Sasquatch says...

I'm a South African and a Bok fan and I think it's time the Boks hired a kiwi coach (Graham Henry or Warren Gatland will suffice).

Posted 20:05 27th August 2012

saffastormer says...

Perhaps after the Boks get a thorough hiding at the hands of AUS and NZ, SARU might decide to re-think HM as a coach and look for someone with imagination. Oh to have Nick Mallet or Jake White back !!!

Posted 07:41 27th August 2012

Wallaroo says...

Agree Ramage, well put. During the S15 teams like the Sharks and Cheetahs showed that South Africa have some exceptional backs and can play outstanding attacking rugby. So there can only be one reason why they have reverted back to one dimensional boring rugby, Meyer's coaching and conservative approach to the game.

The Boks need to look at the AB's who play high risk rugby which pays off more often than not. Why? Simply because their players are both team and self confident.

Posted 06:18 27th August 2012

Ramage says...

This is a joke Mr Meyer, it is you who have let your country down. I have watched Bok rugby since their return after the Apartheid days and have marvelled at the players you have on offer. Each year I fear you will finally get it right and put a combination on the field that will defeat the All Blacks and continue to do so. But each year the the people they put there to run the teams are either dumped for an internal rugby political reason or they are so conservative and parochial they don't pick the guys in SA awaiting the call.

Fans to have played their part with their calls before the RWC that PDV was an inferior coach.Yet at the RWC that soon changed and it turned into an IRB conspiracy and even worse crucified Bryce Lawrence because the Bok team was so devoid of ideas that day they couldn't take that game and win it. It was far easier to blame the outsiders than look at the real trouble.

Surely now It's obvious that the problems are internal. The continual bungling of the SARFU, the debacle over who plays in Super Rugby being just one more of many. You have the players and it is selections and coaching that are the reason for the lack of results..

Back to Mr Meyer. One can see that his conservative approach to the modern game and his parochial selections, based around his former franchise the Pink Bulls is the problem with his team. The Springboks are predictable and when his game plan fails he has nowhere to go so his players are left like startled rabbits caught in the headlights of an oncoming train. Have you seen the way he acts in the coaching box he gives the impression of a unstable man always on the blower barking orders. He blames his players, yes they are the ones playing the game, but HE picked them. Is his plan so weak and unstructured he has to be barking orders all through the game? So Mr Meyer it is you who needs to look at yourself.

Posted 16:18 26th August 2012

bokbevok says...

At trade2

You clearly haven,t a clue and neither did PDV. At least HM is bold enough to say they were crap on the day and hopefully he has learnt from this. How many int test has he coached now!!!!!

HM was the choice of the people and the rugby board not a political choice made by the government

Posted 15:05 26th August 2012

Flyman says...

As I said, no ball fetcher & outdated kick & charge. Boks staff are a bunch of idiots, HM being the chief clown. Boks did not even deserve the draw, more the pity as it may have served as a good wake up call! AB's and Wobblies are going to wipe the floor with them!

Posted 12:30 26th August 2012

ben7 says...

That was crap from the boks....

Team should be:

1. beast

2. strauss

3. jannie

4. etzebeth

5. bekker

6. brussow

7. coetzee

8. alberts

9. pienaar

10. goosen

11. habana

12. steyn

13. jdj

14. hougaard

15. lambie

And tell flip vdm, kirchner, morne and jdv to go home.... bring in aplon, basson, and kolisi too!!!!

Posted 09:37 26th August 2012

Ulrich says...

This is going to sting for a while and I suspect a complete turnaround in two weeks' time.

Posted 09:17 26th August 2012

georgesmith says...

I think he's right They got whipped at the breakdown. There was real energy from the crowd. Springboks got a strong squad and they should he have won.

Posted 08:46 26th August 2012

bloemboy says...

Meyer, U only realised now that you have no fetcher in the squad? Wake up man and dont blame the guys that you selected. They are all good players in their own right but you are continiously getting the balance wrong. Pick a consistent goalkicker is a basic fundamental. Pick a competent fetcher is another. Pick a fullback that is solid under the high ball, has good field placement and can counter is the third. These are three of the first names on any team sheet and you got it wrong with all three.

The team didnt fail, you did Mr. Meyer!

Posted 05:28 26th August 2012