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BAKKIES
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document.write("There was nothing wrong with Bakkies charge, he went in a ruck like a Bok should,clearing away the opposition legally, thats how he won the enforcer battle against the poms W/C 2207.How he plays is the right way in internationals.
Schalk , needed to be banned for 12 mths. He needs to hang up his boots and go and make wine.It was a disgrace , how dom can you be!!!.. Koos Best");
document.write("Ban
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document.write("No loss in loosing Schalk. They might be doing SA a favour here. His expiry date has come and gone.Heinrich is a far better choice and should have been there from the start. Bakkies we are going to miss though. Tanya");
document.write("Burger is a Retarded \"Ape!\"
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document.write("Was it a tactical move? I doubt the coaching staff would have encouraged such a stunt? Burger is a good player, but he is highly overrated one at best! Without his trademark swinging arm tackle & beautiful blonde hair bouncing about, what else does this mutha ####a bring to the bok game? Pack your bags and go to Bath you stupid DUTCHMAN. Bring on Brussouw, a dutchman with true talent & heart. PS Victor also needs to get involved or he must also #### off, lineouts fine, hanging around the rucks like a model is no place for lock.. Luke is right!");
document.write("Wrong Headline
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document.write("Head line should read more like Schalk Out - Chances of winning increased....! I am overjoyed to hear Schalk is out. I could never fathom de Villier's choice after Brussow's performance in the first test anyway. The bokke's performance changed 180 degrees when Foure, M. Steyn and Brussow entered the frey! It's thanks to them we won!. Bruce");
document.write("Luke is right!
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document.write("Enough said!. Morne Steyn");
document.write("Shame on Schalk
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document.write("I am so deeply ashamed of being associated with this oke. Really tarnished our win. He needs to go away and not come back. No matter how much you don't like the opposition - there is no place for that in sport.
World Champions don't behave like that. Sies!. Leesie");
document.write("Burger was silly, Bakkies was playing the game!
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document.write("It was disappointing to see Schalk doing what he did. It was very stupid and the ban is justified. A bit too exuberant in my view and can only be put down to lack of playing time with the team as his record has been pretty good up until now. Bakkies on the other hand was doing his job. The Lions spent a lot of time slowing down the ball in the breakdown area and there was a lot of spoiling tactics going on by them. They needed to be cleaned out because the ref wasn't blowing them up. It was a \"war of attrition\" as Joel Stransky kept pinting out! . John");
document.write("Schalk and co.
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document.write("I agree with all of the above except John,s comment suggesting he may have eye gouged because he has,nt had enuf playtime-his action is part of his character i would suggest.Our chances of winning are better now next Saturday with 2 less players to give away the penalties they always do,though their physicallity will be missed(Not the DIRT). PeterJ");
document.write("Bakkies and Schalk
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document.write("The clean-out by Bakkies was fantastic, there was nothing wrong with it! He had a brilliant game.
With all the intervention of judicial committees and board's, it's turning the the game of rugby into tiddlywinks.
Poor little Lion prop couldn't take a hit!! Shame.
Schalk, on the other hand, was stupid. He should know better than to pull a stunt like that, although 8 weeks is a far too severe penalty for what he did.
Where do these judicial officers come from, they're killing the game.
Let a test of rugby be a test.. Jason");
document.write("Schalk out - Brussow in
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document.write("My team would have started with Brussow, but im no PDV (Thank god) and to hear how schalk got included after his fitness was bull/####... Brussow deserved his place and for not being chosen, he now finally has his place. Burger was dead wieght around the field, he did nothing besides get sent off. Give the new younger fetcher his role and he will complete it and steal everything... Brussow is the new BEST fetcher in the game.... What for the Tri Nation... Schalk = passed sell by date! . Craig");
document.write("The best for the Boks
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document.write("Thousands are overjoyed that the Big Blond Baboy is out. The poor boks are so used to struggeling with one loose forward short and with him destroying the backline from within that they wont know what how to deal with having 15 guys each playing in their own positions. . surprized");
document.write("Schalk
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document.write("Schalk is the reason we South Africans have such a bad reputation!! He should be banned for life.. girls for rugby");
document.write("Fair punishment
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document.write("Fair call, Schalk should be out of the game for the entire season. I'm sure he gives away more penalties than any other player in the SA team. It would be interesting to see how many times he has been sent off..!
