The "House of Pleasure"

What a magnificent game! It seems the Pringboks have reclaimed their world no1 spot within a week owing to their dramatic victory over the AB at the now called 'house of pleasure' for the 1st time in almost a century.

Ricky the Hero. He won the game for the Boks following his fantastic solo effort try in what i would label, "The Momento Brillianto" of the game. His allround performance has somehow grown to consolidate his place in the team. Ricky, often criticised by some 'so called rugby intellects' showed why JW stuck with him even during his rough times. One person who is definately not happy about his brilliant performance is Fourie Du Preez, the incumbent Bok no9. He has to work extra hard hard to oust the ex-convict that escaped from Pollsmoor.

A sunday times paper has labelled the victory as a result of Jake White's game plan. Bull*&^%....absolutely bull@#$*. People should just give credit where it due and i think this time DiV got it right. For a coach to turn the team confidence from taking a drubbing in Wellington to a great victory at the so called 'house of pain' deserves a warm round of applause. JW failed in his 4 year helm as Bok coach (six macthes in NZ) but DiV did it his second test there to put his record to 4/5 test wins. The first coach to win at the House of Pain, the first to win in NZ in ten years. If you look closely in the at the records, there aint no reason to fish for records like, "first black coach to win this, or first black coach to win that...". Its all pure and legite records. Big up to DiV.

Now my worrying question is, Who is the 1st Bok Captain to win at the "house of pain"? John Smit is the Bok Captain but he never took part in that match. Matfield was given the reigns but yellow carded in the 71st minute when the Boks were losing 23-28. Then came 'captain my captain', Jean De Villiers to take over and immediately the Boks beat the ABs, with 14 men on the field. Jean deserves credit for calming the guys down and re-assuring them that they can win the game. So is it him or its Matfield? Its a tricky one.

Schalla was phenominal. That bloke plays so well that everyone seems to expect it and nothing seems unusual with his high work ethos. Its only when he plays an average game that they mention him on the papers. Luke Watson also came on in the dying minutes and he sparked the team from the back of the scrum and beautiful off-loads. Knowing him to be a great leader, he definately had a hand in calming the boys down.

Great win and sweet celebrations. Lets focus on Mat Giteau now.........

Cheers