Dejavu rugby from SA & Aust

French,  for already seen, is a strong phenomenon of a event or experience currently being experinced has been experienced before. I'm sorry to say from what ive seen so far is exactly that as far as the rugby on display from the SA and the ozzies however the same can be said for nz, unfortunately one style works and the other does not.

Tell me im wrong this kicking and high mistake riddled games of two teams struggling to get there teams in order never less executing a well worked try... example sharks vs stormers. waratahs vs rebels. Reds vs hurricanes, that was another crap game Wellington is in same category. Maybe Im wrong and SA and Australian rugby will change by the end of the season...i hope so or All Blacks might break that world record winning streak after all.

 @papamoa- agreed, very concering for Sa and OZ- this article talks about the issue-

http://sarugby.com/forum.cfm?threadid=3948

papamoa

I elsewhere were really critical of the performances of the Sharks and the Stormers - the Bulls performance was no good either and they are going to get walloped by the Blues if that ti what they are going to produce.   Steyn kicking away balls willgive the Blues backline players opportunities to counter-attack and the Bulls will e floored completely.

The Sharks-Stormers game was rubbish in capital letters and some of their players was really disgraceful.  The Stormers have shown zilch this year and I think they are destined to be esy meat for the Chiefs this coming weekend.

As an SA Rugby supporter I just cannot aaccept the rubbsih that is dished up by the SA teams over the weekend.  Personally I think the Cheetahs actually during the first half of their game did well against the Cheetahs until they ran out of steam in the second half - probably due substantially to the jet lag problems encountered by everybody travellng that far east.   Their first half display was better than the displays of the other three SA sides this weekend.   

papamoaner please get real. You nz oaks cant defend decently and hence all the tries. Can the nz teams score so many tries against the Stormers and sharkies is the question. We shall see.

Yes Mike its unfortunate but sides travelling down under always find the first match difficult and run out of gas. This gives the down under oaks an exaggerated opinion of themselves and lets face it - they need no encouragement!!   nz twits are so full of themselves its quite unreal.  

I have to say, this is what I expected from both the Stormers and the Bulls, but I expected more from the Sharks. They were my pre-season pick for the overall log leaders at the end of the season. That is starting to look like a pipe dream. The Chiefs are looking good, and my call in a discussion a little while back, for the Blues to be the surprise package of the year, looks like a good call after all.