The Bakkies incident is a laugh, if this was dangerous then most of the All Blacks team would never get to play a full season. The English are not bad at it themselves. How on earth was a Canadian involved in the decission, he should have a good look at some of the Canadian payers for dangerous play.. Alan");
document.write("Burger
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document.write("is not a rugby player. He is a collector. Collecting yellow and red cards and then he is getting paid for doing that. 8 out 10 games he receives a card. He is only there because of his father.. Piet");
document.write("Luke..
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document.write("i hope you are polishing your boots and WP find a new cappie for the CC, i suspect you gonna get a call up to the Tri Nations. Herbi");
document.write("WELL DONE SCHALK!
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document.write("It is a pity a couple of more guys Jacobs, Frans Steyn, Matfield who are there on their reputations were not yellow carded. We have enough talent knocking on the door of the Springboks especially in the loose forwards department, but the biggest problem is will they get past the COACH????. BOERE SEUN");
document.write("Give Schalck his marching orders
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document.write("His \"sell by date\" has come and gone - and to remind him of his poor and disgusting sportsmanship behaviour, he will have to think back his entire life how he disgraced his name ( and his father's ) in his last game - what a nice legacy for him - stupid dimwitt !. Pierre");
document.write("From Mellow Yellow-keo.co.za This is what should’ve happened if the IRB were consistent
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document.write("Schalk Burger - Red card and to be cited
Bakkies Botha - NOTHING - not even a penalty - the biggest injustice to date!!
Sheridan on Bekker - Red Card and to be cited
BOD on Rossouw - Yellow card and to be cited
Paul O Connell on Juan Smith (strangeling) - Yellow to be cited
Was it croft that pushed JP after he touched down? Penalty
Who fell on habana after he touched down? Penalty
Shaw offside the whole time - penalty
BOD constantly off the ball stuff - penalty and to be spoken to. Should’ve received a yellow for continuing to start off the ball stuff. Then this would’ve been his 2nd yellow which means it turned into a RED!
O Gara on Du preez - Yellow
Mike Phillips - to be fined for his comments after the game about the ref. Hell, if Eddie Jones got nailed, who does this no name brand pommie trash thinks he is to get away with such words against the ref????
McGeecan - to be fired for being a sore looser!!!!
\"Absolutely brilliant well done Mellow Yellow this is the truest reflection on a game I have ever seen, well done lad!\". Howsit");
document.write("Mellow -Yellow (A No Brainer !!!)
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document.write("It is pretty obvious that you are a passionate \"Bok\" supporter. That is great but please don't write trash like this, thus letting all who read it to think that all Bok supporters are as brainless. After you ridiculous comments it would appear that you would like the Boks to take on a 7-sided opposition. Hello, go and smell the roses !!!. Paul");
document.write("Schalk
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document.write("What Schalk did on Sat was a disgrace, and for a moment I was embarassed to be South African. For me this was completely out of character because, however reckless he has been in the past, I cannot remember him being downright filthy. A deserved ban.
This said, I think that a lot of the OTT abuse in the above comments are unfair. What short memories some of you have! Just because his form is waning and a young pretender is stepping up, we forget what an asset he's been to SA rugby for so long.
For all of us who were so disgusted by his conduct on Saturday, I dare say nobody is more so than Schalk himself. To swear at him and call him all manner of racist names is ridiculous, and to suggest that he could EVER be replaced by someone as average as Luke Watson is crazy.
Show some perspective, people.. Grant");
document.write("Spot On Mellow Yellow!
