Springboks

Willemse, Hooker, SMZ, Moodie, Pollard, Krappies, Bongi, vd Merwe, Boan, Koch, RG, Escom start their NH tour this weekend

This is a continuation from the Springboks v Argentina Twickenham thread.

Hadn’t realised we had been funning so much in this line of conversating.

This issue goes all the way back to the very first tour.

The 1899-1901 tour.
We had to go over there and sort the bad ass f’ing Boers out.
We thought we’d got the job done.
BUT NO.
There were no Maori on that tour; and we all know a bad ass Maori is guna kick a bad ass Boers butt any day. So, If the Maori had been there, that really would have been the end of it.

Then came the 1928 tour.
Still no Maori boys. No George Nepia.
Then the 1949 tour, no Johnny Smith.
Then the 1960 tour, no Waka Nathan.
And a host of others.
But that’s not really on the Boers tho; that’s shame, shame, shame on the Kiwis for putting up with that f’ing BS.
The mild mannered, humble, unassuming, overly polite Enzeders.

Then the 1970 and 1976 tours.
These tours were a little different.
For the first time Enzeders could actually see the absolutely BS refereeing that was being dished out to them.
Danie Craven [I was guna swear there, but I have some respect] started that gold watch crap.
That DH Louis Luyt [and I know a lot saffers even think Louis was a DH] was just carrying on one of the great Springbok rugby traditions.

Now I know all Saffers are devoutly religious, god faring folk.
So when you are whining about “rugby quotas” and the like, you have to think of it as like it’s your penance.
Penance for carrying on like DHs for a century or so.

And as for the nightmare Rassie rugby, well . . .
First of all, there would be no LIV/R360 rugby talk if it wasn’t for Rassie rugby.
And I do watch Rassie rugby, but never in real time.
Only on replay.
It’s an 80-minute game, but if Rassies involved you know it’s guna be stretched to more than a couple of hours.
When I fast-forward all Rassie’s BS, you can be all the way thru the game in 10 to 15 minutes.
Then go and find something useful to do, with all that time saved.
The worst thing tho, is when you’ve been watching on a bit of delay, and there is soooo much BS you catch up to the game in REAL TIME!
And you have to watch the last ten minutes of the game LIVE!
FUCK THAT.
Now that really is a RASSIE F’ING NIGHTMARE!

Saturday, November 1

South Africa v Japan
(Wembley Stadium, London)
Referee: Eoghan Cross (IRFU)
Assistant referees: Ben O’Keeffe (NZR) & Adam Leal (RFU)
TMO: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Saturday, November 8

France v South Africa
(Stade de France, Saint-Denis)
Referee: Angus Gardner (RA)
Assistant referees: Nika Amashukeli (GRU) & Christophe Ridley (RFU)
TMO: Ian Tempest (RFU)

Saturday, November 15

Italy v South Africa
(Allianz Stadium, Turin)
Referee: James Doleman (NZR)
Assistant referees: Ben O’Keeffe (NZR) & Jérémy Rozier (FFR)
TMO: Tual Trainini (FFR)

Saturday, November 22

Ireland v South Africa
(Aviva Stadium, Dublin)
Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)
Assistant referees: Karl Dickson (RFU) & Christophe Ridley (RFU)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (RFU)

Saturday, November 29

Wales v South Africa
(Principality Stadium, Cardiff)
Referee: Luc Ramos (FFR)
Assistant Referees: Matthew Carley (RFU) & Pierre Brousset (FFR)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)

@mohikamo said in Springboks:

This is a continuation from the Springboks v Argentina Twickenham thread.

Hadn’t realised we had been funning so much in this line of conversating.

This issue goes all the way back to the very first tour.

The 1899-1901 tour.
We had to go over there and sort the bad ass f’ing Boers out.
We thought we’d got the job done.
BUT NO.
There were no Maori on that tour; and we all know a bad ass Maori is guna kick a bad ass Boers butt any day. So, If the Maori had been there, that really would have been the end of it.

Then came the 1928 tour.
Still no Maori boys. No George Nepia.
Then the 1949 tour, no Johnny Smith.
Then the 1960 tour, no Waka Nathan.
And a host of others.
But that’s not really on the Boers tho; that’s shame, shame, shame on the Kiwis for putting up with that f’ing BS.
The mild mannered, humble, unassuming, overly polite Enzeders.

Then the 1970 and 1976 tours.
These tours were a little different.
For the first time Enzeders could actually see the absolutely BS refereeing that was being dished out to them.
Danie Craven [I was guna swear there, but I have some respect] started that gold watch crap.
That DH Louis Luyt [and I know a lot saffers even think Louis was a DH] was just carrying on one of the great Springbok rugby traditions.

Now I know all Saffers are devoutly religious, god faring folk.
So when you are whining about “rugby quotas” and the like, you have to think of it as like it’s your penance.
Penance for carrying on like DHs for a century or so.

