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- Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Interesting article in the Times about White Flight to South Africa
- Replies: 88
- Views: 2790
Re: Interesting article in the Times about White Flight to South Africa
I'm a fortunate Saffer who's able to live in many different countries. Also, my eldest is in Dublin, my next born is in London and my youngest will probably work overseas after she qualifies next year. So, the pull for us (with the wife being the dominant part of "us") to emigrate is quite high, but...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 7:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Chasing the Sun 2
- Replies: 53
- Views: 3480
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Chasing the Sun 2
- Replies: 53
- Views: 3480
Re: Chasing the Sun 2
Didn’t they make one of these after they lost to NZ then beat Namibia, Italy, Canada, Japan, Wales & England? Overhyping twats. Despite getting humped by 12 points, the scoreline between the ABs and Eng in RWC '19 nevertheless flattered the former. Thus, an AB fan acting in a condescending manner r...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NFL 2023
- Replies: 281
- Views: 33052
Re: NFL 2023
How do you get your conversion charged down under the posts like that? Moody kicked it too low. Mistake by the rookie, but he did get a long FG earlier...so I'm reluctant to get too pi$$ed off. That’s a massive mistake in hindsight. Yeah, but maybe Mahomes would've won the game with a TD on 4th dow...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 3:58 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NFL 2023
- Replies: 281
- Views: 33052
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 3:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NFL 2023
- Replies: 281
- Views: 33052
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Your least favourite rugby stadium
- Replies: 58
- Views: 2297
Re: Your least favourite rugby stadium
Stade de France /thread Agreed. It takes forever to get there as the traffic is shite and it's in the middle of nowhere. Further to the latter point, there is also f'kall happening around the venue. The food was the worst that I've ever had in a stadium and the only drink on offer was below-par lag...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:05 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Your least favourite rugby stadium
- Replies: 58
- Views: 2297
Re: Your least favourite rugby stadium
Stade de France /thread Agreed. It takes forever to get there as the traffic is shite and it's in the middle of nowhere. Further to the latter point, there is also f'kall happening around the venue. The food was the worst that I've ever had in a stadium and the only drink on offer was below-par lag...
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 2:49 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Which of you saffas voted 5000 times?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4453
Re: Which of you saffas voted 5000 times?
My brother in law followed the Boks camp in Corsica, as a local FFR staff. He was struck by the fantastic atmosphere among players and staff, how laid back everybody were and he is convinced this played a great role in their victory. They were truly enjoying themselves. He said Kolisi was the lovel...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official statement from Bongi Mbonambi re : the incident
- Replies: 152
- Views: 4327
Re: Official statement from Bongi Mbonambi re : the incident
Lots of Kiwis on a thread involving England and The Boks fudge off, this turd of a thread and its attention seeking author deserves all the contempt its getting. This should have been posted on the original thread which everyone had lost interest in. The original thread was locked, but don't let yo...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official statement from Bongi Mbonambi re : the incident
- Replies: 152
- Views: 4327
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:15 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official statement from Bongi Mbonambi re : the incident
- Replies: 152
- Views: 4327
Re: Official statement from Bongi Mbonambi re : the incident
What an embarrassing statement from Mbonambi Yep. The whole thing could have been handled much better with a respectful explanation of the difference between languages. But appreciate the timing wasn’t great with a RWC final on the line. But once the final is done and dusted, we get this sort of cr...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official statement from Bongi Mbonambi re : the incident
- Replies: 152
- Views: 4327
Re: Official statement from Bongi Mbonambi re : the incident
Bongi's "crass" statement and the jokes in South Africa are testament to how f**king ridiculous the false allegations were in the first place. South Africa has suffered exponentially from racism. It has unfortunately defined who we are as a country, and the Springboks are testament to an inclusive ...
