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Cheetahs ran everything. Bless 'em. Bulls defense looked leaky but they'll fix it. They also made a lot of mistakes in their 22 which they will need to address. Lots of very good attacking play on both sides. Bulls won 51-24. I expect them to tighten it up and play a percentage game against...

Whilst the semantics could result in a heated debate, as it seems to be, we can at least agree that the application of the law, as it is supposed to be enforced, will still be open to the ref's interpretation in that split second of bodies flying. Only difference is now we all know he will use...

Chief you summed my fears perfectly. I sincerely hope we are wrong.

Hell of a pack. I thought Soakai was excellent last year. Looking forward to the hairstyles.

Utter bullshit. Brussow does way more that steal a few balls. To suggest he is a success due to circumstance is as ill-informed a statement as I have ever seen on this board. Name the 7. Few players have made such an impact on the game as he has in the last year and please don't tell me laws...

Do you think he runs seminars for us poor rugby folk, or is it not his "line" of work? O0

Re: Round 1: SA Derbys (Tin Ears vs Brutes & Lions vs Stormers) Bout right. Bulls / Cheethas game are traditional shitfights. Just worry about injuries.

Was it the Stormers or Sharks? I seem to recall reading that the were getting blown off the park in one of the trials and came up with the idea at half time and apparently the pnalty count dropped. I am just worried that there are so many fine lines and well know what that means. Different...

Two things: 1. Suddenly now all Brussow can do is steal ball. Rubbish. His tackle count borders on the insane and he runs superbly well with the ball. He is ball carrier in most mauls and hit low centre of gravity and powerful legs make him hard to stop. He carries ball very, very well. 2. The...

Re: Round 1: SA Derbys (Tin Ears vs Brutes & Lions vs Stormers) That Cheetahs front 5 is going to give a lot of teams a lot of problems. I have an uneasy feeling about this game.

OK I rephrase: Limited choices if you are not privileged to be in a private school or if you are in a public school that gets cash injections from rich parents.

Yep. Can't captain from the bench if you're watching only 14 of your mates. Bad choice but it was a case of who else? Should have been Bekker but he breaks all the time.

Fark me. Senbsibility from SA. Now there's something.

I find your obsession with Kazhakstan mildly disturbing. Please stop.

I joined. It's all over before it even started boys and Naza.

Soccer. Huge sport. Richest league in Africa. Frightfully corrupt. May I remind you we are in Africa. Rugby is still mainly a white sport. Can't imagine it uses too much iro government funding. The money that should go into developing other sports is not being used by rugby. Probably used to...

Not really. Completely commercial. Supply and demand. The game is deeply rooted in the psyche and there is massive support from school level up. It's not really a case of money going into rugby and not into other sports. Rugby seems to look after itself. As for Kazhakstan, seen them pecks...

Because sports administration is in the gutter, and funding is poor at most levels. There simply isn't money for "smaller" sports any longer. By the time a promosing kid gets out of school they are as good as fucked if it's not as pro sport. SA used to have good hockey, better athletics...

OK I'll rephrase. In winter kids in SA play soccer or rugby. In summer they play cricket, do athelics, or swim (a bit - swimming in SA schools have gone to the shits and I know that first hand - I have a nephew with SA colors in swimming and there was fuck all support from the school system)...

It is, but only in certain areas and with a higher concentration in private schools (I stand to be corrected). That is unlikely to ever change. From what I understand, the trick is to keep the rugby kids who come out of school in the game but there are other people here who are qualified to...