Where's the rugby banter

[Edmonsta]

Is it because of my sheep joke?:smiley9:



I'm sorry. Come baaaaack. :smiley5:

[biffon]

i think we're saving it for the world cup....
tri nations has been a bit of a farce!

i will say this though.
Cameron Sheperd
I believe cameron Sheperd is a better fullback than Huxley but since his injury he hasnt been at his best. Note that he actually played wing for most of his super14 matches this year and not fullback.

Gerrard
Boo hiss!! he’s a one trick pony and doesnt seem to want to improve other aspects of his game, such as catching a high ball and passing backwards… oh and how about tackling?
Where is Iaone???

Mitchell
Geez the guy has one bad game in the first round of super14 and people think he’s crap? He has caught every high ball he’s gone for all season (bar the first game), has a monster torpedo punt and tackles and tackles and tackles.. on top of that he routinely breaks the line and makes yards… I cant see how he could be overlooked.. Why isnt he in the frame for the Fullback position? He like Ashley cooper has played there for his S14 side all year?
im not going to comment on Hoiles/lyons as it appears knuckles has another agenda there that we're not privvy to... it just doesnt make sense!

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I think NZ will win but it wont be by much... another tight game but Australia will retain more posession that SA did and that alone may be enough to hold off NZ.

roll on the weekend!

[Edmonsta]

Last week I had a serious feeling that Australia would take NZ by surprise, but now I'm starting to doubt it a little...Anyway It certainly would make for an interesting psychological situation for Aus... and be a disaster for NZ, especially since the (choking) whispers are starting to circulate...

Have to agree about Gerard - doesn't get his hands dirty...

Did you hear about the Jake White Zula War Dance? What the hell?? I had to check if it wasn't the 1st of April...

If they're going to have a War Dance, they really should combine the 11 official cultures in SA to include all of them. Bakkies and Matfield can "windsurf" to a Steve Hofmeyer song. JP Pieterson and Ndungane can sing "IMPI".... Paulse can dance around in a pink "Kaapse Klopse" suit with an umbrella.... Percival can make waves with his hands and sing "beach boys" songs... somebody will have to represent the indian community.... not sure who that would be... :smiley36:

[barto11]

anyone else hear that Huxley is out this weekend, after being tackled by a mate at a party...

first Sailor, then Tiquiri and now Huxley...when are the aussie players gonna learn to stop partying harder than they play:smiley18:

[biffon]

to be fair to Huxley i doubt he want to be tackled and to be honest i think Gene Fairbanks (the tackler) did Australia a favour!!

[Edmonsta]

I heard about that, they mentioned it the other day but otherwise have kept it pretty quiet.

I think that Huxley is rubbish anyway. Bring back Chris "One man rugby team" Latham!!!

There was talk that he's fit and ready- can anybody confirm?

[biffon]

he is on the bench.... so no doubt he will get some time on the paddock!

[Shayne]

Go the Aussies!

[Edmonsta]

he is on the bench.... so no doubt he will get some time on the paddock!

He's just awesome to watch. He would be in my World 22 team to play against another galaxy for sure. :smiley20:

[TiGeR]

