Moller to make tighthead move
14 Jan 2010
JD Moller will be utilised as a tighthead in the 2010 Super 14 despite playing most of his career at loosehead.
The Stormers have battled to find a quality No 3 and will rely heavily on the solid but unspectacular Brok Harris in the coming season. Springbok Brian Mujati was the incumbent last season, but has since moved to Northampton. A quick scan through the squad suggests there’s not much cover in terms of experienced specialists.
Head coach Allister Coetzee told keo.co.za on Monday that it was a concern, but tempered that statement by pointing to the shift of Moller to the right-hand side of the scrum, a move he believes will be successful.
Wicus Blaauw and JC Kritzinger will concentrate on loosehead this season, and the Stormers will also have Argentinean recruit Eusebio Guinazu as a tighthead option.
The Stormers will field a young and experienced combination against UCT this Saturday in Riebeck West. The practice match will be played in chukkas and Coetzee will ensure that all 25 players in the named squad get a run.
The exercise will also see new signings Fabian Juries and Lionel Cronje getting their first run in the Stormers set up.
Stormers - Fabian Juries, JJ Engelbrecht, Frikkie Welsh, Paul Bosch, Sireli Naqelevuki, Lionel Cronje, Bolla Conradie, Pieter Louw, Hilton Lobberts, Pieter Myburgh, Anton van Zyl, Rynhardt Elstadt, JD Moller, Callie Visagie, JC Kritzinger.
Subs: Sydney Tobias, Hein van der Merwe, Eucebo Guinaza, Martin Muller, Conraad Britz, Jacque Potgieter, Louis Shreuder, Jurgen Visser, Stokkies Hanekom, Johan Sadie.
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14 Jan 2010, 17:42 pm
Glad to see Johan Sadie there (albeit on the bench), as I said last year, this youngster will become a star !!
14 Jan 2010, 18:59 pm
I thought Sirellis’ contract expired next month. Don’t tell me they’ve given him a new one?
14 Jan 2010, 19:02 pm
Who are all of these no-name-brands? And all this has-beens. I am disappointed in this squad I mean we are talking about the Stormers not some EC Mickey Mouse team.
Rassie needs to be reprimanded for this.
The no-name-brands,
JJ Engelbrecht
Paul Bosch
Lionel Cronje
Rynhardt Elstadt
Callie Visagie
The has-beens
Fabian Juries
Frikkie Welsh
Bolla Conradie
Anton van Zyl
14 Jan 2010, 19:04 pm
@David: good point I will add him to the has-been list.
btw what ever happened to that other big wing Koster? will he ever play at the highest level again or did WP ruin this one too?
14 Jan 2010, 19:11 pm
@RedLion:
He’s recovering from injury. I think he’ll be fit in about a couple of weeks or so.
14 Jan 2010, 19:13 pm
@David: I hope AC keeps him on the wing … we need something big to stop Banaham in the final of RWC 2011.
14 Jan 2010, 19:15 pm
@RedLion: if he doesnt breakdown again this year he,ll probably make the EOYT squad
14 Jan 2010, 19:21 pm
As promised, Sireli is now added to the has-beens list.
Fabian Juries
Frikkie Welsh
Bolla Conradie
Anton van Zyl
Sireli Naqelevuki
14 Jan 2010, 20:04 pm
@redlion i think you will find a lot more no name and has beens in the lions squad.
Anton van Zyl a has been? I dont think so. JJ engelbrecht is also an exciting you prospect.
Thats just my opinion.
14 Jan 2010, 20:11 pm
@JJK: hmmmm, If you recall it was Anton van Zyl who could not catch a ball at line out time just a year ago in the S14, he was badly exposed. As a lock he lacks height big time. Schalk is taller than him … oh it is true.
So if the WP think that they got some some kind of a good lock in van Zyl think again.
p.s. we have Lombaard the next Bakkies Botha.
14 Jan 2010, 20:23 pm
@redlion. I will have to check out this lombaard guy. We definately
need another bakkies in the springbok setup. Dont think bakkies will last past
rwc 2011. For Wp , i like bekker. I see they are using him in the bacline after a few phases to try and
create something with his pace and skills. Expecially against props as defenders.
Hope fondse will do the hardwork. Wp need a good hardworking lock.
14 Jan 2010, 20:25 pm
@RedLion: 1.93m both he and Schalla
He is a journeyman, returning to Cape Town where he belongs
The Lions must be back on another 3 year plan, I guess. What will this seasons excuses be?
14 Jan 2010, 20:28 pm
@JJK: Bakkies and Matfield can easily last for many more years
Simon Shaw is getting signed for another 2 years with Wasps, he will be 37 this year and Pelous from France was 40 when he retired
If SA Rugby can manage players better then our players will be able to last for longer as well instead of playing every game every year
14 Jan 2010, 20:34 pm
Sir Relly Naqalavuki
14 Jan 2010, 20:35 pm
Any prop with a modicum of intelligence should be able to handle LH or TH positions. Just need 5-6 games to settle in. It’s been done before with success. Actually an advantage if you’ve played both positions.
14 Jan 2010, 20:38 pm
Brian Mujati is another mystery.
He was doing so well in 2008, was selected even for the Boks but faded heavily afterwards.
Always felt that he was a promising player.
14 Jan 2010, 20:42 pm
@JimT: Jim you, me and Spooner had a very long debate on this.
At the time your opnion was that this was very very difficult and only accomplished by a few guys – Noriega, CJ and I can’t remember who else.
The discussion revolved around technique and aptitude.
14 Jan 2010, 20:43 pm
@JL1: no excuses, we have no Boks, no superstars and really no-one expects the Lions to perform. But we have 30 grafters and a great coaching staff aided by the King Carlos who will do well and surprise many.
