Stormers - Glasgow game should be good.
Sharks have sent a B team to Galway so I'm hoping Connacht pick up the win here. Think that would make them the first northern hemisphere team to have beaten all 6 former South African super rugby teams.
Dave
Back to Goosen - aside missing kicks at goal - Goosen also missed five penalty line kicks. That to my mind is not acceptable. That was what I condemned in the case of Morne and I would always condemn players who are deficient in that regard.
Morné was the best we have had at winning the territorial battle with those kinds of kicks. There was also a 5 year period where he had a 77% retrieval rate for high balls. Stop talking nonsense Mr Clever.
I’d have Goosen with one leg over useless Morne
You don't really have a choice, that's the default fried goose package.
l'Grandea Merde
How many penalty line kicks did Morne missed. I can remember two tests where he missed 2 in each match. What was even worse his tendency to lose matches like he did all on his own in the Perth test in 2014.
Morne was an expert in goal kicks and totally useless in the rest of flyhalf play. So I support Dave in his statement.
Morné did not lose any game in 2014.
Perth 2014 against the Wallabies - one of many others,
Here you are blaming Morné for that loss - it was a defensive lapse of Lambie from 60m out - but you have no qualms about Damian blowing an assignment that cost us the 2015 WC game against New Zealand, or his two other gaffs against England (2018, 2021), or his game losing defensive mistakes costing us the 2015 Wallaby test. Imagine that, you complain about some of these losses, and then point the finger at Meyer whilst praising the player who let the team down. Imagine what the record would have been had these players you worship delivered on the faith shown in them. You are a disgrace Michael.
No BSter
The Springboks are leading in the game with Habana yellow-carded. The Aussies are in the Springboks 22 and gave away a penalty in minute 75 of the game, If Morne found touch - Habana would come onto the field and the Springboks has a line-out on own throw.
Morne did not find touch - the ball got caught by an Aussie about 5 meters in-field and the Aussies counter-attacked. The Aussies scored a converted try and won the game. ONLY 1 PERSON TO BLAME FOR THE LOSS AND THAT WAS PISS-POOR MORNE.
Even Meyer found out that Morne was useless and dropped him from the team. Despite the obvious fact about Morne's deficiencies Meyer included him as the useless addition to the Springboks 2015 RWC Squad - but only used him for 31 minutes in that series coming from the bench - Morne was one of 8 unusable players Meyer selected in the squad. Afterwards Coetzee used him in two matches against the AB,s and in those two matches the AB's scored 57 points in each of the matches played.
There were also other tests where Morne caused losses fr the Springboks - games like Dunedin 2012 and the home test against the AB's in 2013 where Morne buggered up royally and that attributed in a major way as well - but not totally like he did in Perth.
H appy Totally Imbecile Day to you.
Morne did not find touch - the ball got caught by an Aussie about 5 meters in-field and the Aussies counter-attacked. The Aussies scored a converted try and won the game. ONLY 1 PERSON TO BLAME FOR THE LOSS AND THAT WAS PISS-POOR MORNE.
The Aussies are 60m out from our tryline. How do they advance the ball, and who let them in to score? It's a simple question, and if you answer that question, you'll have the culprit. Morné was guilty of pushing for a little more distance than he ought to have, yet the windy conditions were no laughing matter either. If you want to blame him for failing to find touch, then that's the full extent of his mistake. The rest was down to a fan favourite not being able to make a simple defensive assignment.
There were also other tests where Morne caused losses fr the Springboks - games like Dunedin 2012 and the home test against the AB's in 2013 where Morne buggered up royally and that attributed in a major way as well - but not totally like he did in Perth.
Actually, it was goosen who cost the Boks two tries in Dunedin. The scores were level when Morné left the field. He didn't cost the Boks any test in 2013.
I see Jake White went under the knife due to abdominal issues and will not be with the team for the rest of Jan.
Not sure if this coincide with the team winning when he did not show up, but it looked like their strongest team they selected.
The have a tough schedule, they have to fly back to SA with one game against the Exciles and then back North for another two games.
SA really need to sort out these fixtures, it is ridiculous them amount of travelling.
Some games in the URC or what the Bulls did, champions cup has no value.
The format of the Heineken cup is mind boggling and no idea how points are awarded.
Anyway, I counted 6 trips in total that our teams have to do.
Yeah I heard some SA teams take 40 hours. When the Northern teams file down to SA it only takes them 13 hours so the SA teams need to get that sorted out.
It’s simply a ridiculous idea to have them in the HC anyway.
Shut up, Saffex !
Qatar Airways adverts are prominent at the games ............ so its economy class & probably stopovers in Doha .