We lost against the ABs yesterday, but played them closer than at the WC. We were right back to the level we achieved against Wales and the Lions…..without Harrassmus.
The Harrassmus groupies were bemoaning our loss to Oz, saying Harrassmus had no chance to input….if he did things would be different. Well yesterday he was still in Maaitjiesfontein and things were different, we rediscovered our defence.
But as usual the media and our Harrasmus groupies miss another point… .Oz just played us better. Rather than complicated phase play in their half, the Quaalude booted us deep negating the return up and under as a weapon. They put us under territorial pressure and Kerevi exploited Allende’s lack of defensive anticipation. They were a tougher opponent than NZ was yesterday.
The point is the absence of Harrassmus had nothing to do with our Aussie losses, nor with our playing NZ closer than many anticipated. He was irrelevant and probably was against the Lions as well.
This snake oil artist has tried to play his own game throughout….bemoaning the refs while teaching our players to feign injuries to slow down the game. He has destroyed our back play, developed almost no new players and guided us into becoming the world’s pariah. And now the one saving grace, winning, is also down the tubes.
Cut the cord and let Nienaber coach without his input…..and ffs get Nienaber a top notch backline coach. Enough with the soap opera.

