This is a MUST READ. The sometimes controvercial Media24 Sports writer has all WP supporters up in arms about an Article he has written comparing WP as “The Bafana Bafana of Rugby”… here is an extract from his Article, as taken from Sport24.
The Article starts off with a long-winded story about Eric Rush… but let’s cut to the chase of the Article, here it is:
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Something that is not one man’s opinion, though, are the SA Rugby Player Award nominations that were released yesterday. The SA rugby media share their nominations in the various categories, so it was a shock to see some of the names presented in some of the categories.
For the full list of nominees, CLICK HERE (link removed)…
Sure, one needs to accept the view of the majority, but some of those are beyond belief. For example: Team of the year – Western Province. What? How on earth did that happen?
I can understand the nomination of the Springboks, the Bok sevens side, the Bulls and Griquas. All have won something this year and actually have a trophy cabinet to prove it. But Western Province? Is finishing second in Currie Cup now the new first? Are WP the Bafana Bafana of rugby? Why not the Sharks if you wanted to use the Currie Cup as yardstick?
We have enough greatness in our game and enough teams who perform on a regular basis. There is no need to reward mediocrity.
Similar with the nominations for Currie Cup player of the year. We have three players from WP along with Sarel Pretorius and Stefan Terblanche. Really?
Juan de Jongh has certainly improved a lot and has become a very prominent player, Joe Pietersen played some good rugby, and Luke Watson scored a lot of tries from the back of the Province maul, but how on earth did they get nominated ahead of some very deserving players from the Sharks, Bulls, Lions and Cheetahs?
It is great to see Province finally making it into the top four as they have the potential and pedigree to be there all the time. But three of the top five Currie Cup players from one team? Again, are we rewarding second best? Has WP become the Bafana Bafana of rugby?
Some of the other categories will be closely fought. Fourie du Preez should be player of the year, but what a season for both Morné Steyn and Heinrich Brüssow! They certainly deserve a lot of credit for their first full seasons in Test rugby.
One could have easily nominated five more Boks, though. Jaque Fourie will be in the race for try of the year for his late try against the Lions in Pretoria. His name deserves to be in the player of the year category as well, but it’s not.
I thought Bismarck du Plessis had the best season of his life, but he was not nominated at all. Du Plessis was colossal in the Lions series and established himself as the best hooker in the world during the Tri Nations. He made numerous crucial turnovers during the season, was spot-on with his lineouts, and has often been a tower of strength in the Bok pack. He deserves to be there.
But then, that is only one man’s opinion!
Read JJ in Rapport every Sunday
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Reactions to this Article has been rather scathing… what do you, the RUGBY-TALK bloggers say about this Article of JJ Harmse, the objective Sportswriter… hahahaha
@superBul – ou richard is ‘n harde klonkie en sal nie ‘n tree terug staan vir bissie nie en dan is hulle nog ou skoolmaters ok
@smallies72 – Jy weet julle is nou eenmaal nie n maklike teenstander vir die Bulle nie. En sou dit so wees dat ons mekaar moet vat sal my stress level hoog wees , moer hoog.
Julle speel CB baie goed , kan nie verstaan dat julle so sukkel in die S14 nie.
@bdb – ha die bulle het getry toe klop jurries sommer nege op een slag
@superBul – dit het julle manne jarre gevat om julle voete te vind in super 14 ons sal da kom.die cheetahs se grootse probleem is diepte,en terwyl verster da baas is gaan dit so bly.
272@superBul – in 2002 het die CB log so gelyk:
Haaie
Ctahs
Leeus
BB
Toe wen 3 en 4, en die finaal is op Ellispark, en span 4 wen.
So, dit kan weer gebeur.
@smallies72 – sulke driee pee my gewoonlik af , dit was skitterent maar die verdediging het vir mekaar gekyk en gewag dat iemand iets try. Die Bulle se verdediging is die jaar van die slegste onder die top 6 spanne.
@smallies72 – Dis waar woorde daai. Ons was op n tyd pateties.
