Calling All lions supporters

That's the way its done. -D

Your thread should have read "calling all Bulls supporters" but never mind the Lions gave them a rugby lesson.X(

chicken 'n chips Wrote:

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> Your thread should have read "calling all Bulls
> supporters" but never mind the Lions gave them a
> rugby lesson.X(


Nah, us lions have learnt to be humble, so its more of a 'well done lions" thread than a "in your face bulls" one.. although I will be thinking of the latter when I weep tears of joy in the shower tonight.

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Sharks supporters also quiet today.....

Jake White says the Sharks and Bulls lost because of the Springbok camp...

If we momentarily look beyond the two South African derby results it is difficult to take anything out of the two matches other than the fact that ONLY the Lions endeavoured to play any rugby at all. And deservedly succeeded.

I am going to leave the Stormers out of this assessment only because they were so weakened by injury that they can be excused for also contributing pretty much NOTHING to their encounter; largely because of the rookie 'fill in' personnel they had at their disposal.

Sadly we watch almost all South African sides week after week predictably kick the covers off rugby balls in a mindless grind masquerading as entertainment. Our sides feature almost not at all in any analysis of the 'best of'. I recommend they introduce 'kicking meters' so we can top that section at the very least.

Watching all of the Bulls, Sharks & Stormers performing at their mind numbing worst it is difficult not to wonder at the collective intellect of both the coaching and playing staff. We seem to offer little or nothing beyond the 'B's' - Big, Bruising, Bullying, Boot it, Brain dead. And the mythical Plan B does not and never has existed.

When things go wrong they simply bring on bigger, fatter oxen, bru.

At least our Sanzar partners are spared the worst of our efforts as many of our local derbies are played whilst they are asleep. If they even bother to record the matches or watch 'highlights' packages they must be mercifully short given the paucity of tries scored. However - if watching penalty kicks is your game prepare to be royally entertained.

Having said all of that - I cannot fathom how Warren Whiteley cannot even get an invite to a Bok training squad.

Agree on Whiteley - also Jaco Kriel can fee aggrieved imo - I know the Lions are not a team made up by individual stars - still I find it hard to understand why there are exactly ZERO Lion players in the squad :S

Frodo Wrote:

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> Agree on Whiteley - also Jaco Kriel can fee
> aggrieved imo - I know the Lions are not a team
> made up by individual stars - still I find it hard
> to understand why there are exactly ZERO Lion
> players in the squad :S


I think the fly-half deserves a chance or two - his drop kicks could easily help us out

Whiteley has been oustandung for the lions, ver unlucky not to be in the bokke squad...Marnitz Boshoff is the most complete flyhalf have in SA at the moment, why he hasnt been included is beyond me...

gregbucks Wrote:

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> Whiteley has been oustandung for the lions, ver
> unlucky not to be in the bokke squad...Marnitz
> Boshoff is the most complete flyhalf have in SA at
> the moment, why he hasnt been included is beyond
> me...


And he can double up at fullback - with Frans Steyn apparently not 100%, I would have thought Boshoff would be a definite inclusion - unfortunately it seems that Meyer is holding on to experience - for me I think we need to introduce younger blood this year - does Meyer really believe we can even put up a good fight in the World Cup with guys like Botha, Matfield, Steenkamp, etc - and personally I would never even consider Kirchner

Frodo Wrote:

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> gregbucks Wrote:
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> > Whiteley has been oustandung for the lions, ver
> > unlucky not to be in the bokke squad...Marnitz
> > Boshoff is the most complete flyhalf have in SA
> at
> > the moment, why he hasnt been included is
> beyond
> > me...
>
>
> And he can double up at fullback - with Frans
> Steyn apparently not 100%, I would have thought
> Boshoff would be a definite inclusion -
> unfortunately it seems that Meyer is holding on to
> experience - for me I think we need to introduce
> younger blood this year - does Meyer really
> believe we can even put up a good fight in the
> World Cup with guys like Botha, Matfield,
> Steenkamp, etc - and personally I would never even
> consider Kirchner

....(tu)