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31 Aug 2010
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Deans demands Wobblies to toughen up
Robbie Deans says his players need to toughen up ahead of the Wallabies’ Test against the Springboks in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
The Wallabies head coach lamented his team’s performance last weekend which saw them relinquish a 21-7 lead and lose 44-31 in Pretoria. Deans said his players need to be ‘tougher on each other’ and on defence.
Deans added that his players need to cut out unnecessarily pressure they put on teammates with ‘schoolboy rugby’ cut-out passes and accepting mediocrity. He also stressed that they need to take more of their opportunities.
‘What that loss came down to was unnecessary lapses,’ Deans said.
‘In the game, there were elements which were good, but some of the old elements of our play came back. You’ve got to put that down to the ability of the players to drive each other to keep their minds on the task. This team is not yet tough enough.’
Deans warned his players about their World Cup spots next year, saying that he will drop repeat offenders once injured players, like Digby Ioane, Ben Alexander, James Horwill, Wycliff Palu, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Peter Hynes, Rob Horne and Rod Davies, become available again. He also mentioned bringing back veterans like former skipper Stirling Mortlock and lock Dan Vickerman, who returns from Cambridge University next season.
O’Neill to seek reconciliation
ARU boss John O’Neill will meet up with his Saru counterparts in Bloemfontein on Friday to try and rescue the Sanzar partnership.
In recent weeks, Saru officials have been critical about their Australian and New Zealand partnership and admitted to the media that they will look at better potential partnerships after the Sanzar contract ends.
Saru president Oregan Hoskins also said that Sanzar’s disciplinary hearing over Bok head coach Peter de Villiers’s comments was ‘a declaration of war by Australia and New Zealand against South Africa’.
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31 Aug 2010, 11:52 am
@aliboy(aliboy)-133: re ‘
Toeava vs Kahui vs SBW – those 3 in
contention for the midfield spots.’ i read Taine Randell’s column yesterday and he reckons Luke Mcalister is the man to back Dan Carter/Cruden or slot into 2nd-five. He acknowledge that Luke wasn’t impressive after his return from the northern hemisphere but his performances for the Maori team & apprently for North Harbour have been spectacular…
31 Aug 2010, 11:53 am
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-147: Current result suggest otherwise.
31 Aug 2010, 11:54 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-151:
“…Luke wasn’t impressive after his return from the northern hemisphere …”
What player has been?
31 Aug 2010, 11:55 am
@Muttonbird(Muttonbird)-153: True. It’s like they put a hex on them when they come from there.
31 Aug 2010, 11:57 am
@Muttonbird(Muttonbird)-152: Yes with the help of law tinkering, friendly irish refs, badly structured telly tournys and an unvalidated silly ranking system… yeah of course you are no.1′s until the next level playing field…
31 Aug 2010, 12:01 pm
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-148: “Ive hardly felt the need to put my 2p’s worth in this year, the whinging from Bok fans has been reward enough. Why bother” – most bloggers just see you have run out of material… To HG, however, your current bullsh.yte- (as opposed to writers-) block is a good thing…
31 Aug 2010, 12:02 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-155: I’m not talking about the rankings, I’m talking about the 3-0. Dude same laws for everyone and the ref conspiracy is just sad. It was sad a month ago and now it’s sad and dated.
31 Aug 2010, 12:02 pm
@rossoneri(rossoneri)-71:
I dont know why you, nay anyone, even bothers reading what Boy George has to say. There is only one message and it is always the same.
31 Aug 2010, 12:03 pm
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-158: hehehehehehe. True. Like a stuck record.
31 Aug 2010, 12:05 pm
@Muttonbird(Muttonbird)-153: percy montgomery
haha
31 Aug 2010, 12:06 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-160: Agreed. I remembered that after I clicked Sumbit.
31 Aug 2010, 12:07 pm
@Muttonbird(Muttonbird)-157: 3-0 this year, 0-4 last year – swings and roundabouts, especially with law changes and lets say, kindly Oirish refs… (40 odd penalties to one yellow says it all…
)
31 Aug 2010, 12:09 pm
@Muttonbird(Muttonbird)-153:
Only Montgomery in 2004
31 Aug 2010, 12:10 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-163: Europe had better hair stylists and he could concentrate on his game.
