I was a loose head prop and don’t pretent to know too much about rugby, but if I was given the opportunity to coach the springboks for a day, here is what I would like to say to them.
Guthro Steenkamp – when you bind start with your hand on your chest bone then with a quick jab grab tight head under the armpit about one hands span below the armpit, in the same motion get elbow parallel to the ground and lock shoulder, this gives you leverage and even if your opponent is stronger he won’t be able to drag you down, otherwise keep doing what you are doing.
John Smit – don’t throw over the back of the line out, you are mostly relying on the bounce of the ball to go in your favour, and it is too risky, otherwise take a break. You are playing with people’s emotions here, go risk your own money at the Casino’s
Jannie du Plessis – first move is to deflect the Loose head’s arm and get your bind, if you succeed in that he has to bind low on your body and is in trouble
Bakkies Botha –Do what you do but behave yourself, and use your arms. Your shoulders are their to attach your arms too.
Victor – body position in the contact area is too high and you get driven back mainly due to running diagonal towards the defence, physics tells you they will drive you back in the tackle, and if you are going to use a high body position rather look for the offload
Schalk Burger, you run diagonally across the field, can’t use leg drive as the opposition double tackles you and has easy access to you legs as they are side on. Also when you go into the ruck to steal ball, once you know where the ball is look up so that you have the referee in sight, it will also help the perception of the referee that you are trying to stay on your feet, when you dip your head the perception can be interpreted that you are bridging and are not on your feet.
Juan smith – Just enjoy the game mate.
Pierre Spies, your body position is to upright, you can’t get momentum and it is impossible to use leg drive when your center of gravity is so high and you are being pushed back. You run through brick walls in your ad. They don’t tackle back.
Francois Hougaardt – enjoy the game mate.
Morne Steyn, if your chasers are doing a poor job and are not getting to the ball, then why kick possession away.
Jean de Villiers – Try offloading in the tackle, it helps to get the ball wider faster, and watch the inside line on defence.
Jaque Fourie – keep doing what you are doing, just remember the guy next to you is JP Pietersen and he is in your team.
JP Pietersen, get to know your center, he is Jaque Fourie, maybe if he knows you better you’ll get some ball, also vary your angle of running, if Jaque is drifting out, cut inside.
Bryan Habana, you are not going to build confidence with an intercept, for a start try to remain in the defensive line, trust the tackler on the inside, I know you are taught that you need to remain inside your opponent, but it doesn’t help when he is ten meters away. Realise you are not as fast as you used to be, compensate for your loss of speed by anticipating better.
Frans Steyn, put a bloody smile on your face, you don’t look like you are enjoying yourself, get busy in the back line, run a few lines, look for work, I know you are at the back for a reason, but even a bus conductor comes to the front every now and then.
Anybody going into a ruck with his head down can seem to be going down rather than looking as if they are trying to stay on your feet, you are not an ostrich, get Joost v d Westhuizen away from his parties and learn the meerkat stance from him. This way you will be able to hear and see the referee and will be able to adapt to his way of reading the game.
There is a reason why teams score tries against you, your defensive lines leave huge gaps when they run from deep, if there are forwards next to each other you need to stand closer as you don’t have the speed to close gaps, but most of all, the up and under doesn’t work anymore, especially if you don’t chase after it.
Variety is the spice of life, it also wins rugby matches.
You only need one guy in the ruck to slow down a ball, a few more to defend around a ruck, get into the defensive line and remain on your feet, you can achieve nothing by falling over the ruck, the referee doesn’t like it, and your co defenders find it very difficult when there are overlaps.
The only reason you’ll have more people at the ruck is because you want to counter ruck and drive over the ball.
The game is played over 80 minutes, it doesn’t help your cause if you only wake up in the 30th minute. Play to the whistle, on opponent mistakes counter by going wide immediately, that is where the gaps are, and also your speed freaks.
Leave your handbags at home, you like a bunch of school girls behind the pavilion when you swing them.
Smile at the referee, let him know he is your friend, when you are ugly and you frown, you look scary, and the referee thinks you don’t like him, when he warns you, say sorry.
Finally, there is no I in team, stop playing for individual glory and look at the big screen every time you did something good, remain humble and trust your team mates.
There will be a lot of swear words during this session, but due to this being a family show, I have refrained from using them.
“EK GAAN JOU MA KRY, JOU V*KKEN HOND!”
-Richard Taubokong.
@ Die Blou Kuberruim Wandelaar:
En as Richard se inspirerende woorde nie werk nie, dan weet ek nie wat nie. Ek sal net se:
“Nee boys, komaan.”
Maar weer aan die anderkant, sou ek nie gesit het met n klomp onfikse spelers wat soos skool kinders afgerig word.
@ Die Blou Kuberruim Wandelaar:
miskien is dit hoekom hulle handsakke swaai agter die pawiljoene soos skool konders?
Okei, ek sal weer probeer:
Gurthro: (Wat Biltongbek gese het)
John Smit: Voetsek
Bj Botha: Kom hierso
Bakkies: Moer hulle net, moenie warrie nie, ons het 2 ander goeie slotte om jou te vervang.
Victor Matfield: Wil jy dalk kaptein wees???
Schalk Burger: Gaan daaso, maak die bankie mooi warm, ek wil nie he Steggies moet ongemaklik wees as hy afkom na 65minute nie.
Juan Smith: Jou blerrie yster.
Pierre Spies: Hardloop tog vir n slag reguit. En hou op soos n pampoenboer rondloop. Sak daai arms ou pel, dis swak hardloop tegniek, en dit kos aandag wat jou brein moet skenk om so te maak. Vergeet van jouself, jy is nie Bryan Habana nie. Maak jou oe oop. Jy’t al gesien hoe boksers op hulle moer kry die oomblik wat hulle selfbewus begin raak.