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Duanne Vermeulen Appreciation
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1104
Re: Duanne Vermeulen Appreciation
Bob Skinstadt 2007? Vok no. I 100% remember him coming off the bench in 2007. Yeah wiki says he’s a World Cup winner It's not to say if wiki says he's a World Cup winner that he played in the final-he didn't come off the bench, was like oom Struisbaai put it vok no in the final team. I watched the ...
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official 2023-24 “HSBC SVNS” International 7s Series Thread
- Replies: 453
- Views: 25080
Re: Official 2023-24 “HSBC SVNS” International 7s Series Thread
How is this linked to the Olympic 7s in Paris, are teams already qualified or there is still some of that ongoing ? And what are the prospects for the Olympics, are Fiji still front runners ? Yes, I could google all this, but too lazy tbh :P Yeah most of the teams are already qualified for Paris. F...
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:48 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rassie Erasmus
- Replies: 120
- Views: 6934
Re: Rassie Erasmus
This Hoof oke stinks up every thread that has anything to do with SA. He probably shouts at cinema screens. Better to ignore.sunnybanana wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:22 amWrong.
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:13 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 26798
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Oh look...England has just been hammered by SL and effectively knocked out of the cricket world cup today - karma for the likes of Keith et al. Your homework is to reread the messages from Mog and Toro on this thread and try to absorb something! Look closer to home fella. It's your hooker that's th...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:46 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 26798
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Oh look...England has just been hammered by SL and effectively knocked out of the cricket world cup today - karma for the likes of Keith et al. Your homework is to reread the messages from Mog and Toro on this thread and try to absorb something!
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 26798
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 26798
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
SARU statement: SA Rugby has noted World Rugby’s announcement concerning their investigation into an incident arising from the Rugby World Cup semi-final and welcomes the decision that no further action will be taken. Any form of racism is abhorrent to SA Rugby and the Springbok team whose purpose ...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 26798
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Saffas gonna Saffa :roll: This whole saga is like a Hanna-Barbera cartoon - the villains are leading until the last minute but are ultimately thwarted by the good guys (yet again)...but just when you think they are dead, they rise again try to spoil the party with dastardly accusations...and are fo...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:51 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 26798
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Saffas gonna Saffa :roll: This whole saga is like a Hanna-Barbera cartoon - the villains are leading until the last minute but are ultimately thwarted by the good guys (yet again)...but just when you think they are dead, they rise again try to spoil the party with dastardly accusations...and are fo...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:00 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 26798
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Look it's clearly a bunch of nonsense. Not only would it seem weird and out of character, but also he could have easily been talking about the jersey, not the race, and there's multiple phrases in Afrikaans that he was far more.probably actually saying. And even if he was actually saying what he is...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 26798
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
You knew exactly what kant meant though. I can't believe that in the 30 odd years that South Africa has actually allowed black blokes to play the game, no one has pointed out that pointing at a white guy and shouting wit kant is a no no. But I'm happy to believe it's true Yes, the wit bit is superf...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 10:51 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 26798
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Wide side in Afrikaans is wyd kant. The wyd would sound like veight and the kant would sound like, well, cvnt. "Veight cvnt" is phonetically what "wide side" would sound like in Afrikaans. That it sounded like he shouted that twice and the fact the ball looked like it was shifting to the wide side ...
- Sat Sep 23, 2023 12:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Does South Africa help Namibian Rugby?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 1995
Re: Does South Africa help Namibian Rugby?
In the wider African continent there must be some other countries where the game could be grown? Maybe Kenya who already have a decent 7s team? You’d have to think if Nigeria got a serious program going they would be taking Namibias spot quite easily. Third of all Nigerian men are naturally stocky ...
- Sat Sep 23, 2023 12:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Does South Africa help Namibian Rugby?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 1995
Re: Does South Africa help Namibian Rugby?
The best current Namibian born and raised player moved to England in 2018 and is now chasing an England jersey (actually already got one in a non-cap game against the Barbarians) on residency. https://www.exeterchiefs.co.uk/players/patrick-schickerling I consider Paul Willemse (French player who mi...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Does South Africa help Namibian Rugby?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 1995
Re: Does South Africa help Namibian Rugby?