31 Aug 2010, 12:11 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-151:
Watered down ANZC
Same with those Maori games
31 Aug 2010, 12:12 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-163: ross skeate is not doing badly @ the sharks too.
31 Aug 2010, 12:12 pm
@rossoneri(rossoneri)-164:
lmao
31 Aug 2010, 12:12 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-160: Percy “Wife beater” Monty? Only his kicking improved!
31 Aug 2010, 12:12 pm
@Muttonbird(Muttonbird)-153: Common anecdotal evidence suggests that HEC rugby is as tough as CC or ITM (maybe not S15) but much slower. Maybe that’s why most come back fat and lazy.
31 Aug 2010, 12:15 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-162: What’s with this 4-0 in 2009. A lot of (SA) people mention it but I can’t remember 4 games. What am I missing?
31 Aug 2010, 12:17 pm
@Muttonbird(Muttonbird)-170: It’s wishfull thinking so that the 3 – 0 this year does not hurt to bad.
31 Aug 2010, 12:18 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-156:
There is always one blogger here more desperate to see his name up in the big neon-Keo lights than the next man; to post more hits, to be more talked about, to be more notorious, to be more Nationalistic (ie ‘patriotic’) in his slagging of the opposition than anyone else. Boy George, youre nothing more than a flash slash in the Keo pan. The heady heights of your narcissistic high have now reached their nadir with the constant self-adulation of yourself in the 3rd-person
We all know youre a FRAUD, and have known for some time, but its a secret that we’re happy enough to share with you now.
Sing us another one, Boy George, hows about:-
“This little light of mine
Im gonna let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine…”.
31 Aug 2010, 12:18 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-162: I think you’ll find that 40 odd penalties to one yellow is about where a team should be. Couldn’t tell that to Bakkies, JDV, JF, or Mitchell though could you?
31 Aug 2010, 12:21 pm
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-172: I see you actually address HG in this post, instead of your normal roundabout route like a typical cowardly, whining Kiwi…
31 Aug 2010, 12:22 pm
I see that the victim’s brother threatened Bees’s mother – threatening a woman – says alot of the cop’s family – probably all drug dealers & car stealers! … also Eugene Terblanche’s murderers gets R5 000 bail …. Bees gets R100 000 bail.
31 Aug 2010, 12:24 pm
@Muttonbird(Muttonbird)-173: ratios, my son – you clearly have the wrong end of the stick – Oz and Sa seem to get a yellow for a much lower count of penalties… take your head out of your precious ab loving nought and think about it in the clear light of day…
31 Aug 2010, 12:29 pm
@I_support_BEES(suffer_guy)-175: Serious question: How old are you? You do know that the question of bail is a means test right? That the court looks at your total income and then determines a bail amount in accordance with that, right? When put into perspective R100,000.00 is alot more obtainable for Bees than R5000.00 wa for ET’s killers, right? I feel so silly asking these rhetorical questions. Ofcourse you knew this already.
31 Aug 2010, 12:29 pm
@I_support_BEES(suffer_guy)-175: It is considered a worse offence when arrested for killing a law enforement officer
My advice is not to get involved and let the law take its course
I feel for Bees & his family as much as I feel for the deceased cop and his family
My support for both of them in this trying time, and lets pray that justice is served!!
31 Aug 2010, 12:37 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-176: Don’t worry, I have thought about it and those stats are the most unconvincing bit of evidence since that doco saying Jews blew up the twin towers.
Follow me for just a bit – it’s quite simple and in English: The ABs were penalised for regular gametime fouls. The Boks and Wobs were carded for dangerous play and fouls after warnings. They are unrelated events! Now what’s difficult about that?
31 Aug 2010, 12:38 pm
@Taahirah(Taahirah)-177:
No. He really didn’t.
31 Aug 2010, 12:38 pm
@Tisme(Tisme)-178: Well put.
31 Aug 2010, 12:40 pm
@Muttonbird(Muttonbird)-179: Twist and shout – numbers are numbers – a clear indication of bias pointed out not by a saffer but by an Ozzie… hehehehe
31 Aug 2010, 12:41 pm
@Tisme(Tisme)-178: Good post.