And as for the nightmare Rassie rugby, well . . .
First of all, there would be no LIV/R360 rugby talk if it wasn’t for Rassie rugby.
And I do watch Rassie rugby, but never in real time.
Only on replay.
It’s an 80-minute game, but if Rassies involved you know it’s guna be stretched to more than a couple of hours.
When I fast-forward all Rassie’s BS, you can be all the way thru the game in 10 to 15 minutes.
Then go and find something useful to do, with all that time saved.
The worst thing tho, is when you’ve been watching on a bit of delay, and there is soooo much BS you catch up to the game in REAL TIME!
And you have to watch the last ten minutes of the game LIVE!
FUCK THAT.
Now that really is a RASSIE F’ING NIGHTMARE!

Uhh .. you do realize that the ABs didn’t play in South Africa until …1928. The series was drawn. Then SA went to NZ and beat the ABs in their own back yard. Tori Reid was part of the team that was thrashed 17-6 by Phil Nels springboks.
That SA team was known in NZ as the best team to ever leave NZ.

Over to you.

@mohikamo said in Springboks:

The 1899-1901 tour.

Huh?

@Nepia said in Springboks:

@mohikamo said in Springboks:

The 1899-1901 tour.

Huh?

There was this tournament joined by a number of British Colonies. But it seems the Afrikaners weren't keen on playing with the English speaking Seffricans. I believe the team representing Britain won.

@booboo said in Springboks:

@Nepia said in Springboks:

@mohikamo said in Springboks:

The 1899-1901 tour.

Huh?

There was this tournament joined by a number of British Colonies. But it seems the Afrikaners weren't keen on playing with the English speaking Seffricans. I believe the team representing Britain won.

Also, I'd suggest @W32 not take the post too seriously.

@booboo said in Springboks:

@booboo said in Springboks:

@Nepia said in Springboks:

@mohikamo said in Springboks:

The 1899-1901 tour.

Huh?

There was this tournament joined by a number of British Colonies. But it seems the Afrikaners weren't keen on playing with the English speaking Seffricans. I believe the team representing Britain won.

Also, I'd suggest @W32 not take the post too seriously.

Ah yes that’s right, demean a whole people, blame your losses on things like racism and crooked referees - and then pretend it’s all a joke. Of course it’s not serious.

@W32 said in Springboks:

@booboo said in Springboks:

@booboo said in Springboks:

@Nepia said in Springboks:

@mohikamo said in Springboks:

The 1899-1901 tour.

Huh?

There was this tournament joined by a number of British Colonies. But it seems the Afrikaners weren't keen on playing with the English speaking Seffricans. I believe the team representing Britain won.

Also, I'd suggest @W32 not take the post too seriously.

Ah yes that’s right, demean a whole people, blame your losses on things like racism and crooked referees - and then pretend it’s all a joke. Of course it’s not serious.

Dude. Chillax.

There's this thing called humour

@booboo said in Springboks:

@W32 said in Springboks:

@booboo said in Springboks:

@booboo said in Springboks:

@Nepia said in Springboks:

@mohikamo said in Springboks:

The 1899-1901 tour.

Huh?

There was this tournament joined by a number of British Colonies. But it seems the Afrikaners weren't keen on playing with the English speaking Seffricans. I believe the team representing Britain won.

Also, I'd suggest @W32 not take the post too seriously.

Ah yes that’s right, demean a whole people, blame your losses on things like racism and crooked referees - and then pretend it’s all a joke. Of course it’s not serious.

Dude. Chillax.

There's this thing called humour

I’m laughing on the inside

@W32 said in Springboks:

@booboo said in Springboks:

@W32 said in Springboks:

@booboo said in Springboks:

@booboo said in Springboks:

@Nepia said in Springboks:

@mohikamo said in Springboks:

The 1899-1901 tour.

Huh?

There was this tournament joined by a number of British Colonies. But it seems the Afrikaners weren't keen on playing with the English speaking Seffricans. I believe the team representing Britain won.

Also, I'd suggest @W32 not take the post too seriously.

Ah yes that’s right, demean a whole people, blame your losses on things like racism and crooked referees - and then pretend it’s all a joke. Of course it’s not serious.

Dude. Chillax.

There's this thing called humour

I’m laughing on the inside

great grandma Smuts apparently also laughed on the inside …

Had to, couldn’t get past the barbed wire & okes in red coats conned into travelling halfway round the world to fight for the wrong side.

@Smuts said in Springboks:

@W32 said in Springboks:

@booboo said in Springboks:

@W32 said in Springboks:

@booboo said in Springboks:

@booboo said in Springboks:

@Nepia said in Springboks:

@mohikamo said in Springboks:

The 1899-1901 tour.

Huh?

