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Monk Zombie

message #2527204 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:44 pm
Monk Zombie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:41 pm
message #2527204 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 15, 2025 2:54 pm

Defence, obvs.

Looked like a bunch of spoilt brats. Could not be arsed to do the tough stuff.
The saffas looked like roided 25 yr olds ... But they still won.

Try not to embarrass yourself

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It's only Pollock missing... and timmins, i guess, through his own efforts. We should have beaten SA and probably would given another go at it. We should have beaten Wales in the 6N too - and did after another go at it. :lol: It's all development. How should you have beaten SA? Defence, obvs. Looke...

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Yep, very good point. Order has been restored. The NH countries surely have used some of their u20s for the normal tests like England, Scotland, ext Like Pollock? Though I meant the U20 6 Nations. It's only Pollock missing... and timmins, i guess, through his own efforts. We should have beaten SA a...

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TheFrog wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 9:36 pm
Monk Zombie wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:22 pm
Yep - they are very keen to develope promising young saffa kids as well
Most players from the SH powerhouses are rejects from these countries who find a second life in France.

You have scouts sniffing around Craven week. Your clubs have contracted boys from school.

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Anyone paying attention knows France do by far the most for T2 rugby. This list is quite impressive: https://tier2rugby.blogspot.com/2024/10/players-from-tier-2-nations-playing-in.html In fairness, Message had a point. We do poached a number of kids. But as you point out, we also provide a lot of p...

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Johan Erasmus - the Dale Carnegie of rugby football union.

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OupaStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:55 am
Ted. wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:34 am
CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 5:39 pm Raassie is smart
That's like saying that someone who picked your front door lock and stole a bunch of your gear is smart because they were the first to do it to you.
You can do better that this.

I doubt it

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Eugenius wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:38 am
Monk Zombie wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 6:40 am What’s with all the whooping and crowing?
It was the nature of some of the performance ...,

It was for opposition mistakes etc

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What’s with all the whooping and crowing?

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They going to need more chairs in the sin bin.

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Busy with Niland’s book now and enjoying it.

Methinks saffer13 - previously a parishioner - originally made his way to the USA on a college tennis scholarship.

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I suspect there may be some injuries

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I am feeling for Conan here. Inevitably used to truck it up into heavy traffic just about every game now - and it is beginning to show.

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For me Mitchell has been the best scrumhalf in this side.

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IMO Mitchell has been one of the best Lions on show this tour. Certainly surprised me. Benefitting from good ruck ball too I suppose.

I can’t see how someone can say he was “pish” at the weekend.

White looked laboured when he came on.

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Well put Owen out there in the next warm up match, see where he is and if he can play the type of game we want. We wouldn't want him to come a cropper in a test. Edit, I assume this would be at 12 btw as we have 3 10s selected ahead of him at 10. In other news, he might not be available for Brumbie...

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ChipSpike wrote: ↑Sat Jul 05, 2025 12:23 pm At least Mitchell is playjng

Best Lion on the park

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I’m tiring of the Lions getting players on the wrong side of every tackle/ruck situation

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Impressive depth shown by the French

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Immensely proud of that performance: the heart more than the talent.

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ChipSpike wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 5:10 pm
ChipSpike wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 5:07 pm
Monk Zombie wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 3:06 pm

Nope - when the scrummie picked up the ball the opposition moved to get him but were called off by the ref.

I'm not even sure which team did this.
It was jgp iirc, anyway, all these protections for the 9 are crap, speaking as a 9

the whole idea lends itself to abuse.

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The weird one for me was in the last Lions game where the scrumhalf was permitted to pick up the ball in the ruck and reposition at a more favourable spot at the back of the ruck. Yes I saw that, thought I imagined it, itwas so odd. It's definitely ball out, and returning the ball into the ruck, bu...

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The weird one for me was in the last Lions game where the scrumhalf was permitted to pick up the ball in the ruck and reposition at a more favourable spot at the back of the ruck.

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Lions scrum needs a lot of work.

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Skiaddict wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 12:51 pm Great to see a good game from the Lions forwards. Much better and after a bumpy start, their defense improved. Itoje is a lineout nightmare for the comptetion. '

MOTM to Morgan fair call. He earned it.

Itoje for me

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To be fair I think he meant all South Africans... not just bored members... :D It's just different. We're all different. I think Kiwis have a unique sense of humour/ self awareness as well... certainly different to British humour. Michael Frayne wrote a lovely piece titled “Among the Funny bones” a...

Monk Zombie · Re: Springboks vs Baabaas in Cape Town 28 June 2025 “you people … “

“you people … “

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Sad thing about this place is everything has been reduced to stereotype.

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4 new caps, a game for de Jager and Marx returning from very long term injury, a game for du Preez who hasn’t played in yonks and doesn’t have many caps anyway & then newbie halves. Not scrumming for penalties? They were supposed to hold back at scrum time? And I don’t know what the national humour ...

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And the same weekend as the Top14 final. It basically ruled out all of the top talent from the UK and Ireland, France, South Africa and Australia. The remaining internationals from the UK and Ireland are now away on tour too. People are reading too much into this game. The Boks were always going to...

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There were to many Kiwis in the BaaBaas team. Yes, probably a bad time to play the baabaas with a lions tour happening And the same weekend as the Top14 final. It basically ruled out all of the top talent from the UK and Ireland, France, South Africa and Australia. The remaining internationals from...

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Masterji wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 6:03 pm How did the SA quotas do? Because every time they lose,you would think that some ATGs have been left out for some black guys that are rubbish.

I think Johan Erasmus has given that lot a severe kick in nuts. Ironically rugby is the one code that has killed the backsliders.

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hermie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:10 am Gutted for Williams. He's played so well and you could see how much it meant to him.

Yep - Shades of Terry Holmes in 1980.

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I personally have always thought that both Mealamu and Umaga just intended to lift a leg of O'Driscoll and tip him out of the tackle area. You used to see that all the time (these days it's too dangerous as you could get a card like Ben Smith in the RWC final). Except cause they both did it, BOD en...

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Does not help that England/India/Australia have turned their backs on the rest of the world in test cricket.

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Chessum was excellent - he got through a lot of hard work. If McCarthy can replicate yesterday's performance I would start with them. Itoje's weakness is his tendency to drift in and out of games. I'd be leery of picking Pollock and vd Flier as starters. Blown away against a genuine physical backrow...

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Lions’ scrum needs a lot of work.

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Benny The Ball wrote: ↑Sat Jun 28, 2025 12:36 pm
terryfinch wrote: ↑Sat Jun 28, 2025 12:33 pm Caps a superb game for Daly. MotM?
Him or McCarthy for me

Best I have seen from McCarthy.

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Wasn't the 95 World Cup this time of year? I only remember one really wet game.. in Durban? My post was ill-considered. What I had in mind is this kind of feature game and the short junior tournaments we have been hosting over the last years. Best for rugby would be Bloem or Pretoria although every...

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We simply should not be hosting visitors at Cape Town this time of year. Wasn't the 95 World Cup this time of year? I only remember one really wet game.. in Durban? My post was ill-considered. What I had in mind is this kind of feature game and the short junior tournaments we have been hosting over...

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