philip jenningsthe mighty all blacks power on!
August 18th 2008 06:48
Am I the only one out there in rugby union land mightily impressed by the blacks showing against Rugby World Cup holders the Srpingboks?
Hope not!
This is a result that cannot go unnoticed. 19 nil at the Cape will have stunned the Boks, who are reportedly taking a hammering in the local press and must be giving poor old Boks fullback Percy Montgomery nightmares in what was supposed to be a fitting celebration of his 100th test.
Much is being written in official rugby circles about All Black captain Richie McCaw's brilliance at the breakdown and reading the play better than anyone on the field, reducing the Boks to a rabble. All hail!
Fine. All the Blacks need is McCaw not to be injured.
It should be noted that while McCaw spent three weeks on the sidelines injured the Blacks lost two tests to South Africa and Australia, the former at the House of Pain in Dunedin, supposedly the feared ground for all visiting sides.
Without discounting the finality of the weekend's stirring win at Newlands (and yes a precious away win), the Blacks need to prove themselves without having their genius in the side. So far without him, they've struggled to find a matchwinner despite the heroic input from Hurricanes captain Rodney Solialo and for mine the most outstanding hooker of the season, Hurricane Andrew Hore.
Hope not!
This is a result that cannot go unnoticed. 19 nil at the Cape will have stunned the Boks, who are reportedly taking a hammering in the local press and must be giving poor old Boks fullback Percy Montgomery nightmares in what was supposed to be a fitting celebration of his 100th test.
Much is being written in official rugby circles about All Black captain Richie McCaw's brilliance at the breakdown and reading the play better than anyone on the field, reducing the Boks to a rabble. All hail!
Fine. All the Blacks need is McCaw not to be injured.
It should be noted that while McCaw spent three weeks on the sidelines injured the Blacks lost two tests to South Africa and Australia, the former at the House of Pain in Dunedin, supposedly the feared ground for all visiting sides.
Without discounting the finality of the weekend's stirring win at Newlands (and yes a precious away win), the Blacks need to prove themselves without having their genius in the side. So far without him, they've struggled to find a matchwinner despite the heroic input from Hurricanes captain Rodney Solialo and for mine the most outstanding hooker of the season, Hurricane Andrew Hore.
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