JAKE WHITE'S LETTER OF RESIGNATION AS THE BOKS BOARD THE PLANE FOR FRANCE
(from Darren Scott)
Dear Regan
It is with much regret that I must accept your offers of 12, 16, 17, 25 and
30 April, 1 - 6, 10, 15 -20 and 31 May, everyday in June, and all of July
except for the 16th (when you were attending a Youth Day Rally with the
Watsons), to resign. I really did try to stick it out, but these are the
reasons why I have no alternative but to finally accept:
In May I selected a squad of 45. You added Luke Watson. I could live with
that. After the England Test we won 58-10, I trimmed the side down to 30.
You added 8 more. Because these 8 were at least part of the original squad
(and thanks for agreeing on the Chris Jones issue - yes he did throw the
season's best pass to Bryan Habana, but he DEFINITELY was playing for
England) I could even live with that. But things from then to now have just
gotten out of hand. "Trimming" a squad, sir, means that the numbers go DOWN
... not UP!!!!
I mean, passing slips of paper around Parliament for members to write down
any names of players they want to go to the World Cup is just ridiculous.
Out of the list you sent me via the Sports Minister's brother, 12 of those
players retired more than 5 years ago, 3 play cricket, one is a woman, 2 are
Samoans, and one died in 1981. Also, Trevor Manuel may play for the
Parliamentary team, but I REALLY don't need to check if he played "the odd"
Super 12 game, as you suggested .. trust me! Of the other 112, the members
for Witbank, Dullstroom and Machadodorp submitted the entire Pumas squad.
Their argument that they had just beaten Ireland was unfounded, and yet when
I tried to point out to you, and them, that they were mixing up the
Argentinian Pumas with our most pathetic Currie Cup side of all time, I was
branded a "dinosaur of old South Africa provincialism".
This is not just a go at ANC members by the way ... I also thought that the
DA's Dianne Kohler-Barnard's suggestion of playing Marius Roberts because he
has a "nice bum" and played a little bit of centre for Jeppe anyway (it was
actually Pirates but never mind) was stupid (but in the spirit of
reconciliation, you made me put him in anyway). And the FF+ insisting that
Robbie Wessels doing the Leeuloop as a legitimate move with Wynand Olivier
against the All Blacks would be our secret weapon ... well .. do me a
favour!!! (At least you scotched that one, although giving the thumbs up to
their other suggestion, Errol Tobias was somewhat of a surprise). And what
the hell was I supposed to do with 13 of King Goodwill's sons (IFP
submission I assume????)

But I could even live with that! As could I the embarrassment, of a World
Cup squad announcement that lasted 2 hours on Supersport the other night. It
was all good and well having to read out 163 names that were on the list
already .. But when you invite members of the viewing audience to phone in,
quote their ANC membership number and add a player of their choice, well
that's just ridiculous!
Tomorrow I would have boarded the specially chartered 747 (yes, it was nice
of British Airways to give our squad our very own Jumbo at short notice)
with 278 Springbok players and management, 93% of whom I've never even heard
of, let alone even met. And to add insult to injury, you slip in Hanyane
Shimange as a late inclusion (9 hookers????) because the jumpseat on the
plane wasn't taken?????? Even if we DID need 9 hookers (that argument about
the Samoans eating frontrowers was a bit far fetched don't you think?) don't
you think it would have been decent to at least reinstate John Smit?
The final straw was Butane Khompela's insistence that Ge Korsten be sent
along as part of my back up team, so that he could sing "Liefling" live
whenever Derrick kicked a successful goal. (This despite my insistence that
Hougaard wasn't part of my match plans anyway.) When I informed Mr Khompela
that Mr Korsten had in fact, passed away some time ago, he suggested that I
"call his son Arno from the Springbok Nude Girls" and bring him along
instead as, in his words: "I am sure his Dad taught him to sing that song as
a young boy anyway". I tried to tell him, via you, sir, there was no
relation between the two whatsoever, and that the singer's name was actually
Carstens, not Korsten. What did you do? You drop Deon Carstens because his
"brother" is involved in a transvestite rock band!!!!
So, yes, when I suggested to Mr Khompela that he needn't remove my passport
from up his a#@e but could leave it there, that definitely DOES constitute
my resignation.
I wish you and the new coach, Cheeky, all the best in France. (Just as well
he happened to be at the airport anyway, hey?).

And please tell Mr Khompela that he needn't have the passport cleaned and
sent back .. I've applied for a new one, and should get it just in time to
be coaching France or England in the 2011 World Cup.
Sincerely
Jake
PS You can stop that forensic investigation into my family tree now. Bob
Skinstad is definitely NOT my nephew, or son.

[hoadc]

zzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZ it's almost as bad as your soccer banter!!!

[sally]

hahaha, love the letter

[TiGeR]

Glad you enjoyed it Sal- apparently there are others who didnt :smiley2: ...

zzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZ it's almost as bad as your soccer banter!!!

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[FerrariSucks]

did someone mention soccer?