Double standards?
Sometimes I love our country, so rich in irony and double standards, aptly displayed at Mt Eden Prison earlier this week when the convicted murderer of a 17 y.o. boy (killed in a Chubb security van) refused to travel from the prison to the Court of Appeal in a ... yes, Chubb security van over concerns for his safety.
So this wailing and gnashing of teeth over the weakened Bok side travelling to these parts is a bit mountain and molehill stuff isn't it? While most of the noise is emanating from the other side of the ditch, given our track record (not only in this year's Super 14, but end of season tours to the northern hemisphere), shouldn't we be hiding under our blanket and saying nowt?
Why is the Tri-Nations any different to the June and November test windows that have seen weakend sides for years? Why should we be so presumptious to criticise how another nation prepares for the World Cup and when it chooses to rest their players?
Actually, I think the Boks are being crafty. The biggest danger to a team's chances at RWC will be injury from now on - as the days to Sept 7 reduce, the more potential there is for a player to be unable to recover from any injury sustained. And, given the bashings the southern hemisphere sides give each other, it ain't the most stupidest decision I've seen.
Leave the Boks alone. Their right to do whatever they see fit to prepare for RWC. If you want to point the finger, point it at the greedy rugby unions and TV paymasters who schedule such bone-crunching test matches shortly before the RWC kicks off.
P.S. I still don't think we're going to get the Auld Mug. I still hope I'm wrong. Test preview tomorrow.
So this wailing and gnashing of teeth over the weakened Bok side travelling to these parts is a bit mountain and molehill stuff isn't it? While most of the noise is emanating from the other side of the ditch, given our track record (not only in this year's Super 14, but end of season tours to the northern hemisphere), shouldn't we be hiding under our blanket and saying nowt?
Why is the Tri-Nations any different to the June and November test windows that have seen weakend sides for years? Why should we be so presumptious to criticise how another nation prepares for the World Cup and when it chooses to rest their players?
Actually, I think the Boks are being crafty. The biggest danger to a team's chances at RWC will be injury from now on - as the days to Sept 7 reduce, the more potential there is for a player to be unable to recover from any injury sustained. And, given the bashings the southern hemisphere sides give each other, it ain't the most stupidest decision I've seen.
Leave the Boks alone. Their right to do whatever they see fit to prepare for RWC. If you want to point the finger, point it at the greedy rugby unions and TV paymasters who schedule such bone-crunching test matches shortly before the RWC kicks off.
P.S. I still don't think we're going to get the Auld Mug. I still hope I'm wrong. Test preview tomorrow.
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