There was this tournament joined by a number of British Colonies. But it seems the Afrikaners weren't keen on playing with the English speaking Seffricans. I believe the team representing Britain won.

Also, I'd suggest @W32 not take the post too seriously.

Ah yes that’s right, demean a whole people, blame your losses on things like racism and crooked referees - and then pretend it’s all a joke. Of course it’s not serious.

Dude. Chillax.

There's this thing called humour

I’m laughing on the inside

great grandma Smuts apparently also laughed on the inside …

Had to, couldn’t get past the barbed wire & okes in red coats conned into travelling halfway round the world to fight for the wrong side.

This after slim Jannie tried to avoid/prevent the war. Milner wanted to crush the upstarts. Pretty cool that you are a descendant of Smuts.

@W32 you lot take it far in our past political history. I lived a few years in Riebeek Kasteel. The hometown of Smuts, Malan and Piet Spiere and his grandson PSdT.

@Smuts

Ha
That was those A hole Brits.

Kiwis know all about those fuckers.
We still pickin up the tab for the dumb ass shite those guys got up to 150 years ago.

@mohikamo same, same.

@W32 my ou Ouma was not a Smuts. She was just a young girl, like a lot of other young boer children, who was placed in a concentration camp.

Chose Smuts as a handle because it’s a nickname we used to give guys who bitched and moaned. Can’t remember why we used Smuts for whingers. But it works:

“Fucking porridge for breakfast again? Aah man, it’s cold and lumpy.” “Shut up Smuts.”

“Fucking one eyed ref screwed us again.” “Fuck off Smuts - you blew a three man overlap.”

“It’s colder than a witch’s tit. I’m freezing my ballas af.”

“Shut up Smuts, you wanted to go skiing.”

Seemed fitting as a South African joining a kiwi forum.

@OomPB asablief Oom, moenie Malan in die selle asem as Smuts, Spiere en Pieter-Stef se nie. [please don’t say Malan on the same breath as Smuts, Spiere and PSDT, UnclePB]

@Smuts Sappe vs Natte. Way back in the past. My broer het verongeluk by Kloovenburg. Vrou het gewerk by die Kelders , Piet Spiere was die voorsitter en het saam my broer gedien op die rugbyklub. Good old days.

@OomPB said in Springboks:

@Smuts Sappe vs Natte. Way back in the past. My broer het verongeluk by Kloovenburg. Vrou het gewerk by die Kelders , Piet Spiere was die voorsitter en het saam my broer gedien op die rugbyklub. Good old days.

Bloody hell, I just about understood that. Must be longterm Oom-mosis.

@nostrildamus love to read your translation.

@Smuts said in Springboks:

@nostrildamus love to read your translation.

My brother had a --don't know what this is but sounds bad -- at Kloovenburg (is by a preposition or a village?). Not sure 'Vrou' is my Frau? Worked with Piet Spiere (who was a boss?) at my brother's rugby club?

Those 3 words got me confused, but am I roughly on target? Oh, don't know 'gedian'.

@nostrildamus not bad. Kloovenburg is the family farm of Piet Spiere, grand dad of PSdT. Kloovenburg.com

Vrou = Mrs.

The Springboks must play more games in London than any other city these days.

It’s a nothing fixture

Not the one to be played on neutral territory

SFM is building a new record. 2 tries already before HT

AE changed into a flanker.

@sparky we struggled for ages to win away from home.

and we have so many chicken runners all over the world, so it's all home games.

It finished 61-7 to South Africa.

Only 22,000 turned up. If it had to happen in England, Vicarage Road in Watford or the Madejski Stadium in Reading would have been better venues for this game.

@sparky said in Springboks:

It finished 61-7 to South Africa.

Only 22,000 turned up. If it had to happen in England, Vicarage Road in Watford or the Madejski Stadium in Reading would have been better venuese for this game.

Makes a lot of sense have a game in the uk as a warm up for the other matches to come. Players already there from last weekends urc games and pounds instead of rands. As for the venue, maybe but do we know what all the details are?

@W32 To be fair, both the venues I mentioned had soccer games this afternoon.

Wilco Louw had his best game. Bit worried about Ox. Viking, SMZ, Wilco and KLA should start against the French.

Players not featuring since last WC
Am
Mapimpi
Kok
Faf
Bongi
Malherbe
Fourie
Le Roux
Vermuelen
Kitshoff
Think also sous on his way out.

I’m sure I’m missing other.s. The big question is if Siya will make it to the next WC … and who will be the new captain?

@W32 said in Springboks:

Players not featuring since last WC
Am
Mapimpi
Kok
Faf
Bongi
Malherbe
Fourie
Le Roux
Vermuelen
Kitshoff
Think also sous on his way out.

I’m sure I’m missing other.s. The big question is if Siya will make it to the next WC … and who will be the new captain?

Plenty of these players have featured since the last World Cup. Do you mean players from the last RWC that weren't used in November?