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SOUTH AFRICA COACHIf Springbok Coach Peter de Villiers did not believe in the Friday 13th myth, I am sure he does now.
First the French botched the rendition of our national anthem, then the Springboks lost to France 20-13 – all on Friday 13.


De Villiers was quoted in the media saying the French deserved their win in Toulouse, but said he was was angry with the poor singing of the
anthem.
I am sure many in the crowed must have thought they were watching a Pop Idols audition as the singer intermittently paused and seemed to search his memory for the words.
De Villiers said says getting a palooka of a singer to render South Africa’s national anthem was disrespect of the highest order by the French.

“They didn’t get somebody there who really knows (it) and show
any respect to it. We expect people to show respect for our anthem
… we expect everybody else to show the respect to the anthem of
any other country,” he fumed.

Now Boks lock Victor Matfield wants to use that as an excuse for losing saying the players were so shocked and angered that they lost concentration.

He said the national anthem was “something that really
fires you up because you know you are playing for your country.”

If the French did it on purpose, which I suspect they did, their mind game plan worked like a bomb.

Wait until the french comes to play in south of A, and we will render their national anthem in Xitsonga and make up our own words. We will get Leon Schuster to sing it wearing his Mr Bones costume. Or better yet, get our “shoot to kill” cops to sing in while fidgeting with their guns. That would show them.

Maybe even Chomee could be pursuaded to perfrom it as a remix to her popular song Sika Lekhekhe and Arthur Mafokate  would deal with the lyrics.

 

One of our readers, Dukeboy, says we should play them The Beatles song “all you need is love” becaus it sounds like the French national anthem and that would piss them off.

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Dion

November 14, 2009 at 11:43 am

The anthem was bad, but playing 20 min with 14 men cost us the game. Plus who was JP throwing in to exactly? I only saw 3 Frenchmen there?

 

Master Debator

November 14, 2009 at 1:23 pm

Boks are ordinary and 1 dimensional.yawn.

 

xavier

November 14, 2009 at 1:36 pm

Hello I am French I was for the match in Toulouse yesterday evening. I am ashamed because we respect South Africans and their hymn a lot. We do not have deliberately, this singer is a speechless swindler

 

Guillaume (France)

November 14, 2009 at 7:14 pm

Let’s be serious ! I cannot imagine that the French staff deliberately messed up the anthem and disrespected the whole South Africa nation for the only purpose of winning a rugby match. In the world of rugby we all share the same values of respect before all.

Sure it is a (big) mistake and you can complain about it, but it is certainly not a strategy or a plan. Sorry for that….

 

fabrice

November 14, 2009 at 9:20 pm

The singer was suggested by SA ambassador, so French are for nothing.

 

Patrice

November 15, 2009 at 1:04 pm

I am French as well, it was a travesty, but do not blame us we had nothing to do with it. This man was suggested by South Africain Ambassador in France.

 

Antoine

November 15, 2009 at 1:07 pm

Regardless my south african friends, mais il faut admettre que c’était drôle, no?

 

Abdul Milazi

November 15, 2009 at 1:25 pm

Je consens mon ami. le c’était très drôle. mon chat peut chanter mieux que cela

 

Paul

November 16, 2009 at 7:04 am

Even as a South African I could see this coming.
The Boks were a stage for some exceptional players. As these players leave, the bok star dims.
The “team” itself has no imagination!

 

JOHN PE

November 16, 2009 at 9:26 am

What a disgusting performance of our National Anthem by Ras Dumisani. Now I can understand why Cele says, “Shoot to Kill”.

John

 

KGF

November 16, 2009 at 10:39 am

I do believe that no matter who suggests or picks the singer, there should be a recording of the artist performing the anthem submitted for approval prior to the match. So yes, all parties are to blame. On the rugby, France did their homework, firstly by knowing what to do when Wayne Barnes is reffing (Scrum time etc.) and secondly by doinbg everything at pace and using short passes and inside passes to keep the ball away from the Bok forwards. We won the TN and the Lions tour because our opposition tried to out muscle us. Well done France, but we are still world champs and we’ll be waiting for you next time you come here :)

 

Dan the trailer man

November 16, 2009 at 11:54 am

Dit was nie snaaks nie. Dis afgryslik. Maar ek dink nie die Franse kan geblameer word as ons ambassador se kry die ou om te sing nie? Ons is die wereld kampioene in Rugby, dit kan tog nie ons die game laat verloor nie? Klink soos n verskoning…

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