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Scrum was excellent for the first half (helped by Bartolomi's yellow). Struggled in the second when Du Plessis was replaced by Oosthuizen and Castro came on for the Italians and gave Mtawarira a working over. Settled down again when Nyakane and Chilliboy came on late in the half.

Where did you get those stats, because I randomly decided to keep an eye on Spies in the second half. All I can recall is three highly ineffective tackles and steal on the ground. Can't think of a single carry.

So SA ran out 44-10, but was never in control (other than on the score sheet) after the 25th minute. The third quarter was ridiculous, with Italy enjoying 95 per cent of the possession. Most of the team were good, Habana, Strauss and Francois Louw the stand outs. Of the new caps JJ...

rasssie - I mean this in the nicest possible way, and yes that might not be very nice, but... you are a fluffybunny.

Watching the highlights I felt a little sorry for the US team. They were completely over-matched athletically, but also you could see that they have never come up against players like that before. As you mentioned, the step up between US club rugby and international is huge, and it showed. I...

Grow six inches. Meyer doesn't believe playing a "fetcher", but Louw twisted his arm with a series of excellent performances last season. The fact that Louw is about 6'4" obviously also makes the selection far more palatable in Meyer's mind.

The good - Willie Le Roux starting The "I've got my doubts" - JJ Engelbrecht, Jano Vermaak, two looseheads on the bench, Arno Botha. Disappointed that Serfontein isn't starting and no PS Du Toit (injured?)

True but still sad for the kid, especially given the relationship South African rugby traditionally had with the Police, SADF and the Broederbond under Apartheid. Given that Fourie was injured in 2008 and Jacobs came in for him and played pretty damn well, you are basically harping on about...

At least I solved problem of identifying the right thread for this discussion - PB and I had a discussion on the SA Schoolboy thread regarding the WP craven week team that has just been selected - (http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/community/threads/sa-schoolboy-action.7936/page-5). To summarise...

And I am white with a great view over the flatse from my apartment. I also like good coffee and walks in the countryside. Now that we have made our introductions, let me answer the points you raise. First point, this is not really the right thread for this discussion, but I don't see a better...

That is a very very poor piece of legislation, which like many others, give ministers rights that they shouldn't have... but like the other examples, the minister doesn't tend to use those powers.

That is unfair on Mvovo. It is pretty hard to find a Sharks player that is playing well this season, but Mvovo might be the exception. Anyway, what white player would you replace him with? Van der Heever? Ludik?

Read somewhere that Etzebeth was high jumper at school, but only started jumping in line-out as a senior as he was considered too heavy to lift. I expect the calling duties to fall to Kruger, and in his absence, probably Spies.

I had a look at your post #47 on this thread where you gave the final 78 players that were trialed for Craven Week in 2012. Of those 15 came from the four big Soutie schools 8 - Boland Landbou 17 - Paarl Boys 13 - Paarl Gym 16 - Paul Roos and 9 from whole of the rest of the province. It...

An interesting angle is the relationship between the club and NSWRU/ARU. I am not clued up with law relating to voluntary bodies (the governing body, NSWRU/ARU, being a club of clubs so to speak) and whether the governing body can incur liability (or exist) free from its members. The second...

Lets start with what I am not say. I am not saying that the big three are not very, very good at rugby (though Paul Roos' results this year might suggest otherwise). Neither am I saying that the boys selected for craven week are not all exceptionally talented players. (especially the three...

I don't deny that the big three are rugby super-powers, but what I am worried about is that the selectors are only looking at about three teams for players. Let me put it this way. Paarl Gym has about 700 hundred boys, Paarl Boys a 1000 and Paul Roos around 1200 (thumbsuck numbers, but not...

I see the WP Craven Week sides have been selected (copied from planet-rugby) So 31 of the 44 player selected come from four schools (Paarl Boys High, Paarl Gymnasium, Boland Landbou and Paul Roos). What is the point of Craven Week if the selectors are only going to select players from three...

Thanks Bad news for the Baby Boks, but good call for the senior side. Pity we won't be seeing the 10-Pollard 11- Pietersen 12- Serfontein combination for the baby boks, but Rohan Jansen van Rensburg sounds pretty good from what I've heard and should be decent replacement. Would be...