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
@isigidi – 26
Ek veskil van jou. Verlede jaar was Bissie nog ‘n wandelende geelkaart. Sy spelpeil was niks slegter hierdie jaar nie, en hy het baie beter dissipline gehad.
Hy was net vir my ‘n meer afgeronde speler hierdie jaar. En ek was nog nooit ‘n Bismarck fan gewees nie!
@superBul –
Wie is ‘Spaticus’?
Sparty?
Hy is reeds hier op R-T.
@Rooipiet – Bwaaaahahahaha los jy vir jou ‘n agterdeur oop hier teen die einde.
GBS ek dink die Bulls op die site sal ‘n kwart wees as WP Saterdag wen.
Ek, lojale WP ondersteuner, kan egter sien wanneer daar ‘n berg voor my staan om te klim en is die eerste om te erken dat as die WP en Bulle vandag 10 wedstryde moet speel, Bulle 9 uit die 10 sal wen.
Ek hoop vir party Bulls hier dis nie daai 1 keer wat Saterdag is nie, want hier hang ‘n paar selfversekerde manne rond.
@isigidi – 26
Isi ek weet nie waarop grond jy dit nie sorry ou, die jaar was ek selfs happy met Bismark, laasjaar het ek nog gesoek na n plaasvervanger vir hom. My mening.
@bdb – @Rooipiet –
Adriaan Strauss, vir seker, goeie leier ook.
@isigidi – 33
Jy is reg. Ek het dieselfde gese, ek het dit net 4/5 gehad.
Nee troep ek los geen agterdeure oop nie. Ek is realisties. Alles wat jy se beaam ek. DIe bulle sal 9 uit 10 wen, maar ek stres oor daai eenkeer. As mens die somme in jou kop doen moet ons nie kan verloor nie, maar tog is dit rugby. WP is op goeie vorm, en daai idioot Puke gaan ‘n pyn in die gat wees saterdag.
Ok cheers almal, sal more die WP manne kom sleg se, nou is dit eers besproeiings tyd, die donnerse laeveld se reen het nou nog nie gekom nie en Paul Kruger het laasweek al verjaar.
@isigidi – Nee ou jy verstaan nie. Ons MAG brag ons het die bragging rights. Maar as julle ons beat het ons nog ons decency om julle geluk te wens. Ons is natuurlik nog glad nie vet genoeg gevreet aan sukses nie , so ja verseker sal ons glad nie soos julle happy wees net om die semis te haal nie. NO WAYS.
@Rooipiet –
Klink my jy en Superbul woon in dieselfde distrik.
Hoop die reen kom gou ou maat, die maand stap aan Krismis se kant toe al.
Tjeers.
Pietman, lees my posting weer. Die WP het alreeds die CC twee maande gelede gewen. Harmse is te dof om dit in te sien.
gbs
as jy eerlik was
sou jy die opskrif
“jj harmse endears himself with bulls supporters” gemaak het!!
dit gesê: ekt nie veel moans met wat hy (jj) sê nie!!
42@Ashley – Ek IS eerlik… ek was dan ‘n prokurower !
Eishhhhhhhh
the sharks are lucky to have the journo’s they have
if one take John Bishop of the Natal Witness , who is prolly the most respected sports journo in SA
You will never find him bad mouthing sensationalise like most others do
then again he has been with the Witness around 40 years
where JJ will make a fool of himself , john will never stoop to those levels
44@sharky_forever – Who’s John Bishop??
Everybody knows who JJ Harmse is, though…
Hehehe
@grootblousmile – lol
@sharky_forever –
There used to be a John Bishop, on tv news, when tv started out in SA….
Same guy?
@Pietman – nope piet
and good day piet hope you are well
43@grootblousmile –
eerlike prokureur, blubul rugby kenner, vader krismis, paashaas
jip … hulle almal bestaan!
@sharky_forever –
In your dreams!
My team is better than yours!
Our reporters are better than yours!
My dad are stronger than yours!
My cock are bigger than yours!
Please Tjarky, don’t let realism stand in the way of a fanatic supporter!
50@Ashley – OK, waar kom jou pisenkies en paaseiers dan vandaan?
Hehehe
@sharky_forever –
Well thanks bru, just waiting for the games to start!
Btw, I see you okes mention Crouhie, is he still around on the other side?
Hope he is holding out, he used to be involved in a lonely battle over there against the ‘mob’ (skoppie and those) for quite a while.
Good man himself, Crouchie….he and Wooden Spoon.
52@grootblousmile –
paaseiers kom van paashoenders
noggie sieker orie geskenkiesie!!
Sorry, My Dad and My Cock both IS.
@Cosa –
Or even better:
My Dad and My Cock both are IS.
Verstaan regtig nie die ‘hype’ oor hierdie artikel nie.
Harmse se argumente is eenvoudig:
1. die WP het nie iets beter as ander spanne gedoen om genomineer te word nie, inteendeel, die ander spanne wat genomineer is, het almal iets om te wys, een of ander trofee (behalwe GKW, maar hul is daar omdat hul werklik ‘n verrassing was). Let wel: hierdie nominasie is gedoen, ongeag wat verder in die CB gebeur.
2. Dus, hy vra of daar ander redes is, en vergelyk dit met die Bafanas wat heeltyd opgeblaas word, maar geen rede het (geen trofees) om opgeblaas te word nie.
3. Sharks het bo op die log ge-eindig (sonder 10 Bokke), wat ‘n baie goeie prestasie is, hoekom is hul dan nie genomineer nie ?
4. Ja, WP het Sharks 2 keer gewen, maar Sharks het die BB 2 keer gewen, Ctahs 2 keer gewen, Leeus 2 keer gewen ? Geen vergelyking nie, slang in die gras, ek sê ?
So, daar is die feite. In plaas van om dit te weerlê en goeie redes te gee waarom WP genomineer is ipv die Sharks, val die mense die persoon aan, en hoekom ?
My vermoede:
1. ANTI-BULLE brilletjies wat die kritici op het. JJ ondersteun die BB, daarom moet hy verkeerd wees, ens, ens.
2. Streepbrilletjies wat hul op het: hul raak desperaat dat die WP na 8 jaar weer iets wen.
3. Hulle dink omdat hul een keer in 10 jaar ‘n oorstoot drie teen die BB O/21 span behaal het op Nuweland, hul nou reeds ‘n legendariese span is.
Nou ja, dit is maar net my opinie, ek hoor graag wat is die regte redes waarom Harmse se artikel soveel aanstoot gee ?
Ben, die objektiewe Bul. 😉
56@Cosa –
or even better
..
“my dad are stronger than your dad is!”
57@bdb –
refer #42
50 @Ashley – ek is bly jy glo ook nou !
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