The aura is gone….Wales and England will be loaded for bear and the Boks will be exhausted. Maybe a win against Scotland?
Now to another stupid idea….giving up on SH rugby and playing up North. Yesterday we saw the effects of not playing against SH backlines in contested tests for three years. They were light years more innovative than us. We looked like the Boks coming out of isolation.
We need to be part of the SH if we want to be competitive.
Most people outside of South Africa didn't believe we were all that. They never had that aura outside of SA. The Lions series did a lot of damage to the Bok brand. I've never seen so many coaches and players/ex-players openly criticise the Boks like this before. The NH tour is going to be a challenge. The last NH tour wasn't exactly a great experience for the Boks.
We NEVER got a fair deal either financially or via refs from the down under cheats. Financially we have been propping them up for years.
Lets go and play up north. In a couple of years nz and oz will come to their senses and perhaps we can renegotiate if we are not finding NH rugby to our liking.
I know the players will be happy as they will earn a lot more and we will be better able to keep our players.
NO nz and oz need to learn a hard lesson and its time to teach them this lesson.
Looks like it was the Boks that learnt the “hard lesson” in the last 2 weeks Hasbeeno, not Oz or the ABs……
We had a great run and we will see what happens when Rassie gets back.
You can have your 2 weeks or even 4 weeks . I will not swop our last few years for whatever happens over these 4 weeks.
There is a lot of talent available and we will be back.
Our club move is just getting a foothold in the NH. Its the beginning of a road Dave.
Personally I don't want to put up with down under cheats a moment longer. Nor do I think it serves our rugby to have so many of our best players overseas.
Last few years? Are you sniffing glue again Sitzsack? 2018: 7th, 6th, 5th. 2019: 5th, and 1st once we had a run of minnows and England. 2020: Nothing. 2021: Abysmal.
‘We will see what will happen when Rassie gets back’. I can tell you what will happen, things will get better. Nope not because Harrassmus is a great coach but because he won’t come back until we have a better chance of winning.
Helms Deep in trouble? Look for Harrassmus on 4th day at dawn just before the Scottish test.
The Boks have been playing the same enfeebled way the entire season. Every vulnerability that existed against Australia was present since Georgia. You just don't have the analytical skills to discern anything. Hence you like to quote people; you can't analyze anything yourself. Incompetent is another way of putting it.