Frans Hougaard: Huiswerk vir jou boeta. Jou nuwe kamermaat is Fourie du Preez, moenie warrie nie, sy vrou kan op die sitkamer bank slaap. Jy borsel jou tande saam met hom, jy eet jou brekvis saam hom, julle skeit tot saam. Jy sal nie n enkele besluit neem sonder sy toestemming.
Morne Steyn: Moenie jy warrie nie, ons het vir jou goeie chasers
Jean de Villiers: Waars jou handtekening in die lug na jou drie?
Jacque Fourie: Moet bietjie spoedwerk doen.
Frans Steyn: Jou dis lekker om onvoorspelbaarheid te he, maar donner, ek het mos nou verwag jy gaan daai tekkel maak.
Bryan Habana: HEY!! Moenie voete sleep nie!! Die manne is dors jong!!! Bring hierso daai energade! toe toe toe! Ja okei, moenie jammer en hum en ha, gaat gee daarso vir Gerhardus sy energade. Ja okei, moenie jou bek so trek nie, toe!
@ biltongbek:
Hoe nou?
@ Die Blou Kuberruim Wandelaar:
Goed gedoen, ek like jou sin vir humor!
Maar waar is jou raad vir PDV Dick en Gary?
@ biltongbek:
Is hierdie nie `n familieblog nie?
6@ biltongbek:
Bedoelende, ek kannie vir julle nou hier se wat ek daai lot wil se nie, miskien sal ek ou Leftie en Rightie `n 1,2 geselsie met hulle voer.
Just a note on Francois Hougaard.
He needs to control the pace better, quick ball is not always the best ball especially when your own ball carriers are not in position.
Communicate with your first receivers so that you pass the ball in front of them so they run into the pass, static passing removes all momentum.
Trust your instincts more, look up before you go down to collect the ball at the ruck to see what defenders are doing.
YOU control the pace of the game.
@ Morné:
I agree, it is abslutely critical that they recieve the ball at pace, but also running straight.
Coach for a day…. Well, I would fire my 2 Assistants, then appoint Heyneke Meyer and Slapchips or Fleckie and I would appoint a full-time defensive coach.
I would kick Habana & Rickie Januarie out, far away, so too Spies & Kanko… and I would draw in Lwazi Mvovo and Bjorn Basson as well as Willem Alberts & Duane Vermeulen.
First thing I would do is to stress the importance of breakdown situations and specially getting to those situations faster… as well as being more effective at those breakdown points.
Secondly, defensive structures would get my attention big time………. BIGGGGGGGGGG TIME!
I would advocate possession rugby till the cows come home…
Each Player would get a detailed personal Conditioning schedule and specific plan… suited to his personal physical condition and the amount he has played.
Well, that is just the start!
I would simply replace the 2 assistants as well as Spies and Habana.
I would take the SARU credit card and have a veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery long and boozey lunch.
And book myself a holiday to Spain, business class of course.
13 & 14@ Loosehead:
Suiplap!
Then I would phone Duanne Vermeulen and make him a Bok.
Then I would go out for more lunch and another couple of rounds of drinks.
I would also make the Boks official restaurant in Cape Town The Mount in Durbanville and Sharkies restaurant their official restauarnt in Gauteng.
Then I would again use the SARY credit card to buy myself a new TV and a PVR
15@ grootblousmile:
Tell me something that I don’t know.
I would also have my ISUZU serviced courtesy of SARU. It needs to go in for an expensive turbo service.
Did I mention food and booze?
18@ Loosehead:
The word, “Soustrein” springs to mind!
Wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could have Ricky Januarie service the Isuzu, PDV says mos that he is a mechanic.
See I am saving money and creating futures for some of my ex players.
@ Loosehead:
But can Ricky work on a diesel engine? No I would rather send him back to WP and the Isuzu to Hayes Motors.
20@ grootblousmile:
I should be in government.
hmmmm,
probeer julle sê cullerts kak liquorice? 😯
ek
moet protest?
‘it
issie waarie?
soes
ek
altyd sê: “daasie kakkie, want daasie kossie!!”
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Ashley wrote:
Bwahahaha
I would also make reservations for dinner.
I would also call a press conference, and only talk kak, no rugby at all. Then I would take all the jouro’s out for lunch and drinks.
And a new tyre for the Isuzu.
Then I would get one of the cute physio’s to give me a massage. There is a very good looking physio at the Bulls. I would poach her for the Boks and me.
I would appoint Smallies as the Bok team manager.
I do not understand the Press Corps….
One would have expected them not to pussy-foot around the Habana issue, neither around Spies’s form and to be much more critical about the woeful Bokke defence.
My question is this… Has Divvie’s attitude of declaring that the Bokke now pulls into a Laager made the Press jittery about criticising too harshly and instilled a fear of being snubbed by Divvie and the Bokke?
Saturday… and the week before has shown that the Bokke needs to re-think defence. It has also shown that Habana is not our premier Left wing anymore.
Questions MUST be asked about Frans Steyn and whether he is the way forward. He now returns overseas, as does BJ Botha and Butch James…. to degenerate again in the Northern Hemisphere.
Some Bokke will get a rest, we will however see some returning to make their mark in the Currie Cup.
Off the top of my head, we should see the following players return for immediate availability in the Currie Cup:
Bulls: Chiliboy, Flip v/d Merwe, Francois Hougaard
Sharks: Ryan Kankowski, J P Pietersen and maybe Jannie du Plessis
WP: Gio Aplon, Juan de Jongh, Jean de Villiers, Ricky Januarie (likely not to start)
Cheetahs: Juan Smith
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