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Spring Tour: South Africa v England -2nd Test. (16/06/2012 15:00GMT)
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 512020" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Where does the term 'Pom' come from anyway? Meaning? I never knew it was supposed to be offensive. My apologies; I thought it was something along the lines of calling a New Zealander a 'Kiwi'/ We have other terms if we want to be rude (although they are more humorous than insulting TBH).</p><p></p><p>As for the game. I for one am glad the English came back the way they did. It will motivate us for what would otherwise have truely been a dead rubber had we managed to carry on in the fashion of the first half. </p><p></p><p>That said, we should actually have been better off than 25-10 going into the break with the dominance in territory, possession and go-forward we had. Still a lot to work on apart from consistency. We really missed Alberts, Kruger and J du Plessis. Coenie Oosthuizen as well now that I think of it. Moving Frans Steyn out to 15 and bringing in Olivier at 12 was also a bad decision IMO as we effectively lost two players (F Steyn and Lambie) rather than just lambie. I think including Buls players (because of familiarity and possibly a bit of sentiment) Olivier, Werner kruger etc bit us in the but because the form players would have been Juan de Jongh and Pat Cilliers IMO. Now will we see Olivier at 12 because of Steyn getting married? Aiiiii!</p><p></p><p>What i did like about the game ins the continuation of form from some players like Alberts and JdV that I were doubting ahead of the first match and the improvements made by Hougaard and JP Petersen who were a bit slow/uninvolved in the 1st test. That and improved eforts by the whole pack (particularly Coetzee) at the breakdown gives me confidence that we can address shortcomings in our game in double time. May that trend continue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 512020, member: 39190"] Where does the term 'Pom' come from anyway? Meaning? I never knew it was supposed to be offensive. My apologies; I thought it was something along the lines of calling a New Zealander a 'Kiwi'/ We have other terms if we want to be rude (although they are more humorous than insulting TBH). As for the game. I for one am glad the English came back the way they did. It will motivate us for what would otherwise have truely been a dead rubber had we managed to carry on in the fashion of the first half. That said, we should actually have been better off than 25-10 going into the break with the dominance in territory, possession and go-forward we had. Still a lot to work on apart from consistency. We really missed Alberts, Kruger and J du Plessis. Coenie Oosthuizen as well now that I think of it. Moving Frans Steyn out to 15 and bringing in Olivier at 12 was also a bad decision IMO as we effectively lost two players (F Steyn and Lambie) rather than just lambie. I think including Buls players (because of familiarity and possibly a bit of sentiment) Olivier, Werner kruger etc bit us in the but because the form players would have been Juan de Jongh and Pat Cilliers IMO. Now will we see Olivier at 12 because of Steyn getting married? Aiiiii! What i did like about the game ins the continuation of form from some players like Alberts and JdV that I were doubting ahead of the first match and the improvements made by Hougaard and JP Petersen who were a bit slow/uninvolved in the 1st test. That and improved eforts by the whole pack (particularly Coetzee) at the breakdown gives me confidence that we can address shortcomings in our game in double time. May that trend continue. [/QUOTE]
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