Keo & Zels: Red-faced Rassie will relish a Boklash

With the Rugby Championship title on the line after a frustrating loss in Argentina, expect Rassie to charge up the Boks for a big response.

[corcaigh]

Ox playing 65 mins in that heat and at that level - legend

[AdinoHaetzni]

Keo's knowledge, Zels' insights and analogies; together with lots of laughs. Probably the greatest rugby show in the world. Boks by 10 believer.

[gisela]

I am Argentine, I live in Buenos Aires, I am a Boks fan, I didnt went to Santiago del Estero because is too far and expensive from here. On Saturday I had a mix of feelings. 💔🇦🇷🇿🇦I still can't believe the result.🫣. By the way the music and the accent are more Mexican than Argentinian.😂Beyond that, thank you for your words.🫶🏻

[trevormclean-anderson]

My wife and I were fortunate to fly to São Paulo direct from Cape Town and then onto Buenos Aires last week. We stayed in Palermo and ate red meat for three days before we transferred to Santiago del Estero on Friday. Expecting it to be Argentina Bloem - it’s actually more like Lusaka. We were a bit bang to put our jerseys on too early, so about three hours before the game and after a couple GNTs we made the plunge. As soon as we donned our jerseys we were seen. (In a good way) we were treated like celebrities by all the local fans who wanted to swap caps, jerseys, take photos. The gees outside the stadium was insane. Think CT, Durban, Loftus combined - we managed to smash a quick 4 beers in the hour before the game. No queuing - and for proper fresh draft beer. That was lucky and a saving grace - as the gins were making us very talkative. Inside the ground the atmosphere was amazing. The crowd have such an effect on the state of play. We silenced them for the first 15-20 - I reckon if we didn’t get that yellow and put a little daylight between us, it could have been a different story. The Argies went ballistic on the final whistle but were very gracious. And still wanted pictures with Bok supporters all the way home.

[kalebrawlins]

A friend and I had the privilege to watch the game in Santiago. Absolutely incredible experience with some really vocal supporters. Probably the only springbok fans in our section and we made our voices heard. Stadium would go dead quite after the Bokke would score and then go absolutely mad when los pumas scored.
Absolute incredible experience I’ll never forget. Argentina definitely the better side on the day and with the home support they dominated in attack.
Looking forward to the game in Nelspruit.

[ThePretender]

I'm actually backing what you say 100% Zelz, it's not being negative, it's facts.

[mazibukomail]

The episode we've all been waiting for.

[Matt-bgwg]

Salmaan did not show us he deserves to be captain, sadly.

[macgyverthegreat]

One of the best chats you guys have done. Just full of juicy insights - brilliantly articulated! Ya, I always thought that losing Nienaber was a massive blow for us. Our defense has always been 'our thing'...I just hope that our defensive system is not being compromised by Tonyball that much (along with wrecking our usual, dependable game plan). Having said that, we did stop the ABs from scoring a try in the Cape Town game. Also great point about our core WC winning players being a cut above the rest. As an audience, we often get too carried away with the new shiny players coming through, maybe forgetting how those core players are the Real McCoy.

[bruno]

Hey! Coment from Argentina! We are very proud of the team but also very confident in the tools, coaches and players that we have. Contemponi is showing little signals of being a good coach and most of our players are playing in very good teams all over europe. We have the tools and a good leader. We can continue improving.
Very nice program and thanks for considering the argentinian audience

[mickgibson]

The heart of this team has been together for years - DDA, Eben, Siya, Frans, Cheslin, PSDT, and was nurtured by Jacques and Rassie. We took the heart out of this team for that game in Argentina. And have been missing Jacques more than we'd like to admit. The question is where will the new heart of the bokke come from? I'm not sure the current approach is working. We are moving away from our DNA.

[neilweedon]

To quote Naas Botha, "Pick your kicker and then form the team around him."

[David-mrf]

That staring pack looked gassed, only Ox and Nortje stood out

[davidroseitg]

This was by far the best I have ever seen you guys, been fascinated throughout and feel you guys are on it big time! Thank you ..

[AnthonySteinghart]

A moment of appreciation for Zel’s level headed take on the result, blooding new players and he’s analysis of the average age for the Boks come the next World Cup. Credit where it’s due, you’ve taken a different perspective on this whilst everyone else is losing their rag.

[cs-wildcam]

Thanks gents! Couple of great points with the long term plans and current tactics.. but, , when the kick is 38m just off the right hand upright basically in front of the stix and you are trusted with the kicking duties in the Springbok jersey
You HAVE to slot it when the game is on the line despite the pressure!

[choccymilk]

I am tired of "stealing" wins. Trying to snatch victory from the Jaws of defeat, 1 point wins etc. I want to feel like my team is the better team on the field, and when we win, we deserve to win. I don't know what needs to change, but our defense this year has been terrible. Sincerely... A Salty South African

[HUH-Se-wat]

Let us not forget that at 65 minutes he missed touch from a penalty award. Instead of a lineout 10 mtrs out, we had a defensive scrum in line with his kick. He just does not have BMT, he also did not setup any great plays, instead he ran sideways to the touchline cramping our backline and allowing Argentina to easily cover us.

[LizlvanderWesthuizen]

Fantastic show as always👏 Analysis and insights are spot on. Watching weekly here in Canada 🇨🇦 Boks by 10 in Nelspruit 💪💚

[mbackup]

Great podcast. I wish we had something like this in Argentina (there might be one here, but the algorithm doesn't show it to me).
Btw, minute 14, it's like imitating an Australian using an American (US) accent. Guitars and that accent are more Mexican than Argentine.