Spears clawed
22 Jan 2006
Life has not improved much for the Spears in a week. Hammered by the Cheetahs 48-0, the Spears were on the receiving end again in their friendly against the Cats.
The Cats lead 24-5 at halftime, but only managed one more try in the second half, as opposed to two Spears penalties, to win 29-11.
The Spears will no doubt talk this one up … only an 18 point loss against an experimental Cats team.
The pre-tournament warm-ups are pretty meaningless when it comes to scores, given the nature of the matches and the line-ups that are played.
The established teams use it as a trial to test certain combinations and certain first phase plays.
No doubt, Pieter de Villiers (coach of the Spears), will have found some comfort in a scoreline that was not an embarrassment.
His opposite Frans Ludeke would not even give the scoreline a consideration. It is why one team is playing in the Super 14 and the other will be cannon fodder in the Currie Cup this season.
7 Comments
22 Jan 2006, 19:55 pm
spears will struggle in currie cup. They need money to buy good players.
23 Jan 2006, 04:07 am
Even with money though, there are few good players out of contract in SA at the moment
23 Jan 2006, 08:50 am
Jy kan nie verwag dat ‘n span wat net vir ‘n jaar saam speel in ‘n toernooi soos die currie beker, enige impak gaan maak in die S14 nie.
Die spears moet nog so ‘n paar jaar saam speel, dan kan daar miskien iets van kom
23 Jan 2006, 11:17 am
who scored for the spears? how did their flyhalf-Dollie play? anyone see the game?
23 Jan 2006, 11:34 am
Dollie’s general play was okay but he missed a couple of penalties and a conversion in the first half.
Cats backline must improve their tactical kicking because their kicking skills were sub-par
23 Jan 2006, 11:54 am
Can they buy Matt Dunning?
25 Jan 2006, 09:58 am
Brrrrrr…… : -)
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