leebok says...

Im over it and moved on. I am also please the Kiwis won the RWC as now we dont have to listen to them banging on how they were cheated out of all the other RWC's they got knocked out of. But bad refereeing should be dealt with. I guess the kiwis are now worried McCaw will get pulled up more often for "slowing down" the game.

Posted 19:56 02nd August 2012

APV1 says...

@ jonesy2 - Grammer is the difference between knowing you're $h!t and knowing your $h!t...

;-)

Posted 12:27 31st July 2012

jonesy2 says...

*their

Posted 06:37 28th July 2012

Stellenbosched2 says...

Hi darthbok,

That was very good.

Posted 05:29 28th July 2012

Ramage says...

Please don't give up your day job darthbok you certainly wont earn anything from breaking into verse. Sigh! Isn't it embarrassing to read such bilge. The sad thing is that you actually put it in print. Oh the pain. Surely we don't deserve such wrecking of the English language.

Posted 03:19 28th July 2012

Ramage says...

@ruckingkiwi you are wrong about no kiwi on the top refereeing panel as Chris Pollock currently injured is on the panel and Australia's top referee is a kiwi refereeing out of Australia and not at this staged deemed to be able to referee the All Blacks. Funny that this has cropped up under the story on Bryce Lawrence but the problem with NZ refereeing stems from the year's Bryce's father Keith was in charge of NZ referee development. Bryce was brought through but sweet few others and when four or five of the top NZ referees retired, within a short time of each other meant there was only his boy Bryce to promote. Since he has gone there have been a number of younger referees who have come through the NZ competition and now Super rugby. Interesting to see that unlike the number of OZ referees that have been tried and sacked the NZ refs are still there.

Posted 15:19 27th July 2012

safehands says...

Hi Stellenbosched......I don't think my post was vicious at all by the way. Just providing some feedback to some of the points you raised concerning poor refereeing, particularly by Bryce. By me pointing out indescretions of of a few idiotic saffa 'fans' in the past like the fat geezer attacking the ref on the pitch, the Mealamu incident this year etc, does not make for untruths or malicious gossip. It is fact.

I am by no means a fan of Bryce Lawrence, but the way in which he was mailiciously vilified by thousands of saffas on social media is not fit for the great game of rugby. It is the mindset of a people (I'm referring to those idiots who participated, not all saffas, and I'm ashamed to admit some are even related to me...on my wife's side thankfully) who are undignified, uncouth and bordering on savage. Given SA's reputation with the current crime epidemic, it would not lend for referees in his situation to think that he would be safe to travel there, especially when thousands of idiots are vilifying him online and baying for his head. It only takes one moron with that mentality to take matters too far, and for what? A game of rugby? Disgraceful is what that is and that is what should concern decent saffas like yourself more, rather than wrongfully claiming my comments to be acidic in nature.

I should point out that the final paragraph of my response was not directed at you personally, nor saffas in general, but more at the likes of the dumbasses on here called darthbok and co. My bad, I should have addressed them directly.

Posted 09:52 27th July 2012

kitch says...

the fat guy runnujng onto the field..the armband incident.. the public moaning of some irb conspiracy..and the death threats show that some of you saffas are really screwed in the head, and considering your history, it shows you really havent come far as human beings at all!

it further shows that rugby was indeed the winner when you lost, for you dont deserve the honour and respect to be celebrated as any sort of champion

little wonder why people are leaving your country in droves!

Posted 05:42 27th July 2012

safehands says...

@Stellenbosched.....your first point may seem rational to you about death threats and cowards and the ref should toughen up and confront those so called cowards by showing his face in SA...in the hope that all will be forgiven...what utter drivel!! Forgiven for what exactly? For allowing a free for all at the breakdown? Well didn't your famed forwards have the same opportunities to disrupt and pilfer as Pocock did? Just because the Bok forwards weren't smart enough to take advantage, does not mean that the ref is to blame....what is that old adage again? Oh yes...adapt or die....simple really!! The Boks didn't adapt and were left to rue missed chances but instead of blaming themselves, they chose the easier path of making somebody else the scapegoat.

In a country as violent (crime ridden) as SA and with a history of idiots who throw things at players, refs and even charge on to the field to attack refs, where facebook pages were set up with the most putrid,vile, hate spouting campaign in the history of the great sport of rugby...would you have the balls to show up?? I doubt it...easy to be a keyboard warrior as you know. Comparing the Darrell Hair and Lawrence cases is nonsensical as the surrounding situations are worlds apart!!

The truth (although no bok fan will ever admit to it) behind the All Blacks winning the world cup is not because SA were denied anything, but rather the AB's deserved it off some excellent performances during the tournament and a showing of true grit in the face of the most severe off field pressure ever experienced by any other team in world rugby prior to the final...FACT!! The fact that SA lost in the quarters is not at Bryce's door, but rather your lot were hopeless with the amount of errors in that game and were by no means anywhere near being the best team at the tournament anyway...FACT!!

Posted 05:11 27th July 2012

porridge_time says...

leebok says...

I have to agree with Terry_English here. SA had all the ball and did nothing with it... well other an squander chance after chance. Just like the AB's were to blame against France in 2007 for failing to capitolise and to continually blame the officials is just poor sportsmanship.

Posted 02:24 27th July 2012