Comments on: South Africa 28 – Lions 25 http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/south-africa-28-lions-25/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:35:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Abdul http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/south-africa-28-lions-25/comment-page-1/#comment-76419 Abdul Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:37:16 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5838#comment-76419 The Boks have a cultural problem with some of the rules of the game, as their coach exemplified last week when he more or less said he had no problem with gouging. Years back FIFA outlawed the tackle from behind. Basically you can't go through a player for the ball. However, some defenders suffered enormous emotional stress when this rule was introduced. Basically, the used spend their afternoons kicking the living fuck out of strikers. And then, at the behest of some big girls blouse in FIFA, they were told that they had to cease this activity. They had to play that strange looking orb called a ball, they were told. Likewise, with the Boks. They are also suffering emotionally and culturally because of some of the rules of the oval ball game. But I would be confident that with our help, in conjunction with the passage of time, that they can adjust. The Boks have a cultural problem with some of the rules of the game, as their coach exemplified last week when he more or less said he had no problem with gouging.

Years back FIFA outlawed the tackle from behind. Basically you can't go through a player for the ball.

However, some defenders suffered enormous emotional stress when this rule was introduced. Basically, the used spend their afternoons kicking the living fuck out of strikers.

And then, at the behest of some big girls blouse in FIFA, they were told that they had to cease this activity.
They had to play that strange looking orb called a ball, they were told.

Likewise, with the Boks. They are also suffering emotionally and culturally because of some of the rules of the oval ball game. But I would be confident that with our help, in conjunction with the passage of time, that they can adjust.

]]> By: No.8 http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/south-africa-28-lions-25/comment-page-1/#comment-76411 No.8 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:49:15 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5838#comment-76411 The armbands were a bit OTT but Botha should not have been cited or suspended. Even the Lions camp said he was badly treated. Then you have the case of Simon Shaw dropping his knees into the back of the SA scrumhalf. Yellow carded by the ref, and given a 2 week suspension by the citing body. The ostriches said it was an accident. Sheriden punched Bekker in the testicles last week and got away with it. No complaining fron the SA camp about his inclusion in Saturdays team. The only examples of thuggery on display came from the Lions, Sheridan, Shaw oh and O'Driscolls assault last week. Pot calling Kettle. The armbands were a bit OTT but Botha should not have been cited or suspended. Even the Lions camp said he was badly treated. Then you have the case of Simon Shaw dropping his knees into the back of the SA scrumhalf. Yellow carded by the ref, and given a 2 week suspension by the citing body. The ostriches said it was an accident. Sheriden punched Bekker in the testicles last week and got away with it. No complaining fron the SA camp about his inclusion in Saturdays team. The only examples of thuggery on display came from the Lions, Sheridan, Shaw oh and O'Driscolls assault last week. Pot calling Kettle.

]]> By: Abdul http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/south-africa-28-lions-25/comment-page-1/#comment-76396 Abdul Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:42:38 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5838#comment-76396 Welcome to the parallel universe. Just in case you were wondering about the Boks armbands on Saturday. In a controversial move, South Africa's players and coaches wore white armbands featuring the word "Justice" during the third Test as a protest against Botha's two-week suspension. GUBU Welcome to the parallel universe. Just in case you were wondering about the Boks armbands on Saturday.

In a controversial move, South Africa's players and coaches wore white armbands featuring the word "Justice" during the third Test as a protest against Botha's two-week suspension.

GUBU

]]> By: Gary Ireland http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/south-africa-28-lions-25/comment-page-1/#comment-76384 Gary Ireland Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:03:52 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5838#comment-76384 Should have read fight club. Should have read fight club.

]]> By: Gary Ireland http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/south-africa-28-lions-25/comment-page-1/#comment-76381 Gary Ireland Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:34:53 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5838#comment-76381 Question are South African Rugby officials capable of guilt? Or perhaps they put crap on the field to induce the Northern World back to a fight game in the future?? Question are South African Rugby officials capable of guilt? Or perhaps they put crap on the field to induce the Northern World back to a fight game in the future??

