Amafatafata embarass us again

We are o ne of the worst side in the competition!

This has become a total joke. I am so embarrassed. Get rid of that fat coach Sephaka and the lot of women... and dont participate in the next comp or until such time that these clumps of horse shit are in better shape.

South Africa finished 10th at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in France after a 36-0 loss against Spain in their final match in Marcoussis on Sunday.

Turnovers, mistakes at crucial times, and missed tackles again let South Africa down in the clash, which denied them an opportunity to improve on their 10th place finish in the 2010 showpiece.

South Africa applied good pressure on Spain in the first few minutes as they retained possession and put together phases. They created an early opportunity to score a possible try with fullback Zandile Nojoko kicking a fantastic grubber, but Spain won the turnover and took control on attack.

Spain’s defence held for the remainder of the half and they supported this with a strong performance in the scrums and at the breakdowns, which placed them on the front foot.
Their determined efforts at the rucks paid off in the 15th minute as they were awarded a penalty, which scrumhalf Patricia Garcia slotted over for a 3-0 lead.

South Africa tried hard to force their way back into Spain’s half by retaining possession for long periods, while flyhalf Zenay Jordaan opted to kick in behind the opposition’s defence to gain ground.

But with momentum favouring Spain, wing Eli Martinez gathered a quick pass from a ruck which caught the Springbok Women off-guard to cross the tryline for their first try of the match.

Spain extended their score to 17-0 in the 32nd minute after spreading the ball wide to centre Barbara Pla, who out-sprinted three defenders to get to the tryline for the their second five-pointer of the day.

South Africa again came out strongly in the second half and retained possession for several minutes, but they waste another possible opportunity to score in the 10th minute after conceding a breakdown penalty.

Spain used this opportunity well by opting for their solid phase-play, which allowed them to camp in South Africa’s half. With their strong forwards dominating they opted for pick-and-go’s, and this paid off with hooker Aroa Gonzales crossing the tryline for their third try in the 63rd minute and a 24-0 lead.

Spain continued to dominate territory and possession in the final quarter, and despite SA’s determined efforts to shut them out on defence, they were unable to reverse the damage done by Spain earlier in the match.

The pressure on South Africa intensified in the last eight minutes as replacement looseforward Shona-Leah Weston received a yellow card for tripping a player, and with numbers in Spain’s favour, Gonzalez and Martinez crossed the tryline in the dying minutes to secure an emphatic 36-0 victory.

Scorers:

For Spain:

Tries: Eli Martinez (2), Barbara Pla, Aroa Gonzalez, Patricia Garcia

Conversions: Patricia Garcia (4)

Penalties: Patricia Garcia

 Quota coach, quota team and quota result. Pick on merit or perish.These fat ladies are a sick joke.

End of story

 Ah well.... Rassie is the chief over the women's game in SA ... What else would you expect!

 Cheap shot the untruth. A molish remark!

 Problem is, one can hear our fat ladies sing......before the game.

 they lack fitness and skills. alot of those passes were wobbly floaters. they were really slow as well. they can carry really well and bowl over defenders but they just lack some skill and speed to really trouble teams. i think we need to give them a bit of slack here. the guys running the game can only work with what they have and the womens team are not pros like our mens side. the opposition they faced were better prepared and more developed. just accept that 10th is about right for where we are now. its just the way it is and im sure in time they;ll  get better. being negative bastards aint gonna do any good here.

 Ou Beenbal catches a speed wobble every time somebody says something just slightly negative of his great Rassie Erasmus. This is what the great man had to say about the women Bok squad:

Rassie praises Bok women

Johannesburg - South African Rugby Union (SARU) high performance manager Rassie Erasmus says he is pleased with the quality of players available ahead of the IRB Women's Rugby World Cup in France later this year.

The 40-member Springbok Women squad concluded a four-day training camp in Cape Town on Sunday, where the team was preparing for its third consecutive appearance at the international showpiece, to be held in France from August 1 to 17.

"I am pleased with the skills levels and the quality of the players who put up their hands at the training camp in the last few days," Erasmus said in a statement.

"Having witnessed the hard work they put in and how well they worked with the SARU Mobi-Unit, I am excited ahead of the World Cup.

"The main purpose of this camp was to measure the fitness and skills levels of the players, and we achieved that, but the onus is now on them to work hard between the training camps to reach the goals we have set for each individual."

The squad would be trimmed in the next few weeks, with satellite training camps set up in Port Elizabeth, Gauteng, the Western Cape, East London and KwaZulu-Natal to ensure that the women follow their training programmes and continue developing their skills in the build-up to the World Cup.

There are a few possibilities here.

Either:

1. Rassie has no clue of how to measure fitness and skills levels, or
2. the women deteriorated dramatically since January, or
3. the above article was just another piece of PC bullshit.

 What is he supposed to say. How rubbish the quotas players and coach are?
Wise up cerudunce windpomp. Cobus Visagie no less said Rassie was the greates rugby brain he had encoiuntered or word to that effect.
Who knows who the women he was referring to in January were. Possibly the triming went haywire. Included quota player and left out the real performers.
Cheap shot cerudunce windpomp. 

 Vlag, you must learn to read between the lines. Fitness levels were meusured and it was up to them to reach the goals given to them...i. e, they were not up to scratch and were set goals. They obviously failed to achieve them.

 I prefer to read what was actually said.


"I am pleased with the skills levels and the quality of the players who put up their hands at the training camp in the last few days,"



"Having witnessed the hard work they put in and how well they worked with the SARU Mobi-Unit, I am excited ahead of the World Cup......"

What happened since the camp? What follow up was done? Was the progressed monitored and steps taken to address issues?

By the looks of it, the answers have to be nothing and no. If the answers are indeed "nothing" and "no", then Rassie has obviously misjudged their fitness and skills levels.

 Eish.Eet more cheekin.Wet less cheeps

Gonzo...The opposition they faced also had more than 2 brain cells at their disposal.

Well if our lot excited Rassie .........

Cloudy's closer to the truth .... most of our meisies prefer more gentle feminine leisure activities .