31 Aug 2010, 13:08 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-182: Taking an Aussie’s word now.
31 Aug 2010, 13:11 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-174:
Hi, ‘HG’
I think Peter Fitzsimons – ex-Wallaby, current SMH sports journo – puts it best in his weekly, and now synonymous, moniker of the ‘Michael Clarke Awards’. In Australia, they dont bother calling someone “a d*ckhead” any more, they just call you a “Clarkey”.
here’s a small selection from Fitzsimons (the SMH-column referred to as ‘TFF’) over the past few months, amidst many many more:-
Ricky Stuart farewells Cronulla with two Michael Clarke nomination for the Ages: “To be honest, I haven’t sat down and thought about what is best for Ricky Stuart …” and “The next NRL job I do will be something I’ll look deeply into in regards to making it the right fit for Ricky Stuart.” I said SHOOT ME !!!!!!!!
Dear TFF … I’m facing a bit of a dilemma. I play football (as in “soccer”) for a Sunday over-35s team and also write the subsequent match reports posted on our club’s website each week. The question is, when I feature in some crucial piece of action (goal, assist, red card, etc) how do I write about that involvement? Do I talk about myself in the third person and risk coming across like Michael Clarke, or do I continually refer to myself in the first person and risk coming across more like Phil Gould? A tricky one! Any advice? … Sean Adams
Dear Sean … Third person, modestly, or mock-ironically. Downplay your role, unless you played like a genius, in which case you can safely, once or twice, flagrantly up-play it! … Best, Peter
Eagle-eyed Fitzphile Philip McLaughlin has spotted one of the rarest varieties of Michael Clarke-speak imaginable. In this quote Shane Warne not only refers to himself in the third person, not only does it self-aggrandisingly, but also mentions himself in the plural! Here is our Shane this week on the Australian cricket team:
”They have a good squad but are not a standout team. Whenever you lose the Matthew Haydens, Adam Gilchrists, Shane Warnes or Glenn McGraths – guys who could win a game off their own back – it is hard and there are not four or five guys in the side who can do that now.”
TFF hates to shut down one of our favourite competitions in May, but our 2010 Michael Clarke Award for referring to yourself in the third person is now officially over. As if you didn’t know, Cronulla coach Ricky Stuart is this year’s recipient after announcing his forthcoming resignation on Monday: “The timing’s right for Ricky Stuart – it’s probably the first decision I’ve made for Ricky Stuart at the Cronulla Sharks the last three years I’ve been here.” The interesting thing is the only quote to compare with it is the immortal “Ricky Stuart will do what’s best for Ricky Stuart,” said in the middle of the Super League War. At this point, I don’t think even Michael Clarke himself could out-do him!
Tiger Woods is this week’s recipient of the Michael Clarke award, after he stuffed up a shot on the 15th hole in the final round and yelled: ”Tiger Woods – you suck – goddamn it!” Infantile.
US snowboarder Shaun White, this week’s winner of the Michael Clarke Award: ”Being Shaun White is not easy sometimes but it’s definitely fun a lot of the times. It’s cool. Being me is a strange thing sometimes, and I’m trying to get a grasp on it even now.”
Michael Clarke puts himself back in the frame for this year’s Michael Clarke Award, by saying that it might be better for NSW to choose a fresh youngster than: “… a tired Michael Clarke.”
31 Aug 2010, 13:16 pm
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-185:
Did you hear the one about Kevin Pietersen who wouldnt answer questions from journos in press meets unless they referred to him as “KP” ?
Maybe they just should try “Clarkey”.
31 Aug 2010, 13:23 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-151:
Luke McAlister has had a VERY bad run of injuries since returning home.
His class will prevail.
Ted knows this.
31 Aug 2010, 13:55 pm
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-185: HG is not Michael Clark, HG is not a “3rd person”, HG is an online persona!
HG understands that you resent what he has to contribute – Tough!
HG would also be interested to know what Black Panty means by “you’re a fraud”?
