The Silver Fern

@stockcar86 said in Super Rugby News:

@mariner4life said in Super Rugby News:

Um, super rugby started last weekend! The fuck?

Only the second tier competition

Regards,
Lions Supporters

Congratulations to the Saders, class team. To the Lions and especially to coach Akkers, thank you for bringing pride back to Johannesburg rugby. Johan Ackerman you are a class gentleman.

Not the end of the world, the sun is rising tomorrow again.

And now the Swys era starts. See you lot next year.

Money talks and bullshit walks. Fourth time now that WorldRugby has kicked SARU in the balls. Wonder if they have the stamina to go for it in 2027? Or should they?

Question though is does any Southern Hemisphere nation have the capacity to increase on the so called £350 mil promised to WorldRugby by the frogs? I suspect WorldRugby is going to have to take a knock if they want to see the RWC in the Southern Hemisphere. So 3 RWC in the Nothern Hemisphere.

What irked me the most was that the CAR vote went to the Frogs, fucking useless pricks. Getting free boarding at SARU offices. Hope you get a fucking eviction notice, godam pricks.

Yip, apparently I was wrong, sold out signs are up.

@ACT-Crusader said in R.I.P James Small:

@MajorRage said in R.I.P James Small:

Is that Paarlbok’s twitter?

No, he is a local rugby writer, very knowledgeable on the technical side of the game and can analyse the game very good, so no, not Oom PB. But Oom PB is doing good btw.

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:

@G-Man it's in Auckland but not Eden park, precautionary.

Ah ok, dam would've been nice to have broken that AB record

@Chris-B. said in Super Rugby games 30 June-1 July (African conf only):

@Stargazer Even not conceding the bonus point could conceivably be helpful.

I'm not holding my breath though!

Currently a point per minute

@taniwharugby said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:

they shoulda made k/o at 11.30am SA time to give us a more familiar viewing time.

Shurrup, I'm still sleeping then. 4pm suits me just fine thank you very much.

Tickets went on sale straight after the Lions v Canes game and there was a long queue to get them tickets. I don't suspect the full house signs will go up, but I reckon a respectable 50k supporters to pitch up.

@Bovidae said in TRC: The All Blacks against the Springboks (version 98):

SA team:

15 Willie le Roux (Wasps, England), 53 caps - 60 points (12 tries)
14 Cheslin Kolbe (Toulouse, France), 7 - 10 (2t)
13 Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks), 6 - 5 (1t)
12 Damian de Allende (DHL Stormers), 37 - 20 (4t)
11 Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks), 5 - 20 (4t)
10 Handré Pollard (Vodacom Bulls), 39 - 339 (4t, 59c, 64p, 3d)
9 Faf de Klerk (Sale Sharks, England), 21 - 15 (3t)
8 Duane Vermeulen (Vodacom Bulls, captain), 46 - 15 (3t)
7 Pieter-Steph du Toit (DHL Stormers), 47 - 20 (4t)
6 Kwagga Smith (Emirates Lions), 1 - 0
5 Franco Mostert (Gloucester, England), 29 - 5 (1t)
4 Eben Etzebeth (DHL Stormers), 76 - 15 (3t)
3 Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers), 29 - 0
2 Malcolm Marx (Emirates Lions), 24 - 20 (4t)
1 Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers), 37 - 5 (1t)

Replacements:

16. Bongi Mbonambi (DHL Stormers), 27 - 15 (3t)
17. Tendai Mtawarira (Cell C Sharks), 108 - 10 (2t)
18. Trevor Nyakane (Vodacom Bulls), 38 - 5 (1t)
19. RG Snyman (Vodacom Bulls), 12 - 0
20. Francois Louw (Bath, England), 66 - 45 (9t)
21. Herschel Jantjies (DHL Stormers), 1 - 10 (2t)
22. Frans Steyn (Montpellier, France), 57 - 132 (10t, 5c, 21p, 3d)
23. Jesse Kriel (Vodacom Bulls), 41 - 60 (12t)

Pretty happy with the team, I would just have rather gone with Nkosi instead of Mapimpi and Mbonami for Brits or "The Angry Warthog" as Mbonami isn't an impact player. You either start with him or leave him out.

Who remembers the first Super Rugby 10 final? I was 16. English and Afrikaans commentating.

Loved how the crowd counts when Grant Fox takes his kick. So much memories that day.

Still think it's not going to be easy for the Boks. The Aussies will be coming out firing with the kitchen sink and baby. Would not be surprised with the score if it is within a converted try.

Boks scrum will need to be firing at full cylinders.

So the final tackles stat

Boks:
Made 169
Missed 14

Frogs
Made 58
Missed 16

@justanotherfan said in Bulls v Hurricanes:

Thanks for coming to Loftus. Unfortunately someone has to lose. Luckily it wasn't my team. Bulls are looking better this season.

