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Man I'm tired of all this "harsh sending off" nonsense.. It wasn't harsh it was damn near fair and if you guys can't see that because you're all whining about losing again and searching for excuses then I think you need to pick a new favourite sport.
This is f****** rugby god damn it.
What I am surprised I haven't seen brought up yet was that the incident took place after the whistle had blown.
The fact that you shouldn't be kicking/slapping a player during gameplay is enough for you guys to realise that if you mess up willingly, expect consequences.
The whistle had been blown, McCaw's attention wasn't even on Roussouw, but Roussouw decided to kick McCaw and slap his face like a shoolyard bully and then try to be the big tough man by grabbing McCaw around the collar and shoving him like he's trying to prove he's an alpha male or something and not expect any consequences.
In my eyes, you don't go doing things like that especially when they are completely unnecessary.
As for everyone crying about the damn thing and saying it costs them the game[not saying it outright but pretty much along the same lines]grow the f*** up.
Now to the game,
I love the South Africans I really do, and I tried so hard not to praise the All Blacks last week because I expected some brilliance from the South Africans in the second test but I have to say, they were completely blown out of the water.
Great ball retention from the AB's, the in your face defence was awesome and at some points I was a little nervous for an offside call but however it worked out good. I have been one who has favoured the "run the ball from the 22" since the old days when Cullen used to do it alot and I have always called the "kick the ball from the 22" a boring version of the game. I am very happy that the All Blacks game plan is to keep the ball in hand and run it instead of give the opposition back posession.
Ranger, I had high hopes for you bro, but I think the decision to drop you at the moment is a good one. Work on your game more and come back a better player. I think he had a good game, but I know he can do alot more.
Read, Continues to impress me considering I've never liked the guy as a player. He has convinced me he is New Zealands first choice number 8.
Nonu, another good game, constantly drawing in both centres and freeing up space for the next, ultra quick phase. One thing I don't like about Nonu though, is, he does this, three step sort of thing right before he hits the line. It's like he bounces from side to side, losing momentum at the same time. But it draws in the defenders so I guess its good for him.
Weepu, MOTM, enough said.
Dagg, Comes on, breaks through Burger, Spies, Aplon, bursts passed Kirchner and dives smoothly passed Bekker to score a world class try. Something the game has been missing for years.
Mealamu, I consider the best hooker around at the moment, he is at top form and looking real good.
Kirchner, continues to surprise me, I haven't watched him closely through the Super 14, so I have known nothing about him except the negative comments on TRF but, he proves you guys wrong once again with a sublime effort. With more experience I think he will build to become a world class player.
Pienaar, Comes on and changes the game, did anyone else notice that if the Boks played how they did when he came on, the game could have possibly gone the Boks way?
Januarie, I'm going to go against the grain here and say that Januarie had a better game than some of you's are letting up. Considering the rest of the Bokke team were below average, Januarie produced a couple good runs including fending Brad Thorn into the ground, spinning out of another tackle and running into a few more All Black defenders. I bet you can't say the beloved Morne Steyn can fend Thorn into the ground. Also, he put De Villiers in space to set up the try to Roussouw yet no one is praising him for that[i skimmed through the thread so if someone did please excuse me] But in saying that, He did produce some scratchy areas of play and Pienaar brought alot more to the table than he did.
Burger, showed true leadership in setting up his own try and that is what these Boks are missing, Leadership. No one is leading this team therefore there is no path set for them to follow. But in saying that, it's about all the leading he did within the 80mins.
Habana, is it just me or has Habana been ineffective in these passed two tests?
Spies, has played very bad considering he had an awesome Super 14
This is f****** rugby god damn it.
What I am surprised I haven't seen brought up yet was that the incident took place after the whistle had blown.
The fact that you shouldn't be kicking/slapping a player during gameplay is enough for you guys to realise that if you mess up willingly, expect consequences.
The whistle had been blown, McCaw's attention wasn't even on Roussouw, but Roussouw decided to kick McCaw and slap his face like a shoolyard bully and then try to be the big tough man by grabbing McCaw around the collar and shoving him like he's trying to prove he's an alpha male or something and not expect any consequences.
In my eyes, you don't go doing things like that especially when they are completely unnecessary.
As for everyone crying about the damn thing and saying it costs them the game[not saying it outright but pretty much along the same lines]grow the f*** up.
Now to the game,
I love the South Africans I really do, and I tried so hard not to praise the All Blacks last week because I expected some brilliance from the South Africans in the second test but I have to say, they were completely blown out of the water.
Great ball retention from the AB's, the in your face defence was awesome and at some points I was a little nervous for an offside call but however it worked out good. I have been one who has favoured the "run the ball from the 22" since the old days when Cullen used to do it alot and I have always called the "kick the ball from the 22" a boring version of the game. I am very happy that the All Blacks game plan is to keep the ball in hand and run it instead of give the opposition back posession.
Ranger, I had high hopes for you bro, but I think the decision to drop you at the moment is a good one. Work on your game more and come back a better player. I think he had a good game, but I know he can do alot more.
Read, Continues to impress me considering I've never liked the guy as a player. He has convinced me he is New Zealands first choice number 8.
Nonu, another good game, constantly drawing in both centres and freeing up space for the next, ultra quick phase. One thing I don't like about Nonu though, is, he does this, three step sort of thing right before he hits the line. It's like he bounces from side to side, losing momentum at the same time. But it draws in the defenders so I guess its good for him.
Weepu, MOTM, enough said.
Dagg, Comes on, breaks through Burger, Spies, Aplon, bursts passed Kirchner and dives smoothly passed Bekker to score a world class try. Something the game has been missing for years.
Mealamu, I consider the best hooker around at the moment, he is at top form and looking real good.
Kirchner, continues to surprise me, I haven't watched him closely through the Super 14, so I have known nothing about him except the negative comments on TRF but, he proves you guys wrong once again with a sublime effort. With more experience I think he will build to become a world class player.
Pienaar, Comes on and changes the game, did anyone else notice that if the Boks played how they did when he came on, the game could have possibly gone the Boks way?
Januarie, I'm going to go against the grain here and say that Januarie had a better game than some of you's are letting up. Considering the rest of the Bokke team were below average, Januarie produced a couple good runs including fending Brad Thorn into the ground, spinning out of another tackle and running into a few more All Black defenders. I bet you can't say the beloved Morne Steyn can fend Thorn into the ground. Also, he put De Villiers in space to set up the try to Roussouw yet no one is praising him for that[i skimmed through the thread so if someone did please excuse me] But in saying that, He did produce some scratchy areas of play and Pienaar brought alot more to the table than he did.
Burger, showed true leadership in setting up his own try and that is what these Boks are missing, Leadership. No one is leading this team therefore there is no path set for them to follow. But in saying that, it's about all the leading he did within the 80mins.
Habana, is it just me or has Habana been ineffective in these passed two tests?
Spies, has played very bad considering he had an awesome Super 14
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