Other than that – having a sulk and a whinge is expected from Kiwis – even if your team is winning…. Funny people, you lot…
31 Aug 2010, 13:56 pm
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-186: HG is similar to KP…? Careful, you might add to the HG legend…
31 Aug 2010, 14:02 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-189: that should be “legend”, of course…
31 Aug 2010, 14:05 pm
@Panzer Chief(cane)-187: Hi mate how are you going?, How do you Kiwis do it, I mean the AB’s are composed, always give 100% and all 22 do so as well, the wallabies are their own worst enemies, I think we put more pressure on our selves than the opposition sometimes and we crack, In my mind for Deans to call for that team to toughen up is a joke, totally in contrast to our neighbours, maybe we should start importing the water, we probably already are
31 Aug 2010, 14:07 pm
The Tunnel:
Sitting together on a train travelling through the Swiss Alps, were a
Kiwi guy, an Australian bloke, a little old Greek lady, and a young
blonde Saffa girl with large breasts.
The train goes into a dark tunnel and a few seconds later there is the sound of a loud slap.
When the train emerges from the tunnel, the Aussie has a bright red hand print on his cheek.
No one speaks.
The old lady thinks:
The Aussie guy must have groped the blonde in the dark, and she slapped his cheek.
The blonde Saffa girl thinks:
That Aussie guy must have tried to grope me in the dark, but missed and fondled the old lady and she slapped his cheek.
The Aussie thinks:
The Kiwi bloke must have groped the blonde in the dark. She tried to slap him but missed and got me instead.
The Kiwi thinks:
I can’t wait for another tunnel, just so I can smack that F***ing Aussie again.
31 Aug 2010, 14:25 pm
@SAussie/QldRed(SAussie)-191:
There is no easy answer for OZ.
But you have some magnificent young players. Hang in there.
Your time is not far away. (hopefully after 2011).
Good luck this weekend.
Good signs for OZ:
-The front row is now is holding it’s own.
-Beale is emerging as a great talent at 10 or 15. (or anywhere else for that matter).
-Backline has always been good, but you now have confidence out wide.
-Administrators showing patience. (Patience = wisdom).
Just remember the Saffa’s have more player resources than Oz and NZ combined.
For us to prevail…………………………………we need Clowns running the SARU.
Krusty has things inhand.
31 Aug 2010, 14:40 pm
Sing us another one, Boy George !
31 Aug 2010, 14:47 pm
@Panzer Chief(cane)-193:
Dingo Deans is a very lucky man indeed. He knows he has a Mandate for the RWC and the RWC only. Im sure the odd Win wouldnt go amiss to present to the Board and appease the fans but his continued selection for youth proves this hypothesis beyond doubt. But his team contiue to grow, despite the results.
I must say I have been proved wrong by Weepoo this season who has been superb and showing no little added-maturity. If Ma’a can learn to not lose possession, let alone pass with aplomb off both sides, then Piri too can learn when the Hail Mary pass is on or not. I will, however, continue to watch him thru my fingers and look forward to the day Loveridge-jnr appears on the landscape and hope that Weepoos diet can stay off the fried bird over the off-season.
31 Aug 2010, 16:25 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-91:
You are so despicable and appallingly dishonest(pathology?), and you only have yourself to blame for that, that I intended not to refer to any post emanating from you but this particular post( quoted below) takes the proverbial cake for its level of being inhumanly dishonest and the question is why, for what purpose, is it just to prop-up your demented arrogance?
” Spin it any way you want – why talk in a different language anyway unless there is something underhanded you want to say about another poster. ” UNQUOTE
Who, but who, has done that more on this blog other than YOU, in at least 3 or so different languages such as French, German, Spanish besides some S.A vernacular languages.
Who has talked ” in a different language anyway unless there is something underhanded you want to say about another poster ” THAN YOU?
Have you no shame ,no skin on your face? No honour but dishonour?
While I am at it, in your high-flying Natal(‘Maritzburg, Durban or elsewhere in Kwa-Zulu) LIFE did you ever use the that so fashionable term, non-White millions of times? I have because I lived in South Africa during your glory years and so have eveyone else who is S.African.
So chew on that when the tables are deliberately and mischievously overturned and you are forced to accept your own bitter medicine which you cannot down because it is galling. Lest you forget it was galling to many more millions then also during your time of milk and honey.
Now I have the honey, disappointingly for you, in my cereal but that is the natural stuff that the bees give me via my Yugoslavian honey-producer.
NOTA BENE, I am not even involved in this, another of your stupid, endless rantings.
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