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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BokMagic" data-source="post: 116908">Hey, easy there fella. The international season hasn`t even started yet for us SH blokes. And in a RWC year, everything else takes a back seat to the world cup. The tri-nations and the Super 14 are definately ranked way below what will happen in November in Paris.Anyway, yes I`ve heard all the talk of the Boks now suddenly being RWC favourites due to the all-SA final in the S14. This is utter bullshit, by the way. By the same reckoning, England will be joint-favourites due to 2 English teams contesting the HC final.While I`m naturally stoked by the success of our S14 sides, you need to remember- neither the Boks, AB`s or the Wallabies played a single S14 match as a unit. And for the record- I actually think that the resting/reconditioning of the Chosen 22 by Graham Henry was a masterstroke. Remember that November is still a long way off, and your blokes will get to the RWC with effectively 2 months less rugby than anybody else. This will help your guys to be in peak condition by November. I for one would have loved Jake White to have had the same luxury.While I fully agree that the resting has certainly helped the SA sides to get the top 2 positions on the log, and home semi`s, I would have preferred for our players to have been put into position to be at the top of their game for November.Hey, easy there fella. The international season hasn`t even started yet for us SH blokes. And in a RWC year, everything else takes a back seat to the world cup. The tri-nations and the Super 14 are definately ranked way below what will happen in November in Paris.Anyway, yes I`ve heard all the talk of the Boks now suddenly being RWC favourites due to the all-SA final in the S14. This is utter bullshit, by the way. By the same reckoning, England will be joint-favourites due to 2 English teams contesting the HC final.While I`m naturally stoked by the success of our S14 sides, you need to remember- neither the Boks, AB`s or the Wallabies played a single S14 match as a unit. And for the record- I actually think that the resting/reconditioning of the Chosen 22 by Graham Henry was a masterstroke. Remember that November is still a long way off, and your blokes will get to the RWC with effectively 2 months less rugby than anybody else. This will help your guys to be in peak condition by November. I for one would have loved Jake White to have had the same luxury.While I fully agree that the resting has certainly helped the SA sides to get the top 2 positions on the log, and home semi`s, I would have preferred for our players to have been put into position to be at the top of their game for November.</blockquote>

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