Nothing could be more embarrasing...Cheetahs absolutely hopeless and clueless...Munster 38 Cheetahs 0...never such such a pathetic effort especially second half...probably highlights what is wrong with our rugby...running around like chickens with no heads...cannon fodder...a real circus.
Highlights... https://youtu.be/yiShPXPWLNc
Lurker stirring the pot with sarca sm...when will there be peace...it's an ongoing vendetta of words...isn't it time chaps to bury the hatchet
In all seriousness, it was pathetic. Passive drift, poor fringe defence. Defenders not supporting each other. Poor and slow positioning by 15. The passing looked woeful. Thus Was an absolute embarrassment.
... Munster is a good team so you would be delusional to think the Cheetahs had a chance against Munster at home anyway..
Ireland are second only to NZ in world rugby rankings so let's put things in perspective here - the result was a foregone conclusion...
It's when the Italian Pro 14 clubs Zebre and Benettton Treviso start thrashing SA then harsh criticism would be warranted...given Italy is ranked 14th in world rugby...
It also must be said that SA is it's own worst enemy for raiding the Cheetahs of their best players. S.A slits it's own wrists and then asks why am i bleeding.
They sabotage their own teams and then complain about how useless they are. Maybe provincialism comes into it and they are watching with glee as the Cheetahs are set up to fail.
Video Higlight package of all the Round 1 Pro 14 games
http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/42446.php#.W466nSQzbRY
You're right Brycy, Munster are strong. Every other point is correct too.
Fair enough, yeah you are right...ofcourse I never gave the Cheetahs an iota of hope in winning but did you watch the game especially the second half...the Cheetahs were pathetic? Take a look it's on you tube. Munster could have probably scored more tries than 6...the Cheetahs were pointless.
How obsessively judgemental are South Africans... like you say it could have been worse...
The clips were terrible. Beaten so easily by an inside ball, run over repeatedly on the fringes. I suppose from the amount of Münster attacks and the scoreline that the Cheetahs got nothing going on attack either. That awful pass that got picked off for a try exemplifies this. If you're going to be beaten, it doesn't have to be because such sloppy play. It looked passive and lifeless. That's the worst part of all.
...thanks for underlining my point there... but bashing a team while they're down does'nt really achieve anything..
...Looking at the game in context , leadership has become an even bigger problem now for the Cheetahs with captain Mohoje now ruled out with a long term injury ...this after losing captains Venter and Van Jaarsveld this year ...a massive blow to the team if you know anything about leadership..
Those losses compounded by the losses of Cassiem, Sergeal Petersen ( two tries for WP this week), locks Uys, Wegner and Hugo, Mapipimpi, Blommetjies, Zeilinga... their most experienced players are gone and this must also be factored into the result...
So fielding seven debutants the Cheetahs with all things considered were expected to perform miracles against one of Europes best...
I've lost track of the Cheetahs personnel. Granted the Cheetahs were destined to lose, but very basic errors are still very disappointing to see. We'll see how they adapt.
....Every team makes basic errors... unfortunately this week will be another exercise in damage limitation for the Cheetahs ...they're up against Ospreys in another away game...facing several Welsh internationals the likes of AJW , George North, Tipuric, ScottWilliams, Lydiate, Dan Evans...boy o boy things are looking to get much worse for the Cheetahs before they get any better...
If only the Cheetahs could get a bit more support and injection of some decent SAplayers as opposed to getting regularly raped by their own country they wouldnt continue to get raped up north as well...SA only itself to blame
These teams tell the story: SA rugby have not trained any half decent player from the majority population.
A team full of quota players could have secured a similar resolve, maybe, even, managed to score a penalty kick.
The priviledge to lose.
