Boks should be weary of the English

In two weeks time the two time World Champions,the Springboks will be playing England in our own backyard and it wi;ll be Heyneke Meter's first match in charge of the three-time tri-nation champions. Under their new mentor, Lancaster England plays attacking, quick and running rugby and that was evident when they devastated and constantly broke the leaky defence lines of the Barbarians last Saturday in Twickenham Stadium. The English scored nine tries to convinclingly beat the Barbarians who only mamaged to cross the white chalk four times. The scoreline 59-26 suggested the true nature of the game in which the Mighty Roses of England dominated every aspect of inluding rucks, mauls and defensively.

-What should also intimidate the Boks is that Engalnd played a Barbarian side that was full of world-reknowned rugby stars such as Mills Muliaina of New Zealand who has represented his country on more than one hundred occassions, he is a gold medal winner of the IRB Rugby World Cup 2007 and he has won many tri-nation trophies and Bledisloe Cup with the All Blacks and he is a Super 14 finalist. The "Barbars" were captained by another colossus of the game in the form of John Smit who has one everything there is to win in rugby, yet they fell dismally short.

-The Springboks also lost key players to retirement from international rugby and are plying their trade all over the world. It would be intersting how the Springboks will take on such a confident English team and how Meyer will start his international career as he is a highly recommended man having led the Blue Bulls to both Super14 and Currie Cup champions.