Harry Jones
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Scandal-handling + scandal-inducing globetrotting scrum poet + rugby fixer. @89combo + @LekkerRugbyPod
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A thread on the calmest close rivalry in rugby. The nice Green & Gold melon + ginger jam fest. Last time our Bokke went to Australia the first Test was in Adelaide. I was there
Nobody was aware of the game.
Here’s what 3 am looked like on the main street + my babalas morning
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If I had to guess which player will make the biggest difference in the last quarter, I’d say Ox. Just a gut feeling.
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“Scotland will win because our South Africans are better.”
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“The All Blacks stormed into yet another final with a try-fest as their star winger, and tournament leading try scorer, ran into a hat trick of tries against their hapless opposition. The Springboks, however, narrowly scraped through their rain-drenched semi-final, with a lone
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Six Irish lads in Nantes striving to find the apt analogy for their team. “Britney Spears in her prime.”
@TheRoarSports
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SA is one-point win specialists in world title championships
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The best way to win a massive rugby match is — in fact — to flutter a drop goal over with the clock in the red and quiet the madding crowd. So congratulations to a tough Irish team full of captains. Big win. But fuck my life that’s the most brutal way to lose it at home. Gutted.
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Tighthead! Old school! Bulls!
Against an all Ireland front five.
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Hullo, Coach Thor. I don’t know why teams kept kicking off into your sure hands and I don’t know how many times you stormed into the hole, three tacklers draped on you like a cape, but I loved it all. Late blooming, lion-hearted, dragon-slaying bedrock.
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The dancers will dance. But Bongi — even injured — must pick a scrumhalf up. In the DNA.
#RWC2023
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Did Durban take the highest toll on one team in the modern era? Two broken legs, severe HIA, a knee, a shoulder and a gallon of blood + PSDT’s PTSD? Felt like a B&I Lions Test.
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The audacity of a mark scrum. The ferocity of a tap try. The mindset of a goal from full range in the middle of a storm. The block heard around the world. The rip of a prop by a nine. The blessed last whistle.
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He is and forever will be in the pantheon of complete players: a rugby rock star, an angel in attack, two equal boots, and that rarest gift in sport - vision. RIP JPR and best wishes to his family and friends.
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Coldplay + Chvrches + Gipsy Kings in the Olympic Stadium of Barcelona
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Veteran move by proper power athlete who is as nimble as a 7. There’s no law forcing you to only handle a ball if you can catch it: you just have to hook it or pull it backwards or straight down. Ref in line called it backwards + TMO with all angles agreed. Big play by a boss.
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Legend
@VictorMatfield
always has time for chat + thumbs up. Good man + definitely will be on time for
#RSAvAUS
@ Loftus thx to
@British_Airways
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My rugby ode is out: make sure you are seated + have a drink at hand. Home away from home: Boks B2B in '23:
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Nothing diminishes the absolute brilliance of that 17-Test winning streak + how much this coaching team got so much from this group. Ireland (the team, pundits, fans) “made” the last 2 years of rugby astonishingly beautiful.
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I have a Sam Whitelock story. It's not dramatic. There's not picture of it. The morning of the Springboks Test against the All Blacks in Wellington in September of 2018 I went for a run by the sea. As I cooled off, I saw a really tall guy. It was Sam. He was pushing his kid on a
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They never, ever learn. The Kolbe Shuffle should be a national monument. In 3 countries. A moving statue.
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8/10. A good collar. Small. But noteworthy. The vertical ribbing will take 5 kg off the props. The slight shade change up and down in the rows evokes Amen Corner at Augusta. The gold cuff will show off the biceps. The ventilator strips are nipple height, helping refs see how high
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Lots of changes in strips to help our colour-blind friends but oddly … this is not an issue?
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In the rain at Twickenham in 2015, where we wept at the end, South Africa started the semifinal against the greatest All Black team in history, and ended up losing by two points, with this core: Malherbe-Etzebeth-Vermeulen-Pollard-de Allende-Kriel-le Roux.