@Sheriff: Mujati picked up what I like to call WP mountain fever. It affects successful Lions players who become Boks who make the mistake of moving to the WP. I can list dozens of players who picked up this sickness in the Cape never to recover.
14 Jan 2010, 20:51 pm
@SodaJoe: Hi Soda, Spooner was last heard of in Sydney for New Years Eve…..Having a blast!!
14 Jan 2010, 20:52 pm
@JimT: Jimbo…..Whats occuring?
14 Jan 2010, 21:43 pm
I hate it when they move players… can’t we just buy somebody?
14 Jan 2010, 21:45 pm
@SpringbokSarah: yeah…..me too….stupid …rarely works.
14 Jan 2010, 21:52 pm
@grant10: The way I figure, they’ve been coached from school level for that position… why move them?
14 Jan 2010, 21:53 pm
Johannesburg – A man was found breaking into a house through its roof in Laudium, west of Pretoria on Thursday, said police.
“He was found removing tiles from the roof, trying to gain access to the house,” Captain Jan Legoabe said.
The 26-year-old set off the alarm, police arrived and arrested him. He had been linked to other crimes in Pretoria and would appear in the Atteridgeville Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
wtf
14 Jan 2010, 21:55 pm
@SpringbokSarah: ja…and the problem is they re having to change at such a high level…..so thrown in the deep end…..and often with poor results….
14 Jan 2010, 21:57 pm
@grant10: exactly… how old is JD? Really stupid to move him now… just buy a player if the young ones aren’t pulling through
14 Jan 2010, 22:10 pm
@SpringbokSarah: JD must be 26?
Stormers must sign CJ V D Linde in May….he wants to come home…..and also not let JDV slip through the net…
14 Jan 2010, 22:19 pm
@grant10: I am back ROAR!
CJ is not what he appears to be. He is the wrong size for a TH prop. Biggy will tell you that he is not feared on the wet or dry fields up north, in fact he hardly gets game time in paddy land. For him home is in the FS not the Cape … I fear if he choses to go to the Cape he will be struck down by WP mountain fever.
No it is best for the WP to go the the farms and look for a sheep farmer who carries sheep on his back ala Tommy Laubscher who was the last decent TH WP produced.
14 Jan 2010, 22:19 pm
@grant10: hhmmm thought he was older
@RedLion: woof
14 Jan 2010, 22:20 pm
oh and in kiwi land they do other things with sheep – things not suitable to mention on a family site.
14 Jan 2010, 22:22 pm
@RedLion: Yes and CJ has always been penalised for a dodgy bind
14 Jan 2010, 22:22 pm
@grant10: saracens playing vshare.tv/live/39841/SS2
14 Jan 2010, 22:27 pm
@Big Hit: do you get those for the Bath matches too?
14 Jan 2010, 22:32 pm
@Big Hit: This mid week match schedule is fascinating this is rugby not football. Will Saracens be playing this weekend and how do they manage the players.
14 Jan 2010, 22:35 pm
@SpringbokSarah: just whatever’s televised, rumour has it Bath are interested in a couple of WP players
@RedLion: no game for sarries at the wkend, this is just euro comp. brought forward for tv
14 Jan 2010, 22:37 pm
@Big Hit: only whats televised… in SA?
And I will klap Bath and the players…
14 Jan 2010, 22:41 pm
@SpringbokSarah: uk/france and lol
14 Jan 2010, 22:43 pm
@Big Hit: awesome thanks…
I will, going to a practice session on Monday and Tuesday so I can just warn them… and put the thought out of their minds… maybe I should take the log with me and highlight where Bath is…
14 Jan 2010, 22:48 pm
The heat in the Cape has affected some Capies adversely, I fear. A rich guy is on a quest to give away all his earthly belongings. He already gave away his R2m car Audi) plus R50K to 12 car guards at the bottom of Table Mountain.
If you are from the Cape, make sure you are in his rounds next time he hands out his stuff.
14 Jan 2010, 22:53 pm
@nama1: saw that too
and not really… I’m always this nuts
14 Jan 2010, 22:58 pm
@SpringbokSarah:
At least you have a valid reason, being a teenager.
My eldest daughter turned 17 today. Now there’s nuts, and the mood swings? Crazy, let me tell you.
14 Jan 2010, 22:59 pm
@nama1: man I hope he is not some disillusioned WP supporter giving up all of his possesions and his WP membership … just keep the faith and someday, maybe not soon, maybe not this decade, but someday the WP will make it to the semi’s of super rugby.
anyway, cheers all
RL
out
14 Jan 2010, 23:05 pm
@RedLion:
It may be sooner than some may think…..
I hope…
14 Jan 2010, 23:16 pm
@nama1: roflmao… actually mood swings aren’t my thing… more the never home, forget the homework, over happy thing
15 Jan 2010, 00:04 am
Just watched the Toulon v Saracens game and I must say Barritt is developing into a quality player.
15 Jan 2010, 00:58 am
aaahhhhhhhh, what’s with this obsession with putting hookers and looseheads at tighthead? Surely we have a few decent TH’s in the country? If not why not? Nothing worse than seeing a TH with his head up his arse cause he should not be there!!
15 Jan 2010, 02:22 am
@Yetirat: he played really well, in front of Johnson too. That game was boring tho I thought.
15 Jan 2010, 07:47 am
28 9 to Saracens…Melck try and a load of points for Derek Hougaard….Toulon murdered!
15 Jan 2010, 10:50 am
@grant10: MELCK!!!
15 Jan 2010, 12:55 pm
Gooi some money at BJ Botha man, he is a machine!
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