Frikkie ready for challenge
22 Jun 2006
Blue Bulls centre Frikkie Welsh will not hold back from his usual abrasive style now he is captain.
And while it might get him into trouble, Welsh refuses to hold back just because he is wearing the captain’s armband. In fact, those who know Welsh will not be surprised if he does not put in an extra effort against the Falcons at Loftus Versfeld tomorrow night.
Welsh is regarded as one of the hard men of the game, often getting himself into difficult situations in the heat of the moment. But on Friday night, Welsh will lead the Bulls in their opening Absa Currie Cup match against the Falcons and would be forgiven for tempering his approach.
“No way am I going to change my style,” he told keo.co.za. “I want to be a captain that leads from the front and to do that I will go out and play my usual game.”
Welsh last captained a team at school (he attended Kanonkop High School in Middleburg), when he was skipper of every age-group team he represented, but since then he has not had the added burden of leadership.
“Although as a senior player I’m expected to contribute at the Bulls, I have had no experience since school. It will be a great challenge and I’m honoured to have been given the chance.”
“Filling the boots of Anton (Leonard) and Victor (Matfield) will not be easy, but Heyneke and I have chatted about the game and I’m really looking forward to it,” he said.
The combative midfielder leads a team missing as many as 27 players against a Falcons team that has just won the Vodacom Cup. The result is far from a foregone conclusion says Welsh.
“The Falcons are a good team and know how to win. They also have a good coaching staff in John Williams, Krynauw Otto and Deon Oosthuizen. We will have to work hard for our win.”
By Andrew Hollely
23 Comments
22 Jun 2006, 11:35 am
First i hope
Bulls will get a beating on there first outing in the CC this year
22 Jun 2006, 11:36 am
Can’t wait to see what the teams look like for this weekends games. I hope we will see any CC rugby this weekend.
22 Jun 2006, 11:49 am
I hope the Bulls see their arse!!!!!!!!
22 Jun 2006, 11:52 am
bigg,
why?
22 Jun 2006, 11:55 am
BULLS are going to wipe the floor with the falcons
22 Jun 2006, 11:55 am
ahhh all the anti-bulls flapping there gums year after year and still there little teams lose against the mighty bulls.
22 Jun 2006, 12:05 pm
Ja Drunk, and they seem to be growing, this is the problem with single celled organisms, They multiply rather rapidly.
22 Jun 2006, 12:08 pm
bluecap,
LOL
22 Jun 2006, 12:14 pm
frikkie is a boere thug. doesnt have what it takes to captain a CC team.
22 Jun 2006, 12:15 pm
wpw,
maar hy kan tackle!!!
22 Jun 2006, 12:21 pm
Ja, and that boere thug is gonna thug his way right through these other mickey mouse teams all CC long. Boere Thug to hold up the Cup first.
22 Jun 2006, 12:22 pm
bluecap,
verseker
22 Jun 2006, 12:35 pm
Ek sien net blou….
22 Jun 2006, 12:53 pm
drunken munkey,
no no no my friend tis the lions that are going to be mighty
22 Jun 2006, 13:04 pm
Now this is stupid remarks from the Captain who is supposed to be the most responsible and disciplined player in the team. Does he understand that he can cost his team to play 14 against 15 if he continues to behave like he did in VC early this year when he was engajed in a brawl and got suspended?
22 Jun 2006, 13:23 pm
Drunkmonkey,
I love you
22 Jun 2006, 13:44 pm
Hallo
22 Jun 2006, 13:53 pm
welsh is a kak huis
22 Jun 2006, 13:57 pm
Teen wie speel die Rioolbore hierdie naweek?
22 Jun 2006, 13:58 pm
wpw, hier is iets vir jou:
The devil goes to Cape Town, meets Gatiep and asks: “Do you know who I am?”
Gatiep replies: ” Nei man. Djy’s nie vannie kaap nie, give me a hint.”
The devil says : “I’m the prince of darkness.”
Gatiep exclaims: “Ooh, djy’s ‘n bigshot by Eskom!”
22 Jun 2006, 14:39 pm
kudu
jys n dr#l, mar baie snaaks op jou tyd!
22 Jun 2006, 14:39 pm
Xzibit
cool naam
22 Jun 2006, 17:58 pm
I have a friend that calls his ***** ‘frikkie’.
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