@bdb – my dogter is op die donderdag voor die semis gebore.dit was andre venter se laaste seisoen,ek het gaan kyk,vrystaat het die eerste helfte goed gespeel,in die 2de helfte vat ou john daniels toe vlam en druk so iets soos drie drie en sink ons in 10 minute
276@superBul – met sulke glibberige mannetjies soos Juries (ook Aplon!) moet jy nie staan en wag nie, jy moet voluit gaan, en al mis jy hom, keer jy ten minste dat hy spoed opbou en jy beperk sy opsies.
BB het almal lekker gestaan en wag, groot fout. Hoop nie hul doen dit saterdag weer nie. Onthou, WP is beste verdedigingspan, hul gaan nie sommer driee persent gee nie.
@superBul – die staat het ook ma erg gelek,die bulle sal daar moet opas vir wp dis al swak plek wat ek aan die bulle sien
278@smallies72 – g’n wonder nie, hy het seker halftyd met sy broer Jack Daniels ‘gesels’ !
@bdb – as jy vir jack so lank ken soos ek dan noem jy hom ook sommer john
manne ek het lekker gesels ma ek het die heel week nagdiens gewerk en gaan nou eers bietjie saam met die hoofbaas van die huis csi kyk cheers almal en bdb VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!
@bdb – 279
Ek dink dat daai Bosch ou vir ons n deur gaan ooplaat. En dan het WO al groot gapings die jaar geslaan.
So by the way in die 3 wedstryde wat die Bulle en WP gespeel het die jaar was die driee telling 1-1 in eerste game, die S14 een, toe 3-1 vir Bulle op Loftus en weer 1-1 op Nuweland. So min driee is teen mekaar gedruk die jaar.
Lekker slaap almal, dankie vir die lekker gesels, gaan nou self omkap.
Ek tjaila ook sommer nou , Dankie vir die gesels.
284 @superBul – altwee spanne het goeie skoppers, so dit gaan naby wees. Lekker slaap SB !
286 @superBul – o ja, hoe gaan dit nog met jou ma wat so siek was, sterkte en groete vir haar.
@bdb – Jammer ek antwoord nou eers , gelukkig was daar toe niks kwaadaardig daar nie. So die groot K is dit nie. Maar die werwels disintegreer en die pyn is erg, nou probeeer hulle nog om morfien voor te skryf , so dinge sal maar sleg bly, hoe jy ookal daarna kyk, sy word more 85. Dankie vir die belangstelling en ek sal haar sterkte toewens namens n groot Bul vriend.
A crocodile from KZN met up with his cousin from Gauteng.
The smaller one from Gauteng turned to the bigger one from KZN and said: ‘I can’t understand how you can be so much bigger than me. We’re the same age; we were the
same size as kids. I just don’t get it.’
‘Well,’ said the big KZN croc, ‘what have you been eating?’
‘Rugby fans, same as you,’ replied the small Gauteng croc.
‘Hmm. Well, where do you catch them?’
‘Down the other side of the swamp near the parking lot by the Stadium.’
‘Same here. Hmm … How do you catch them?’
‘Well, I crawl up under one of their BMW cars and wait for one to unlock the car door. Then I jump out, grab them by the leg, shake the sh*t out of them and eat ’em!’
‘Ah!’ says the big crocodile, ‘I think I see your problem. You’re not getting any real nourishment.
You see, by the time you finish shaking the sh*t out of a Blue Bull fan, there’s nothing left but an a*sshole with a blue jersey.’
@Snoek – Hehehehehehe
@Snoek – have to correct u there. Not BMW’s………Cortina 3.0L’s.
Like the Immortal Naas Botha said last night: “We are going down there to destroy you!”
Hehe. Kom ons hoop dit sal die geval wees saterdag
@Bluewave –
bluewave, ek dink die Bulle sal dit tot my groot groot hartseer en spyt vat, maar ek dink dit gaan dalk moeiliker wees as wat almal dink. Klink my as ek so lees dat die WP nou al in sommige aspekte vir weke voorberei…
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