15 Responses to Currie Cup: Lions side named to face WP in semi

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  superBul on 20 October 2011 at 5:24 am

  Reserve scrumhalf BUTCH JAMES? Seriaaas?
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  Greenpoint-Gunner on 20 October 2011 at 6:36 am

  I am kukking a bit in my pantsies over this team.

  Sure, WP has about 6 Boks back in their 22.
  However, reading the team sheet, it felt like I have watching these guys play together for years.
  And I think they are gonna pitch up like they have been playing together for years.

  Guys, call me kuk mal if you want to, but have you ever heard of a team called the Reds? Maybe not this year, but soon boys.
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  Lion4ever on 20 October 2011 at 9:40 am

  Super,
  Doppies will cover 9. James will probably come on at 12 or 10, depending on the requirements of the game.
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  Lion4ever on 20 October 2011 at 9:47 am

  Thanks for the update, GBS. Was posting and events ovetook me. Bastards broke into my home again, somehow bypassing 60kg’s of canine fury.
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  grootblousmile on 20 October 2011 at 10:23 am

  4 @ Lion4ever:
  I get the Official Lions Press Releases on mail, so it was no problem.

  Fark, it pisses one off when the Idiots break in!

  What did the buggers steal?

  Client of mine, had a break in at their offices 2 nights ago, the fools bloody well cut all the Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Speaker and Power Cable wires and network cabling with a side-cutter, stole all the PC Boxes, one screen and dropped the one other screen into pieces.

  The client is insured, but like usual none of them ever made regular backups, so a hell of a lot of important data was lost.

  Busy finalising a stack of new PC’s for them as well as a Network Hard Drive (2TB Seagate NAS Drive), on which every station will hopefully do regular backups from hereon in.

  ADT Security arrived well after the farkers were already gone… and the Ama-Fokkies (police) arrived after them and after ADT had alerted them.

  We live in a strange country.

  I have this other industrial client who now manufactures 6mm Steel PC Cages, which rawl bolt into the floor or wall and locks like a proper safe – powder coated and all. He started building it for their own company after they had a break in and has since been manufacturing it for resale from left-over 6mm sheet metal (cut-off’s from their other manufacturing endeavours). He tells me he can barely keep up with demand for it.
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  Lion4ever on 20 October 2011 at 12:06 pm

  GBS, they stole very little. It is more the fact that they actually entered my house, and the hassle of replacing the window, and doing the claim, and paying the excess.
  I don’t have security, as I have not had a break in for 16 odd years, and this year 2 in a couple of months, and I have always had pretty big, loud dogs who dislike strangers.

  But, I will still be at the Coke Tin on Saturday.
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  grootblousmile on 20 October 2011 at 12:21 pm

  Break-ins usually incur in 2’s…. first they steal your electronic stuff, then wait about 2 months to come and steal the new stuff you have bought to replace the stolen stuff. It is classic break-in modus operandi.

  You should be glad they did not poison your dog. The fact that your dog did not make a fuss also suggests an inside job… the dog knew the burgar(s).
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  Lion4ever on 20 October 2011 at 12:42 pm

  This was the 2nd one. Only stole dvd player and a pair of binocs, and few other small items. And my dog is friendly with only two other people, one of them my neighbour, and the other my garden service owner. My maid is petrified of him, and the show he puts up when visitors come in is enough to discourage them fom coming on to my property if I am not there. Very possibly the same people that did it last time because they went to where the last lot of items that were stolen were kept.
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  grootblousmile on 20 October 2011 at 4:00 pm

  8 @ Lion4ever:
  Another thing burglars do is spray your dog’s face with Spray And Cook (the stuff ladies use to grease a baking pan)…. it chases the animal away, calms them down and quietens the dog…
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  Scrumdown on 20 October 2011 at 4:02 pm

  6 months ago the SA Rugby world would have written this side off as a bunch of no hopers!

  How a season together changes people’s outlook.
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  grootblousmile on 20 October 2011 at 4:08 pm

  10 @ Scrumdown:
  I’m waiting for them to achieve something in Super Rugby first, before I give my verdict… but they certainly seem to have improved.

  Difficult to really measure them when some teams have had 10 or 12 or 15 players out at the Bokke….
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  Scrumdown on 20 October 2011 at 4:35 pm

  11@ grootblousmile:
  I hear what you say, but the only way to grow a group is by playing them together.

  The fact that the opposition was not as strong as it could have been was in all likelihood a blessing for JM, as it didn’t put excessive pressure on the team dynamics.

  I said before and reiterate, unfortunately the CC season thus far has set the Lions / GLRU up for a MASSIVE let down.

  For what it’s worth, I think they’ll win on Saturday, as will the Cheetahs, but I can’t see the Lions winning the final. Too big an occasion for a young bunch of lads.

  Hope I’m wrong, as I turned down a fantastic weekend of golf in Durban to be able to see the CC final (even on TV), and I would really like Ou Maans (Reyneke) to have a good going away “gift” from the players.
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  grootblousmile on 20 October 2011 at 4:43 pm

  12 @ Scrumdown:
  I’m in 2 minds regarding both semi’s.

  I don’t think it’s cut and clear that the Lions will win… and somehow I think the Sharks are due a big one as well.

  I certainly feel the Lions deserve a win on the weekend, having easily topped the Log.

  Ons sal maar sien….

  I agree with you, the Bokke out has given John Mitchell the building space needed, but now with the Bokke back they’ll have to produce on the day.

  Been very impressed with Taute and Minnie and Josh Strauss…
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  Scrumdown on 20 October 2011 at 5:01 pm

  13@ grootblousmile:
  Problem with both Minnie and Rhodes is discipline.

  Minnie tends to give penalties away on the ground, but I guess that goes with the job description.

  Rhodes seems to have regular brain farts and does some stupid things. He was VERY lucky not to get a red card on Saturday.
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  Greenpoint-Gunner on 21 October 2011 at 2:28 am

  @ Scrumdown:

  @ grootblousmile:

  Howsit guys… honestly, even as a Province fan through and through, I wish the Lions the best of luck. They, much like ourselves, have had to endure a looong drought.

  The thing is though, as with province, I havve learned that making the semi’s and finals for the first time in a long time usually means its last stop.

  I think it was two or three years ago, WP was top of the CC log, home semi, Bulls had some Boks back, came down and did the business.

  ……………..
  If I were the next Boks coach I would immediatly start to experiment with some younger okies. Such as De Jongh, Elstadt, Sadie, Engelbrecht, WP Nel, Coenie, Ebersohn boeties, Mvovo, Lambie… and then Strauss, Hollenbach, Minnie, Taute.

  Lions MIGHT not win the CC this time round, but maybe for once, the Boks will be made up of more than two or three unions.
  Thanks guys!