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All that remains is the end of season tour for our Boks in 2006. They’ll play Ireland once and England twice. What a great chance to pick up some lucrative revenues and some sustained momentum as they head on into a World Cup year. This years Tri Nations was tough, we fought back nicely and the net result gained at the closing of this new extended version is that we learnt a hell of a lot about our selves as a team. We learnt that if we dig deep, we do indeed have the potential, yet at the end of the day, now realise that we still have a way to go before we can even think or dream of hoisting the William Web Ellis Trophy next year.

We should consider our selves lucky that we’ve been allowed this kind of testing ground to gauge our performance, yet we still manage to whinge and moan about too much rugby, too much travel, unfair draws etc …the usual gripes as we reflect on another Tri Nations gone by. 

What about the poor people?

The Argentinians play some passionate and phenomenal rugby! Everybody loves playing the Pumas! First and foremost they’re tough bastards. They play for themselves, they play for their team, they play for their country and they play for the pride they have for the shirts on their backs. They are one of the last remaining bastions of true sportsmanship, yet they are certainly no pushovers.

The tragedy however, is that year after year they pick up the festering scraps of the over burdened calenders of the ‘old boys club’. The New Zealanders, Australians and South Africans with their extended Tri Nations step out on a ‘limb’ in some pathetic form of charity to travel to, or host the Argentinians, who always give the three a run for their money, despite being unable to pay their players properly and using a depleted squad thats more often than not pillaged by the club scene in Europe.

This isolationism cannot continue! Argentina must be included for the sake of the game!

We all love the rugby world cups right - but how easy is it to pick the quarter finalists? Pathetically easy - and you know i’m right! It’s the same big guns almost every time!

Think of the football world cup - picking the quarter finalists is far more challenging and hence far more exciting and I believe this is a direct result of FIFA’s investment in football on a global level, equally through many years.

The IRB on the other hand is failing our sport and it’s this failure that will continue to keep sides like Argentina (and there are others - the Pacific Island Sides to signal out a few) in the dark ages and ensure that the ‘old boys club’ of the Tri Nations and Six Nations remain at the forefront of all the lucrative TV, revenue deals and the game time that is so crucial to reaching and maintaining a professional and internationally competitive level of rugby.

Despite being neglected - Argentina still manage to compete - imagine what they could do if they were brought in out of the cold?

Argentina 2007 Rugby World Champions? I think not!

But with a bit of luck and if the IRB would stop failing the sport… 2015 World Champions?

Now there’s a thought!

Enders

Well, well, well if it isn’t time for a bit of a laugh!

Not that anyone should be a Robbie Williams fan, but just say you are, then you’d probably be familiar with his hit song, “Worlds Most Handsome Man”.

The song begins with the following lyrics:

Hello. Did you miss me?
I know I’m hard to resist
Y’all can come and help me
Pick the sweet corn out of this
It’s hard to be humble
When you’re so fuckin’ big
Did you ever meet a sexier
Male chauvenist pig?

…and so in a rare attempt to put a face to this song…we give you… Andrew Walker - The Worlds Most Handsome Man!

Surely Robbie had this Handsome Australian Outbacker in mind when he wrote these lyrics?

Please Sinbin Readers… we beg you to create a caption for the picture above! It’s an absolute pearler and to good to waste…

Firstly let me apologize for the poor quality of the picture below, blame the guys tshirt365.com (Can’t believe I just helped punt an opposition website) How kak is their rugby version lately? Deadboring365.com springs to mind! Anyway, I have to hand it to these guys. They’ve designed a t-shirt with the logo on below that will no doubt cause much heated debate amongst many of the Bulls and anti-Luke-Watson fans.   

I thought I’d open up the debate once more.  Should Luke Watson be a Springbok?  Let us know by leaving your thoughts and comments below!                                   

                            Pick Luke Watson?

I happen to be a Luke Watson fan… Enders Out

So SARU has invited six former Springbok coaches and two development ‘specialists’ to meet with Jake White and brain storm around a table about how to rescue South African rugby. 

At the Sinbin we managed to get some exclusive insight into just what three of these ex-coaches are intending to bring to the table, should they accept the invitation. 

