Fourie’s potent energy
15 Mar 2010
Jaque Fourie has sparked the Stormers back to life.
In the new issue of SA Rugby magazine, former Bok technical adviser Eddie Jones and Stormers backline coach Robbie Fleck analyse Fourie’s game and explain why he – and not the headline-hogging Bryan Habana – is the key to the Stormers’ success this year.
‘Jaque is a fantastic runner off the ball, which means he will pick a line and identify space where at first there doesn’t seem to be any,’ says Fleck. ‘He’s also deceptively quick, so when he hits a hole, he makes it count. He has a good sidestep, but he hardly ever needs it because defenders are beaten by the angle.’
Fourie also talks about his move to the Cape, his dream of winning the Super 14 and Currie Cup, why he hates being rested, and his Springbok ambitions.
Also in the new issue:
– As a white wing, Gerhard van den Heever faces immense obstacles in his quest to earn Springbok selection
– Hugh-Reece Edwards on being back at the Shark Tank after a decade in the coaching wilderness
– Former Springbok prop Balie Swart’s mission to save the scrum
– BJ Botha on his imminent return to South Africa from Ulster, the country’s scrum troubles, and winning over referees
– Brad Barritt: ‘I want to play for England’
– Italy’s SA-born lock Quintin Geldenhuys on the mixed emotions he felt when facing the Boks, and whether he’ll come back home
– Refereeing projects could change the way officials and spectators see the game
– From being named IRB U19 Player of the Year to having open heart surgery to save his life, the progression of Crusaders centre Robert Fruean through the rugby ranks has been anything but normal
– Justin Harrison was banned for eight months after taking cocaine with his Bath team-mates last year, but the Brumbies have given him an opportunity to make amends
– While a rare neurological disorder has put Andre Venter in a wheelchair, the former Springbok hardman has not lost hope
– PLUS: Jake White on the new law interpretations
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15 Mar 2010, 10:42 am
WpW
Now you are fishing…
Give me blades over those two any day..
15 Mar 2010, 10:47 am
@Transformation: Because over the past eight years, every time we’ve put someone on the cover who isn’t a big star, our sales have dropped. I’m happy to put those front rankers on the cover if you offer to cover our losses.
15 Mar 2010, 10:52 am
@Simon:
Simon, don’t get your panties in a bunch. Everyone knows you have to post up the next big thing. It sells.
15 Mar 2010, 10:54 am
@Transformation: OH my word, that Davies cat just has a whinge from the word go!!!
15 Mar 2010, 10:56 am
reckon gavin cowley is the most underrated commentator in south africa…
15 Mar 2010, 10:59 am
There is one with an Italian name… He sounds as if he swallowed a plum.
15 Mar 2010, 11:04 am
Magazines 101 – good covers sell magazines.
Quite frankly, I’m impressed that Simon is even engaging with the bunch of (mostly) fickle bloggers on this site
15 Mar 2010, 11:17 am
@4thWiseMan: The cover pic is really good. It has made a pretty ordinary bloke look… menacingly mysterious. Thumbs up for the photography.
15 Mar 2010, 11:27 am
Photography AND design, bru. There are many elements that go into formulating a good cover – good photography +design, composition, and most importantly, cover lines/blurbs. Overall, this cover looks good, and will probably achieve what it sets out to do, which is sell itself to the general public as well as the die-hard, expertly (self) informed rugby fan *** analyst
15 Mar 2010, 11:40 am
@gunther:
Blades is an idiot.
Typical Blades: ‘And its over, yes, what a kick by FRANCOIS (yells his name) Steyn (in a softer tone) and then he immediately realizes the kick was in fact just wide.
15 Mar 2010, 11:41 am
So a cover of earl rose is out of the question then…
15 Mar 2010, 11:43 am
@gunther:
15 Mar 2010, 11:45 am
That’s my point as bad as blades is he’s better than those two clowns who are making it very difficult for me to watch stormers games without assaulting the tv..
15 Mar 2010, 11:46 am
My dream for this year’s S14 Final is Bulls vs Stormers. I hope it happens.
15 Mar 2010, 11:46 am
@wpw: 109
Bwaaaaahahahahaha! I can almost picture that entire scenario… Probably after about his fifth dram of whiskey. Didn’t he like, spill his dop on the equipment in that commentating box once?
15 Mar 2010, 11:47 am
@gunther: 112
At least he’s entertaining. To his own detriment.
15 Mar 2010, 11:50 am
@Dawn: lol on the right wing that’s classic
15 Mar 2010, 11:54 am
Blades is a character.. And there are precious few of those left in the game..and if I have to listen to stransky one more time I’m going to invade the commentary box and remove his adenoids with a spoon..
15 Mar 2010, 12:07 pm
@gunther:
Is that you Piet (Van Zyl)
15 Mar 2010, 12:39 pm
blades about some player – can’t remember who “yes Joel. everyone in cape town will know him because he went to Rondebosch Boys”
really Hugh? Gideon Twale in site c kayelitsha will know him?
chop
15 Mar 2010, 14:46 pm
How do you know when someone went to Bishops?
