Hansen picks more Boks than abs for Barbarians game

Hansen is wisely choosing more Boks than wee abs on two counts. They are better players and secondly he gets to have them play yet another game which is not to the Boks advantage at all (Have played far too much rugby - and a lot more compared to the centrally contracted abs)! 

Another thing - Fiji always do what they can to injure Bok players so as to assist the nefarious abs.

Quite crafty from ou hansen. He gets to win the game and with any luck eliminates Bok players. One can only hope nothing untoward happens. The Boks though will enjoy playing in a match officiated by a neutral ref for once.Bwahahahahaha

Beeno seeing through the rounded hansen like a glass window! It's all so obvious.

Beeno: the field must be soggy, we all know what that means.

Hope the game lives up to it's tradition, usually is exciting showcase type stuff & can only help promote rugby.

 Gota love the Kiwi's after their unbeaten season. Oh how they were 1 shock penalty miss from Sexton to having their worst ever season. all the previous 12 wins count for nothing when you lose your first game in 100 years to the Irish and the saying, you are only as good as your last game.

13 from 13 means nothing in 2013 but will mean everything in 2015. What has been determined on this tour in my opinion from NH teams is how to stop the Boks dominance in 2015. For some reason, I dont think they fear the AB's anymore. Next year, expect a lot more belief from the NH boys against the AB's.

Can the Kiwi's honestly (not a word usually associated with kiwi rugby men) say that they had as much dominance over their opponents on this tour than the Boks did?

Boks should have beaten the frogs 33-10. Fourie was disallowed for some reason we will never know and Louw should have been awarded that try after Huget failed to control in goal and merely pushed the ball back for Louw to ground. Neither one of our 3 games did it ever look like we would lose or were being dominated. England dominated for much of the Twickenham test against AB's. France had much more room to move against them and we all know what Ireland should have done had Sexton done his job. A bit of belief from those 3 teams and NZL could have enjoyed their worst ever season!

I say Beeno is delusional as he thinks we have won the last 4 against the AB's. We haven't but we will. I dont disagree with Beeno that the Boks are forming an allround better team. We will have a decent attack, excellent pack with excellent defence. All NZL has to date is a great attack.

Next year super 15 I hope to see JJ tackling much lower and sparking some backline movements. His pace is exciting and if he can sort out the other parts of his game, as well as one of Lambie, Goosen or Catrakilis coming through (they are all ready now) there is no reason we cant match the AB's in the backs.

So on a final word Kiwi's and seriously. Congrats on the record. Your boys were tested at times and pulled through. Enjoy it..Not for too long though. You guys have a lot of work to do if you want to stay at the top. I am not convinced and can honestly say, despite NZL's record year, I feel a lot more confident in the Boks next year.

 That's 14 from 14 Logic, get it right!

We'll keep on working at our game so that by the time the Boks get up to our 2013 level, the Boys in Black will have found another gear!

 You are right Just_Win but the WC brings different pressures as the AB's know all too well. Lets face it, the Boks game will handle the pressure a lot better than the AB's game in the NH. We are well versed at the tight, "finals" rugby style.

Look, we all know Fat fuck Hansen wants to preserve the Kiwi's and burn the Boks out a little more which is why he selected them for this game but its also perhaps to do with the fact that he wants to win. Now judging how rapidly the AB's were fading away on this tour, he probably feels that they dont have enough in the tank to beat the flying Fijians. He knows he can rest assured the Boks will get the job done as easy as pie.

Your great year of 14 out of 14 could have been the AB's worst ever year due to losing to a team for the 1st time in 100 years had it not been for an uncharacteristcally poor attempt at goal from Sexton. He will slot that 999 times out of 1000!

England and France dominated too. Just the belief that was missing quite clearly! Not a scary team especially on the NH tracks! They wont make the final in 2015 that is for sure!

 Bean Brain i hope yr geriatrics are up to the Fijian challenge... I see the Kiwis are using their developmental squad but the Boks haven't got one - only geriatrics...not very bright these yarpies not developing any players...making it too easy for the Kiwis and here was us relying on SA for a bit of competition...disappointing really mate...