he can make a statement to take his place on the Rugby Rushmore of the Halfback Greats, beside the likes of Ken Catchpole, Nick Farr-Jones and George Gregan.
7 We have their plans! After that photo of the piece of paper with a couple of the All Blacks moves on it was published, Robbie Deans has been no doubt up all night all week with a magnifying glass decoding the whole thing, before distributing it to the Wallabies. We’ll know what they’re going to do before they do! (Not really. That whole notion is absurd. But the more we play it up big, the more it plays with their minds.)
8 With victory, the Wallabies will be ”moving Australia forward” and ”taking real action” all in one, so you know it’s a good idea!
9 David Bloody Pocock. He belted the bejeesus out of the Springboks’ back row last weekend up in Brisbane and now it is the All Blacks’ turn to get their medicine. Hold still, Richie, this won’t hurt a bit. Not much, anyway.
10 It’s simple. We’re Australians. They’re Kiwis. We’re better than they are!
30 Jul 2010, 23:39 pm
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-216: We all know Peter Fitzsimons is a sensationalist and this piece is nothing more than comedy, tongue-in-cheek, and he admits as much himself. Funny.
30 Jul 2010, 23:46 pm
Superb ! Fitzsimons is one of my very favourite sports journos. Very clever, witty. His books are excellent, smart guy.
This match can go either way. Blacks still developing, Boks were so bad that they made them look better than they are. Wallabies still developing too but have home ground advantage and Deans will have tricks up his sleeve, fer sure. ABs hold psychological advan with 7 straight wins, but theyre not good enough to expect any away victory in Aus. Great to get the African easybeats out of the way, let them return to Currie Cup and lick their wounds and egos. Soccer City can wait for another day.
kia KAHA !
30 Jul 2010, 23:46 pm
@WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-161:
“Mind you, the Cavaliers side that toured in 1986 was basically an All Black team – I think 28 of the 30 who toured with the Cavaliers were All Blacks before that.” – WP
Wrong. They were the worst of scum for breaking the sanctions and “playing” a team that represented an illegal regime. 28 of 30 were AB’s before but how many after?
30 Jul 2010, 23:54 pm
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-218: Interesting preview BP but I think if we’re honest NZ are going to win. Deans’s record v NZ is something like 6-1 and I’m not convinced the Wallabies bringing anything new to the table in 2010.
30 Jul 2010, 23:55 pm
@Muttonbird(Muttonbird)-219:
The 1986 Cavaliers were selected on the form at the end of 1984. They were already geriatrics hanging on just to make 1984 (Ashworth, Axle Knight etc) so 2 years later they were completely knackered. They were, in no shape or form, representative of what an ‘All Black’ team would have been if selected instead in 1986. Less than HALF made the RWC squad the following year.
Safas are so desperate for results again NZ. Let them believe what they want. The record since post-isolation stands at a win/loss ration of 3:1 in NZs favour. If it seems like only 3 weeks since that we were being told that at “3-0″ every year it would take only a few minutes to even up again, then thats because it was.
31 Jul 2010, 00:00 am
@Panzer Chief(cane)-184: Disgusting!
31 Jul 2010, 00:02 am
@Muttonbird(Muttonbird)-219:
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-221:
a tad bitter ‘n twisted chaps?
chat later
cheers
31 Jul 2010, 00:02 am
@BULLET(BULLET)-197:
“Well at least the Boks cannot loose this weekend.”
Those in losing CC games can. Poor b*rstards.
31 Jul 2010, 00:06 am
@Great White Shark(Predawn)-43:
“The most boring thread on keo to date.” – GWS
It’s reached five pages so some people aren’t bored.
31 Jul 2010, 00:08 am
@Muttonbird(Muttonbird)-224: Loose? Lose?
31 Jul 2010, 00:10 am
@charo(charo)-223: 2nd blackest time in New Zealand rugby history.
31 Jul 2010, 00:10 am
@Big Hit(Big Hit)-220: It’s 8-1. That bad.
31 Jul 2010, 00:23 am
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-226: Heard you had a habit of doing that.
