RB World Rankings (Top 10)
1. South Africa 91.19
2. New Zealand 89.42
3. Australia 85.85
4. Ireland 83.27
5. France 81.48
6. Argentina 81.29
7. England 81.23
8. Wales 80.74
9. Fiji 76.52
10. Scotland 75.23
Now to find the night Jans , some might be watching Superrugby on DSTV Kyknet channel. Watch in another hours time they might crawl out. GBS might have some home work to do, wonder if he is forgiven for the doggie?
I actually fathomed what bdb said !! I must be getting better, he said how about an Afrikaanse name not an english one!
NagJanne – well I know what that means now anyway!! š
The misconduct case against the South African Rugby Union (Saru), its players and management was heard by an Independent Disciplinary Panel in Dublin on Monday.
Submissions and evidence was heard by the Panel comprising the Honourable Sir John Hansen KNZM (Chair), Judge Guillermo Tragant and former Australia captain John Eales. The Panel has now retired to consider its verdict and will issue its decision as soon as possible.
The charges against Saru are for alleged acts of misconduct in breach of the IRB Regulations Relating to the Game, including breaches of the IRB Code of Conduct.
The action arises from the South Africa national team wearing armbands during the third test against the British & Irish Lions on July 4 as a symbol of solidarity and protest for Bakkies Botha, following the upholding of his two-week suspension by an independent Appeal Committee for dangerously charging into a ruck without binding on a player.
The IRB will issue a statement including the verdict, sanction and judgment as soon as it is available. The IRB will not make any further comment on the hearing until the completion of the disciplinary process.
In this months Rugby World a comment was made ,with all the problems in South Africa you would think they would find something more pertinent to worry about than Bakkies ban!!
Hell i dont know, i see John Eales is also part of the judges, i would think that we hope for a acquittal , hope yesterdays freeing of MG helped to show the double standards.
An interesting tester for Bok coach
10 August 2009 (09:01)
Player empowerment has been a big part of the secret to Springbok success since last August, when the players resolved to return to the structured game that they know and which won them the 2007 World Cup.
When you have two team leaders in John Smit and Victor Matfield who between them have played almost 180 tests, and almost half of the rest fo the team have played 50 or more, then vesting the power in the players is a no-brainer. As former Springbok centre Brendan Venter put it in a newspaper interview at the weekend, whoever it was who convinced De Villiers to bring back Smit and Matfield is owed āa couple of cups of coffee by the Bok coachā.
But what has made it relatively easy up to now for De Villiers is the fact that most of the really senior players pick themselves. It becomes more difficult when those leaders of the team start to lose form, or their places come into doubt because of the challenge laid down by other inform players.
In a player driven system, such as the current Bok team is, the situation is often reached where the leadership core becomes a form of club, or closed society. In the case of the current Boks it is a strength, but De Villiers faces a decision during the coming overseas tour which could test the workability of the system.
It was not surprising that Schalk Burger was added to the squad for the overseas leg of the Tri-Nations when it was announced on Saturday night. The high regard with which Burger is held within the team was underlined during the recent Lions series, when Burger was the only openside flank in the initial squad even though he hadnāt played for two months.
That respect was further emphasised when Burger was selected straight into the starting team for the second test at Loftus. This even though Heinrich Brussow, who had been called in as an 11th hour replacement when Burger didnāt recover in time, had played well in the hour when the Boks had dominated the Lions in that Durban battle.
Brussow himself, if you listen to his public pronouncements, seems to accept that Burger is still the No 1 choice.
āI donāt think Schalkās inclusion is a challenge for me. Schalkās name says everything, what he has meant to South Africa in the past and the pleasure he has given the Springbok team,ā said Brussow.
After the Bloemfontein win over the All Blacks Brussow even went as far as to say that Burger was the first choice and he was only filling in for him.
However, if Brussow does not recognise the massive role he himself played in the Bok clean sweep of the home leg of their Tri-Nations campaign, then he is being far too self-deprecating.
Only time will tell whether his current form will be maintained and whether he has smashed the old South African prejudices against small ball-winning flanks for good, but right now he is playing a massive part in the suffocation strategy that is strangling opponents.
There was a time when opposition teams knew that if they could avoid lineouts against the Boks they would be able to grab some breathing space, but not any more for the Boks have just become so much more effective since Brussowās arrival at strangling opponents at the breakdown.
So what does De Villiers do, and how will Burger react to becoming just a back-up player in a squad that a few years ago couldnāt survive without him? It is going to take big man management skills from De Villiers and also from Smit.
Fortunately at the moment there would be a strong argument for easing Burger back, for apart from the 70 minutes he played against the Lions at Loftus, he has not seen any onfield action since late April.
There is view that with Brussow going so well at No 6 and redefining the mould of Bok player in that position, Burger should be deployed elsewhere, but blindside flanker Juan Smith was in outstanding form against Australia and would have been close to the man of the match.
The Boks open the overseas leg of their Tri-Nations campaign against Australia in Perth in three weeks’ time.
#420 BDB
OK Carol, BDB can’t read English. He would like to know if it can be NagJanne instead?
Now to find the night Jans , some might be watching Superrugby on DSTV Kyknet channel. Watch in another hours time they might crawl out. GBS might have some home work to do, wonder if he is forgiven for the doggie?
420 klink soos daai ouens wat die nagpanne weg gery het in die ou dae.
Perhaps you should put it to the vote!! š
What did GBS doggie??
NagJanne or NightJans
Voting stations open now.
NagJanne
I actually fathomed what bdb said !! I must be getting better, he said how about an Afrikaanse name not an english one!
NagJanne – well I know what that means now anyway!! š
424 one jan, one vote !
Hey, I have just installed skype!!
wooo Hooo
#430 Carol
Well done!!
