Late Steyn penalty wins series for Springboks

What a cheap, evil and nasty person is Burger. His disgusting fingers in the eyes in the first minute of the game is still rankling with me. I assume that the SA rugby union will not have the balls to give the guy a punitive lesson. I am still so angry.

Schalk Burger should be banned from rugby for life!

Imagine for a moment if he'd successfully gouged out an eye ... is this the sort of person you'd support to represent your country? ... someone you'd want your son to regard as a hero? ... a real sportsman?

If I was Luke Fitzgerald I'd lay charges of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and have the maniac locked away.

In future I will not support any team in which he plays ... because such a team does not represent what I regard as sport.

Schalk Burger is basically stupid. His eye-gouging action cannot have been anything other than a pre-meditated act aimed at inflicting injury. Not only should he be warned off the rugby fields for life, but a charge of attempted grievous bodily injury ought to be made with the Police against him. An example ought to be made of him to show the impressionable schoolboys from similarly aggressive backgrounds that the clear line between fair play and street thuggery may not be crossed. A yellow card was a mere slap on the wrist. Sies on rugby.

The selectors need to get it right. Heinrich Brussow is currently the best flank, Morne Steyn is the better fly half and Ruan Pienaar should play full back where he is better suited. Schalk Burger hasn't played well all year and has probably done everyone a favour as he will most likely be sited. Jaque Fourie is the better centre at the moment as well.

Don't judge until the enquiry is over. They have equipment to verify what the linesman alleged he saw. If, indeed, Burger is guilty, no doubt he will miss at least next week's game but if not, he has been punished. He is not a cheap, evil and nasty person

Easy there Roger, just because he's a bit doff doesn't make him evil. He shouldn't have even been on the park in the first place. Maybe I watched a different game last weekend, but as soon as we were without a fetcher and the Lions got quality ball we were having to work a lot harder.
I think it's great that we won, but does vindicate my comments on the lack of understanding of the game by our coach/es. It seems we learnt nothing from last week.
1) we need a fetcher against these guys...
2) we need some-one to shore up the inside center channel - maybe Schalk was selected to do that but I would say give AD a rest and play Jaques.
3) horses for courses. Morne was the man for Loftus, possibly Zane Kirschner as well
4) hoofing the ball aimlessly up the middle of the field is getting tired and results in turnover possession. The occasional up n under works if you are going to have chasers but otherwise kick it the F*** out and use the territorial advantage to exert pressure on your opponents.