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, 06:48 am
Potent Dragon!
15 Mar 2010, 06:57 am
Looking forward to getting my copy. I wanna hear what Brad has to say.
15 Mar 2010, 07:10 am
Andre Venter is a true Springbok legend. My brothe has had the pleasure of hunting on his farm
15 Mar 2010, 07:14 am
another article about jaque fourie, didn’t we just have “joker in the pack” a month ago? What has happened now that is so extraordinary? He has played 5 games for the stormers where he hasn’t been that great…
15 Mar 2010, 07:20 am
Imo… Andre Venter….
Respek!
15 Mar 2010, 07:24 am
So by my count that’s 6 Stormers related articles since the solitary Bulls blitz Highlanders, which also happened to be the actual Bulls game thread.
The one sided reporting on this site has predictably gone to an even higher level in correlation with the Stormers march up the log.
You people really have no shame.
15 Mar 2010, 07:25 am
@Transformation: hell transie – so early in the morning and you are already negative….
15 Mar 2010, 07:30 am
@Tacitus:
Thats because the Bulls are boring. I mean really now!!
15 Mar 2010, 07:42 am
@Tacitus: Tac you have your udder in a twist man. Ryan has posted an article just short of shooting his….
Argg man, Bulls hijack just about every thread, do you really feel so desperately inadequate you need to ram the bulls down every ones throats?
The Bulls are wonderful and playing exemplary rugby.
There ya happy now
15 Mar 2010, 07:44 am
if you want to see 1000 Bulls articles just buy the Rapport
15 Mar 2010, 07:48 am
@Tacitus: ryan vrede can we please have an article titled “bull’s defensive frailities a worry for ludeke”
15 Mar 2010, 07:52 am
@RugbyRulz: Maybe if we got a better shake, we wouldn’t have to hijack yours. Ever thought babout that? Give a dog a bone!
15 Mar 2010, 07:53 am
SA Rugby mag, only articles about a selective group of players
15 Mar 2010, 07:54 am
@Staal: you call it negative i say it is having my eyes wide open…simon borchardt expects us to pay money for subscriptions when over a period of a year i get on average 6 fourie du preez, jaque fourie, pierre spies, francois steyn, [let's just call them the usual suspects] articles…
15 Mar 2010, 07:54 am
@Tacitus: There is no need for Bull threads. That because you hi jack every thread (Lion, Cheetah etc) to talk about the Bulls. We get enough of them from you.
15 Mar 2010, 08:04 am
@Charlie:
That is why I don’t buy the mag anymore.
Oh and the fact that KEO and his cronies are a bunch of idiots with hidden agendas.
15 Mar 2010, 08:05 am
@Spinnekop:
And don’t get him started on the ‘King of the Hurdles’
bwahahahahahaha
15 Mar 2010, 08:08 am
@catleya: This article should achieve the boner you’re after. You can shake it all you like. :Green:
Man come on, the bulls do not need every South African fawning all about. Get real.
15 Mar 2010, 08:08 am
so much for that smiley here
15 Mar 2010, 08:17 am
@Transformation: now that would be entirely appropriate
15 Mar 2010, 08:24 am
@Transformation: The fact is that there is only a select group of players who sell magazines. However, we always feature the other players inside the magazine and give them almost as many pages as the cover star.
15 Mar 2010, 08:33 am
@Tacitus:
ha ha. keo is from the cape. go figure. why dont you start up a blog dedicated to your bulls.
15 Mar 2010, 08:41 am
I found the Bulls vs Highlanders game TERRIBLE to watch. Even though there were many points scored it sucked and tries were leaked in all directions.
The Stormers v Canes game has better intensity and was much better rugby.
15 Mar 2010, 08:43 am
@munkiboi: Tac could always join his buddies at the brown ball site. Back slap each other.
At least here, we tell it as it is.
15 Mar 2010, 08:43 am
Transie do you subscribe to sa rugby magazine?
15 Mar 2010, 08:44 am
Oh the game of the weekend for me was the inspirational England v Scotland. I was truly glad it was a draw… there was nothing in it.