He’ll tell you
15 Mar 2010, 16:04 pm
Ag absolute kak Simon. Honestly. Fourie scores one try and suddenly he’s the Stormers’ saviour. Don’t make out Fourie to be what he’s not – a creative player. He’s a good hard running 13 but he isn’t creative and hardly ever offloads in the tackle. The players that are making the difference to the backline are Grant, De Jongh, Habana and Pietersen. What Fourie is good at is sucking in defenders but he’d be even better if he passed more. I think we need to be going down the same route as Aus by having a playmaker at 12. It’s a little too soon to be lauding Fourie. Jeez.
15 Mar 2010, 16:13 pm
@Tacitus:
Not just Keo, SA Rugby.com is Exactly the same re Newlands Faithfull….
15 Mar 2010, 16:15 pm
Anyways Im a sharks boytjie and I think the Article regarding Fourie sounds Great!
too bad im in the UK..
15 Mar 2010, 16:16 pm
@KZN King Shark:
Thank u for telling it as it is.
Fourie is a good player and what he does(running hard/straight,defend) he does well.But hasnt got a creative bone in his body.secondly he DOESNT pass,just doesnt unless he has screwed up a few times by being stingy.
But then again-he is a blue eyed boy on keo and to his boys.Just chaeck how many covers and stories Fourie been featured on the mag.He is the new Marius Joubert.
BTW well done for keo scribes on different front page boy in this month’s SA rugby-Brussow.
May go out and buy this issue
15 Mar 2010, 16:18 pm
@KZN King Shark:
If thou speaketh of his solitary try on Saturday, you need to bear in mind this article was written way beforehand.
It’s not really about tries scored, it’s about the value he brings to the team, methinks.
15 Mar 2010, 17:13 pm
@Tacitus:
You’ve gotta know your audience… Not many Bulls supporters can read
15 Mar 2010, 17:53 pm
Wow and when can we excpect a stormer forward on the front page? Will be the first province forward erver to make the cover
what about may when the bulls take the stormers
15 Mar 2010, 18:47 pm
Such a victim of advertising. Definitely buying that copy.
15 Mar 2010, 19:07 pm
“As a white wing, Gerhard van den Heever faces immense obstacles in his quest to earn Springbok selection” – you have got to love this snippet. A concise summary of the skin-colour conundrum/balls-up that SA suffere from. From apartheid to BEE to AA to Quotas – it will always continue and there never will be an end. “Aluta” will always “continua”. At least Van der Heever will be/or is good enough to play for most International sides. Aus/England/France may beckon for Mr. Van der Heever if he would like to experience International rugby. He shouldn’t jeopardise it by playing in one of these one-offs to preclude him from choosing which nation he would like to represent in future, should he be deemed too pale to play on the wing.
15 Mar 2010, 19:42 pm
@Heavens Game: van den Heever is too young to play for the Boks. He’s not even completed a S14 season and fans are talking about him playing for the Boks. He’s got the talent, lots of speed and good ball skills but he needs to shore up his positional play and defence. Throw him in at the deep end and he’s gonna panic like Kirchner did. Still a fine young prospect and there’s no reason why he shouldn’t play for the Boks in the future but right he’s too inexperienced. The same goes for Mapoe.
15 Mar 2010, 19:52 pm
@KZN King Shark: 131. You have a point if the argument of Van der Heever’s merits for selection is based on experience or his attributes as a player – there is no argument there. But if it is too difficlt to play for the Boks because of his skin colour, then that is a different can of worms.
15 Mar 2010, 22:16 pm
STILL
16 Mar 2010, 06:27 am
@KZN King Shark:
Shows what a Sharks fan knows.
Fourie set up the first try against the Hurricanes by making three defenders hesitate, drawing them in and then flinging it wide.
He also set up Habana, who fell just a meter from scoring.
Let’s not forget his defensive organization skills.
The icing on the cake though, is that you praise de Jongh. Now that’s the only problem with the Stormers backline, as soon as Grant skips de Jongh and Fourie gets the ball, the magic starts happening.
24 Mar 2010, 12:33 pm
Awesome mag this month. Jacque Fourie is being missed by the Lions and I think they regret him leaving. Hey we the Stormers are just to happy – he is playing brilliant rugby.
8 Apr 2010, 07:15 am
Oh great! Another “Jague Fourie” article, I mean c’mon. This is the last guy I wanted to see on the cover. Give him a story but for goodness sakes don’t put him on the front cover!! A person knowing nothing about rugby that reads SA RUGBY MAGAZINES would think we have sevens rugby or something by the way the same players are always on the cover.
8 Apr 2010, 07:19 am
@ Skunkie, actually Schalk Burger was on the cover just a few issues ago.
8 Apr 2010, 07:26 am
@ Simon 102, Why didn’t we get even a mention of Smit’s 100th CAP then, Smit is a so called “STAR” (There wasn’t even an article covering the story, just a sentence or two on one of the greatest Springbok captain’s 100th cap for 1 Super 14 franchise in the linebreaks section)!!! Dissapointing…
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