Its not just about intense, its about quantity. We do it twice as many as your lot plus we have a Vodacom competition aswell. Its just to many derbies fitted into one year. We have our CC which is fine, we had the S14 which works well , so they changed it to the stupid S15 with more derbies and a stupid business end which make no sense. No team play the same opposition.
OK I see what you try to do, the weak Cheetahs beat the Tahs at home. If they played in the Aus Conferense they would be second behind the Reds.
Dont agree OuBoet, its not about every year, conferense system was last year and their 10th was still better then three of your conferense five teams in 2011.Plumtree's whinge is about DERBIES. Derbies were the most one-sided in ..... South Africa.
Cheetahs fluked some big name wins on the road. Good luck to them. They still finish 10th or lower every year.
Yes, in 2011 you are right about three teams, Boet. Good luck and good luck to the Cheetahs. They had a good season by their standards and an unusual number of bonus points (12) allowed the Cheetahs to go ahead with 5 wins - even though the Force had 5 wins and 2 draws.
But they were entertaining to watch weren't they. When they go down they go down 45 - 36 or that match against the Chiefs which was something like 70 something to 65. They got their bonus points for scoring tries and they had nothing to lose so they threw the ball around a lot. Freestate always have a young side who can beat any team on their day. They were traditionally canon fodder but the Lions have a Super 10 title after their name and the Cats made a few semi final appearances something some of the other sides can not claim
Players who switch sides are surprisingly not that hated. Bulls have a tradition of grabbing young flyhalfs from the Cape and turn them into 3 point machines. Derrick Hougaardt Morne Steyn as well. Bulls supporters will always love Habana for some of the good things he did but he will hear it when he plays against them and he gets nailed or drop the ball etc etc. But a guy who we hated was Naas Botha. One thing is he always kicked liked shit when he came to Newlands. One thing though we always hated playing against Freestate. That Freestate stadium were almost a gravel road cause of the dead grass. In the winter the grass die and dry out very quickly which leaves you playing on half grass half sand. The players always left there with raw knees and elbows thanks to some grass burns. They were the reason we did not win the 1989 Currie cup. They broke Calla Scholtz's leg which was WP sharp shooter and he would have gotten the winning kick in this games. Just have a look at the last kick of the game to win the match lolYeah, I guess that's fair enough. Qld vs NSW is the closest we have to that sort of rivalry, and it sounds like it's a fair way off. The reds also seem to have a bit of a grudge against the force for pinching some of their players, but as far as rivalry goes that's not much chop. It doesn't help much that a) most of our states have a history of getting along ok and b) most of our players come from Qld or NSW, regardless of who they're playing for.
Must've been a real kick in the teeth for Bulls supporters then when Habana up and moved to Stormertown. Not as much as if he were still in form though.
They were indeed. Best game was against the Crusaders.
Ag nee Boetie, we just have to agree to disagree. No team in SA against SA teams are meat for another at home. Thats the differense CC do to us, even to beat Griquas at the Groot Gat is not easy. They kicked the Brutes out of their semi spot last year, Sharks also got one huge hiding there in 2010.
Obvious the reasons why Plumtree is spot on about our Conferense much tougher then the Aus conferense. Throw in the Kings 2013 entry and 2012 will be much tougher in SA. The other 4 SA franchises will have it much easier in 2013. Garantued 5 point start like Aus had with the Rebels in 2011.
EP play in the first devision of the Currie Cup. They could not even beat the weaken Currie Cup sides when the Super 15 was on last year. What are the chances they are going to do anything but get thrashed week in week out by full strength franchises? I think the Kings are a mahalla 5 pointer. They have been trying to develop EP and Border for ages and they got nowhere. It is really sad that they are trying all angles to push their politics into sports.
Are you referring to Riaan Gouws who missed the conversion in that video I posted above there?