1 JD
2 Britz
3 Fullard
4 Skeat
5 Brits
6 Watson
7 Melk
8 Pieter Louw
9 De Kock
10 Naas Olivier
11 Ryland
12 Peter Grant
13 Seconds
14 Booi
15 Joe Pieterson (after Britz, he was made the best attacking/positive impact for the Stormers and less of a negative impact i.e. missed tackles than Nokwe, Chavanga and Benjamin)

Not bad side????

CFB, you do have very valid points with regards spotting home grown talent.

It was most interesting to notice how few non white players were in the various cape schools teams that played in the festivals over the easter weekend. Why is this?

You will notice that in KZN most of the schools, much like schools in the EC, have spotted promising black talent and offered them sports burseries. Why are non of the so called “elite” cape schools not doing the same?

Furthermore, does WP even have an academy, like the Sharks do? If they do, who is running it? Because he needs to be fired.

Paul made into senior rugby quicker than Ruan.

Paul played for the Cats 2 years ago and did not do to well.

If memory serves correct he also played for Stormers last season. His form or lack thereof lost him his place.

Another example is Januarie (who is not white), he played for the Lions the season after they won the u/21 champs and the rest is history. The only difference, Januarie was able to made the step up to the next level, Paul failed in that.

I said this before, not all players that perform at school level have what it takes to be a great in senior rugby.

Ek is seker jy het ook gecomplain so paar jaar terug toe die Bulls die grootse grap op ‘n rugbyveld was.

Well said, my friend. I too am a very loyal WP and
Stormers supporter. However, we all reach a stage where we get “gatvol”. I have seen absolutely no change since Mr.Mallett has been in charge.

As for the local talent. What does it tell the local boys, when WP lures 6 Fijian players to CT, and now wanted Barritt as well. Why must we always snub other province’s home-grown talent.

In my opinion, CT has the most rugby talent available than any other province in the country, yet our so-called “talent-scouts” ( if we have any ), can’t seen to find these talents.

Has anyone asked the coach + his support team what was going on last sat.Have your cape papers not interviewed this guy and asked the qustions.

How was it possible that a talented side like the STORMERS could contrive to play like a “bad” school boy side.The passes were ludicrous & why did they not take easy penalty kicks for goal, to make it more difficult for the BULLS — this is one question I would liked answered from the management of the STORMERS.

They rolled over and played dead in front of their LOYAL supporters and someone should pay for this.

Mr Mallett last year after the Stormers humiliating defeat at the hands of the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld, you vowed that we will never see a repeat of that again. At least not while you are the Director. Well sir this past Saturday’s defeat was worse. The scoreboard might not reflect it, but you must take the following facts into consideration.
1. The game was played at Newlands.
2. The Bulls of 2006 is not as strong as the class of 2005. In the pack alone, they have lost Leonard, Lensing and Bands.
3. You are now the Director of Rugby, something the Stormers of 2005 did not have. You were in fact at pains to tell everyone that you did not have any input into the running of the team then. Gert and Carel were responsible.

You spoke on Capetalk radio before this year’s campaign and explained to the supporters not to have unrealistic expectations, but to be assured that they will see a team who will die for the cause. Unfortunately Mr Mallett, that was not evident on the park this past Super 14 season.
You also signed players in the areas you believed the team to be vulnerable. I can think of at least 3 tight forwards whom you signed. Not 1 of those players played for the Stormers in the Super 14. Is that an indication that you signed the wrong players? If the answer is yes, it tells me your talent identification skills are not what many believe it to be.
Mr Malllett you recently went to Fiji to go look at bringing players to WP. Why are you not going to ares like Mitchells Plain, Langa, Khayelitsha and Manenberg to go look for talent? I am sure the guys there might have just as much talent as Doug Wheatley, Duimpie Theron and Attie Winter. The 3 tight forwards you invested in.
I am a passionate supporter of WP and Stormers rugby but I don’t believe you are the man to turn things around for us. You will say it is a process and it takes time. So tell me sir, why after 2 years in the job at Liverpool footbal club, have Rafa Benitez managed to win 2 major trophies? He also said it would take time, but he has delivered.
I urge you to do the honourable thing and admit that you have failed in your role and resign.

Regards
A very disgruntled supporter

But CFB , you are quite correct – he should be developing local talent as evidenced by the Sharks academy who are churning out the talent . Watch hooker “Tyson” Jenneker – no relation to Pagad – coloured lighty who was found in Newlands East the coloured township bordering Kwa Mashu and brought to DHS who are developing many of Natal’s rugby stars today – much in the same way that DHS produced the most springbok cricketers ever , BA Richards , TL Goddard , Gamsy , Wesley etc .

It would be interesting however , how politicians would rate black islanders who Mallett was recruiting . Tonderai was regarded as black / quota , but hails from Rhodesia . It therefore follows that mixed race polynesians from the islands should be regarded the same . If Nic Mullett fielded 6 or 7 or them next year this would prove to be an interesting dilemma for the overpaid and overweight ANC politicians .