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Barbarians vs South Africa, Twickenham

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Michael Lynagh (62)
en_force_er said:
Watch for Mitchel's try celebration at 3:18, priceless. Drew really did have a great international season after a slight stumble at the start,
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Slight stumble? He was good one game, then downright awful the next. Rinse, repeat. Only reason he wasn't dropped is because of injuries.

But hats off to Mitchell - turned it around brilliantly. Finally showed some consistently at test level. Would have to be our first choice winger, now.
 
Epi

Epi

Dave Cowper (27)
Can we have a Nonu at 12 in the wallabies please?? (that intercepted pass notwithstanding...)
 
JJJ

JJJ

Vay Wilson (31)
It's a shame we don't have the money to poach Van Zyl. The Boks would be far and away the toughest lineup in world rugby to break into for an up-and-coming lock, but you can be sure the Bok coaching staff will get a retainer cap on him ASAP unless someone can make him a better offer. I bet his agent's phone hasn't stopped ringing since the match. If he even has an agent yet. If he doesn't then his phone would be ringing off the hook from agents offering their services.
 
Blue

Blue

Andrew Slack (58)
JJJ said:
It's a shame we don't have the money to poach Van Zyl. The Boks would be far and away the toughest lineup in world rugby to break into for an up-and-coming lock, but you can be sure the Bok coaching staff will get a retainer cap on him ASAP unless someone can make him a better offer. I bet his agent's phone hasn't stopped ringing since the match. If he even has an agent yet. If he doesn't then his phone would be ringing off the hook from agents offering their services.
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Van Zyl was one of the guys who was most unlucky to miss out on a Bok callup. He is also a great leader - captains Western Province when Burger isn't around.

Hard as nails and pretty mobile. Slotted right into Bekker's spot when the latter got injured and called the lineout for WP all season.

Would be a great poach. Why not?
 
PaarlBok

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Rod McCall (65)
Blue said:
Van Zyl was one of the guys who was most unlucky to miss out on a Bok callup. He is also a great leader - captains Western Province when Burger isn't around.

Hard as nails and pretty mobile. Slotted right into Bekker's spot when the latter got injured and called the lineout for WP all season.

Would be a great poach. Why not?
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Worms wont make the Stormers first lock pairing. Behind Bekker and Fondse. He sure was the only WP player on the pitch and the only one bar Beast coming out of this with honour. Vokket Straus and Jacobs was piss poor in midfield. The cracks was in the tight 5 tho. Daniels should have started, Oosthuizen disappointing, Strauss wasnt bad but his lineout throws was dire. Thats where the problem was.
 
qwerty51

qwerty51

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Class act in the speech after the game too. Was asked if he had a point to prove to selectors and handled it extremely well.
 
JJJ

JJJ

Vay Wilson (31)
The ratings all suggest Moore had a bad game, can anyone confirm or deny that? He'd already been subbed off by the time I started watching.
 
qwerty51

qwerty51

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Definitely not bad, nothing spectacular but the Barbarians stole and won penalties of the SA line-out and scrum. Went off at HT for Mealamu which was probably always the plan. Then the Bok set-piece got better - no Moore so he was probably the key
 
Groucho

Groucho

Greg Davis (50)
Muttonbird said:
Looks like BaXXies still can't get over himself.
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His reaction when Gildenhuys flopped on him after his try was worth the price of admission on its own. If Gildenhuys had his wits about him and was willing to take a punch, then he could have easily niggled Bakkies into a red card.
 
rugbysmartarse

rugbysmartarse

Alan Cameron (40)
Groucho said:
His reaction when Gildenhuys flopped on him after his try was worth the price of admission on its own. If Gildenhuys had his wits about him and was willing to take a punch, then he could have easily niggled Bakkies into a red card.
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He's been in italy too long to be willing to start (or carry on) a fight
 
Lee Grant

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John Eales (66)
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It was funny after that. His fellow Boks seemed to be scared when approaching him to congratulate him on the try.

Good games from Aussies Genia, Giteau, Mitchell, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and JOC (James O'Connor).

It must have been tough for a Bok supporter to watch how inept the Boks were for long periods but most of their players were dirt-trackers. At least our wannabies had two games on tour but they didn't have any.
 
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Burke's Boot

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Is there a torrent available for this game seeing Craptel decided to not show it?
 
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