Planet Rugby Forum

sunnybanana

That is quite the difference. One was a successful charge down, the other not. Today the kicker should have chosen to pull the kick and make a move instead. He put himself in a spot. Lambie was hit after the kick was away. There is danger but a case may be made that a jumping player who successfull...

sunnybanana

That is quite the difference. One was a successful charge down, the other not. Today the kicker should have chosen to pull the kick and make a move instead. He put himself in a spot. Lambie was hit after the kick was away. There is danger but a case may be made that a jumping player who successfull...

sunnybanana

We’re in no way short of nines

Well we weren’t until Williams got knocked out at least.

sunnybanana

Geez that Williams incident was a shocker. All well and good saying it was a successful charge down but if your charge down technique involves jumping straight into the head of the kicker you’re clearly doing it wrong. That it wasn’t even a penalty is completely contrary to everything we are told a...

sunnybanana

Geez that Williams incident was a shocker. All well and good saying it was a successful charge down but if your charge down technique involves jumping straight into the head of the kicker you’re clearly doing it wrong. That it wasn’t even a penalty is completely contrary to everything we are told ab...

sunnybanana

Some laughable posts above. He’s still a fantastic player and should obviously be starting for the Boks and playing at least 60mins every test. His throwing hasn’t been an issue for years but narratives tend to stick for people who don’t watch much. The difference in team performance when he starts ...

sunnybanana

More saffer whining from TSA Analytics I see, this time in the form of a “referee review”. Something should be done about this kind of thing. Totally myopic soccer-tier sensibilities. Something should be done to stop independent individuals from complaining about refs? What the fudge do you propose...

sunnybanana

Kitshoff
Marx
Malherbe
Etzebeth
Snyman
Kolisi
PSdT
Vermeulen
De Klerk
Pollard
Arendse
Esterhuizen
Am
Kolbe
Le Roux

Nche
Mbonambi
Koch
De Jager
Smith
Wiese
Williams
Willemse

Fact

sunnybanana

The Native wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 10:49 am
sunnybanana wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 10:48 am
The Native :thumbup: wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 10:44 am
Not much to tell. The pass looked forward initially but it wasn't. Nice dive at the end.
Think he’s referring to the cross kick. Messy but looked good to me.
C'mon, do I have to insert a tongue in cheek emoji to make it obvious I was adding some levity.

Fair

sunnybanana

Good game from the ABs. The Boks looked their traditional flat first game on tour. Glad Rassie is getting them to France early. What was the story with Kolbe's first try? Not much to tell. The pass looked forward initially but it wasn't. Nice dive at the end. Think he’s referring to the cross kick....

sunnybanana

mr bungle wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 10:09 am The greatest thing about tonight is where the Springbok fans know where they sit in the pecking order.

Such a sad man.

sunnybanana

Seriously impressive 1st quarter from the ABs. Bok flank selections left us badly underpowered. Hopefully the last we see of Willemse at 10. Esterhuizen is miles ahead of DDA and we need to go Kolbe/KLA on the wings. Huge impact from PSdT, Duane and Marx (how do they let Bongi play more minutes than...

sunnybanana

:lol: :lol: :lol: Rugby isn’t like the FA Cup where Div 4 can beat Premier sides. You go down the tiers in rugby and every tier has a huge power advantage over the others. This is an excellent young men’s side decimating a tired and demoralised young Irish side. But of course, this French side woul...

sunnybanana

beachboy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 12:50 pm Sad news. I received a message earlier to today that Nick Koster also passed away, at the age of 34. Should have been a great player but badly managed when he was young.

Yeah, terrible news.
Fantastic talent. I remember Rassie trying to convert him to wing at the Stormers.

sunnybanana

Great player. Achieved so much (2 WC wins & 2 Lions series wins) and yet probably didn’t fulfil his potential at test level given his unavailability during his best years.

sunnybanana

Monk Zombie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 11:44 am
sunnybanana wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 11:39 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 11:07 am
Line out throwing? Vok knows why they bench Marx.
Unless he comes on after 30mins, he’s being wasted.

I rate Bongi

I like Bongi. Marx is a class apart though. We should be getting as many minutes out of him as possible.

sunnybanana

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 11:07 am
Wilson's Toffee wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 10:53 am Duane, RG and Marx on after halftime. Libbok later on. Reveals a huge effort later on.

Goal kicking might be a problem...
Line out throwing? Vok knows why they bench Marx.

Unless he comes on after 30mins, he’s being wasted.

sunnybanana

Still should win. I'll be shocked if they don't. NZ by 10. No matter who's selected. Why would you be shocked? Since 2019 we've basically been trading wins every other game with them and they absolutely hammered us in that first game last year. Probably the biggest losing margin of the Foster era. ...

sunnybanana

Floppykid wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 7:14 pm
Jensrsa wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:44 pm
Floppykid wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:38 pm Bokke 10 was quite good I thought, though I missed 30 mins of the second half.
He had a solid game, considering this was his first start and he's our only fit flyhalf apart from elton
What's Handre's status?

