Brendan Venter post match inverview

[Moses]

[video=youtube;2FgchHlaSQE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FgchHlaSQE[/video]

 

[RugbyFuture]

[video=youtube;KeYf-rhMQIQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeYf-rhMQIQ[/video]

from one minute...

 

[tranquility]

apparently he is a qualified doctor. ha ha

 

[dobduff11]

yeh he is, over here he is known as Dr V or simly the Doctor

He got fined a few weeks back for critiscizing refs so has not held an interview since. Fairly strange though was thinking of posting it in the jokes thread because it is so bizarre

I think he was trying to mock the interviewer but it didnt work very well, either that or he is on some weird shit

 

[RugbyFuture]

I think hes being sarcastic, watch it over again, knowing now he got fined for criticising a ref, hes inferring something was wrong, they lost for some reason but "he can't figure it out or remember what"

 

[Hodgy]

Its pretty obvious when read in the context of the most recent fine he's suffered as a result of post game comments. I don't blame him at all, get fined for having an opinion, simple, don't have an opinion.

 

[tranquility]

Yeah it is obviously a preconceived tactic, however that does not limit how weird it is. It really does seem as if he had been playing with the chemistry set before he fronted the press.

 

[Langthorne]

did anyone else see that match? Metro were pretty good, and piled on loads of pressure only for the No.10 to take ridiculous field goal attempts (and he was given MOTM!!!). Then the Saracens 12 gifts them a try on half time - I can't believe I'm writing this, but Gavin Henson will be an improvement.

Chabal still rocks.

 

[Jnor]

That is gold! A couple of times he looks like he's about to crack up but holds it together, well done!

 

[Lindommer]

Metro were pretty good, and piled on loads of pressure only for the No.10 to take ridiculous field goal attempts (and he was given MOTM!).

Wasn't Francois Steyn, was it?

 

[dobduff11]

No lindo it was Jonathan Wisniewski or something to that effect.

Racing have a problem Wisni... at 10, steyn at 12 and hernandez at 15 are all obsessed with drop goals

 

[Scarfman]

Awesome effort. It's about time someone did that.

 

[tranquility]

here is old mate Darius's attempt. He doesn't have the same level of charm however.

[video=youtube;H2tGmSS6dO0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2tGmSS6dO0[/video]

 

[dobduff11]

That was an interesting interview with Boyd...

Atleast Dr V's was interesting, the way he kept saying he would think about it was weird.

Three cheers for Sireli Bobo

 

[stoff]

BV - "Winning is important, we'll have to try harder"
Interviewer - "So you think it was a lack of effort"
BV - "No I wouldn't say it was a lack of effort"
Gold!

I'm trying to imagine Robbie taking that tactic in an interview, but still using Deans-speak. It's making my head hurt.

 

[Moses]

http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Venters-inspiration-revealed-20101213

London - Brendan Venter's bizarre post-match interview following Saracens' Heineken Cup defeat to Racing Metro was reportedly inspired by the film - Mike Bassett: England Manager.

According to the ESPNscrum website, the outspoken South African, who was fined by European Rugby Cup officials earlier this season for criticising a referee, ended his self-imposed media ban in the wake of his side's 24-21 defeat at Vicarage Road with a hilarious performance in front of the Sky Sports cameras.

In the 2001 film, England football coach Dave Dodds is interviewed by the press and does nothing more than repeat the questions put to him. The Daily Mirror reports that Venter watched the film on a recent away trip to Gloucester and subsequently chose to use it as the model for his apparent protest against the €25,000 fine handed down to him after he aired what he considered an "honest" opinion following his team's loss to Leinster in October.

Saracens chief executive Edward Griffiths has backed his director of rugby, who will step down from the role in the New Year to return home to South Africa, and hopes his outburst - that is now an internet hit - does not result in more disciplinary action.

"If he was less interesting, hopefully it doesn't result in a disciplinary hearing," Griffiths told BBC 5 live. "After the last Heineken Cup game, Brendan was asked questions and gave honest answers that we believe amounted to not much more than a coach talking about the state of rugby and various issues.

"That resulted in a disciplinary hearing and a fine. The European Rugby Cup (ERC) want to run it this way and it is their competition and their rules. Their disciplinary procedures basically say if you are in any way critical of anything, whether you are right or wrong, it is a misconduct charge

"We tried to avoid another disciplinary charge and hopefully we have. We went to Dublin for the hearing and were hauled over the coals when teams were fined significantly less for fielding under-strength sides - I want to make sure it doesn't happen again."

The newspaper quotes the exchange from the film that stars Ricky Tomlinson as Mike Bassett and Bradley Walsh as his coach Dave Dodds:

Reporter: The team looks in pretty good shape?
Dave Dodds: Good shape, yeah. Yeah, good shape. Good team. Looking very good. Couldn't be better.

Reporter: Having said that we're not actually playing very well at the moment?
Dave Dodds: No, no. Terrible, terrible. Terrible shape, terrible team, looking very bad.

Reporter: Then again the omens do look very good for England?
Dave Dodds: Looking good, very good.

Which is very similar to the conversation that took place between Venter and Sky Sports reporter Martin Gillingham on Saturday:

 

[whatty]

[video=youtube;UzZ2cf-3R7Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzZ2cf-3R7Q&feature=player_detailpage[/video]

 

[Lee Grant]

did anyone else see that match? Metro were pretty good, and piled on loads of pressure only for the No.10 to take ridiculous field goal attempts (and he was given MOTM!!!).

That's the way RM play to instructions. Despite having some good backs they play a forward oriented game and don't score a lot of tries. In fact that was the first time they had scored more than one try in any game since the middle of September. They're not the only French team who do that either.

Wizniewski is a good flyhalf and 2nd to only to Trinh-Duc in France IMO. Both were injured otherwise they would have played against Oz. You never know though with Lievremont's selections because there were at least two other French flyhalves who are better than Traile, the guy picked. It's a pity that Wizniewski is not with a more expansive team like Toulouse because then we would see another side of him.

But I digress. As Dobbie mentioned Venter got into trouble for ripping into the referee earlier in the season. The interviewer knew that and probably under instruction from the producer tried to gee him up. Venter is leaving the club and was likely to do it, but he didn't bite and tried to make the intervewer look foolish - and succeeded. The interviewer sensed this and tried to up the ante.

Funny stuff. I don't think that anybody got the Darius Boyd joke. I had seen that before and thought that Boyd was taking the mickey too by imitating how his coach (blessed be the name of the Dragons' coach) conducts interviews - and being sick of the same question being asked of him during the week.

 

[Blue]

Lee:

I can underatsand the game RM try to play but they must be the most frustrating side to watch for a neutral. If there was EVER a team that plays to recipe, it's them.

They don't care through, as long as the forwards dominate. If teams like Toulouse match them in the fatties they are screwed becuase the problem is that the backline has all ingenuity coached out of them.

They can thump it up and kick very well though.

As for Brendan Venter that was classic. A solid fuck you to the poweres that be. He is a bit of a dick though. And a doctor. So that makes him a clever dick. (drumroll)

PS Venter is leaving Saracens and going back to SA. I expect him to pop up as an assistant coach somewhere and he will coach a Super rugby team at some point in future.

 

[cyclopath]

Loved it. Good on him - it all gets a bit boring at times.