Funny how transformation is "risky" until the safe team is 14 points down at the break. Rassie had 16 players of colour in the squad and trusted six of them in Paris. How did the safe option go? πΏπ¦π«π·β¨#ScrumAtMe#Springboks#France#NationsChampionship
Two Black African players in the whole 23. TWO. The captain and the loosehead. In 2026. And people want to act shocked that the team looked like it was missing something.
SA Rugby promised 12 by 2019. Paris got 6.
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17 white players in the 23 and we were 21β7 down at half-time. Sixteen players of colour on tour and ten of them watched from the stands. Tell me again this was the best team available. πΏπ¦β¨#ScrumAtMe#Springboks#France#NationsChampionship
"Pick on merit," they said. Merit just lost to France by two. Maybe merit needs to look at who it left in a tracksuit. π
6 of 23. That's the number. Count it yourself.
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Siya said "once the whistle goes, then it's game time" and I ran through a wall. πΏπ¦π«π·β¨The captain's been calm all week and that's what scares me for France. Friday the 13th at Stade de France can't come fast enough.β¨#Springboks#France#NationsChampionship
I'm just saying. When the Boks win, nobody wants to talk about the 73.9%. Now they've lost by two with the same 73.9%, and suddenly it's "not the time." It's exactly the time. π
Play the players you left out, Rassie.
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We are not saying the count lost the game. A win would not have fixed it either. Our count from the team sheet, not an SA Rugby audit. Every name and the full workings: The France article is live: https://t.co/AwzzFU9Rhs
I'm just saying. When the Boks win, nobody wants to talk about the 73.9%. Now they've lost by two with the same 73.9%, and suddenly it's "not the time." It's exactly the time. π
Play the players you left out, Rassie.
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A GREAT SPRINGBOK TEAM. A GREAT CAPTAIN. AN UNFINISHED PROMISE. πΏπ¦π«π·
Siya Kolisi led the Boks into Paris and lost by two, 21β19. Behind him, 6 of the 23 were Generic Black players.
SA Rugby's own target needed 12. This team is exactly halfway.
One defeat gets fixed by next Saturday. How long does the transformation targets one take?
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South Africa will spend this week on the lineout, the first half and the bench. Fair enough, 21β7 down at the break deserves questions. But the country reviews a two-point loss inside 48 hours and has let a 23.9-point gap run for seven years.
Nobody here is saying drop a single player from this 23. We are saying a great team and an unmet target can be the same team, and somebody at SA Rugby should explain how.
Our classification count, not an SA Rugby audit. The full race report: The France article is live: https://t.co/d80yz105Br
A GREAT SPRINGBOK TEAM. A GREAT CAPTAIN. AN UNFINISHED PROMISE. πΏπ¦π«π·
Siya Kolisi led the Boks into Paris and lost by two, 21β19. Behind him, 6 of the 23 were Generic Black players.
SA Rugby's own target needed 12. This team is exactly halfway.
One defeat gets fixed by next Saturday. How long does the transformation targets one take?
#ScrumAtMe #Springboks #France #SiyaKolisi #NationsChampionship