Going to be there for the Lions game. Going to be a cracker.

Franco Mostert made 30 tackles and missed 2 the next person in line is Jan Serfontein with 15.

@taniwharugby said in Lions v Hurricanes (SF):

just watched the highlights, the BB YC is one that could easily just have been penalised rather than YC, but YC was probably the correct call.

Think when the game was very close and just before the Lions scored Peyper has called advantage for a high tackle (which I wouldnt see where it happened) as JB is all over the ball, but no pen awarded then a great line by a Lions player scored to put them ahead.

Did they show more angles of that try in the left corner that Rasta was adamant was a try, highlights showed one angle only and wasnt clear he got over, but Rasta was very adamant despite Peyper giving him an out.

A minute or later after the try was scored Marius came on the radio, which was broadcast and said "Good call Rasta". So if it were to be referred to the TMO it would have been given.

Stormers v Jaguares - Cape Town

18-Feb 2:05 AM

Stormers: 15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Seabelo Senatla, 13 EW Viljoen, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Cobus Wiese, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Chris van Zyl, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Reserves: 16 Ramone Samuels, 17 JC Janse van Rensburg, 18 Carlu Sadie, 19 Jan de Klerk, 20 Kobus van Dyk, 21 Justin Phillips, 22 George Whitehead, 23 JJ Engelbrecht.

Jaguares: 15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Ramiro Moyano, 13 Matías Orlando, 12 Bautista Ezcurra, 11 Emiliano Boffelli, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Tomás Lezana, 7 Javier Ortega Desio, 6 Pablo Matera (captain), 5 Tomás Lavanini, 4 Matías Alemanno, 3 Nahuel Tétaz Chaparro, 2 Agustín Creevy, 1 Felipe Arregui.
Replacements: TBC

Lions v Sharks - Johannesburg

18-Feb 4:15 AM

Lions: 15. Andries Coetzee, 14. Sylvian Mahuza, 13. Lionel Mapoe, 12. Harold Vorster, 11. Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10. Elton Jantjies, 9. Ross Cronjé, 8. Warren Whiteley (c), 7. Cyle Brink, 6. Kwagga Smith, 5. Franco Mostert, 4. Andries Ferreira, 3. Ruan Dreyer, 2. Malcolm Marx, 1. Jacques van Rooyen.
Reserves: 16. Robbie Coetzee, 17. Dylan Smith, 18. Jacobie Adriaanse, 19. Marvin Orie, 20 Marnus Schoeman, 21. Hacjivah Dayimani, 22. Howard Mnisi, 23. Rohan Janse van Rensburg.

Sharks: 15 Lwazi Mvovo, 14 Sibusiso Nkosi, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Robert du Preez, 9 Cameron Wright, 8 Keegan Daniel, 7 Jacques Vermeulen, 6 Philip van der Walt, 5 Stephan Lewies, 4 Ruan Botha (c), 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Franco Marais, 1 Juan Schoeman
Reserves: 16 Armand van der Merwe, 17 John-Hubert Meyer, 18 Tendai Mtawarira, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Daniel du Preez, 21 Michael Claassens, 22 Curwin Bosch, 23 Jacobus van Wyk.

Shot Canes, much appreciated.

Bulls: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Travis Ismaiel, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Burger Odendaal (captain ), 11 Johnny Kotze, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Andre Warner, 8 Hanro Liebenberg, 7 Thembelani Bholi, 6 Roelof Smit, 5 Lodewyk de Jager, 4 Rudolf Snyman, 3 Frans van Wyk, Jaco Visagie, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Conraad van Vuuren, 19 Nic de Jager, 20 Marco van Staden, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Marnitz Boshoff, Divan Rossouw.

@smuts said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

@nta said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

@oompb said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

@nta Keo is an Aussie.

He's a barking mad sexpest, first and foremost.
I have no idea where he was born or what he did prior to writing articles in a very pro-Bok way, but you can't claim he's anything but a South African.

**

Wasn’t he the bok media relations officer under Viljoen and Straueli? Which is fairly fucking funny now that I stop to think about it.

That clown is amongst the last people on earth I’d want by my side if I was fronting the rabid English press after I’d knocked my own teammate out while leading the boks to a historic humilification at Twickenham.

Maybe that’s harsh. I mean, he smoothed that whole Staaldraad thing over. Completely. It’s hardly even a national embarrassment.

Yup he was. He is the head troll for Twitter rugby, it's a toss up between him and that other muppet up North.

On a side note, will QC be awarded an Aussie passport if he manages to get a win over the Boks?

James Small passed away today at the age of 50. Died from a heart attack.

RIP another legend gone.