THE FINAL WHISTLE
MARK KEOHANE: Time to stop insulting our rugby intelligence with lame excuses wearing thin
‘Take what is adaptable from the New Zealand game and marry it to strengths within the South African game. Find some bloody rugby intelligence’
Mediocrity is being given muscle because excuses continue to be found in SA’s Super Rugby defeats. Front up SA. And then, just perhaps, a fix will follow. If not prepare for more flat-lining. Certain coaches are not good enough and certain players simply aren’t good enough. It is insanity to do the same old same old every weekend and expect a different result. South Africans also have to stop blaming defeat on youthfulness and inexperience. The Bulls team that provided SA rugby’s greatest embarrassment at the weekend contained six recent Springboks. The Bulls were playing at home against opposition whose team included fewer All Blacks than Boks and many youngsters experiencing on first tour in SA. Inexperience and youthfulness should never be offered as an excuse when such inexperience and youth combine with old hands for a total of 15 players. The Bulls are in crisis and have been for some time.Changes have to be made or the union should simply refund the paying public and give the...
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