Eddie expects backlash
15 Jun 2006
Springbok tighthead Eddie Andrews believes the Scottish front row will provide far tougher opposition in the second Test on Saturday.
Andrews scrummed well against Scotland’s Gavin Kerr in Durban, as the Boks dominated the set pieces and laid the foundation for a comprehensive 36-16 win.
Kerr is one of just four survivors in a new-look Scottish pack that hopes to provide more of a challenge for the Springbok forwards in PE.
“Every opponent you scrum against is tough,” Andrews told keo.co.za. “We simply cannot afford to underestimate the Scots, just because we did well against them last week.”
A lot has been said of Os du Randt’s dominance at scrum time, but people seem to forget the role Andrews plays in the Bok front row. The Stormers prop copped a fair bit of criticisim during the Super 14 this year, but was solid in his first Test outing.
However, Andrews knows his place in the starting XV is far from secure. Despite Jake White’s refutations of Cobus Visagie, the Saracens player has shown that he is a world-class scrummager. Free State prop CJ van der Linde has also been declared fit and will probably take the field as a replacement on Saturday.
The pressure is on, but Andrews regards it as a healthy situation for South African rugby.
“Traditionally, we’ve always been a strong side in the forwards, and we have always had very good props,” he said. “Because of this, there will always be pressure on the guys in the team to perform, but it is a good pressure, as it brings out the best in a player.”
Andrews will win his 18th Test cap on Saturday, but has yet to score a try. Does he have any fantasies about scoring from 50m out ala Richard Bands against the All Blacks at the House of Pain?
“Don’t worry about running 50m, just to get it over the line would be great,” he laughed. “I suppose it would be better to score with a forward pushover close to the line. But really, it doesn’t matter how I score it.”
By Jon Cardinelli
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15 Jun 2006, 13:27 pm
Village people…..?!?!?!?
15 Jun 2006, 13:27 pm
village people……….?!?!?!?!
15 Jun 2006, 13:28 pm
Hmmm,
Ha! Ha! Ha! Yeah, gonna head out for a typical Gatiep lunch of oily samoosa’s and extra sugar tea.
15 Jun 2006, 13:28 pm
village people…………….?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
15 Jun 2006, 13:28 pm
Lets move over to the mentoring Thread 169 posts.
15 Jun 2006, 13:29 pm
Just messing around about the Village People … icons of the *** brigade.
15 Jun 2006, 13:29 pm
Vinnie, you need to talk to your friend….
15 Jun 2006, 13:30 pm
post 106, my point exactly……icons for you.
15 Jun 2006, 13:32 pm
I cannot believe that and Indian lady is ok with your swinging which ever way…..I guess now your gonna try and sell to us that you’re so irresistible, bla, bla, bla…..
15 Jun 2006, 13:33 pm
Goeie middag Hmmm
15 Jun 2006, 13:39 pm
Eish !!! Looks like Steady Eddie is being treated like the ugly cuzzin … again !!!
Maybe we should all look at stats after the game to answer these “theories” going about our props …
Stats on :
* Scrumming ability
* Tighthead\Loosehead success
* Penalties conceded\Awarde
* Ruck\Maul\Break-down situations\assists
* Knock-ons
* Tackles – Missed and Made
* Meters Gained and Lost
* Turnovers conceded\made
* Lineout assists
All the stats a Prop should be doing.
Then maybe we can all base our arguments on some actual figures than just hearsay. Also .. give all the Players their due instead of just focusing on their mistakes.
Just a thought …
15 Jun 2006, 13:46 pm
sorry boys but BJ Botha is the business. Plus he is young.
As for Eddie I was impressed with him last weekend and I hope that is performance just like Danie “paklsae” Rossouw stays consistant, hell there is still room for improvement.
15 Jun 2006, 14:01 pm
This is the appie 2IC moderator.
Stay focussed. I want 5 more rugby comments by the time I come back.
15 Jun 2006, 14:02 pm
And no racist comments about Eddie.
15 Jun 2006, 14:10 pm
Eddie who?
15 Jun 2006, 14:27 pm
the only reason eddie scrummed well the w-end was cause he gave the opposite a bj… hell i coulda scrummed well against those loosers…
15 Jun 2006, 15:29 pm
wls,
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW ANY TIGHTHEAD IN SA SURVIVE AGAINST OS?!?!?!?!
15 Jun 2006, 15:37 pm
Stan,
First of all you have to understand the tighthead position. If you knew anything about the scrum you would know that when your playing Tighthead YOUR HOOKER AND LOOSEHEAD CAN DO NOTHING TO HELP YOU!!!!. The Loosehead is suported by the hooker not the tighthead. Secondly if you knew anything about scrumaging tacticks you would know that Eddie and B.J have what can be called “bullet proof tacticks”. Dont get me wrong, C.J is also a good scrumager. PLEASE REMIND ME OF ONE GAME IN THE GREEN AND GOLD THAT EDDIE LOST A SCRUMAGING BATTLE!. C.J LOST AGAINST GRAHAM ROWNTREE ( EDDIE SCRUMMED ROWNTREE) C.J LOST AGAINST SYLVIAN MARCONET, C.J LOST AGAINST TONY WOODKOCK, C.J LOST AGAINST DUNCAN JONES. IN THE STORMERS JERSEY EDDIE MIGHT BE YOUR AVERAGE PROP BUT IN THE GREEN AND GOLD HE IS THE BEST WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
15 Jun 2006, 15:46 pm
big g, you really are a big prick!!!