So what do you say. nightjans or nagjanne??
GBS is working on the blog still, installing stuff….
I think the dog incident is nearly forgiven š
Die beste rugby boodskap vir die dag, was #2 op die “Lions with another away win!!ā š
Well I sort of prefer Night Jans if I were honest!!!
The misconduct case against the South African Rugby Union (Saru), its players and management was heard by an Independent Disciplinary Panel in Dublin on Monday.
Submissions and evidence was heard by the Panel comprising the Honourable Sir John Hansen KNZM (Chair), Judge Guillermo Tragant and former Australia captain John Eales. The Panel has now retired to consider its verdict and will issue its decision as soon as possible.
The charges against Saru are for alleged acts of misconduct in breach of the IRB Regulations Relating to the Game, including breaches of the IRB Code of Conduct.
The action arises from the South Africa national team wearing armbands during the third test against the British & Irish Lions on July 4 as a symbol of solidarity and protest for Bakkies Botha, following the upholding of his two-week suspension by an independent Appeal Committee for dangerously charging into a ruck without binding on a player.
The IRB will issue a statement including the verdict, sanction and judgment as soon as it is available. The IRB will not make any further comment on the hearing until the completion of the disciplinary process.
Oh Ed, I’m sorry I feel it may be Sharks by 8!!…….
Are your Lions up for it this weekend?
434 Ons kan beide gebruik: Nagjanne en ‘Night Jans’
435 Wat kan hul doen, die hele span skors vir ‘n wedstryd ? Boete ?
In this months Rugby World a comment was made ,with all the problems in South Africa you would think they would find something more pertinent to worry about than Bakkies ban!!
Sort of had a point I feel!!
(She awaits the barbed attacks) š
435 What do you think will happen? A fine seems to be a waste of time don’t you think?
Jim, who would put their hand into their pocket anyway?
439 Bakkies should not have been cited. Nor in the case of Giteau. Just don’t understand why the citing officials are so inconsistent. š
Hell i dont know, i see John Eales is also part of the judges, i would think that we hope for a acquittal , hope yesterdays freeing of MG helped to show the double standards.
441 SARU will just raise the ticket prices for the punters to cover the fine. So who really loses out, one guess?
An interesting tester for Bok coach
10 August 2009 (09:01)
Player empowerment has been a big part of the secret to Springbok success since last August, when the players resolved to return to the structured game that they know and which won them the 2007 World Cup.
When you have two team leaders in John Smit and Victor Matfield who between them have played almost 180 tests, and almost half of the rest fo the team have played 50 or more, then vesting the power in the players is a no-brainer. As former Springbok centre Brendan Venter put it in a newspaper interview at the weekend, whoever it was who convinced De Villiers to bring back Smit and Matfield is owed āa couple of cups of coffee by the Bok coachā.
But what has made it relatively easy up to now for De Villiers is the fact that most of the really senior players pick themselves. It becomes more difficult when those leaders of the team start to lose form, or their places come into doubt because of the challenge laid down by other inform players.
In a player driven system, such as the current Bok team is, the situation is often reached where the leadership core becomes a form of club, or closed society. In the case of the current Boks it is a strength, but De Villiers faces a decision during the coming overseas tour which could test the workability of the system.
It was not surprising that Schalk Burger was added to the squad for the overseas leg of the Tri-Nations when it was announced on Saturday night. The high regard with which Burger is held within the team was underlined during the recent Lions series, when Burger was the only openside flank in the initial squad even though he hadnāt played for two months.
That respect was further emphasised when Burger was selected straight into the starting team for the second test at Loftus. This even though Heinrich Brussow, who had been called in as an 11th hour replacement when Burger didnāt recover in time, had played well in the hour when the Boks had dominated the Lions in that Durban battle.
Brussow himself, if you listen to his public pronouncements, seems to accept that Burger is still the No 1 choice.
āI donāt think Schalkās inclusion is a challenge for me. Schalkās name says everything, what he has meant to South Africa in the past and the pleasure he has given the Springbok team,ā said Brussow.
After the Bloemfontein win over the All Blacks Brussow even went as far as to say that Burger was the first choice and he was only filling in for him.
However, if Brussow does not recognise the massive role he himself played in the Bok clean sweep of the home leg of their Tri-Nations campaign, then he is being far too self-deprecating.
Only time will tell whether his current form will be maintained and whether he has smashed the old South African prejudices against small ball-winning flanks for good, but right now he is playing a massive part in the suffocation strategy that is strangling opponents.
There was a time when opposition teams knew that if they could avoid lineouts against the Boks they would be able to grab some breathing space, but not any more for the Boks have just become so much more effective since Brussowās arrival at strangling opponents at the breakdown.
So what does De Villiers do, and how will Burger react to becoming just a back-up player in a squad that a few years ago couldnāt survive without him? It is going to take big man management skills from De Villiers and also from Smit.
Fortunately at the moment there would be a strong argument for easing Burger back, for apart from the 70 minutes he played against the Lions at Loftus, he has not seen any onfield action since late April.
There is view that with Brussow going so well at No 6 and redefining the mould of Bok player in that position, Burger should be deployed elsewhere, but blindside flanker Juan Smith was in outstanding form against Australia and would have been close to the man of the match.
The Boks open the overseas leg of their Tri-Nations campaign against Australia in Perth in three weeks’ time.
Yes Carol, Lions will win that one. Sharks yet to impress me this year.
445 Sit vir Burger op die bank in Bekker se plek, so maklik soos dit.
446 Sal daardie wedstryd BDL wees.
BDB, ek dink hy gaan op die bank sit, maar in Danie se plek, net my gevoel
448 Wat laat jou so dink ? Dink darem nie ou Snorre sal so fout maak nie.
Ek het net daardie gevoel, sal maar sien oor 3 weke.
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