]]> By: Abdul http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/south-africa-28-lions-25/comment-page-1/#comment-76361 Abdul Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:54:41 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5838#comment-76361 Congratulations to the Lions on winning out the series on an aggregate of 74 to 63 and a try count of seven to five. Congratulations to the Lions on winning out the series on an aggregate of 74 to 63 and a try count of seven to five.

]]> By: Dan http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/south-africa-28-lions-25/comment-page-1/#comment-76165 Dan Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:24:08 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5838#comment-76165 On a side note... the scapegoating of O'Gara in the press is looking a bit selective. Owen Slot of the Times wrote a whole article spearing ROG after the second test. His next rugby missive was an interesting contrast "Danny Cipriani needs a hand up - not kicking while he's down". Seems fair and balanced..... On a side note… the scapegoating of O'Gara in the press is looking a bit selective. Owen Slot of the Times wrote a whole article spearing ROG after the second test. His next rugby missive was an interesting contrast "Danny Cipriani needs a hand up – not kicking while he's down". Seems fair and balanced…..

]]> By: Abdul http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/south-africa-28-lions-25/comment-page-1/#comment-76139 Abdul Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:52:12 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5838#comment-76139 Brian O'Driscoll, who has retired from the Tour because of injury, described the SA coaches after match comments that gouging was part of the game - and his refusal to condemn Burger - as an absolute disgrace, adding that comments like that bring the game into disrepute and were despicable. He told today's Irish Times: "When I heard those comments yesterday I wondered how someone can get away with something like that. Irrespective of any apology today I find it an absolute disgrace that a coach of a national side can make comments as he did about gouging being part of the game. "Someone made really good point to me that kids, or parents watching an interview like that, questioning whether they should have their kids play rugby or soccer, that's the decision made right there. "To hear a national coach saying that in any shape or form, gouging is acceptable in the modern day game is despicable. I find it mind boggling, that you can have a national team coach saying something like that. Essentially it brought the game into disrepute." Maybe De Villiers is a plant by FIFA to get more kids playing soccer? Brian O'Driscoll, who has retired from the Tour because of injury, described the SA coaches after match comments that gouging was part of the game – and his refusal to condemn Burger – as an absolute disgrace, adding that comments like that bring the game into disrepute and were despicable.

He told today's Irish Times: "When I heard those comments yesterday I wondered how someone can get away with something like that. Irrespective of any apology today I find it an absolute disgrace that a coach of a national side can make comments as he did about gouging being part of the game.

"Someone made really good point to me that kids, or parents watching an interview like that, questioning whether they should have their kids play rugby or soccer, that's the decision made right there.

"To hear a national coach saying that in any shape or form, gouging is acceptable in the modern day game is despicable. I find it mind boggling, that you can have a national team coach saying something like that. Essentially it brought the game into disrepute."

Maybe De Villiers is a plant by FIFA to get more kids playing soccer?

]]> By: Bok fan http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/south-africa-28-lions-25/comment-page-1/#comment-76120 Bok fan Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:09:03 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5838#comment-76120 Stupid comments after the game, does not mean anything besides speaking nonsense, see it for what it was...... To plan to deliberately injur is not the same, anyway nice chatting to you, all I am saying is that your article can do with a little objectivity and realism. Cheers for now. Stupid comments after the game, does not mean anything besides speaking nonsense, see it for what it was……
To plan to deliberately injur is not the same, anyway nice chatting to you, all I am saying is that your article can do with a little objectivity and realism. Cheers for now.

]]> By: Bock http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/south-africa-28-lions-25/comment-page-1/#comment-76119 Bock Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:00:40 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5838#comment-76119 Forgive me, but wasn't it your coach who said he could see nothing wrong with the video of Burger gouging Fitzgerald? Forgive me, but wasn't it your coach who said he could see nothing wrong with the video of Burger gouging Fitzgerald?

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