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That's one of my favourite podcasts. Excellent show. I think they will move Willemse back to 15. Not saying it's right but his big problem is goalkicking. He has to work on it. Has to become 80% plus. The problem is at the Stormers Libbok kicks and he is very good (Manie Libbok who should have...

See above. Poor planning. It beggars belief that no youngster came in when Pollard got injured and Jantjes was so absolutely awful. There are some really promising young 10's

Based on what. He has been very good every time he has come on as a replacement. In fact he was excellent erleir in the year every time, He may look fat and slow but he does exactly what he needs to, Look. I would much ratehr see a youngster get a shot, but he will be just fine. This is bad...

I still lay the blame for SA Rugby leaving the alliance squarely at the feet of the Kiwis. There was a way to keep it together but New Zealand wanted it their way or no way. Their air of superiority is slowly chipping away at the trans Tasman alliance. They first and foremost look after...

this game was the awfullest of downright fekken awful. My eyes are still bleeding

Only gripe I have is that the Stormers finally worked out that 12 is Damian Willemse's best position even though he has played more at 15. He was really good at 12 in the URC. Warrick Gelant was sensational at 15 for the Stormers so quite surprised. Easily the most impactful back in the URC...

Apparently they only allowed full crowd back since last week so no surprise and with a resurgent Bulls the Pretoria faithful are back in numbers,

Louw was the best forward in the URC comp, followed by young Evan Roos from the Stormers. Big, athletic blindside. One hell of a player. Moerat came into the system last year but never played for Boks. He and Etsebeth were school buddies and played together, He is a hard working and no-frills...

The more things change the more they stay the same. Expect to not see much difference in the first test as far as Bok selection goes. PS du toit will likely return in the second test. Lots of Safafs were only released by their English clubs this week so some of the starters will have had little...

Kerzakkertly. I think it is a case that a lot of Kiwi supporters simply cannot stand the thought of losing and have grown so accustomed to winning that when you guys lose it cannot possibly be that you were outplayed / outplanned! Surely not! Certainly, if you read other forums you would think...

Kirwan summed it up on Monday Havili is the kind of player who needs space. He is really good off lineout attack ball. They didn't have that against us so he was very limited,

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PS Mehrts' constant bleating was just beautiful. Yes Andrew, this is what it feels like for all of us most of the time.

Wow. Stoked. What a game. This is how we should play. Far less aimless kicking. Tactically we got it right. Still playing to strengths. To me, the AB's are not getting their back row balance right. It's not quite what it should be with some much talent. This midfield is also not working. I...

Except for the forking all blacks. They only ever suffer a blip of a game or two.

They dragged a squad of 43 players along and about 28 got to play in 4 games. :confused: This game surely was a chance to try something different. I hope I am wrong, but this smacks of the coaches doubling down. "We will show you that our game plan is perfect!" Stubborn. They are in dangerous...

Right now I think there is much to feel upbeat about. For the first time in about 3 to 4 years, your coach is making decisions that are NOT about plugging holes and chasing a win to stop the bleeding. The selections are all driven by a CLEAR question: What if both TH props are cooked? Who do we...

I think we put them off their game. Everything was rushed. And at every breakdown they were hit hard. They did not get the opporutntiy to create the space they like. That is exactly what the game plan is designed to achive. Keep rushing you and hassling you. This is partly my point. When we do...

Nope. We have been found out. We put a plan in place that was perfect for winning a World Cup that is always an exercise in attrition. If you look at the rugby we played for the 18 months leading up to RWC under Rassie it was a LOT more varied. Then with the Lions we figured Gatland's ego...

Firing up is not a sustainable, winning game plan. For Bok supporters, it was a hell of a ride in the last 2 years but anyone with half a brain can see that things will have to change. We have been found out. Finn Russel finally showed it to Gatland in the last 30 of the 3d Lions test but we...