Just as I was looking forward to an SA team progressing in the European championship, Jake the snake decided to throw baby out with the bath water.
First he moaned about the flights and SA rugby jumped up to facilitate business class flights which came at no cheap expense.
Then, we learn that he decided to leave 11 boks at home and 3 more players in his starting team.
That smack of hypocracy
What a cunt, ruins the game and the fans will only have to wonder
If anybody needs Business class it’s a rugby team.
Well, he got his business class direct flights and still decided to send a weak team.
I was looking forward seeing the likes of Arendse and Moodie. But now we are stuck with has been players like Carr and Mapoe.
Bulls aren't going to win either tournament but they might get to the final of the URC.
Let's just be grateful that Jake White is no longer part of the Springbok setup.
The mediocre video-analyst who got the job of Bok coach through shameless cronyism and now thinks he's some kind of legend because he coached us to a RWC win where England (who we smashed in the group stages and nearly lost to in the final) was the only team we played in that tournament who had ever beaten us in their entire history.
LMAO!
Now there is a lucky RWC win for you!
Since then the only thing Joke White has demonstrated is his incompetence as a coach and his complete lack of loyalty or integrity.
History will show Rassie to be a Springnok coaching legend and Joke to be an abject failure.
Breath mints please ButtPlug. I'm asking nicely.
There's also the factor that I'm sure potential home quater's, semi's and potentially a home final is also a lot lucrative to the Bulls.
Aside from which for whatever reason Champions Cup games seem to be generating less interest than the URC games in South Africa as well.
Bit disrespectful to the Saints though….and at such an important stage in the tournament.
I just hope we win or we’ll look immensely stupid !
Saffex, as you know, I'm no fan of Eddie Jones. I think his reputation was also boosted by that miraculous fluke of the draw . . . and the direction that both his and Jake's care ers have taken since then just amplify what a freakish (yet wonderful!) turn of events that was.
Luckiest draw in the history of all sports . . . not just rugby.
Jake is a guy that brings discipline and a system that allows average players to excel. It is based on use players, physicality and then just grind teams down. Rassie use the same tactics but we can see that the boks are evolving.
But Jake doesn't help himself. He reminds me of certain workers that just moans to get what they want and then when they do get what the want, they still moan. I have had to deal with so many people like this. There is nothing more frustrating than petulant adult. I get it now why SA rugby was happy to get rid of him and the Saarks, not to mention, brumbies. Montpellier also got rid of him after a few seasons. He is a very frustrating coach, he will get you in the top 4 or 5 but lacks the killer instinct
Think he had a point about 8 different flights though. That's nonsense carry on.
Kinda sounds like Jake was standing up for the players who were being asked to go through an unreasonable ordeal.