No need to panic
10 Jul 2006
Golden Lions president Prof Jannie Ferreira is not preparing to hit the panic button just yet.
Under new coach Eugene Eloff, the Lions showed some promise in their first two Absa Currie Cup encounters, but the wheels came off on Saturday as Rassie Erasmus’s Cheetahs tore them to pieces. The Cheetahs won 59-5 and scored eight tries to one, with the visitors having to wait until the 60th minute to trouble the scorers.
The Lions now languish at the bottom of the eight team log, with a solitary point from their first three outings, a situation that is unacceptable for one of the richest unions in the country.
They find themselves behind so-called “smaller unions” such as the Valke, Griquas and the Pumas, but admittedly have played three tough matches against the Sharks, Blue Bulls and Cheetahs. The situation needs to be rectified immediately. A loss to the Valke on Friday could be the last straw.
“I want to see the reports first before I push any panic buttons,” Ferreira told keo.co.za. “Although it is a young team and we are building for the future, the manner of the defeat is simply unacceptable.”
Ferreira admitted Friday night’s game against the Valke at Ellis Park was a “must win game”.
“The Valke are a tough team to beat and they will be on high after getting their first win of the campaign at the weekend.” The Valke beat Griquas 23-8 thanks to three tries in the final quarter of the match.
Frans Ludeke refused to comment. He was shifted to the position of director of rugby following the conclusion of the Vodacom Super 14, but today said that was not true. “I have no comment. I will not speak about another coach at the union. I had my time and that is that.”
When pressed for an answer given that he was the Lions director of coaching, Ludeke said: “My role at the union is to improve myself and concentrate on schools and club rugby. I have never taken up that position.”
Lions CEO, Andy Turner, was unavailable for comment.
By Andrew Hollely
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10 Jul 2006, 12:20 pm
Hehehe Hmmmmmmm – i reckon Earl needs to be at 15, and Jody looked a shite load better than his bro’
Quite simply – the Lions need to find a spine and quickly
10 Jul 2006, 12:22 pm
And they want to increase the capacity…..it already looks empty…….?!?!?!?
Ellis Park Stadium will host one of the semi-finals of the 2010 Football World Cup, for which its capacity will be upgraded by another 10,000 to create a total of 70,000 seats. New upper tiers will be added behind each of the goals, to the north and south of the stadium.
10 Jul 2006, 12:25 pm
What happened to Nel Fourie, he was not the greatest but a hell of allot better than the two roses but together wearing the no 10……will leave it to themselves to choose which is the one and which the zero
10 Jul 2006, 12:27 pm
Ig, 15 might be Earl’s best position, but he is not even close to be in the same league as that Ludik guy currently at no 15……
10 Jul 2006, 12:31 pm
Ernst Joubert
The centre very promising !
but he’s no
Quintin Davids
AKA The Great Hard Man QD (TGHM QD)
Postion: Lock
Height: 2.00m
Weight: 117kg
WAAAAAATTTCCCCSSSHHHOOOOUTTTT !!!!!!!
10 Jul 2006, 12:49 pm
Poll on the Lions Web Site…..LOL
How do you think the Lions are going to perform in the ABSA Currie Cup?
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Very Good: 47%
Good: 14%
Bad: 39%
10 Jul 2006, 12:54 pm
Ig,
Ellis is fine as a stadium,Not the Best in the World, but there are few competitors with Newlands for that hoour.
10 Jul 2006, 12:58 pm
Its the RED one Jannie, if you colour blind like me, the LEFT one as you sit in your chair!
PS You guys think he can follow simple instructions like this?
10 Jul 2006, 13:36 pm
To think that Ferreira has been given the task to work out the road ahead of SA rugby … the man with the plan they say …
Fasten your seatbelts people, we’re in for a really rough ride. That’s if the engine starts …
10 Jul 2006, 13:39 pm
When the Valke start to “target” you, Jannie, it’s time to frikken panic
10 Jul 2006, 14:01 pm
its the RED one Jannie!!!
10 Jul 2006, 14:13 pm
Koos, he will never push the red one as it is the eject button. Someone will have to push it for him. Somone like the sponsors.
10 Jul 2006, 14:30 pm
If I had Zapiro’s cartooning abilities I would draw these two busses next to each other on a rocky road. One with Ludeke behind the wheel and the other with Eloff behind the wheel. Ludeke’s bus has developed enigine problems and is moving at a very slow speed. The passengers (the GLRU players and officials) are all rushing off Ludeke’s slow moving delapidated bus (jumping out of windows and doors) to get onto Eloff’s brand new bus standing next to the road …
… only to discover that the new bus’s engine will not start at all. The driver – sweating profusely – promises that once his bus gets going it will go like a rocket.
11 Jul 2006, 10:46 am
LOL! So when will they panic….if they lose 100-0 to the Falcons?
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