Rassie should be commended and a committee established to revise the laws, says Ian McIntosh

While grubby little malcontents bustle about self importantly opining on how Rassie has let down the game by making that video Bok supporters are very happy and so of course are sane folk with integrity.

Now a very respected voice has been raised commending Rassie.

Dear old mozzzzz's monocle will fall off in shock and the Org, his face twisted with rage will break his over worked looking glass.

DUBRAN - Former Springbok rugby coach Ian McIntosh says Rassie Erasmus’s video assassination of the state of refereeing was “an accident waiting to happen” because officiating has deteriorated to the point where referees are looking for ways to stop the game rather than keeping it going.

McIntosh, an internationally respected legend of the game, spent half a decade on an Experimental Laws Committee (ELC) which came up with positive recommendations to the International Rugby Board, but few of them were actually implemented, and Mac says if they had, the game would be a far better product.

There are few rugby men more passionate than the former Sharks coach, so when he suggests the lawmakers have lost the plot, World Rugby should take heed.

“It is not for me to say whether Rassie used the correct channels but I do feel that something had to be done to gain the attention of the officials because the game has become far too complicated and a stop-start affair,” McIntosh says.

“It has been spoilt for players, coaches and the spectators. The game has become over-officiated because of too many ‘provisions’ being added each year to the laws.

“Instead of World Rugby disciplining Rassie, he should be commended and a committee established to revise the laws which are too many, contradictory, and in some cases, nonsensical.”

A frustrated McIntosh says: “Can someone respectfully inform World Rugby that the laws were intended to keep the game flowing, not stop it, and that the referee should become No 31 on the field again and not No 1.

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Mac says Rassie to be commended

Ian McIntosh? Seriously? I don't know what circles you keep Sitzsack but he is pretty much unknown to the rest of the rugby world. The man with a 33% coaching record, making him the second least successful Bok coach of all time!

Jolly good, Beeno ! 

With that level of support how can Rassie fail ?!! 

Oh they will probably nail Rassie but of course they will damage their credibility because there are facts that they cannot now hide. Berry was caught out cheating/gross incompetence and the IRB are not doing anything about bad refs and have been clamping down on transparency - and all this for years.

Honest rugby folk will side with Rassie and cheats with the IRB. Its that simple Becs.

Congrats to R assie, a great coach, player and rugbyman.

Actually, I seriously doubt that Rassie will be nailed or be made an example of

Behind closed doors, away from the media, Rassie has a hell of a lot more support than a lot of people realize

Josè is the first white quota coach, in keeping with the bloatware that makes up the Boks - white quotas. The greatest threat to the Boks. 

33% . Failure. 

Now the org is playing the race card?

" Josè is the first white quota coach, in keeping with the bloatware that makes up the Boks - white quotas". 

The greatest threat to the Boks.  What is the dope talking about?

Dave don't insult idiots. The Org has lost his marbles.

Want to be a plastic? 

5th before the World Cup, lost to New Zealand in the opener and leapfrogged through the rankings with double points where over 50% of their attacking output came against the minnows Canada (ranked 22nd in the world). They played out what was branded globally as the worst test in world cup history against the depleted Welsh and had one good game against England (which I called correctly, unlike the Church of Plastik funnily enough). RC Champs? Against what? The worst Wallaby side in 45 years at home, Argentina (who slipped down the rankings to 13th at one point) at home and couldn't beat the All Blacks. Great stuff, in an abbreviated tournament. What then? The cripple fight Lions series? Where José bent the ref's arm? You haven't got a clue Cheeto. To compound matters even more, Nienaber is the architect of the defensive model. What has José added himself considering that the Boks are the worst attacking side in the top 20? The ideas man who was going to get the Boks going. 

José is an atrocity, and nobody can defend him. What little the Boks have scrapped together - which isn't convincing anyone outside of South Africa - is directly attributable to Nienaber, his lacky who doesn't mind being used like Muir tried to use Campese. The sooner this clown goes the better. When reality comes home, he will inevitably spit his dummy out and do a runner. Not one for responsibility you see. 

