South African Rugby Folklore

[Ulrich]

All nations have something to be proud of. For South Africans it's our rugby. It's the one endearing thing that we still have today despite all the negatives in politics which includes Apartheid and Quotas more recently.

This is not a jibe toward any other nation but merely a tribute to, mostly, Springbok rugby although other South African rugby greatness may be posted here.

The events of the past is something I never witnessed as a young person so I'm looking over them. I think others may enjoy the content as well.

I'm hoping the thread brings forth some interesting introspection and debate.

Conditioning, nutrition and the resulting physical attributes allowed for various players to be of use in a range of roles in those days. Boy Louw, for example, was a prop who also played as a lock, flanker and number 8 for South Africa. He was highly revered back then and many today believe him to be one of the Springbok legends of all time.

Anyway, here's part 1 of a series that has Springbok tries from 1937 to 1955. There are a few good tries here and watching events from this long ago makes you realise how much defenses have improved. Still, the handling in one or two of the tries in this video is actually really good.

Enjoy:

 

[Hugh Jarse]

I enjoyed reading this article, which was referenced in a post in the Scrum Talk thread -> http://blogs.sport24.co.za/mclook/2012/11/04/third-test-1956/

Little wonder that there is such intense rivalry between SAF and NZL, when in 1956, the NZL team are still trying to address "grievances" related to SAF tactics from 1921 and 1949 tours.

 

[wamberal]

As an Australian rugby supporter, and liberal, who is old enough to remember the horrors of some important aspects of South Africa's sporting history, I will simply suggest that a more rounded approach than that implied in the opening post would be appropriate.

Otherwise this thread deserves to degenerate into a s**tfight.

 

[Antony]

I don't want to fulfill the prophesy of this thread degenerating into a shit fight, but a couple of the words in that post could probably do with being edited out.

 

[Baldric]

I don't want to fulfill the prophesy of this thread degenerating into a shit fight, but a couple of the words in that post could probably do with being edited out.

Any post with a Citroen should be edited out.