And they call the BOKS a boring team!!!!!................

What is that age-old adage about the pot calling the kettle black?  Funny how it happens over and over, and in all different spheres.

The latest case is a humdinger.  The Kiwis and the Wallaby media accusing the World Champion Boks of playing boring kicking rugby.  Hmfff!!  I mean - have you EVER??  And do you know what the biggest irony is in all this?

The irony, my friends, is that if you look at the stats of the 2009 Tri Nations thus far, which team has scored the most tries?   The answer is going to shock you more than anything, especially if you are of similar opinion to the Australasians.  The ABs have scored 3 five-pointers in 4 games.  The Wallabies have crossed the line 3 times in 3 outings.  And........Wait for it..........Our "boring" Boks have amassed 4 tries in only 3 outings!!

So, I ask you in all sincerity (and with a fair amount of desperation!), why is it the Springboks that are being labelled with the "Boring Rugby" tag?
We've long believed that our Antipodean SANZAR comrades have a 'thing' about the Boks being ahead of the pack, and we all know how much they hate it when we steal a march on them - be it collectively OR individually.  But surely we could not have imagined that their jaundiced views would lead to such delusional behaviour as to accuse the leading try-scorers of playing the "boring" rugby in this year's edition of the Tri Nations.

Graham Henry has suggested that the laws of the game need to be looked at, to prevent what he refers to as "too much kicking".  He may have a point. Yet in last week's between the All Blacks and the Wallabies, there was more kicking than in the previous games involving the Boks.  Funny, that.......

Methinks there's a distinct air of desperate despondency and lack of idea and/or ability on the part of our 2 Tri Nations rivals to counter what the Springboks are now dishing up on the international stage, and in a frenetic effort to try and curb the Boks' undoubted ascendancy, both the Kiwis and the Aussies, via their adoring (yet frustrated) media, are exhausting all manner of means to try and persuade their fans, supporters - and indeed themselves - that the Boks are not playing exciting high quality test rugby.

What utter hogwash!!  An in-depth look at ALL the key statistics of this year's TNS, will demonstrate beyond any doubt that it is the Springbok team of Peter de Villiers and John Smit, that is dominating and leading in all aspects of the game.  Why, we even take the honours in the area in which we, in most if not all previous editions (I will concede), were the whipping boys before - discipline!!!

All in all, I am of the opinion that the wheels may finally be beginning to come off for the Australians and the New Zealanders, and they know it.  That is why they're trying to divert the attention of the media and fans away from themselves - by trying to suggest that it is the hugely-improved and dominant Boks that are the baddies in this year's edition.

Sorry boys, that aint gonna work anymore.  This time the problems are YOURS!!  Fair dinkum, mate.