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Do you remember waking too early? The porridge tasting like a scrum? The cold Kawasaki. The tog bag with just what you needed; no more. The smell of rubbed knees in the cloakroom. Your one mate who always upchucked. The clitter clatter of your boots on the polished red stoep. The
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How to Mako a scrum taco. Buffalo meat. Folded. Repeat.
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We met. Things were said. Then the Cup came back home. Causation or correlation? Just asking Qs.
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As we Chasing the Sun again, please consider my essay re Nelson Mandela’s plea that we find that sun, from the 2019 Rugby World Cup win by the Springboks:
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COLD PLUNGE DIARY: Just to reinforce extreme underdog downdoggie no-Am de-Polly un-Lood status of
@Springboks
in RWC2023. Moenie worry nie. Lucky just to be in the tournament. Nothing to see here. All Blacks + Irish + French boulevards ahead!
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@PlanetRugby
Funny old game. Messy. In the long run, pretty fair. In an imperfect way. WR: selective leaks bring disrepute on the game. Publish whole reviews or keep it all sealed. Do it right.
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After the Scotland match, Jesse Kriel tattling on Frans Malherbe to Schalk Burger for not offloading to him for the try. Frans had more line breaks than Duhan in the match.
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If rugby had a match as boring as England v Slovenia was, at least four task forces, eight law trials, a summit, and several amendments gutting a century of tradition and records would all ensue.
@89combo
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Has an entire country ever woken up 3 hours too early on a Sunday just to make sure they didn’t miss a moment of a moer? How sleepy is SA now?
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A thing I love:
@Springboks
announcing team earlier than anyone else for years + then leading into QF vs the anthemious hosts: suddenly deviating from that practice, after planning this move + swearing players + staff to secrecy
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The two best scrums were in the final match of the biggest tournament in 4 years. 3 of the front row who played said same thing to me: hardest they’d scrummed in ages; one: “maybe ever.” Scrums matter in Rugby Union. There’s a strange + terrible beauty to this heaving organism.
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All Blacks v Springboks one of the best rivalries in sport, not just rugby. Deep currents; clash of styles. Mutual respect. A senior partner (NZ) + upstart junior (SA) since 1990s. Spicy. No friendlies; yet friendly foes. To me, it always comes down to shape. Where and how the
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Fan(atics) we may be but rugby is anchored in family, club, village + school. My RWC 2023 final was spent next to part of the Mbonambi family (image used by permission of Stacy). Saddened by the early (serious) injury to the man of their house, but joyful for their team. Strong.
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France beat NZ in the scrum + in a match which should render a whole of pundits abashed + rethinking. (1) 84 kicks out of hand. Where was the “ball in hand” wave? That was never on + won’t be. FR played tournament rugby. (2) It’s all about fast rucks. Nah. Only 60-70 rucks or so
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Look who I ran into on the streets of Marseille!!!! Yes man!!! 🍺🍺🍺🍺
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G’bye Dublin, you mostly humble kings of rugby. Enjoy the Grand Slam crown. They all coming for you, now! 🍀
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See you in the final? (With a goal kicker). Good on you, Ireland. Tough grinding win.
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Pardon my rare foray into cricket and politics: may I merely observe that when you choose peace over principle, you tend to end up with neither.
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Stayed in the fight. Final say, hey? Manie you beauty.
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Nugget. A sniping sniper. A wee precious streak. A smallish slice. Hurler of striped bullets. Highland rebel. Shriek voiced giant killer. Coxswain of the clan. Prettiest pass of the century. Never lost in his mind. Aaron Smith, you silky nine.
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Work in progress. Multimedia. If you want to buy an original, my authorised agent is
@Ringo26
.
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Cameron Hanekom forcing his way into Bok picture for me. Fokken yster w serious athleticism + rugby IQ.