31 Jul 2010, 00:36 am
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-221: Half of the 1986 Cavaliers were hanging on for the one last unfulfilled ambition to hurrah off their career — a tour of SA against the Boks. And so, mission accomplished, they retired after coming home and that’s why they weren’t in the 87 RWC squad — they weren’t even contending for a place in it. They’d quit.
Only two current 1985 ABs refused to tour with the Cavaliers — Graham Mourie and John Kirwan.
The Cavaliers were indeed as close to a full-strength AB team as makes no difference, no doubt about it.
No point in pretending otherwise.
And, as the Gleneagles Agreement had forbidden OFFICIAL tours, the South Africans (who weren’t consulted or signatories of that agreement) went the unofficial route as it was the only one available to them.
Nothing wrong with that. One hardly expects a turkey to slit its own throat. SARU (or, rather, its forerunner, SARB) had a duty to advance Springbok rugby, and not a duty to worry about any other countries’ sporting interests.
So they did what they deemed best in 1986. And they did it well, following it up with a “World Invitation” two-test tour in 1989.
31 Jul 2010, 00:47 am
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-230:
John Kirwan and David Kirk
The ABs best player
and
The RWC winning Captain.
31 Jul 2010, 01:04 am
@Big Hit(Big Hit)-220:
Consistently the best open-rugby matchup on the Planet, bar none. 2 teams running it all day, hammer and tongs, having a go, mate.
You Tube the ‘Cannon punch’ on Mealamu* and tell me Bledisloe Cups are boring and mean nothing !
Kevvie takes a great one right on the snoz and comes back for more……..yyyyyyyyyyyyyEAH baby !
31 Jul 2010, 01:27 am
Agree some the greatest showdowns of all time have been Aus / NZ Bledisloe encounters where no quarters are given, asked, nor taken. Tomorrow promises to be right up there with some others of recent memory. None of this boring as f’ng heinous garbage that the likes of JW and his crony disciples drone out year after dumb f’ck year. kicking and chasing and seeking out intercepts and long range drop goals to eternity, play without the ball, cower into the laager and kick your self to sleep kind of nonentity game plan.
At least when NZ meets Aus, they play rugby, they recognize exactly what the object of the exercise is about, like crossing the opposition try line, that is prima strategy nomero uno, cross the opposition try line with whatever means at your disposal, not hope and pray that after you up n under for the umpteenth time somebody over yonder gonna drop the ball and hand you another lucky packet win like WC 2007.
31 Jul 2010, 01:30 am
@skopskiet(yliad)-233:
we do a strange thing in NZ (many, actually) when we wish to show ‘respect’.
We bow down and do The Messiah.
31 Jul 2010, 01:44 am
What? No bokke this wend, 7s rugby toss it about, battle of the cheats. Is their amy decent NH rugby on?
31 Jul 2010, 01:51 am
Q:- What do you call the match for 3rd place in the TriN ?
A:- The Currie Cup; its always a Sth African team.
31 Jul 2010, 01:59 am
cab just canna wait for the annual England-Italy monstrous melodrama of mammoth proportions, puts NZ – Aus rivalry in the shade, 2 huffing and puffing menopausal monstrosity power packs hefferlumping their way to oblivion in inches and falling over each others pompous Romulus rumps in the modder.
Don’t bother turning on the telly in the morning catchacrabbertjie its just a boring little encounter between two juggernauts of the running game who gonna go hammer and tongs at each other, rather you sleep in late, catch up your snoozy double deluxe twinky two little winks, and store up that energy for when England or Scotland meet up with megalith Italy instead.
31 Jul 2010, 02:04 am
How on earth can 60% of the KEO poll participants think that the Wallabies will win by more than 15 points? That’s fairly jaw-dropping.
31 Jul 2010, 02:05 am
That’s more like it- bit of crash bash bang – like those old mountain rams battering koppe – like the first scrims of old – crunch. Instead what we going to get treated too, a score of 98-96 with no big hits, no vokmaarvoort and no testing of the tightplay – might ad well call it basketball – the sheep ranglers vs Ozzie and skippy show
31 Jul 2010, 02:06 am
wishful thinking, thats how
31 Jul 2010, 02:14 am
Right think I will listen to a bit of Florence and the machine, beats old bob the beatnik whisperer hands down
night night
31 Jul 2010, 02:16 am
crash bash mash mush smooch smother schlep schlop flop over each other, thats NH rugby in its hay hoe glory, bit like saffa JW rugby reverting to our immaculate emaciated strengths
Aus – NZ rugby showdowns are the benchmarks of where this game should be at, unlike that 15-6, 5 kicks to 2 adulation of our glorious grandeur nonentity snooze party where if you had to blink you might just have missed the game entirely.
