Winning a Rugby World Cup goes a long way to cementing one’s place as a national hero, especially if you’ve managed to fell the freak that was Jonah Lomu in the process.

James Small certainly showed passion on the field and it looks like he takes the same approach to Twitter, his comments following our shock loss to Japan leaving little to the imagination. He wasn’t alone, of course, much of South Africa taking to social media to vent and mock the awful performance. Some of those tweets then…

So looks like Zane Kirchner and James won’t be exchanging birthday cards this year then. The former Bok winger did soften a little as the dust settled.

I suppose one positive to come out of all this is the fact that Japanese coach Eddie Jones has just been confirmed as the new top dog for the Stormers. If he can work such wonders with the Japanese surely he can get our lads playing a decent brand of rugby.

[source:sport24]