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<blockquote data-quote="Horacito" data-source="post: 738166" data-attributes="member: 71745"><p>To think some ref has anything against your country is not racist, it is stupid. If you think you're going to lose because of the ref just don't watch the game. Saying that puts you in a position where if you win happens even against the ref, and if you lose it's the ref's fault. It's a childish game. </p><p></p><p>Also, questioning someone's ethical professional performance without personal insight of the man is despicable. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes I ask myself how many of you were props. I was one since I was 4 until had to retire do to hernias, and I was pretty decent, and every prop who has reached a certain level knows that you are trained from 17 years old to do exactly what Ayerza did to Koch the saturday. The specifical training of props consists exactly on that: neck movements, ways of pushing the opponent out of scrum, make it look like he colapsed the first row. I mean, that's your job. That's why your prime is from 30-36, that is the reason why Mario Ledesma was able to play a world cup at 38 over 26 AgustÃn Creevy. </p><p></p><p>The other day, Vincent Koch was owned by the best tighhead prop in the world. End of story. It's normal: he's a rookie and Ayerza is at his prime. And Ayerza has been doing the same since he took over Roncero, who was considerably better than him. Juan Figallo is an absolute genius because he was able to compete with Mealamu at age 23, and if you're props you'll realize he is the Mozart of scrum. </p><p></p><p>Props are the only reason Argentina, with a -40 or even 50 kg less than NZ and SA DESTROYED them last year. And they did it again this evening after two awful games. They can do it because they have a master of scrum like Mauro Reggiardo, who designed a new protocol based on the new rules, you can watch it on youtube. There has allways been an argentinian prop considered the best or one of the two best since the 90's: Reggiardo, Hassan, Roncero, Ledesma, Ayerza, Figallo. </p><p></p><p>What I mean to say: Ayerza didn't do anything any other prop in the history of rugby with half a brain, anything Os du Randt or John Smith didn't do their whole career. </p><p></p><p>Os du Randt: hero of mankind, leader of men and overall genius of the scrum. </p><p></p><p>The problem is another: today, apart from Bismarck, SA doesn't have any world class prop. The Beast is a peace of wood on the scrum, Janie has lost it, Adrian Strauss could be but he's sitting on the bench. Stop trying to play the Ayerza card, when all he just did was to prove how over everyone else on his position he is. El gordo was just to good for the kid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horacito, post: 738166, member: 71745"] To think some ref has anything against your country is not racist, it is stupid. If you think you're going to lose because of the ref just don't watch the game. Saying that puts you in a position where if you win happens even against the ref, and if you lose it's the ref's fault. It's a childish game. Also, questioning someone's ethical professional performance without personal insight of the man is despicable. Sometimes I ask myself how many of you were props. I was one since I was 4 until had to retire do to hernias, and I was pretty decent, and every prop who has reached a certain level knows that you are trained from 17 years old to do exactly what Ayerza did to Koch the saturday. The specifical training of props consists exactly on that: neck movements, ways of pushing the opponent out of scrum, make it look like he colapsed the first row. I mean, that's your job. That's why your prime is from 30-36, that is the reason why Mario Ledesma was able to play a world cup at 38 over 26 AgustÃn Creevy. The other day, Vincent Koch was owned by the best tighhead prop in the world. End of story. It's normal: he's a rookie and Ayerza is at his prime. And Ayerza has been doing the same since he took over Roncero, who was considerably better than him. Juan Figallo is an absolute genius because he was able to compete with Mealamu at age 23, and if you're props you'll realize he is the Mozart of scrum. Props are the only reason Argentina, with a -40 or even 50 kg less than NZ and SA DESTROYED them last year. And they did it again this evening after two awful games. They can do it because they have a master of scrum like Mauro Reggiardo, who designed a new protocol based on the new rules, you can watch it on youtube. There has allways been an argentinian prop considered the best or one of the two best since the 90's: Reggiardo, Hassan, Roncero, Ledesma, Ayerza, Figallo. What I mean to say: Ayerza didn't do anything any other prop in the history of rugby with half a brain, anything Os du Randt or John Smith didn't do their whole career. Os du Randt: hero of mankind, leader of men and overall genius of the scrum. The problem is another: today, apart from Bismarck, SA doesn't have any world class prop. The Beast is a peace of wood on the scrum, Janie has lost it, Adrian Strauss could be but he's sitting on the bench. Stop trying to play the Ayerza card, when all he just did was to prove how over everyone else on his position he is. El gordo was just to good for the kid. [/QUOTE]
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