{"id":330247,"date":"2026-08-18T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/?p=330247"},"modified":"2026-08-18T17:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:23:18","slug":"greatest-rivalry-kirwan-se-wolhaarstorie-oor-rassie-skop-die-bal-heeltemal-mis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/greatest-rivalry-kirwan-se-wolhaarstorie-oor-rassie-skop-die-bal-heeltemal-mis\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatest Rivalry: Kirwan se wolhaarstorie oor Rassie skop die bal heeltemal mis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All Blacks-ikoon John Kirwan het met \u2019n taamlik vreemde mening vorendag gekom oor Nieu-Seeland se opwarmingswedstryde teen Suid-Afrikaanse rugbyunies tydens die <em>Greatest Rivalry<\/em>-toer, en eerlikwaar, dit skiet op verskeie vlakke tekort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die besoekers het hul voorbereidingswedstryde met voorspelbare oorheersing deurgekom: \u2019n taai 38-21-oorwinning oor die Stormers, waarin laat drie\u00eb die telling ietwat gevlei het; \u2019n omvattende 54-0-vernietiging van \u2019n jeugdige Sharks-span; en \u2019n gesaghebbende 50-19-sege oor die Bulls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maar eerder as om die voor die hand liggende konteks te erken, het Kirwan \u2019n samesweringsteorie opgedis wat selfs die mees ywerige rugbyforum-deelnemer sou laat bloos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rassie&amp;apos;s Masterplan: Why The All Blacks Have Seen Nothing Yet\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pmBI0_W1upE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirwan het op die <em>Rugby Rivals<\/em>-podsending, saam met Springbok-legende Victor Matfield, beweer dat Rassie Erasmus \u2019n uitgebreide misleidingsplan orkestreer het deur doelbewus Springbokspelers terug te hou en taktiese instruksies aan die franchise-afrigters te gee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEk dink daar is \u2019n bietjie van \u2019n samesweringsteorie daar buite,\u201d het Kirwan erken, voordat hy homself onmiddellik daarop toegel\u00ea het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRassie het vir daardie provinsiale spanne ges\u00ea om glad nie soos die Springbokke te speel nie. Ons het nie eens ho\u00eb skoppe gesien nie. Ons het nie eens skoppe na die hoek of baie dryfmaalbewegings gesien nie. Daar is geen ooreenkoms met wat ons verwag nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wat Kirwan gerieflik nalaat om te vermeld, nie eens een keer nie, is dat al drie Suid-Afrikaanse franchises diep in hul voorseisoenvoorbereiding is. Revolusion\u00eare insig, regtig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nog vreemder is dat Kirwan, nadat hy die Springbok-breintrust gekritiseer het, toe erken het dat hy presies dieselfde sou doen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDit is nogal jammer vir die verhouding en vir die toer. Ek verstaan dit; ek sou presies dieselfde doen as ek Rassie was en nie die spelers vrygestel het nie,\u201d het hy toegegee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaar ek dink dit is \u2019n bietjie teleurstellend vir die Suid-Afrikaanse publiek, want hulle daag nie op om dit te kyk nie. Mense kom om \u2019n skouspel te sien.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/default-3.webp\" alt=\"Oud-All Black John Kirwan. \" class=\"wp-image-330301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/default-3.webp 650w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/default-3-300x198.webp 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/default-3-600x397.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oud-All Black John Kirwan. Foto: Warren Little\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-hy-mis-die-punt-heeltemal\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hy mis die punt heeltemal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dit is hier waar Kirwan die Suid-Afrikaanse rugbypsige fundamenteel verkeerd lees. Die plaaslike publiek weet presies wat hy wil h\u00ea: \u2019n Springbok-reeksoorwinning oor die All Blacks. Punt. Dit is die enigste skouspel wat werklik saak maak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sy kommentaar voer die narratief wat uit Nieu-Seeland kom, naamlik dat die All Blacks die morele bewaarders van rugby is, die beskermers van hoe die spel \u201cbehoort\u201d gespeel te word, terwyl almal anders skynbaar lesse in vermaak nodig het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dit is \u2019n ingesteldheid wat nie tred hou met die moderne spel se taktiese diversiteit nie. Rugby bied ruimte vir verskillende speelstyle, en wanneer die eerste toets Saterdag op Ellispark afskop, sal ons \u2019n ware botsing van uiteenlopende benaderings sien. Soos dit hoort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D\u00e1n hou die praatjies op en begin die ware skouspel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Blacks-ikoon John Kirwan het met \u2019n taamlik vreemde mening vorendag gekom oor Nieu-Seeland se opwarmingswedstryde teen Suid-Afrikaanse rugbyunies tydens die Greatest Rivalry-toer, en eerlikwaar, dit skiet op verskeie vlakke tekort. Die besoekers het hul voorbereidingswedstryde met voorspelbare oorheersing deurgekom: \u2019n taai 38-21-oorwinning oor die Stormers, waarin laat drie\u00eb die telling ietwat gevlei het; \u2019n [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":330301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"author_byline":"Craig Taylor","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[15970,17637,15591,15819,15577],"class_list":["post-330247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-all-blacks","tag-greatest-rivalry","tag-sport","tag-springbokke","tag-top"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Greatest Rivalry: Kirwan se wolhaarstorie oor Rassie skop die bal heeltemal mis | Die Papier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/greatest-rivalry-kirwan-se-wolhaarstorie-oor-rassie-skop-die-bal-heeltemal-mis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"af_ZA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Greatest Rivalry: Kirwan se wolhaarstorie oor Rassie skop die bal heeltemal mis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"All Blacks-ikoon John Kirwan het met \u2019n taamlik vreemde mening vorendag gekom oor Nieu-Seeland se opwarmingswedstryde teen Suid-Afrikaanse rugbyunies tydens die Greatest Rivalry-toer, en eerlikwaar, dit skiet op verskeie vlakke tekort. 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