Boks sweat on Bakkies, Fourie

[pieter blackie]

Johannesburg - Springbok lock Bakkies Botha and centre Jaque Fourie sustained injuries in the Mandela Tribute Test at Coca-Cola Park on Saturday afternoon that could upset Springbok coach Peter de Villiers's planning for the three home Tri-Nations Tests on the following three Saturdays.

The Springbok won the Test 63-9, scoring nine tries after leading 14-9 at the break.

Fourie, selected for the Test against the advice of his provincial coach Eugene Eloff who felt he hadn't sufficiently recovered from a groin injury, made his first Test appearance of the year on Saturday, but left the field minutes later after an opponent's head crashed into his cheekbone as Fourie was trying to save a try.

Botha left the field with a knee injury. Fourie's injury was reported as a "confirmed fracture" shortly after he was replaced

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[pieter blackie]

if the second half is anything to go by, the All Blacks should be worried

[pieter blackie]

Boks embarrass the bajada

Cape Town - The Argentinian 'bajada' scrumming technique, of course, is supposed to be a thing of biomechanical, highly co-ordinated marvel and majesty.

South Africa stirringly attacked its very heart in Johannesburg on Saturday, a little like storming Fort Knox while the midnight shift snoozes, and suddenly found it wanting.

Systematically and determinedly stripping it of its legend, the Springboks' own cohesion and power at scrum-time - eureka, it's been such a long time coming! - gnawed away at the Pumas' egos in this department until they buckled into a whimpering, more widespread general heap. General heap? Well, yes... 63-9 and a nine-try-to-nil romp should tell you exactly that.

Indeed, the final ignominy, the symbolic running up of the white flag, came when supposed powerhouse loosehead Rodrigo Roncero got injured in the final quarter of the Madiba-honouring Test, thus becoming their second prop to succumb in this fashion and enforce uncontested (they used to be called something frightfully more politically incorrect) scrums ...article here

[jargan83]

All Blacks should pose a bit more resistance then the argies. Argies were utter crap in the 2nd half
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[lara93]

that was a good game....but the first 30min i thought the boks had no chance but after the first try was scored they got more confident and they played a lot better..but how unlucky was jaque fouries luck...on for about 4min and fractures his cheek

[Cowboy]

Is it possible to fracture your own cheek?

[lara93]

cheek bone

[Thequeerone]

How did our new prop Bismark go ?

[lara93]

bismark played really well...threw the line outs straight each time...didnt do any stupid stuff

[Thequeerone]

Good to hear

[force addict]

got a try didn't he?

[lara93]

he sure did...was a great try

[GIGS20]

Is it possible to fracture your own cheek?

Yep, you head but the runner's hip when attempting a front on tackle.


It's hardly his fault you got your head on the wrong side is it?

(in a side note, that's why I don't blame Sam Norton-Knight for the ugly head knock Git's took in the game in April.)

[force addict]

Yep, you head but the runner's hip when attempting a front on tackle.

Is it possible to fracture your own cheek?

keyword cheek.
the flappy skin on ur face.
cheekbone is the one u break

[lara93]

u cant break your cheek..it has to be the cheek bone
thats right fa!