Official Tri-Nations 2010 Thread

Kieran Read infringement with Boks attacking try line professional foul should be yellow card if ref is consistent....
 
Januarie and Kirchner the big culprits for the last try. They were right there and Read just went right over them. Why won't PDV give Duvenage a chance? Or at least play Pienaar ahead of him...
 
Chris said:
Januarie and Kirchner the big culprits for the last try. They were right there and Read just went right over them. Why won't PDV give Duvenage a chance? Or at least play Pienaar ahead of him...
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Attribute blame to the entire team. Hardly the fault of only Zane and Ricky. The forwards are going backwards, not Zane and Ricky's fault, Bakkies sin binning not the fault of Zane or Ricky. Zane's had a pretty good game in fact. Been solid under the high ball and has run with great effort and determination...
 
I knew, when this team was announced that we would be crushed, I said as much ...... certain players should just NOT be fscking playing, end of story. Our selection is a shambles, with better players being left out and then playing guys out of position on top of that = stupidity. No one stood out today, not one damn player.
 
sandmanm34 said:
Nothing wrong with this 15. On another day the same players will/would do the business. No one was going to beat the All Blacks today...
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everything is wrong with this 15 ...... there are better players to pick (mentioned about 2 or 3 pages back) and we are playing people out of position. This team in it's current state is nothing close to our full strength side.
 
Mephisto_Helix said:
everything is wrong with this 15 ...... there are better players to pick (mentioned about 2 or 3 pages back) and we are playing people out of position. This team in it's current state is nothing close to our full strength side.
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Francois Steyn at fullback and Ruan at scrumhalf is really the only changes one could make and I can promise you today it wouldn't have made a difference...
 
sandmanm34 said:
Nothing wrong with this 15. On another day the same players will/would do the business. No one was going to beat the All Blacks today...
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There are issues, one is Januarie can't pass the ball as far as FDP, meaning Steyn is having to play closer to the forwards, less time to make decisions.
 
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cybershark said:
There are issues, one is Januarie can't pass the ball as FDP, meaning Steyn is having to play closer to the forwards, less time to make decisions.
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Seriously today that would be the least of our worries!!! Ricky's not the problem, neither is he the best scrumhalf in the country, I'll agree on that!! We were badly out played in the forwards today, that for me was most alarming. Scrummed, lost line outs, turnovers at the breakdowns etc etc etc You could have had God playing at 9 it wouldn't have made an iota of difference...

EDIT: Any way the less said about this game the better. All Blacks as usual are peaking early. This time next year they'll be choking in their own backyard... :-)
 
sandmanm34 said:
Seriously today that would be the least of our worries!!! Ricky's not the problem, neither is he the best scrumhalf in the country, I'll agree on that!! We were badly out played in the forwards today, that for me was most alarming. Scrummed, lost line outs, turnovers at the breakdowns etc etc etc You could have had God playing at 9 it wouldn't have made an iota of difference...

EDIT: Any way the less said about this game the better. All Blacks as usual are peaking early. This time next year they'll be choking in their own backyard... :-)
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I missed a few words in my post, it should have read: Januarie can't pass the ball as far as FDP.

Yes, our forwards were outplayed in all facets.

We've peaked for almost the last 2 years, so it remains to be seen who peaked early.
 
cybershark said:
I missed a few words in my post, it should have read: Januarie can't pass the ball as far as FDP.
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Januarie cannot do half the things FDP does but FDP is the best scrumhalf in the world!!! Time to give Ruan a run at 9...
 
Hopefully by the end of the currie cup francois hougaard will be fully settled playing for the bulls at scrumhalf. We need someone with xfactor when fourie isnt playing and i'm not quite sure ruan has it. I won't bother mentioning ricky. Fourie is our general, and without our general the springboks are just not the same.

Francios steyn desperately needs game time at fullback in the boks setup. One year playing there and he will be a world beater. His 60m kicks are a significant psychological weapon which can't be discounted.
 
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I have always maintained that Januarie should not be the first choice scrummie but Devil-does keeps picking him. Hell, Januarie shouldn't even be in the team. his distribution is so slow it almost looks like it's in rewind. He can't pass the long pass accurately enough and far too often he gets caught before the pass anyway. But it's not just Januarie, the whole team seems to be unable to gel for some reason. And don't let me get started on that head butt. Bakkies let himself and the team down big time there. Basically, watching the Boks this morning was about as painful as pouring sand in the eye, it looks like it's going to be a long Tri-nations.
 
Apposing teams must love the time januarie gives them to set their defense. Quick service is more than important.
 
5 huge issues yesterday:

* Ricky played like ****. His tactical kicks went nowhere. Well, that is if nowhere is straight into the Blacks' insanely good back 3.

* Jean de Villiers should not play wing. He tries to intercept way too much. This is good when he catches the ball, but the chances of that happening is about 1 out of 5 attempts. The other 4 out of 5 where he misses, he leaves his entire side open. It happened at least twice yesterday.

* WTF is Zane Kirchner still doing in the team? He kicks every ball he gets. Hell, I bet if you give him a cup of tea he'll kick it. Thankfully he stopped with this sillyness in the second half. I bet the coaches gave him a good talking to at halftime. Sadly, his running play isn't much better than his kicking game.

* Bakkies Botha. What a dick. I hope he gets banned for a year. At least. We don't need him anymore. Danie showed that he is more than capable of filling Bakkie's role. And when Juan Smith is back, we'll have more than enough grunt up front.

* Francois Louw was non-existent. This could be for the fact that our useless forwards were never ever anywhere near the ball. But then you think back to last year where Brossouw single handedly took on the rucks all by himself and came out victorious. I'll give FloLouw still another couple of chances. But when Juan Smith is back, he must start. And when Brussouw is back, he must sit on the bench. Another player we might try in our fetching role is Wickus van Heerden. He was awesome in 2007. Maybe give him a run again?
 
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