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Blake

episode 4 available?! Episode 4 [EDIT] Old links got nuked. This one is still active last time I checked: https://archive.org/details/chasing-the-sun-2-episode-4 Found Ep4 a little underwhelming after Ep3, but still decent I guess. Not as much behind the scenes prep work on display as in the France...

Blake

Old age home. Need the new kids on the block. We'll definitely need some new caps to be phased in this cycle, especially in the pack. We need 2 young props, 2 hookers, a lock and 2 or 3 young loosies. The backline I think is fine. Maybe a young 10 if somebody puts their hand up, but nobody really h...

Blake

Felix (I think that is his name) has been the most impressive of the coaches/analysts to me. Absolutely, quite surprised how vital he seemed to be. He really is a big loss. I am also quite surprised how little Nienaber features. Felix and Rassie are all over the place Nienaber doesn't like the lime...

Blake

I am enjoying the series. One of the negatives is that it brings back a lot of the stress I felt at the time of the games. My wife had the ambulance on speed dial for the last few games. I am one of those that lives and breaths the game and I dont cope well with the pressure. I could never be a coa...

Blake

Will be interesting to see if Etzebeth back remain injury free, because if he does, he might be able to challenge AWJ's amazing record.

Blake

The Springboks would also make a few surprising selections for the crunch fixture, returning to a more traditional 5-3 split for the match despite the firepower the French had, particularly up front. Ironically. this was the match we ran out of forward subs when Eben was in the bin, and PSDT and Ve...

Blake

The Boks are super boring boet. The only and proper way to play rugby is with as few as possible set pieces, long range strike plays and counter attacks. This has been decreed by the spiritual guardians, and so it shall be. First it will be the subs, then the scrums, and soon there will no more pla...

Blake

Dumb post. The boks are not a boring team. Their fans are boring, but the team is definitely not. The Boks are super boring boet. The only and proper way to play rugby is with as few as possible set pieces, long range strike plays and counter attacks. This has been decreed by the spiritual guardian...

Blake

2021 NZ played Boks in Aus. Not at home. I am aware. An we each took 1 win from the 2 neutral venue matches. We tripped over the Aussies. Playing them away from home twice. You at least had a home match against them but you also beat them away which we couldn’t do that year. 2020 and 2021 was a mes...

Blake

Clogs wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:22 pm

Some vintage PR right there in this one post. The golden days.

*bows*

I gave it my best shot. Credit to the kiwis. Didn’t really get many bites. I’m too out of practice.

Blake

I think you over estimate NZ's ability to influence World Rugby. If they had it their way, pitches would be as wide as they are long... Sure sure, like World Rugby is going to ignore the "spiritual guardians". The reality is, you guys always get your way in the end. Be it law changes to suit your s...

Blake

You’ve won 4 tri nations/RCs in 28 years. Same as Australia. Agreed. Terrible record. But this discussion was about Rassie and his RC record, which spans 2 or 5 attempts, depending on how you want to count them. If you take the view that he was coach for 5 attempts, his record is: 1x 1st 3x 2nd 1x ...

Blake

Why do they only target SA? Why not target NZ after 2015? Or Australia after 1999? Or did they as well? Keep pulling that thread...you'll get there ;) World Rugby is pro NZ and Australia? Not pro NZ and Australia per se, it's just historically where the petitions for law changes and other reforms h...

Blake

For what it's worth, I think Rassie is a great man manager and tactician for one-off matches... not so great over the long haul... How many RC's has he won? SA have only won once since 2009. You'll be calling Gareth Southgate a genius next if he wins the World Cup... Technically, Rassie has only co...

Blake

Grandpa wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:07 pm Why do they only target SA? Why not target NZ after 2015? Or Australia after 1999? Or did they as well?

Keep pulling that thread...you'll get there

Blake

kiap wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:43 am Coincidentally, a saffa

Yep. We are actually at the forefront of a lot of leading sport science research.

Lots of stuff relating to injuries and concussions in rugby and also a lot of research relating to altitude training for endurance sport.

Blake

Excellent movie. Some amazing scenes, and brilliant sound production as noted. It is what it is storyline-wise, after multiple holywood attempts pointless to get too picky about the deviations from the book, any further sequel is likely to be a new plot altogether . I think of the previous comments...

Blake

Whatever i think of their tactics is irrelevant when considering Rassie as the best modern mind on the game. Guy’s up there. Wayne Smith levels. I wonder was he an insufferable narcissist before he realised his genius or did it come after? By all accounts, his narcissism has always been a personali...

Blake

mr bungle wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:09 am You didn’t include Japan and Wales from 2019?

2019 Wales should be legit contenders in the poll.

Brief #1 ranking leading into Japan 2019, 6N champs and perennial thorn in our side, we barely scraped by them in Japan.

Blake

Schlaps wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:36 am It's nothing against SA and SA have won the last 2 World cups so they'll adapt and be fine.

