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Look guys – I have a reasonably stressful job, my families away and the sun didn’t shine this weekend, so the least you could do is f£@*&ing try! That’s the Boks, who put in another woeful performance in a so far catastrophic Tri-Nations campaign. PDV will no doubt be having another rant about the ref, and although the Boks got murdered again, it doesn’t need the CSI to point out a few home truths:
1. They really miss Fourie du Preez
2. They really miss Fourie du Preez
3. They really miss Fourie du Preez
4. Did I mention they really miss Fourie du Preez? He’s as important to them as Dan Carter is to the All Blacks.
5. They are also missing Heinrich Brussow and Juan Smith.
6. They don’t have a plan B, so what is a deadly tactic with Fourie du Preez turns into lots of aimless kicking with everyone else.
7. Players like John Smit and Victor Matfield are showing their age and going to need to be managed carefully to last out to the next world cup.
8. I haven’t mentioned changing coach but that would help too. This is Graham Henry putting the boot in: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/3955106/I-can-t-take-de-Villiers-seriously-says-Henry
Out of this mess, Danie Roussow was immense, Pierre Spies showed a few good turns, and Jaques Fourie looked good. If I was in charge, from this team I’d swop Bekker for Matfield, Burger for Potgeiter, Kankowski for Louw, De Jong for Olivier, bring in Hougard on the wing, and drop Kirchner for Aplon.
For the Wallabies, Pocock was awesome, and Genia and Giteau are showing some of the form they are famous for. It’s all looking good for the first Bledisloe match of the year.
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