Ireland hosts the Springboks at Aviva Stadium, Landsdowne Road, Dublin at 19:30 SA Time.
What is in stock for the embattled Springboks, from the lands up North?
I am apprehensive about this game, like I have not been in a long time, including how I felt during the disasterous Tri-Nations of 2010.
The Springboks seem to be a mish-mash of frontliners and young untested talent, between absolute quality and some shameful selections and we could expect a stutter or three from players who are not used to playing next to each other, players playing out of position and lack of proper training time and bad coaching.
Hell, that sounds ominous and a recipy for failure, but we are standing behind and bargaining on traditional Springbok resiliance, grit and determination.
A good tight 5 combination, with players who we all would go to war with is supplemented by a rookie at openside flank, a great blindsider and an off-beat No 8.
In the backline the selections were strange if not shocking, with Ruan Pienaar suddenly slotting in next to Morné Steyn and thus shunning the form of Francois Hougaard, we have one half-injured Inside centre and at Outside Centre we have a fullback. On the right wing we have a left wing, on the left wing we have a superstar whose star seemed to be burnt out in the Tri-Nations.. and at fullback we have a right wing. Then we have a backline coach who’s had the worst possible run coaching a Super Rugby Team in history.
Ireland on the other hand, has beaten us the last three times, they have possibly the best center combination in world rugby in Brian O’Driscoll and Gordon D’Arcy, and a forwards pack coached by one of our own, Gert Smal.
The Irish forwards will be a hand full at all set pieces, scrums, lineouts and they have an abrasive backrow containing Jamie Heaslip, David Wallace and Stephen Ferris.
OK, prediction time… I hate doing this but I cannot logically see a Springbok win and hope to hell I’m wrong in predicting an Irish win…. Ireland by 15.
Recent results:
2009: Ireland won 15-10 at Croke Park, Dublin
2006: Ireland won 32-15 at Lansdowne Road
2004: Ireland won 17-12 at Lansdowne Road
2004: South Africa won 26-17 at Newlands
2004: South Africa won 31-17 at Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
2000: South Africa won 28-18 at Lansdowne Road
1998: South Africa won 27-13 at Lansdowne Road
1998: South Africa won 33-0 at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
1998: South Africa won 37-13 at Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
Teams:
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (captain), 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Luke Fitzgerald, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 David Wallace, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Mick O’Driscoll, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Tony Buckley, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Donncha Ryan, 19 Denis Leamy, 20 Peter Stringer, 21 Ronan O’Gara, 22 Keith Earls.
South Africa: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Bjorn Basson, 13 Zane Kirchner, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Keegan Daniel, 20 François Hougaard, 21 Adi Jacobs, 22 Patrick Lambie.
Date: Saturday, 6 November 2010
Kick-off: 19.30 SA Time (GMT 17.30)
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Expected weather: Scattered clouds with a 20 percent chance of rain, a high of 9°C and a northwester of 28 km/h. The temperature is set to drop to 2°C, -2°C with windchill.
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand), Keith Brown (New Zealand)
TMO: Hugh Watkins (Wales)
120@ Pam Anderson:
I’m telling you, I tried it…. it’s marvelous!
Look, one would not braai for 20 people like this… but for a quick 10 minute jobbie this beats anything done on or in a stove.
Oh, and I’m NEVERRRRRRRR lazy…. just devoid of energy…. hehehe
Best portable braai I’ve used is the Cobb.
Clean, uses little charcoal or that peanut doughnut, can put it anywhere, even on your plastic table.
Makes an awesome whole sirloin, fillet or chicken.
And for a 10 minute jobbie light the gasbraai!
122@ Pam Anderson:
Don’t know the Cobb… but with this one you start braaiing instantly… go check it out on their web site, I’ve given the web site in Comment No 112
123@ Pam Anderson:
Oh ye of little faith… listen to the man with the big smile!
Lol…website won’t open on my BB or Ipad
On that note – Gbs, any idea why RT won’t work on Ipad?
Can’t view comments, it will just load the thread.
126@ Pam Anderson:
Can you Youtube with those aweful little implements??
Search for swanniebraai on youtube
Yip. Will check it out
The less I work with MS products the better.
Going to get the new Mac Air when in UK.
Hope Bill Gates never tries to build cars – they would crash twice a day for no reason.
I’m going to go paint now for about an hour or so… back later
@ grootblousmile:117 – Gbs, Just looked at that now. Kinda neat if it works but my thinking it will burn the meat..hahaha.
Anyhow you need to ask for AD fees for promoting that braai here.. 😀 Cause I have never even heard of it before reading it here. May just get one and try it out.
Had a look now. Looks like it may work OK with fatty meat but its not my thing.
I’ll stick to the Cobb.
@ Puma:
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Puma you see what happens when a Bull move down South, Steyn and Habana ….. But Steyn is short of match practice we need him to get fit, so let it be.
Please please send the eoyt superbru code
@ Piet visagie:
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Piet verdriet daai span van Jake was nie so wonderlik nie broer. Selfs met my grasgroen brille kon ek sien hoe gelukkig ons was om die William Webb Ellis trofee te wen. Jake se boikies het amper onder 60% wen prestasie gedraai tot hulle daai WB wenne ingeryg het, daardie 6 of 7 games het Jake se rekord baie beter laat lyk. En kyk gerus teen wie was dit.
Ek is baie dankbaar dat Jake die ding gewen het en dat spelers die vertroue gekry het van hom, dit het ons moerse ondervinding gegee, maar nog steeds nie n wonderlike wen ratio nie. Ons wen meestal waneer ons met die rug teen die muur is , dan kom ons veggees uit.
@ Onerb:
The pool code for R-T End of Year Tours is duetlane
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