Rudolph Straeuli – (his thoughts were found scribbled in wax-crayon on the back of an army recruitment form)

“I can like to bring in three specially trained army guys to make discipline for these soft springboks. The reason they loosing is caus they’s soft. Surely the All Blacks wouldn’t flinch if 2hundred rounds of M16 free fire was to be emptied above their heads whilst lying naked in the mud? Of course not – vat is why they are number one. Note to self – make sure I don’t appear too excited and if asked for a name for my idea don’t mention Kamp’s or Staaldraads. Possible names if asked – Kamp Straeuli or Kamp Rudolph.”

Andre Markgraaff – (his thoughts were found doodled on a copy of Jake Whites contract)   

“My main objective must be to show up White and make him look stupid. Like it or not, I am in charge of rugby in South Africa, even though, not right now. Jake must toe my line now man! Note to self – “Must not refer to the blacks there, namely Eric Sauls and Zola Yeye as ‘kaffirs’. Well not while the microphone is on anyway!!”  

Nick Mallett – (Notes taken from his unpublished memoirs he intends publishing once he’s taken over the IRB)

“Have been invited to attend a meeting with former coaches and the current coach Jake White. Surely I am the most important person there? My main recommendation would be that I chair the meeting. Must maintain a voice that can be heard in the Sport Science Spin Cycle Class on the ground floor. My other main objective was originally to walk out the room having been re-instated as Springbok Coach, but I now see a chance to be made “Director of Everything”. My advice to Jake would be to publicly humiliate any Springbok who has a shocker! It’s the only way to boost a player!”

 

 

Beast (your favourite cynic) and the Sinbin (your favorite 10 minutes) have teamed up to for the most important interview you will EVER read, maybe. But probably not, but his expose was so groundbreaking and revealing, that these two champions have decided to syndicate future collaborations in a Parkinsonesque show. Their new talk show – Beastenders – will debut next month on BBC.   Anywhoo… This is their exclusive interview with one of the scariest men alive. Former SARFU boss, Brian van Rooyen.                                     

Sinbin/Enders: Morning Brian! 

Athletes sometimes resort to violence, in hopes of injuring and intimidating opponents. An example of such a pre-arranged strategy was the 99-call used by Willie John McBride’s 1974 British Lions. (See SARugby.com’s column The 99-Call)

View the battle of Boet Erasmus Stadium, one of the most violent in rugby history and a direct result of JPR Williams literally running from the other side of the pitch and launching himself into an unsuspecting Bok after a 99-Call.

The Sinbin and Youtube exclusively bring you our sister code, Rugby League’s biggest hits. Put the kids to bed and tell the Mrs to dim the lights, because there’s no love lost in this clip! Big Hits

Luke Watson is deadlier than Chuck Norris. He’s had more media exposure than the Hoff. Apart from being a phenomenal rugby player and the single force attributed by many to Western Provinces current form blitz on the Currie Cup, Luke Watson is fast becoming the most written about man in the South African media.

                                                   Even the photographer shat himself!   

A day does not go by on this site, and on all our inferior competitors and alternative forms of media publications, that Watsongate is not smeared in your face. Jake White and his selectors simply refuse to select this phenomenon, BUT – little do they know…

Some Luke Watson Facts

I had the privilege of turning some steaks with a handful of very knowledgeable rugby minds this Saturday after the Boks narrowly lost to Australia. Here are some of the questions that circulated…

• Who thinks Jake should have subbed off Fourie du Preez and brought on Enrique Eglesius Januarie early on in the second half?
• What about Monty? Wasn’t he looking buggered in the second half? Should Jake have subbed in Drop-kick van der Westhuizen?
• Why is Eddie Andrews in the squad when Cobus Visagie is clearly a better option?
• Should we not have moved Smit to losehead and brought onsome Sweet Chilly?
• Does anybody still agree that Brent Russell is still the most potent attacking force in world rugby?
• Sollomon Tybilika tried hard and he’s a beaut, but isn’t Luke Watson still the answer?
• Who thinks Jake will play Watson during the home leg of the Tri-Nations?
• Should we watch the game again on Top Sport and then turn it off with 5 minutes to go and settle for the win?
• Where’s my beer?

Who should lay claim to the greatest winger in recent All Black history?

Some genius put together this compilation of clips featuring both of these tremendous athletes in action. It features the bulldozing antics of big Jonah and the blinding pace of Joe Roc.

Who’s the greatest? You decide!

Joe vs Jonah