Only likely to return for the WC warm-ups

sunnybanana

Fair play to Marvin Orie who played his best game by a mile at this level. Strong debut from Kleyn too. Lineout was not great though. Some wayward darts from Bongi but a few strange calls and some miscommunication. Other than KLA, Van Staden, Kitshoff and Esterhuizen were the Boks best I thought. PS...

sunnybanana

Vermeulen spoke in the buildup about how he’s feeling the best he has in a few years. Over all the niggles he’s been carrying. It showed, he looked quicker and fitter. Pretty easy when the pack’s that dominant but he created a fair amount of the go forward.

sunnybanana

fudge me

sunnybanana

Praying Kleyn starts against us, could do with SA hobbling their main strength with an overrated plodder. Yup, can see Rassie starting him against us for "mind games". Will suit us as he's little more than a journeyman swampdonkey Yeah, likely Rassie will start him ahead of Etzebeth :roll: FFS. At ...

sunnybanana

I’m happy for them to get weird with the alternate strip as long as they keep the main one traditional, which they have.
It will look sharp sans the MTN logo come RWC time.

sunnybanana

Bok jersey looks good. f**ked if I know how to extract the pic.

https://www.springboks.rugby/news-featu ... -revealed/

sunnybanana

Some very poor Bok efforts so far. 15 Bevin Fortuin 14 Kaya Molotana 13 Jorrie Muller 12 Wayne Julies (harsh) 11 Jamba Ulengo 10 Marnitz Boshoff 9 Dan van Zyl 8 Uzair Cassiem (actually played quite well but still…) 7 Hilton Lobberts 6 Deon Stegmann 5 Marco Wentzel 4 Gerhard Mostert 3 Werner Kruger 2...

sunnybanana

Bored spite levels approaching all time highs surely. Multiple threads getting very nasty.

sunnybanana

Once again you go for the dog whistle and answer questions that weren't asked. I never said it was perfect and there have been severe problems but once again if you think they are even closely comparable to the horror shit show that was white Sth Africa in the 50 years up until it was disbanded the...

sunnybanana

Surely Kevin O’Neill is a walk in at lock for the ABs?

sunnybanana

If you truly believe that you are fooling yourself. And then there is the boorish minority with their collective head in the sand. I guess it’s fairly easy to avoid the ugly reality when the native population makes up such an insignificant portion of the population (let’s avoid going into why that’...

sunnybanana

Apartheid, being persona non grata in International sport for over 30 years ring any bells? The stupidity is strong with this one. Most Australians have an appreciation of how their own native people have been treated and recognise that there remains plenty of room for progress in this regard. By n...

sunnybanana

Give it a rest Its amusing. Being a saffer automatically makes you a racist in the eyes of Australian posters. The irony is of course quite delicious Apartheid, being persona non grata in International sport for over 30 years ring any bells? The stupidity is strong with this one. Most Australians h...

sunnybanana

It is very weird to immediately assume that the comments Khawaja took exception to were racist.

sunnybanana

I’m sure Big Nipper would have no issues with what the old fudge said. :uhoh: A mod made the same allegation a page ago. Aussies really bringing their brightest to this forum Bungle likewise in the u20 thread. Thinks nothing of slandering an entire group of people whilst simultaneously getting on h...

sunnybanana

ROLDY wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 1:26 pm
Thomas wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 1:21 pm Jesus Christ, he's the nicest bloke in international cricket. Bet the old plum said something very typically English and racist for him to react like that.
I’m sure Big Nipper would have no issues with what the old fudge said.

sunnybanana

Khawaja and one of the Long Room farts squaring up

sunnybanana

The pitch is shit but the real idiocy was staging the tournament in the Western Cape in the 1st place. KZN would have been a far more sensible option given the time of year.

sunnybanana

mr bungle wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:05 am
sunnybanana wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:38 pm Yeah, we should all just shut up and let them carry on as long as they want because Culture.
Afrikaans views on others culture hold next to no weight around the globe.

Afrikaans??

And if you don’t recognise the hypocrisy and blatant bigotry in that statement you’re a lost cause.

sunnybanana

Yeah, we should all just shut up and let them carry on as long as they want because Culture.

sunnybanana

You Saffers should head on over to YouTube and see your brethren hanging on every RWC triumph. Whenever England rugby’s YouTube channel uploads their docu-series’ videos, you’ll probably find a Saffer quickly getting in there with “32-12”, or whatever the final score was :lol: Even still! Strange. ...

Search found 2798 matches