15 Jun 2006, 15:49 pm
When Eddie debuted for the boks he was the ONLY tight head who had played a decent super 12 out of all our pathetic efforts that year.
He was NOT a quota selection on debut. All white is doing is being consistent. I would like anyone to point out a game, for the springboks, that Eddie was found lacking. [Compare to Danie Roussouw who has had some shockers and keeps his place in the team!!!]
He also gets around the park and can cover loosehead. Nice player for Jake to have at his disposal.
15 Jun 2006, 15:54 pm
Veii
Caps locks on
15 Jun 2006, 16:02 pm
Os is the best prop in SA history. He has perfected the loosehead position. But you what makes a prop very usefull? If he can scrum on both sides with the same afectivity. SA has had few props who could do that. Robbie Kempson, Gary Pagel, Ollie Le Roux and now Eddie Andrews. Lawrence Sephaka can also scrum at Tighthead but he gets his arse wooped most of the time. Wessel Roux is a good Loosehead but he is also a very solid Tighthead. Eddie is very important in the team. He can play Tighthead and Loosehead if need be. Gurthro Steenkamp will get scrumed so hard that his belly button will pop out of his arse. B.J is also a great utility prop. Any prop looks better at Loosehead than he does at Tighthead. Loosehead is childsplay compared to Tighthead. If we want somone to replace Os, dont look for Gurthro, look for somone who has playd Tighthead at a high level. He will be so mutch stronger. Why do you think Kees Meeuws became sutch an efective Loosehead? it was becouse he had played Tighthead at test level. Get somone like B.J Botha,Wessel Roux, Lawrence Sephaka, Deon Carstens (with some serius help).
15 Jun 2006, 16:07 pm
Zero you are stupid. If you rate Steenkamp above Os and C.J above Visagie then you are the one who knows nothing about scrums!!!!!!!
15 Jun 2006, 16:15 pm
There is nothing on the tapes which I have replayed consistantly to support the opinion that Eddie isn’t a passanger and a liability. At TriNations the scruming is somewhat of a lesser importance but then the biggest downsides of poor Eddie are his lousy work rate, his faked rucking and faked, split second late on tackling the ball carriers.
Like my gardner boy he leaves the job for the weekend boy to complete!
15 Jun 2006, 16:20 pm
ja onlooker, we all know you a racist bigot. who gives a damn what you think?
15 Jun 2006, 16:20 pm
Yo Onlooker, criticise Danie “oops how did I miss him” Rossouw instead of harping on about non-white players.
15 Jun 2006, 16:22 pm
Captain John Smit, who again sat out training on Wednesday as a precaution for a thigh strain, singled tighthead prop Eddie Andrews out for praise as an unsung hero of South Africa’s performance.
“I think he had a phenomenal Super 14 which showed how much he has progressed. He hasn’t always had opportunities, but every time he’s played he has made an impact. Not enough is said about how much work he gets through because it’s not always seen. But you only have to look at him at training and the work he puts in to see why he is our tighthead.”
‘I think he had a phenomenal Super 14′
During the Super 14 Smit’s assessment of the No 3 was borne out by Stormers technical advisor Gary Gold, who said Andrews’s workrate at the rucks had often been phenomenal.
That didn’t stop Andrews having to live with the constant jibing that his place in the Bok side was as a quota selection and that rivals, notably Sharks No 3 BJ Botha, was more worthy of selection.
“I’ve never felt like a so-called quota selection, Andrews said on Wednesday. “At the same time I accept that criticism is part and parcel of being a Springbok. You just have to live with it.
“My job is not to run around the field, that’s for the wings and centres, and besides after every scrum you’re too tired for that. My job in the side when we’re not scrumming is to clean out the rucks and finish each game in the top five in this department.”
15 Jun 2006, 16:22 pm
captio should read.. back in province: Eddie expects back-stab..
15 Jun 2006, 16:25 pm
Ja, onlooker, looks like your “gardner boy” is the smart one – ******* you over week in and week out and you just keep on paying him.
15 Jun 2006, 17:01 pm
What eddie should expect is a backhand fat smack.
15 Jun 2006, 17:37 pm
I sometimes wonder if old Johnny Smit will say any old thing he’s told to say…
15 Jun 2006, 17:38 pm
I think John Smit will claim Russel Bennett as the most successful bok flyhalf if he is told to.
16 Jun 2006, 07:04 am
Stan #62 – utter bad taste (sies man)…this country is bad enough as it is without you needing to joke about it.
But I agree with your opinion about Mc – an absolute a#$%#$hole!!!
16 Jun 2006, 07:06 am
Predawn (#69)
You Dawn’s mom?
16 Jun 2006, 14:16 pm
HMMMM IS DIE DOFSTE OU WAT EK KEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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