Heyneke Meyer, the coach of the team with the most “character” in the world.
South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer hailed the character of his team Sunday in the wake of a lucky 33-31 Rugby Championship victory over Argentina in Salta.
Serial match-winner Morne Steyn ignored whistling and booing to slot a penalty three minutes from time and give the Springboks a second win over the Pumas within eight days.
It was the climax of a stirring last-quarter comeback by the visitors as tries from right-wing Cornal Hendricks and flank Marcell Coetzee wiped out a 12-point deficit.
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“I do not want to say every weekend that we have shown great character, but we have now won nine of our last 10 away games.
“My guys proved again that they know how to win,” Meyer said of a result that kept South Africa top of the table after two rounds, one point ahead of New Zealand.
“We were down and out at one stage and the team came back. There are a lot of areas to work on, but we are still in this competition.”
Meyer said an ankle injury suffered by replacement tight-head prop Frans Malherbe would rule him out of the other four Championship matches.
Springboks skipper Jean de Villiers believed the energy of the seven substitutes used was a crucial factor in getting out of jail in the heat of north-western Argentina.
“I am not saying those who started did badly, but our bench made a big impact and that is probably where the match was won.
“We see those on the bench as impact players rather than replacements,” said the centre and veteran of 98 Springbok tests.
De Villiers also lauded Argentina, who seemed set for their first Championship victory when leading 28-16 midway through the second half at Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena.
“Once again I am saying that they are a much better team than their world ranking of eighth suggests,” he said.
“We were happy to pull through, but the match could have gone either way.”
Argentina coach Daniel Hourcade and skipper Agustin Creevy found it hard to accept losing just a week after a 13-6 defeat in monsoon-like Pretoria conditions.
“We failed to close the game out after playing at a higher level than the Springboks for much of the game,” admitted Hourcade.
“I do not feel good – there is frustration because we did not handle the closing stages well.”
The Pumas scored three tries for the first time in 14 Championship matches since their 2012 debut and this cheered the coach.
“We must attack if we are going to beat South Africa, New Zealand and Australia and I believe we are on the right track.
He also praised his forwards, who gave the heavier Springbok pack a torrid time for an hour, especially in the scrums.
England-based hooker Creevy said: “There is a lot of disappointment within the team because this is a game we could have won.”
South Africa and Argentina head for Australasia early September to play New Zealand and Australia.
29 Played , won 22, lost 5
winning % 75.9%
Lost only to AB,s 4 times and AUS 1 time
To get to PdeV,s 5 wins vs the AB,s HM must win 2 this year, the only one in RC 2015 and hope he meets the AB,s twice in the RWC
superBul wrote:
Media men such as Mark Keohane in Markie’s heyday, you mean
@ superBul:
29 Played , won 22, lost 5
winning % 75.9%
Who?
Which coach is the proud holder of this record, PdeV?
And don’t dismiss Strauli…..”do you think we hit our own players?”
The Bokke will take the AB’s this year. In Pdivvie speak:
“I am going to pull a rat out of the hat.”
Ja we were very lucky Pumas targeted this match Remember they do come out hard att eh start of the comp and then are easy pickings later after they have lost 2-3 games
We need to improve our set pieces for Oz and ABs or we will battle
Why did we not contest their lineouts I have never seen that by a bok team???
While pumas went after all of our ball
and Pienaar is pure kuk sorry folks just my opinion
@ CoachPete:
Hello old Surfer! Surf is up flowers blooming at Yzerfontein, just thought ou’d like an update on your stamping ground back in the homeland….
Set pieces are poor now that Matfield is absent and Beast and DocJanMoans started crumbling with fatique,and Eben and Lood did nothing to improve the situation yesterday. Juan is clearly finished as a basher #7.
Our engine room needs an overhaul like in yesterday, front row needs to be built around Strauss, I think.
Tighthead is a looming disaste against the All Blacks.
IAAS wrote:
@ Pietman:
‘looming disaster’
@ Pietman:
Hey there Rugby Princess says Hi .
Yes a lot of worries
Steenkamp not the answner Jannie tired
Locks were a problem
and yes about juan
Thank god for Vermeulen and Flow and later Marcell
But the argies threw everything and more at boks and were well prepared
They will not be a push over for Oz
We need a 13 and a 9 as well
I think we can take the Wallabies but ABs are at a different level still
Front row needs good scruming locks, just get Bakkies and VM behind any of them and they will be much better
Sadly most modern Bok locks think Andries Bekker is a great role model.
