I'm just saying this tongue in cheek, but didn't the Lions maybe deliberately lose (almost every match) to tick-off a coach that had no respect for them as individuals? I while ago, I think it was just before the Lions round 13 match against the Reds, I watched Josh Strauss's Skype interview...
And so you should! I just get nervous when someone with the nickname "Devill" comments on my post :p
I am! I just didn't post it here :D
So, when's the next international?
A friendly reminder / correction of Jean = 13 and Wynand = 12 would've sufficed ;) Goes to show how much of the game I watched. I apologise to all Wynand fans.
IMHO, Olivier was in the back line, so we shouldn't really be surprised by this. I can't recall 100%, as the match excitement level was right up there with watching the process of dew evaporation, so correct me if I'm making this up, but I think here was an instance when Jean made a break and...
Another interesting thing to note on that clip (again) is Pierre Spies that almost looked like he was "jogging" right behind Aplon when he was in full flight and scored that long distance try.
Here's one clip of Aplon brushing off a head on tackle from one of France's centres in a 2010 match when we thumped them properly. Try incoming at 1:05. This is not the only one. There's a few where he just bounces off opponents, a couple being big forwards. I suppose it's got to do with the...