Is there much transference of players from South African club level to Namibia based on family history? Certainly for the Namibian cricket team this seems a key pathway (e.g. Ruben Trumpelmann, Jan Frylinck, Karl Birkenstock). I would have thought there'd be some reasonable flow of players given th...
- Mon Dec 19, 2022 12:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3029
Re: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
:lol: Some facts to upset the often SA touted high school supremacy. It's a fact that Grey did not bring any final year students (I can provide a link if you want). So, the team that played in the festival would've had about three or four 1st team regulars, which is why they wore striped jerseys, r...
- Sun Dec 18, 2022 6:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3029
- Sun Dec 18, 2022 11:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3029
Re: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
I’m bored of going round in circles but your point that it’s finally best vs best is blatantly wrong considering the team Grey sent. It’s not complicated. The 2022 Grey team had 7 players in either the SA schools or SA schools ‘A’ teams. All were grade 12s and so none were available for this comp. ...
- Sat Dec 17, 2022 10:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3029
Re: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
Yep, those were the results i was talking about. All but Napier are schools in South Island who are not very strong. Napier themselves only managed a 4th or 5th finish in their own competition that year (super8) and were not a threat for a Top 4 spot. You literally could not have picked an easier g...
- Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3029
Re: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
Excuses are just engrained into you at birth in SA?? I knew there would be rubbish about ages etc. Just for reference, there is a world 7s tourny in NZ this weekend. And who cares, they're getting smoked mate. Used to bullying teams. No clue what to do when they cant. Mate they are easily bigger to...
- Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3029
Re: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
I've heard a lot about the strength of SA schoolboys after beating a weak Christchurch boys team a few years back. But the nz U19 team that travelled recently absolutely hammered their SA opposition and halfway through this world festival this SA school team Grey college is getting beat up. They re...
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 2:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3029
Re: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
Just watched the Grey game. They should have won by 40 really. Looked a different league despite being underaged. Also striking how much more impressive they were in terms of how they presented themselves. The Trinity kids all had their socks at their ankles, were full of carry-on and just looked s...
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 1:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3029
Re: World Schools Festival, Thailand - 11-18 December
Grey College wil win this on a canter Grey will have the odds stacked heavily against them as: a) it's way out of season; b) they've just finished year-end exams, so would've had a poor build up and no warm up matches, etc; and c) they haven't sent any g12s - i.e. a very young, in-cohesive and prob...
- Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:48 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525294
- Views: 28506683
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Just watched game Culhane very impressive for a 19yr old. Andrew Smith looks alot more confident after 7s was getting involved alot, didn't get much attacking ball but looks more physical than cosgrave Looked out on feet for poor miss for their final try. Mullins looks real prospect not sure at ful...
- Thu Oct 06, 2022 9:00 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525294
- Views: 28506683
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Just watched game Culhane very impressive for a 19yr old. Andrew Smith looks alot more confident after 7s was getting involved alot, didn't get much attacking ball but looks more physical than cosgrave Looked out on feet for poor miss for their final try. Mullins looks real prospect not sure at ful...
- Thu Oct 06, 2022 8:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525294
- Views: 28506683
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Not much emerging going on in that Irish side Don't understand their coaches playing the A team vs Griquas, B team vs the CC champs? Can we expect the C team vs the Cheetahs. Much easier game then the Pumas. This is not the Puma side that won the Currie Cup What struck me about the Irish was the de...
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby World Cup 7s @ Cape Town - Sept 9-11
- Replies: 64
- Views: 2581
Re: Rugby World Cup 7s @ Cape Town - Sept 9-11
Isn't that old proved not correct news? Had a few Olympics with rugby in it now. You may well be correct - a parent of one of the 7s players told me that on Sunday, but did not mention the source. The discussions over the weekend were about the future of the Sevens World cup but based on the succes...