15 Mar 2010, 08:48 am
Wonder if I will get this issue…
15 Mar 2010, 08:48 am
Jaque, the best center in the world.
15 Mar 2010, 08:54 am
@Kobus Kitty: Better than your pin-up? He plays everywhere from 10 – 15.
15 Mar 2010, 08:54 am
“As a white wing, Gerhard van den Heever faces immense obstacles in his quest to earn Springbok selection”
15 Mar 2010, 08:55 am
15 Mar 2010, 08:55 am
Typical Simon story from Die SON!
15 Mar 2010, 08:57 am
@Dawn: Makes sense to me,maybe he should try out for hooker..?
15 Mar 2010, 09:00 am
“– Hugh-Reece Edwards on being back at the Shark Tank after a decade in the coaching wilderness”
i thought the shark tank was the coaching wilderness this year. maybe more like the coaching black-hole.
15 Mar 2010, 09:01 am
@Tacitus: (6) Would you like some cheese with that whine tacitus?
15 Mar 2010, 09:03 am
@RugbyRulz:
What are you on about?
15 Mar 2010, 09:05 am
White wing = white rhino ..
15 Mar 2010, 09:06 am
@Simon: yes, yes simon i know, you’ve sold me that pitch before, habana, steyn, spies, fourie, jdv, du preez, schalk etc, the problem is that some of us are not braindead that we crave to read about the same players over & over again, year-in year-out.
How many times can a sane person be expected to care about what is francois steyn’s preferred position?
Give us a detailed article analysing [or get an expert to do it if you are inexpert] all the first choice tightheads from our s14 franchises and have all of them on the cover [j smit, wp nel, werner kruger + the stormers & lions tighthead], come up with a clever caption for the cover…
see, it’s no so hard, this is an off the cuff idea, you educate your readers on the intricacies of the tighthead position, while you have john smit on the cover to satisfy your “usual suspect” quota @ the same time.
15 Mar 2010, 09:06 am
@Storm outta hell:
Nah, Chilli will be in his way!!
15 Mar 2010, 09:07 am
@stormersboy: I think he enjoys Blue cheese. Can’t think why.
15 Mar 2010, 09:07 am
Old Owen Nkumane has issues… man does he have issues…
on the rugby programme yesterday…
Host (can’t remember his name): So Owen… what’s up with the Sharks… must be of great concern…?
Owen: Well not really… the Crusaders lost their first five games before and then won the title… The Sharks can come back from their tour and only need to win eight games and they can still make the play-offs…!!
and later…
Host (can’t remember his name): So the Stormers are looking good…
Owen: Well… there are several aspects of their play that the coach can’t be happy about…
Host (can’t remember his name): for example…?
Owen: Well… if you look at turnovers… they are nearly into the double figures… [they were actually 11] with errors like that they’ll struggle to make the play-offs…!!
W.T.F….?
he just can’t bring himself to say anything positive about the Stormers…
reckon he must be bitter because they never signed him up for the good life in the Cape…!!
15 Mar 2010, 09:08 am
@wpw:
15 Mar 2010, 09:08 am
@Tacitus: sour idiot blah blah blah
15 Mar 2010, 09:09 am
@TASSIES: He he he he
15 Mar 2010, 09:09 am
@ufo: Him being a quota and all..?
15 Mar 2010, 09:09 am
@Kobus Kitty: 36 Your pin up boy Fransie.
15 Mar 2010, 09:10 am
@ufo:
Come on now man , taking Owen Nkumane seriously ?
The guy is as quota as it gets.
Go listen to Breyton or Errol Tobias they knew what they wre talking about, but Owen Nkumane is a F****ing joke and so is Kaya Malotana
15 Mar 2010, 09:10 am
@gunther:
Nah dude.
White wingers = average wingers
Henno Mentz
Dean Hall
Thinus Delport
Andre Snyman
15 Mar 2010, 09:11 am
I’d prefer to read something about Doppes Le Grange. The guy has got me some pretty handy points in my fantasy team.
15 Mar 2010, 09:11 am
@gunther: yes, i got it as a b’day present…
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