2016 End-of-year internationals
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Within minutes of South Africa's defeat, their eighth defeat in the calendar year, the president of SA Rugby announced a review into the season and an overhaul of South African rugby.
"It has been a profoundly disappointing season in terms of results and we are acutely aware that we have failed to live up to the Springboks’ proud heritage,” said Mark Alexander.
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People berated Heyneke for his "backward" (read: conservative) rugby. Stats show his team was scoring more tries than previous boks teams coached by others.
Then they go and employ the kingpin of conservative rugby from the Stormers.
SA Rugby are still paying out Heyneke, will most likely have to pay out Alistair if they want to get rid of him.
Add to that the fact that SA Rugby's anchor sponsor pulled out over the Transformation row. Where is SA Rugby going to find a quality coach on:
- A shoestring budget, and
- Who doesnt mind jeopardizing their career by having one hand tied behind his back when it comes to coach and team selections.
Our minister of sport has done a wonderful job executing his plan of dismantling SA Rugby, and brought it on par with SA football.
RIP SA Rugby
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Guscott commentary on BBC:
To put this win in context, New Zealand absolutely thrashed South Africa, England put 50 points on them and Wales 27.
That gives you a measure of Wales' level and how poor South Africa are, -
@antipodean said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
Within minutes of South Africa's defeat, their eighth defeat in the calendar year, the president of SA Rugby announced a review into the season and an overhaul of South African rugby.
"It has been a profoundly disappointing season in terms of results and we are acutely aware that we have failed to live up to the Springboks’ proud heritage,” said Mark Alexander.
The issues are pretty obvious, no?
Why spend a bunch of money on an overhaul that they don't have anyway?
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@antipodean said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
Guscott commentary on BBC:
To put this win in context, New Zealand absolutely thrashed South Africa, England put 50 points on them and Wales 27.
That gives you a measure of Wales' level and how poor South Africa are,"England put 50 points on [South Africa]" - it was actually 37 (to 21), which is only 10 points more than Wales. Or, another way, England's 16 point margin over the Boks puts them in the same category as the All Blacks, whereas Wales' 14 point win puts them in a bracket of lesser teams.
Nice use of facts Guscott. Really you were just using South Africa's poor form as a means to talk England up.
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After a narrow loss to Australia and a nerve racking but clinical win over the Pumas surely a 45-16 victory over the might of Georgia is a new era for Scottish Rugby ?
( Well, provided they don't fuck up against the Italians as they often do and then fight it out for the wooden spoon in the six nations )
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Well done England, but by christ the Argies are as thick as pig shit.
England v impressive to win with reduced number(s) and Argentina need a check up from the neck up.
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From a mate
If you were born in 1900, you would have had to wait 99 years for Wales to beat the Boks. Now we've beaten them three times in twenty years. People say this is a poor bok side. Maybe. The Welsh side that lost 96-13 to the boks in 98 was beyond shite. IIRC the saffers still celebrated that win. We have all the usual problems, but there was a time we would have lost this game. Perspective. Just saying......:0)
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@Tregaskis said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
@MN5 I quietly sipped a Glenmorangie in celebration at their November results. Would love the Scots to keep improving as they have recently.
The amount of times I've said similar only to watch them crash and burn vs Italy in the six nations first up. Shouldn't be an issue next year though, they beat S.A sure but who can't do that these days?
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Argies are an extremely ill disciplined side. It's not just the penalties, but they don't realign well. They play 10 minutes of decent footy and then fall off the boil.
When they played good footy against the ABs they looked committed for good stretches. They had none of that against England.
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Argentina prop Enrique Pieretto has received a seven-week ban for stamping during the Pumas’ Twickenham defeat against England last Saturday.
Substitute Pieretto was sent off by French referee Pascal Gauzere after the official consulted video replays of a second-half incident that showed him stamping on England prop Joe Marler.
A statement released by the autumn international disciplinary said that Pieretto appeared by video conference before a World Rugby-appointed disciplinary committee, when he accepted that he had committed an act of foul play, but claimed it did not warrant a red card.
The disciplinary committee disagreed with Pieretto’s view, though, and believed it was a red card offence.
“As for sanction, the disciplinary committee determined that Mr Pieretto’s actions had been intentional and that they merited a top-end entry point based on World Rugby’s scale of seriousness, which carries a nine-week playing suspension,” the statement read.
“The disciplinary committee further determined that there were no aggravating factors and that there were some mitigating factors, such that his playing suspension be reduced by two weeks.”
Taking into account 21-year-old’s Pieretto’s playing commitments – he does not have any before early February – he will be free to play again on March 20 next year.
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@Crucial said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
Argentina prop Enrique Pieretto has received a seven-week ban for stamping during the Pumas’ Twickenham defeat against England last Saturday.
Substitute Pieretto was sent off by French referee Pascal Gauzere after the official consulted video replays of a second-half incident that showed him stamping on England prop Joe Marler.
A statement released by the autumn international disciplinary said that Pieretto appeared by video conference before a World Rugby-appointed disciplinary committee, when he accepted that he had committed an act of foul play, but claimed it did not warrant a red card.
The disciplinary committee disagreed with Pieretto’s view, though, and believed it was a red card offence.
“As for sanction, the disciplinary committee determined that Mr Pieretto’s actions had been intentional and that they merited a top-end entry point based on World Rugby’s scale of seriousness, which carries a nine-week playing suspension,” the statement read.
“The disciplinary committee further determined that there were no aggravating factors and that there were some mitigating factors, such that his playing suspension be reduced by two weeks.”
Taking into account 21-year-old’s Pieretto’s playing commitments – he does not have any before early February – he will be free to play again on March 20 next year.
No aggravating factors? Marler got yellowed for no aggravating factors! FWIW I have no great problem with his yellow card but once again the judiciary are looking a bit daft or at least making the ref look a bit daft.
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Here is how they explain it:
- Mitigating factors could include a player’s good record
and character, the action taken to prevent the incident occurring
again, an apology and remorse. Aggravating factors could include
the player being classified as a persistent offender of the
laws of the game, a lack of remorse or the need for a deterrent
to combat a pattern of offending.
- Mitigating factors could include a player’s good record
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@Bones said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
Geez, how could he not think stamping in the face deserves a red card?
I reckon that could be down to a beef, beef and more beef diet
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@Disgusted-of-TW said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
@Bones said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
Geez, how could he not think stamping in the face deserves a red card?
I reckon that could be down to a beef, beef and more beef diet
Those Hindus could be onto something ya reckon.
