Jacques Bezuidenhout

Slavery is the next thing to hell

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@amelia_tweetz Most of these guys would have saved 4 years to do this trip. Many prob will also not be able to do another tour. They are building memories with their best friends, while they are young enough to do it

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@KelRo736 @Seancology 😂😂

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@girlfrommarsza Apparently it didnt really count 😂😂😂. Same as loss to Arg earlier this year didnt count

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@rhinostove @Brendennel 😂😂 he will actually do really well in club rugby in today's culture. Today there is a lot more emphasis on building teams, which he excelled at as Bok coach. Rugby in general is a lot less conservative & much more accepting of mavericks than was case when he was in limelight

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@jim_demps Going from "The Boss" French style to the central committee leader is not something he will be able to handle - from what i can see about him on TV

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@jim_demps Leinster is a career side-step for him imo. He has autonomy over signings & selection in Top 14. Moving to the IRFU system means central contracts, play time rules, "allowed game plan" rules & heavy politics. Going from "the boss" to a committee leader sounds like nightmare.

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@CaptSpringbok If Damian or Fassi is picked, then you dont really have 2nd playmaker option. Fascinating game of chess to put a rugby team together

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@CaptSpringbok Interesting: Manie+Grant = strong attack + speed + rapid recycling. Grant+Vusi = development for world cup (most attack plays of Nr 9 then), Embrose+Pollard: pragmatic, heavy forward-based plan, Manie+Cobus: more control compared to Manie-Grant combo

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@T2Rugby Good skills!!!

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@Debsam1760 How do these guys afford travelling all over USA on a 6 week holiday at time when prices are at their peak??? 😂😂😂😂 a flight from Boston to Miami isnt cheap 😂😂😂

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

The good news off course is that the ceiling for South Africa and eventually West Africa is still incredibly high. Once they get to position where +80% of kids have access to sport facilities & training, then they will begin to do really well

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

Watching the World Cup and Olympics always leaves me with a dreaded "what-if" seeing how NZ, Aus, Norway, etc perform far above their relative population size. Their reality is govt ensuring middle class kids have access to world-class training infrastructure.

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

Norway (pop 5.6 mil) has 300k kids in formal soccer setups; Senegal (pop 20 mil) has 100k. Sadly, South Africa mirrors the USA model: govt passes 100% of sports development reponsibility to sports unions and private schools. This is why RSA will always be limited outside rugby

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@jim_demps To me he seems like the ultimate politician, not the CEO leadership type who seeks to drive perf and measures himself against outcomes 😁. Just does enough to survive another day.

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@Slipcatch Gonna get killed for saying this but here it goes...looking at the names, if you take away Rassie & Tony as coaches, then this is a 60% win rate team & not a 80% win rate team. The power of best-in-class coaching is incredible

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@FearF63615 @ThembaRumbu Stadium also gets a share of ticket sales usually (outside their base fee...which was prob in region of 500 000 Rands for this match)

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@FearF63615 @ThembaRumbu The costs ultimately is meant to come out of ticket sales & tv rights. At 5 000 pounds per player for only match fees, costs can escalate quickly add.

[Emir🇸🇪 @EmirCTID]

The Iraqi player couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw Haaland😭

[ThePugFather @_ThePugFather]

Anybody that has had some of this splash onto their hand before surely knows what molten volcanic lava feels like? 🤔 🌽

[Jacques Bezuidenhout @JacquesBezuide9]

@Lloydbhudda As far as I can tell, a lot of senior Bok players (Matfield, Smith, Siya, Pollard, etc.) have struggled in France. Guess its like moving from CEO role in your last company to individual contributer with no power and no say in your next company. It doesnt fit.