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document.write("Hey mellow yellow you called it right! Even if 25% of those incidents had been properly reffed it would have evened things up on the Citing Lottery!. Mike ");
document.write("Sick-of-Schalk
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document.write("I agree ban him for life. Sick-of-Schalk");
document.write("Citings
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document.write("I agree with Mellow Yellow's comments, there were as many off the ball incidents being perpetrated by the Lions as there were by the Boks - they were trying to match us physically and weren't succeeding which is borne out by the number of their players who went off injured. Schalk deserves his 8 week suspension, what he did was absolutely stupid, Bakkies on the other hand was doing his job, cleaning out at ruck time as he's supposed to do. Maybe people should look at footage of the 74 Lions to see what dirty play was all about - it makes the current crop of players look like ballerinas - international rugby is a tough game played by very tough men who ask no quarter and give none. Go Bokke Go - Victory on Saturday at Ellis Park will go a long way to avenge for the smack we took in 74 both in the rugby and the fighting.. Robster");
document.write("iafrica.com
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document.write("When are we getting the report on the latest idiotic remark by the Springbok Coach speaking a load of CR&P about ballet, etc.???????????. BOERE SEUN");
document.write("schalk and bakkies ban
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document.write("seems all who are knowledgeable are in agreement--Schalk desreves it and should not have been playing, anyway, Bakkies did nothing wrong, and the tackle around Schalk's neck in obvious retaliation deserved a longer ban than the one Schalk got--I reckon it was 4 month's worth, and only because Schalk suffered no injury.. garth");
document.write("Sheritan & O'Driscoll not cited?
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document.write("Sheritan clearly tried gouging Bekker's \"one-eyed snake\" or he conducted a new version of the Nutcracker Suite seconds before the Habana try. O'Driscoll's tackle on Rossouw from an off-side position resulted in both being concussed - how was his play not dangerous? Both should have been cited for the exact same or similar reasons as Burger and Botha. I am not impressed by either side's attempts at intimidating the other - as a spectator I am interesrted in actual play instead of a series of sideshows resulting in one stoppage after the other. Let's hope the final test will be niggle-free.. Anton");
document.write("Disgrace
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document.write("He is a dumb stupid rope and should be banned from the game for life. He makes me ashamed tobe a South African and he is flippin ugly to boot!!!!!. sam");
document.write("sheriden
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document.write("they couldn't cite sheriden because then the lions would look the stormers team. uncontested scrums after 5 minutes. the boks asked for him to stay so the public paying R1140 for a dead grubber could get to see at least a half decent game. the boks also wanted to punish him themselves.. brendan");
document.write("Team for 3rd test
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document.write("15 f steyn, 14 JP pietersen, 13 W Olivier, 12 J Fourie, 11 Habana, 10 m steyn, 9 F du preez, 8 Kankowski, 7 P spies, 6 h brussouw, 5 v matfield, 4 a bekker, 3 j smit, 2 b du plessis, 1 beast
subs, j de villiers,r pienaar, g steenkamp, d carstens, p spies, l watson, c ralapela. Dan");
document.write("schalk
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document.write("I agree with grant all of the above have short memories about schalk,he is not a dirty player,he was unlucky and coach devilliers is right he should nevber have got a yellow card least of all a suspension,look carefully at the vidoe and the pictuire schalk has his back to the player and he didnt see him its more a case of the player behind putting his eye into schalks finger.as for the ref well he wasnt very keen on giving the final try even after asking for the replay.I say dont
blame and condemn schalks unyil you have had a second look,as for the canadian giving the
sentence what do they know abut rugby and they are some of the dirtiest players remember the peter hendriks incident. morrie");
document.write("Citing
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document.write("Did Sheridan get cited for punching Bekker in the groin? If not why not?. Kelly");
document.write("immature idiots
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document.write("Neither will be missed especially the overated Burger. Ban them for their childish and gutless behaviour.. Ray");
document.write("loose forwards - the problem area
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document.write("we do not have a fetcher and are merely accomadating the current loose forwards due to their reputations. Either play Brussouw or bring back Watson who was obviously left out for political reasons. . Greenpower ");
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