Smith's Crew in SA

[ElwoodBlues1]

Well Ackerman is a Saffie cricketer, did he have to say about du Plessis and Rabada?

I think you underestimate the Saffies.

I've two friends both who have played rugby for SA, they live and breath sledging stuff far more than any Aussie I've ever talked to! When their sons played footy with my boy I've had to ask them, and their wives, for some restraint at junior matches. I put it down to growing up in the SA, a fairly harsh environment living in compounds behind razor ribbon, where a moments hesitation can cost your life!

I think it's quite wrong to claim they would only be retaliating to this stuff, or by inference that they have a better moral compass.

Think Warner has Faf and Rabada covered in terms of being disliked, not sure you would get too many arguments about a more hated player..Kohli would be in 2nd place.
I dont underestimate the Saffies, they have been hard nosed competitors since Aubrey Faulkner peeled off 204 at the MCG, Warner made it clear the gloves were off before he landed in SA and that he was going to
sledge them silly, think I heard Aaron Finch on MMM say that team meetings in the Aus dressing room included who to sledge, what to say etc, doesnt mean SA dont do same but my point is that we go in every test with sledging as a tactic and have to expect one day that we will get it back with interest. For sure the Saffies dish it out too and the whole country got onboard with the Sonny Bill Williams masks but it doesnt seem to matter where you look...David Warner is in the middle of most of the action.