Official Tri-Nations 2011 Thread

Steyn just gets walked over every time, lol ...... Report card - Half the team 1/10 and the other half 0/10
 
Mephisto_Helix said:
We have guys much better than this, for nearly every position that is failing, I really can't figure why they went with this bunch of plods ........
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Nobody on this team has done anything on the field today to justify calling themselves Springboks.
 
BobsLawnService said:
In my defence that was before they scored another try three minutes later.
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;)

Anyway, the Bokke can't expect to play rugby if they don't have the ball. Seems every time they get any possession they kindly give it up to the Auzzies through the kick or knock.
 
Keep bringing the Sharks on...seems like they're the only ones with brains out there.
 
Worst international rugby match ever. Looked like Australia VS Japan.
 
15-6 at halftime and 39-20 at full time. At least we were consistent...

To be fair this was a performance fitting of our 2nd string side. Had OZ beaten Samoa last weekend, as they should have, we would not have been lulled into believing we had a better than 30% chance of winning today's game.

I personally was expecting it to be a lot closer and generally we played poorly. I don't think anyone can walk away from today's game and say, "my reputation was enhanced by my performance and I deserve to be in the 1st XV"...

From the tight 5 to the loose trio to the centres.... well below par...

The players that were about par, Ruan, Kanko, Lwazi, Chilly Boy. Bok man of the match Gio Aplon. Disappointments of the day John Smit and Wynand Olivier followed closely by Stegmann and Ashley Johnson...

And finally the kick and pray approach is just no way to play the game in the 21st century. Rather concede the turnover at the breakdowns. At least you got better than a 50/50 chance of winning the ball back...

Anyway....
 
Can someone tell me what Bjorn Basson is doing in a Springbok jearsey? He barely deserves to be in a provincial one.

Finally, it's too late for John Smit to retire with any form of dignity, can't he just step down now?
 
BobsLawnService said:
Can someone tell me what Bjorn Basson is doing in a Springbok jearsey? He barely deserves to be in a provincial one.

Finally, it's too late for John Smit to retire with any form of dignity, can't he just step down now?
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Agree about Smit, he is aging badly but Basson is worthy of his selection... for now... He was top try scorer by a country mile in last years CC and deserves his opportunity. He is probably the most clinical finisher in SA rugby at the moment and a wings primary function is finishing. Unfortunately he's not being provided with any opportunities.

I would say his defense is a little fragile but again when your flanks aren't making crucial tackles around the fringes the pressure is transferred down the back line culminating in the wings...
 
I am so glad there are no Aussies currently on the site I am working at. The ridicule would have been almost too much to bare! /emo off
 
Man of the Match Aplon? Uhm, can I get some of those hardcore mushrooms you seem to be on bro?

Farkin hell, he failed dismally today, just like all the other days ........
 
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