Oh, we will adapt, it's just not going to be in the way that people expect and if trends are anything to go by, will result in more fiddling and tinkering with the law again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Blake

You may even find more diversity in body sizes coming back to rugby instead of the push for huge lugs to smash into everything. We have some of the most diverse body types of any team currently playing in Tier 1 :? We have a 1.9m prop in Frans Malherbe, and a 1.76m prop in Ox Nche. We have a 2m bac...

Blake

I don't think you can mandate what positions bench players can pay, aside from the front row for player safety. Tbh, South Africa didn't win the RWC final because of the bomb squad, they won in spite of it. I thought the All Blacks' pack gained the ascendency in the 2nd half, and the rotation of fo...

Blake

Subs numbers won't be reduced. Ross Tucker said on his podcast last week that there's increased risk of injury when fatigued, reduction would be asking for trouble. It's funny that this keeps getting touted, because there have been multiple definitive studies on this. There seems to be a conflict b...

Blake

Hellraiser wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:11 pm It's a fairly straightforward thing to fix. Just mandate that a bench must consist of 5 forwards and 3 backs.

And what if you want to have all-rounders on the bench that can play in the loose forwards or backline depending on what is needed? Just ban that developing innovation completely?

Blake

Holy shit, episode 3 was good. The producers ended the episode in a weird place but whatever.

Can’t wait for episode 4.

Blake

Any news about when this will be on UK TV? I doubt it will...at least not legally. I don't think MultiChoice has been able to find a buyer for it. The tagline for Season 2 is "A story for South Africa" so that gives you a hint as to intentions of the creators. The are copies floating around in some...

Blake

I always felt our players would be a few steps behind. We don't seem to have as many characters in the game able to market themselves. Like we were discussing about Dayimani a few weeks ago. Yeah, I think our rugby culture is so diffirent here. We have a bunch of players from farming stock, so they...

Blake

He also has some interesting business interests here. He founded Bomb Squad Larger with Malcom Marx and it is starting to get some good traction. Interesting, I never knew about this. What a great idea. I'm surprised more players don't make use of their brand to do things like this. I think it's st...

Blake

He must be taking quite a financial hit coming back to SA, assuming he does. Maybe, maybe not. No idea what the Stormers will be offering him but with Red Disa now running the show we might have some cash to make him a decent offer. He also has some interesting business interests here. He founded B...

Blake

......and when Marx got injured we were screwed. Same mould as Marx? Malcolm Marx 1.89.m 115 kg. Jan Hendrik 1.93m 120 kg. 22 yrs Source : wiki Wessels is very promising for sure. But so is Grobbelaar, Kotze and AH Venter. We have some decent prospects at hooker. Dweba was unfortunately a massive d...

Blake

Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:42 pm A two-test series?

Can't Ireland and SA get anything right?

We are sacrificng a 3rd test to give Tier 2 Portugal their first test ever against South Africa.

During the last World Cup we were given grief for not giving enough support to T2 nations.
Make up your minds already.

Blake

Seen from that age group names in the first training camp e.g. Cameron Hanekom, Jan Hendrik Wessels and Ruan Venter, some are 21 yrs. old. Yep. The talent is there. How to fold those youngsters into the Bok match day squads is going to be the big challenge. How do you NOT select Jasper Wiese, PSDT,...

Blake

iarmhiman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:19 pm Ahem FTFY

The discussion was about no World Cup Winning team other than NZ in 2011 and 2015 having a dominant run post World Cup victory.

Ireland's recent winning streak has been amazing, but is unfortunatly irrelevant in this particular debate

Blake

I can't see that happening again or at least for a very long time. NZ had an incredible team then and most other teams were weak. I think this is a golden age for rugby. France, SA, NZ, Ireland and England can beat one another on a given day. Italy are getting competitive, Scotland are dangerous an...

Blake

I think it's also because I'm slightly obsessed with rugby there isn't as much new as I had hoped. But still enjoying it. The best for me is watching Rassie speak to the team in the changerooms, and seeing how all the other players behave. Ja, not a helluva lot of new stuff (yet). In CTS1 it was in...

Blake

SA haven’t as yet played like the best team between world cups, unlike other winners. So it will always be argued until they do. SA of course are hanging all importance off RWCs as it’s the only metric in which they compete. It really is an area where I hope we can improve, but I doubt it will happ...

Blake

That ending to episode 2 :shock: I must admit that I feel they're dragging it out a bit. Lost of filler and repetition. Could have probably done it in fewer episodes, or a full length movie. Pretty much the same pacing as the 1st CTS though. 5 episodes: Ep1: Buildup to RWC + 1 Big Pool Game (NZ in ...

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Blake

This movie is wild in IMAX. The sound is incredible. That scene where they’re under the spice harvester whilst being shot at, the Feyd’s into scene - wow. Up there. The rumbling vibrations through your chest as Paul rode the sandworm was also up there. :thumbup: You realy have to watch these films ...

Blake

I would not last a fortnight in that crappy weather I wouldn't have thought Spicy Plum would be missing the African sun with his complection, but stranger things have happened :lol: But seriously though, people often forget it's not just the player on that side. They usually take their wife and kid...

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