So by the way is he still playing?
I remember this story from a Supersport live broadcast at Paarl Gymnasium on night, with Breytie interviewing Thinus Linee (very funny man this, typical Capey, bless his soul!!):
Thinus was talking about a meeting in the WP dressing room after a match that they had lost due to a very poor scrumming performance, players’ heads were down and the coach was fuming. The coach looked at Danie Gerber and he asked him, being a senior player, what he tought the problem was.
“‘Ons benodig n sterk vasskop, met ander woorde, n etter!”, was Danie se antwoord, kort en klaar…
Ek voel ook soos Danie nou, ons soek n ‘Domkrag, Tommie, Hempies of Henning van Aswegen weer, n sterk etter, anders gaan ons aanhou sukkel.
Ek het eendag vir oorlede Tommie op Trekoskraal gese oor n bier langs die vuur, “Weet jy noudat ek daaraan dink, jy is die enigste Springbok wat ek van weet wat in agt toetse nooit die bal hanteer het nie…”
Sy antwoord, “Maagh man, dis oekie my donnegse weghkie”.
Ek sien hom nou nog staan, Hunters Gold in die hand, ewe verontwaardig, hehehe!
@ Pietman:
‘….one night’ ….ai toggie, kom terug Puma, asseblief
@ CoachPete:
Say hi back please.
@ Pietman:
Ok I will she still fuming over the 12-12 draw Blames Pyper
But smiling over her ABs big win
@ Pietman:
42
41 @ superBul:
In Japan
42 @ Pietman:
@ nortierd:
Soek n poliesman, boer of mechanic op vaskop, nie n ginekoloog nie…
48 @ Pietman:
He he, soos die Argies ons Saterdag opgedonder het, sou mens sweer hy was n proctologist, hulle se koppe was omtrent in hulle se gatte opgedruk
@ superBul:
@ 31 Ek vra, wie is daai coach, asseblief?
nortierd wrote:
Versta djy!
@ Pietman:
Ek het vir jou n stukkie oor jou man..Brodie Retallic geplaas
@ nortierd:
Ók thx..
@ Pietman:
50
Dis Heynecke Meyer se rekord na Saterdag
@ superBul:
Dankie, die flippin fantasties eintlik..
@ Pietman:
55
Stem, hy moet nou net daai All Black bogey afskud en n mooier gameplan kry.
Ons is darem wragtag nie lus vir 80 minute se eentonige getjommel nie.
@ Pietman:
@ superBul:
Probleem is nie HM nie ( buiten dieselfde ‘character speech’ na elke game)
Die spelers doen nie hulle werk nie. Hulle hoef darem wragtig nie so te sukkel teen die klein vissies nie, of hoe?
Ek dink Rob Houwing copy ons hier op RT…
Pas uit op News24:
” Lood de Jager: 5
Made to look more and more the rookie he is as Pumas pounded Bok pack mercilessly. Poor defence contributed to one home-town try, but did win some lineout ball.
Eben Etzebeth: 5
Valuable learning curve; reminder that success doesn’t always just land in your hands. Started busily, but faded severely. Remember, he’s still short of a gallop after long-term injury.
Jannie du Plessis: 4
Another nightmare at the hands of Argentina’s 50-cap Marcos Ayerza … the fact that Big Jannie is clearly exhausted from too much rugby only exposed him more embarrassingly.
Bismarck du Plessis: 4.5
We know he’s world-class but this was possibly his worst Test start yet. Only “rises” to a tad below five for some unsung work in stopping fierce Pumas mauls.
Gurthro Steenkamp: 3.5
Was that the loosehead prop’s last game for South Africa? You have to suspect so. Minced at the set-piece and looked lethargic and shell-shocked in general play.”
Lood en Eben sal hulle gatte in rat moet kry teen Retallick, en donners vinnig ook!
En dis ek wat so se, nie Rob Houwing nie…
nortierd wrote:
Waarheid.
Hy moet die donnertjies begin vasvat en drop as hulle nie daai babavet gou afskud nie…kies die hele Leeu-voorry as dit moet.
Pietman wrote:
Hy is ook maar treurig deesdae. Wat sal n Uli Schmidt nie nou vir die Bokke beteken nie. GOUD werd
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