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What a joke. You guys are delusional.

Clearly! They are usually very weak at Newlands. You would have to think if it came down to the Sharks/Bulls/Brumbies vs the Stormers in a semi at Newlands it would be all of the others who would be favourites. Particularly if they have all played in Australasia the week before.o_O The only...

Um....has he reneged on his contract? When signing a contract with a club should players have to outline exactly what they intend to do after the contract is up? Surely if he is seeing out his contractual obligations there shouldn't be an issue? Perhaps another question we should ask is, in...

That is part and parcel of professional sport these days. The same could be said of the Force and JOC (James O'Connor) (and possibly Pocock?), the Waratahs and Beale, the Reds and Higgers and the list goes on and on. No organisation can plan to allocate their resources in a manner that takes into account what...

Yep, certainly not promising. If they do make the finals and carry on with this form they will probably get knocked out in their first game.

Fair enough point, their form has not been the best in the last 3 or 4 rounds. But to say that they don't deserve it would be a bit of a stretch. The position on the table at the end of the season is a more accurate judgement of whether a team "deserves" to be in the finals than their form over...

Yeah big loss for rugby fans in general. Whether you love him or hate him, it's hard to deny that he added something to our game.

May be true, but I'm sure all 15 teams can point to certain events that happened in their season's and say "If this did/didn't happen, our season would have turned out differently!" The Reds are not the only team who suffered an injury crisis or were on the wrong end of a weak reffing performance.

The Stormers have been pathetic yet they're the only team to lose only 2 games all season. Doesn't say much for the rest of the competition. Funny how injuries have been used as an excuse for certain teams losing at various times this year but the Stormers have still managed to win despite their...

Hard to tell whether you missed my sarcasm or whether you picked up on it and ran with it! I think we are on the same page though! But hey, perhaps we should all live by the mantra of, "if you keep telling people you are something, eventually they will believe it!"??

He's a 10, just ask him....

JM is by no means the first foreign coach to coach a South African team. We had Laurie Mains who coached the Cats (with some success) in the early 2000's. Then we have also had John Plumtree coaching for a number of years with the Sharks in Durban, firstly as an assistant and then as head coach...

PB - you've been saying all season that Willie le Roux should be given a chance at either 10 or 15! Now he has been given his chance. I must say he has impressed me all season on the wing. Often on attack, he inserts himself at first or second receiver in the backline and has certainly provided...

I thought Coetzee was good and close to our best forward. I agree with Paarl re: Potgieter though. He didn't let us down, but simply 'standing up' is not good enough for a 7 in the Bok game plan. The 7 needs to be a dominant ball carrier in the Alberts/Juan Smith/Schalk Burger mould to...

5 Aussies in the starting XV and 2 Kiwi's? 2 more Aussies on the bench and 1 Kiwi. Nice one.... Edit - 2 Kiwi's on the bench.

Geez, it must suck that the other players are always targetting Brumbies players with these sorts of plays! Can you imagine where some of these Brumbies players would be right now if all the other players didn't have these agendas against them?! I reckon you would probably have close to 12 or 13...

Agreed. Before the series started, we all thought the first test would be the toughest one. Now it is certainly shaping up to be the 3rd test that will be toughest with the changes in the squad! What do you make of Aplon at fullback instead of Joe Pietersen? I am a big fan of Aplon. But...

You have lost the plot now Paarl. I don't think anyone is saying he is a great player and most would agree that he is lucky to be in the Bok squad. For me personally, I don't rate him at all and never have. I don't think he should be anywhere near a Bok squad of 30 players. But to say that he is...

I agree on those two, although I would definitely have De Jongh ahead of Ebersohn in the pecking order! Very hard on him not to be included in the squad.