31 Jul 2010, 02:23 am
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-216: He knows they are screwed before they start. He has not stated one cold fact or made one relative statement in his (tongue in cheek)summary of the case. A lawyer whose client is looking at the ‘chair’ and he is trying to squash DNA, finger prints and eye witness with rhetoric and conjecture.@skopskiet(yliad)-237: LMFAO Skop, keep it up!It brings a picture to mind of a Hippo trying to mount a Rhino on a muddy field and cant get its footing
I really and respectively think the Wallabies really need a name change….it just doesnt seem to cut it and the Wallaby is an even smaller and more timid creature than the kangaroo..
like the ‘Rose’ what were they thinking of a punch of petals?
No we should open a big debate and help the Wallys find something with some Grit and character, a name of sterner meaning.
I mean OZ has Croc’s and some of the worlds deadliest creatures both on land and in the waterways and oceans, insects like the spiders and a massive history of the Aboriginal culture to draw on. Buffalo and Tasmanian tigers etc and some bright spark comes up with wallaby..?
Look at some of the names of the league teams..Cronulla Sharks, St George Dragons, Broncos, Raiders etc…NZ Warriors, Titans and Eagles. Even the state teams are better placed to some degree in the naming stakes, even the Brumbys give more of an image of something wild and strong( historically it ties in with the man from snowy river). Even the Q’land Reds Koala looks more ferocious than the how the Wallaby is presented!!
31 Jul 2010, 02:40 am
@captain fantail(captain fantail)-243: He’s pulling your leg, pilgrim.
31 Jul 2010, 02:54 am
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-231: David Kirk wasn’t an All Black when the Cavaliers were picked. He was still “up and coming”. Kirwan was an AB, and a great winger. But wingers really have very little influence on the overall brilliance of any team. Lomu wasn’t the key reason why the 1996 ABs beat the world champion Boks. The players that have the greatest influence on the excellence of a team wear number 10 and below.
31 Jul 2010, 02:55 am
@funkyzoo(funkyzoo)-238: There’s some sort of virus in that poll system.
31 Jul 2010, 04:13 am
Stegmann moet (moes) daar wees. Hy het in die S14 vir Brussouw ore aangesit.
Ja, refs like hom nie. Maar hy is on par met die beste fetchers – ons sou the BIL verloor het, want Supersnor wou nie Brussouw kies nie, gelukkig het die noodlot ons gehelp,
Frankensteyn ook, maar die laaitie en PdV se ego’s bots.
Regardless, ons grootste probleme is… – Coaches
(Unrelated:
Nadat Gary Gold gewaai het by die WP/Stormers, het hulle skrum baie verbeter.
Os doen nou ons skrum afrigting.
Wat presies is jou job description as jy forwards coach is, maar jy kan nie eers jou skrums fix nie?
Gary Gold is ‘n quota coach, en die manier wat hy die afgelope tyd gatgabbas raak met die joernaliste spreek boekdele.
**** Muir word ge-expose vir wie hy is – die Sharks se sukses is as gevolg van Plumtree)
Kry Heyneke in vir forwards coach, Slaptjip vir Backline coach, en gooi Allister Coetzee in vir good measure.
31 Jul 2010, 04:22 am
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-244: ..Hence the ‘tongue in cheek comment’…pilgrim.
31 Jul 2010, 04:33 am
So, if you know it’s TIC, you mustn’t let Fitz wind you up so much, pilgrim. Bad for the blood pressure and all.
31 Jul 2010, 04:36 am
Watch the video how Mcaw cheats and watch the refs duplicity
http: //www.youtube com/watch?v=pdr-W775hk4&feature= player_embedded
We now Pdiddy for his comments but this is shocking. Its destroying the integrity of rugby.
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