2014 - November Rugby Internationals

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Replay said:
Why is Habana still there.....and where's Seabelo Senatla?
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I guess they want to utilise Habana's experience. For Ireland their jersey is greener than ours, our rugby history against them indicate it as such. I guess the "exposure" team will be playing Italy.
 
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GreGorGy said:
Meh - are they an improvement?
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Who knows. You have all the marketing-speak being trotted out about design and performance and bla bla. Looks pretty good, I reckon.

GreGorGy said:
Because he is a legend and in South Africa we drag them out and rattle their bones way past the expiry date.
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You don't think he should be there? He took a dip in form a while ago but recently has played strongly. Goes looking for work, gets in the right space when he needs to etc.

Still a drama queen, though.
 
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OrbitalDawn said:
Who knows. You have all the marketing-speak being trotted out about design and performance and bla bla. Looks pretty good, I reckon.
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New jerseys always create a stir. Oh FFS! the pink. Then, the idiot that came up with the pink wondered just how he could top himself. How about camo? I hang my head in shame.

OrbitalDawn said:
You don't think he should be there? He took a dip in form a while ago but recently has played strongly. Goes looking for work, gets in the right space when he needs to etc.

Still a drama queen, though.
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For the longest time, he was a useless fixture. He may be returning to some form but nowhere near what he was and we have this terrible habit of taking legends and making the public hate them by playing them past their prime. When he sparks, he burns but when he doesn't, he is a liability. I hope he sparks. Time will tell.
 
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GreGorGy said:
New jerseys always create a stir. Oh FFS! the pink. Then, the idiot that came up with the pink wondered just how he could top himself. How about camo? I hang my head in shame.
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GreGorGy said:
For the longest time, he was a useless fixture. He may be returning to some form but nowhere near what he was and we have this terrible habit of taking legends and making the public hate them by playing them past their prime. When he sparks, he burns but when he doesn't, he is a liability. I hope he sparks. Time will tell.
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This is true, even though I think Matfield's run has shown old guys can still perform. Don't rate Bakkies, personally.

I think Senatla is an obvious future Springbok. Habana won't be playing much longer, anyway.
 
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OrbitalDawn said:
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This is true, even though I think Matfield's run has shown old guys can still perform. Don't rate Bakkies, personally.

I think Senatla is an obvious future Springbok. Habana won't be playing much longer, anyway.
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The approach Jake the Snake had for 2007 was to feature the Krokke in the smaller games and maybe that is what Meyer is gonna try.
 
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GreGorGy said:
Because he is a legend and in South Africa we drag them out and rattle their bones way past the expiry date.
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Come on be specific that's Heyneke's madness. Did any other Springbok coach suffer from a similar afflcition?
 
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ZCFOutkast said:
Come on be specific that's Heyneke's madness. Did any other Springbok coach suffer from a similar afflcition?
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Jake White: His B-team for WC2007, Jan Ackerman

P-Divvy (I can't say bad things about him but still): John Smith at the end - WC2011


off the top of my head.
 
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Replay said:
..... where's Seabelo Senatla?
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OrbitalDawn said:
I think Senatla is an obvious future Springbok.
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Well you could apply that question to ten odd other players ... all of whom would tame the north over the next couple of weeks, and would have done just as well as the current Boks in the Rugby Championship.

1.Beast 2.Ntubeni 3.Nyakane 4.Lusaseni 5.Mtyanda 6.Kolisi 7.Mohoje 8.Mthembu
15. Soyizwapi 14. Mvovo 13. Sithole 12. Mnisi 11. Senatla 10. Ntabeni Dukisa 9. Sino Nyoka
 
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GreGorGy said:
P-Divvy (I can't say bad things about him but still): John Smith at the end - WC2011


off the top of my head.
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It's not like you guys would've allowed Chiliboy in his place now would you. Plus noises about Bismarck were rather misplaced. Smit was a fair choice.
 
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ZCFOutkast said:
It's not like you guys would've allowed Chiliboy in his place now would you. Plus noises about Bismarck were rather misplaced. Smit was a fair choice.
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Who is "you guys"? I was always an advocate for Chiliboy and at the time I said both him and Bizzy over Smit, who was past his sell-by date.
 
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Fulcrum29 said:
The English will shake the All Blacks like a pepper pot into emptiness.
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You wish. The All Blacks barely went past first gear during the Rugby Championship. I think they were saving themselves for this end of year tour. Expect carnage. None of the tight 2013 games.

We could learn a thing or two from that actually. We over-exerted for little achieved. unless we bulldze most teams I fear the Boks will be at the level of the average NH sides ... which they probably are in those conditions.
 
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Hey, keep your political bullshyte out the rugby threads.
 
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