@LekkerRugbyPod
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Please consider my latest essay on the two head coaches contesting the Rugby World Cup's big trophy:
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“I got told I’ve got to learn Afrikaans in two years. I reckon I can get it down in a year. Daan Human said to me if I can learn one sentence every day.”
~ Jerry Flannery, Springbok defence coach
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Felix spitting facts with fire. This is kind of access needed to make a badass rugby doco.
@89combo
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Two scrums, two penalties won by Buffel Frans Malherbe over Ethan de Groot (Frans now +37 in scrum penalties over career).
#cornerstone
#bredasdorp
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“Laat ons ‘n fokken plan maak.” ~ Pieter-Steph du Toit (2023). Die plan was nie sleg nie, hey?
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France fucked up when they did this. It set in motion a long and certain arc of justice which came to fruition in the beautiful QF. Wasn’t about refs. It was about meat. You can take our money, you can take our dignity, but don’t take our damn biltong.
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@jaredwright17
Yes, baby. And let’s never forget what happened to numbers 1-3 administrators in the French cup planning group: convicted of corruption. But we supposed to just forget.
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Clock turned 60. Scrum on Bok 8. George popped. Next four scrums brought 10 SA points. Scrums matter. Same as it ever was.
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“When Harry Met Ox.”
What do you think happened?
They scrummed. Penalty TH.
Thanks
@SharksRugby
! See you all Saturday at
#OurStoep
🇿🇦
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If names are to be added, Wales should have every jersey emblazoned with JPR this 6N. And every man grow sideburns. Start a movement
@thepaulwilliams
@HuwGriffinRugby
@will_owen9
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MOTM Edwill excelled. Sacha quite superb. Fassi grew into the Test + ruled the air. BJD ok; overthought. Tough outing for Jordan. Decent first 2024 Test against tough but limited Wales.
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@RassieRugby
isn’t worried — he’s got a plan. You can just feel it in his eyes. Sorting things for
#RWC2023
hey!
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Please consider my latest essay about the Rugby World Cup; the Marseille Mugging. South Africa 18 Scotland 3. On
@TheRoarSports
.
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Rearming Bomb Squad in Adelaide airport w assist from cheeky Faf who is quite concerned about welfare of Nic White. More on this
@TheRoarSports
on Episodes 33 + 34 soon
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What were you doing 42 days ago? As the final whistle blew.
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Rugby tragic
@KavanaghCk
, 24 hours after her beloved team was ousted, was back in the saddle to see her second side blocked, and she took this brilliant photo of how it happened … good on you Kavanagh! Pure rugby you.
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When you score in that much space, help your new kicker.
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Rugby is trying to reach into every single land in the world but the chair of World Rugby does NOT use a giant WWII map to make it so.
@89combo
S1 E1 (“Cattle Across London Bridge” with
@BillBeaumont
) at + everywhere pods reside.
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Dricus tackle rate was 80% but a few of them was dominant so he pilfered the belt with his Kwagga style battle stats
@Oom_Rugby
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EXTREME WP-BIASED OVERREACTION ALERT!
- Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu will revolutionize Bok rugby.
- B-JD = PSDT’s rightful heir
That’s all.
@LekkerRugbyPod
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We broke free. Thus,
@BMcSport
+ I will bring you rugby with no borders and no regrets.
Our first new episode will drop on 13 February with the biggest guest any podcast ever had. I mean it.
By that time we hope to have a name. And a logo. And a tune. 89
#ComePlayWithUsAgain
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Hot sports opinion: four halfbacks in a squad is more against the spirit of rugby than seven bench forwards
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There is a case to be made that Deon Flipping Fourie was the World Player of the Year in an indie, cameo, off-brand curveball, real-rugby sense.
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A clamour to cut down on scrum time, scrum resets, and scrums, citing how good the game used to be, and bemoaning how scrums are a blight on the game. And yet … the number of scrums has dropped during the pro era to half of what it was (along with its set piece cousin, the LO).
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