Podium...

South African did something far more remarkable on Wednesday night than set a record score against the hapless Namibian RWC07 side. I only got round to watching the highlights of the 4th tier union match up yesterday and was utterly appalled.

Somewhat worrying (for all non Springbok supporters like myself that is) was the realization of South African rugby players at how effective a properly run dummy runner's angle can be. Thanks Eddie Jones, you just gave the dumb +100kg bonehead green runners an actual line skill that makes them threatening. Eddie Jones has been to the SA attack what the USA was to North Korean nuclear warfare effort.

However, vastly more worrying was the new kit sported by the Springboks. For years the Namibians have been the infamous holders of the most feared accolade in World Rugby: The Ugliest Socks Award. Their blue stockings with green, red and yellow hoops would mesmerize opposition defenders leaving them strewn in the wake of Namibian ball runners clutching their stomachs in a vain attempt to stop kotching.


Step aside Namibia, the only title you have in World Rugby has been stripped from you. Step up the Springboks.

I have scoured the internet. I looked at every single google hit I swear and couldn't find a picture of them, since SA has only played in the strip once and well it's too embarrassing to admit they wear them. Eventually I found the above picture on a turkish website. I swear to God. Turkish!

Green tubes with this weird gold patch on your calf muscle? They look like a team of little gold dots running around... It's terrible...