The Boks haven't played an away game in nearly two years. The only teams José and Krutch have beaten inside the top 5 were England and New Zealand (2018). Let that sink in. That's the totality of the José reign. Best coach and team in the world at limping past minnows. 

1. New Zealand (Sep 2018; #1) 
2. England (Nov 2018;  #4)
3. Wales (Oct 2019: #3) * Injury depleted
4. England (Nov 2019; #1)

1. Attack Coach: Rob Howley
2. Liam Williams (Ankle)
3. Gareth Anscombe (Knee)
4. Cory Hill (Stress Fracture)
5. Adam Beard (Appendix)
6. Josh Navidi (Hamstring)
7. Steff Evans (?)
8. Taulupe Faletau (?)
9. Rhys Webb (?)

Omelette is totally scrambled and very overdone.

He is getting more hysterical by the day.

The basic problem is he doesn't understand rugby. He simply has no clue whatsoever. 

France were 8th when Louw saved the Boks . Australia were 7th in 2018, and then 6th in 2019. How embarrassing for you. All isn't what Unteromlett and Sitzsack thought! 

Best squad of players…nobody has our depth in the tight forwards. And yet our coaches had us on the brink against Wales and the Lions. Fortunately in Gatland they found a coach who was equally inept.

So the jury remains out. And the aesthetics are bloody disastrous. The most boring rugby since Naas Botha.

We have beaten 4 teams who were ranked inside the top 5. Is that easier for you Dumpfbacke? 

My word you are dense Unteromlett! Have I not layed it all out for you? You made a series of assumptions, as usual, and you are so up to your neck in bull dust you can't even attempt a retort. 

Is Saffex ok.

He seems to have a major anger management problem when someone writes something he disagrees with - Seems to throw to toys like Rassie.

I would love to watch him when the Boks are losing - I suspect a mental fit would take place on a very regular basis - We would have a great laugh watching him when the Boks are Playing the AB's.

The Boks lose more often than they win - Of course he is going to lose it now after reading that comment - And he will come up with all the bullshit in the world to justify otherwise.

You need to grow up and stop being an A to other people.  

As with the typical Josè team, there are lots of weak points. Unnecessary weak points. If he selected better the Boks really would be better than most teams in every position. 

Dave these clowns are a hoot a minute!

The fact is they cant bear the enormous success achieved by Rassie and the Boks. They will find any BS to denigrate these great achievements. mozzzzz's boring old nonsense about the opposition being weak is bulldust and now we have his little echo Orgie Pie copying him.

They would rather lose than have Rassie as coach. All their vitriol against the Boks and Rassie has only served to make them look like the unhinged nutters they are.  I fear what might happen if Rassie keeps winning. Our loony bin Falkenberg awaits them. Hahahahahahahhahahahahahaha

I see R & B has joined us. 

Tell about yourself R & B.

Orgie Pie and the mozzzz 

The Boks were bossed in the collisions. Hence the Lions made much more ground. They dominated the gainline. Where they fell short was their selection at 15 for the first two tests and the insistence on copying South Africa's aimless kicking and failing under the high ball. Had the Lions been secure under the high ball, they'd have won all three tests. We had nothing else to offer. Once again, the plastics beaten by facts.

@Unteromlett: That's 4 top tier wins. 4 top 5 opponents beaten. Man, you are so easy. If you're going to be this easy, at least weae a wig and some lipstick next time. We need you to commit to the part. 

If we use the rankings as a form guide, which it is, we are not beating teams who are in good form and climbing up the rankings. That's not an opinion, that's a fact.

How can a French side that is 8th in the rankings be considered the very best opposition? It's a fact that we have only won 4 tests in 31 tests against opposition who are in the top 5 at the time of beating them. Why is this so difficult for you? Are you dishonest and trying to pad out Josè's achievements, or are you struggling with a learning disability? You tell me so at can move forward. Thanking you in advance. 

The Lions set pieces were in effect worse than the Welsh set pieces at the WC….the Lions were  no better than Wales. The only real improvement I saw was Henshaw at 12.  Offset by Faletau being better than Conan.