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Do the South Africans ever get tired of making excuses?
Its not cheating refs, or conspiracy's, or Richie McCaw cheating at the ruck, this time the Africans have come up with a new reason why the All Blacks beat them. This time according to Victor Matfield the All Blacks are cheating at the lineout, throwing the ball in too quickly and not waiting for South Africa to be ready.
This is comical stuff the All Blacks have finally realised Matfields strength, he is brilliant at reading the body language of lifters and jumpers in the lineout, the Ab's have clicked onto this and are now throwing the ball much quicker giving Matfield less time to asses the situation, Hence why he was not as effective as he usually is. Sorry Victor but the game is leaving players like you behind. I think it will take some time for these guys to realise the ways of old are nolonger going to work, if they dont find improvement then they will struggle. De villiers sums it up best when he says i dont know how we lost, we still have the same skills as last year. Exactly PDV u do have the same skills as last year but the game has moved on. Its not Cheating its improving.
An investigation LOL. So everytime a South African player complains about something there should be an investigation launched? are you serious!. Please tell me in the rule book where does it say a team must wait for the other team to be ready to throw the ball into the lineout, once all players have arrived at the lineout then the ball may be thrown. This is just another ploy from South Africa to try to sway the reff into slowing the game down, they know they have no chance of competing with the All Blacks fast paced game. This is just another desperate attempt to gain an edge. How bout u actually try to win the game by playing better! wow so simple isnt it.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I would say that the Boks are in a transition position and dont know where to go. Its easy to look for excuses in blaming the ABs, and allegations of Referee bias. But it reflects badly on the Boks with the incessent harping on about ABs cheating during the game. Last year Brussow the outstanding Bok Flanker was the best loosie in the World, better than McCaw I believed. Credit where credit is due. Boks have to go back to drawing board and adapt to the game moving on.
- SkipLv 41 decade ago
Victor is in an organization who can say on the same day "we will consider new options outside the TN and S15 in 2015 as the ANZACs hate us and have declared war on us" and then say "NH rugby is (quote) too slow" and SA players there are not therefore good enough - as if outside SANZAR there is anywhere for them to go. A measured, sensible approach to dealing with the press is not a policy there.
That said, I read Victors statements and it seemed a large does of the hacks trying fill up inches by coming up with a somewhat plausiable attention grabber. I treat most things in the press from the view that they are not interested in quoting accurately, they are interested in profits. Except for DeVilliers, I believe he will say anything.
- 1 decade ago
No.. We don't. We love it. If only intelegent people would investigate....More worrying is where will Paddy O'Brien find another Irish ref to ref against the boks. A clear worry for the Aussies and Kiwis as he is saying no Aussie or Kiwi ref is worth reffing a game of No1 vs No2 nor is better than the 3rd choice from Ireland...What was his name again at Suncorp? I wonder when we will see Wayne Barnes (remember him Kiwis?)
- 1 decade ago
Bleating by SA coaches, administrators and players does not a case make for an investigation. The stats dont support their bleating and first they need to explain why they were not bleating last year when they were winning, not losing?
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- ?Lv 51 decade ago
Seriously don't you ever tire of complaining about the South Africans or the Springboks? As Lago says let there be an investigation, so rumours can be laid to rest.!
