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, 09:12 am
Put the white winger on the right wing, ‘s what I say.
15 Mar 2010, 09:13 am
@ufo:
Oh jitte.
I noticed that Ashwin Willemse doesn’t seem to like the Sharks!
15 Mar 2010, 09:13 am
@Dawn: Very kleva
15 Mar 2010, 09:13 am
@Dawn: JP Pieterson,Bryan Habana and Lionel Mapoe will be selected 2010 Bok wings.
15 Mar 2010, 09:14 am
@RugbyRulz:
Shame ja that guy has been the shining light in that Lions backline.
15 Mar 2010, 09:14 am
@Storm outta hell:
@wp_boytjie:
I never mentioned quotas and that’s not the point of my post…
just that as an SA TV commentator I would expect some even handedness towards all SA teams… this whole season… whenever asked about the Stormers he never has anything positive to say and latches onto any arb thing to slam them in a very sarcastic sorta way…
15 Mar 2010, 09:14 am
@RugbyRulz:
Excellent! Another Doppies fan.
15 Mar 2010, 09:15 am
@Bill Reyts:
Yep.
I think Simon should give me a job.
Sub-editor.
15 Mar 2010, 09:16 am
@Dawn: Met Eish ja! Met eish.
15 Mar 2010, 09:17 am
@Dawn: Yeah would be refreshing reading me thinks!
15 Mar 2010, 09:17 am
@ufo:
Well Owen Nkumane is there for one reason and one reason only man , that’s why i dont take him seriously. They must have Garth Wright more often he does good analysis.
15 Mar 2010, 09:18 am
@wpw:
serious WPW…?
I didn’t pick that up… will pay more attention to that next time…
15 Mar 2010, 09:19 am
‘Dawn Le Grange’ has a nice ring to it!!
15 Mar 2010, 09:21 am
@ufo: Ag shame..He takes so much stick for the sad Lions that he finds it hard to say anything good about Stormers imo…
15 Mar 2010, 09:23 am
@ufo: Yes he does. He must be really embarrased to be constantly referred to as an ex springbok around such legends as Naas Botha, John Robbie, Bob Skinstadt et al…….he barely qualifies.
15 Mar 2010, 09:24 am
@wp_boytjie:
Bro, Owen is not that bad.
Garth Wright is one of the worst imo.
The guy thinks we’re still in the 80′s.
15 Mar 2010, 09:27 am
@stormersboy:
Now for once I agree with you there.
It wasn’t Owen’s fault though that he was used to fill up the numbers.
15 Mar 2010, 09:29 am
@wp_boytjie:
thing is…I think he makes some good observations and comments… just not when he talks about the Stormers…
@Storm outta hell:
15 Mar 2010, 09:29 am
@wpw: LMAO , i see we shout for the same team ,so agree to disagree , to each his own then
15 Mar 2010, 09:31 am
Transie
Can’t you swap it for a musica voucher!
15 Mar 2010, 09:33 am
My best this weekend was that nasal twat Stransky…near the end oif the Bulls match, he comes up with “The Highlanders have actually been fantastic, if they hadn’t conceded 21 points they’d be in this game”…had me in stitches…yea Joel, if they hadn’t lost, they would have won…brilliant deduction!
15 Mar 2010, 09:36 am
Wpw
Was carel du plessis an ordinary wing?
What about James Small?
So no white player can be a good wing..
Isn’t that like saying black players can’t tackle?
Next you will be telling me white men can’t jump!
15 Mar 2010, 09:36 am
@ufo: I never took Owen to be the kind of lad who enjoyed a smoke(roll-your-own) with his post toasties.
15 Mar 2010, 09:39 am
@Atreides: Yes and his earlier comment re the semi-naked, big, bellied fan. If he fell over he would be like an insect on its back. That for me was Gold.
15 Mar 2010, 09:41 am
@wp_boytjie: Garth Wright, that guys voice irritates the….. out of me. Please never never, he’s worse than Joost.
15 Mar 2010, 09:44 am
@gunther:
I love catching FFEESSSSSSHHHHH!!!
15 Mar 2010, 09:52 am
@wpw: F me, you’re not one of those Nigerian scammers?
15 Mar 2010, 09:53 am
@gunther:
Then you didn’t see Woody Harrelson play basketball!!
15 Mar 2010, 09:54 am
@wpw: Hey! He can jump.
15 Mar 2010, 09:54 am
@Transformation: That tighthead prop cover you propose would almost certainly not sell well. PS. In the new issue, we have a very technical piece on the scrum – you should read it.
15 Mar 2010, 09:54 am
Is it just me or is Joel Stransky a negative pr!ck
I hardly heard him say one decent word while the bulls put 50 on the board……he seems bias “against’ SA teams, WTF is his problem ????
15 Mar 2010, 09:57 am
@RugbyRulz:
He’s my “pin up boy” because I happened to mentioned I watch/support Racing Metro? Kind of childish, if I cared for what team you supported, I too could pick a player and call him your pin up boy.
15 Mar 2010, 09:58 am
@Gonzo Journalism:
I know, he needs a good flick in the balls.
15 Mar 2010, 09:58 am
@Kea-Cat: These guys are all nasal from the amount of white sh*t they shovel up their nostrils…Darren especially so…it’s amazing that his nose has not collapsed
15 Mar 2010, 09:59 am
@Gonzo Journalism: Think Stansky is there to temper the bias. Hugh is blatantly Bull so Stansky is there to temper it. Lately he has been saying some funny things. In Oz we have Marto. They are there to spice things up.
Heavens, Marto Queensland Reds fanatic) during the Reds game was caught out so badly. One of the Faiinga twins was yellow carded… Marto asks his fellow commentators to count the Reds players on the field… I think there are only 14 out there.
I kid you not. Kearns and Kafer just about lost it.
15 Mar 2010, 10:01 am
@Kobus Kitty: Hmmm nup, not a decent looker amongst them. Now I must say Parisse (losing hair too) does it for me
15 Mar 2010, 10:01 am
@Gonzo Journalism: Its not just you. Thats why we have committed to pissing on ‘Joels spot’ everytime we go to Ellis Park.
He is a D03S
15 Mar 2010, 10:02 am
@Gonzo Journalism:
I think the problem with Joel is that he hails from Natal!!
15 Mar 2010, 10:04 am
@TASSIES:
me neither…
15 Mar 2010, 10:08 am
@Gonzo Journalism:
gonzo it’s not just you…
he is…!!
15 Mar 2010, 10:11 am
@wpw: Problem is Natal don’t want him back, he is serious anti-shark after he left Natal and went to Province. And the Province okes don’t want him either.
He was only good for a dropkick. He should emigrate now.
15 Mar 2010, 10:13 am
@Simon:why simon? Give me reason boet not just arbitrary answers…
@gunther:no way, i enjoy the jake white’s way articles
15 Mar 2010, 10:14 am
@wpw:
no mate i **** you not, Joel has an anti shark sentiment too
I’ve heard him single handedly beat the sharks through his commentary, or so it seemed anyway !!!!
15 Mar 2010, 10:20 am
and while we on the subject, old Hugh should be put out to pasture, he is now embarrassing himself these days, he got a voice for horse racing though
15 Mar 2010, 10:22 am
@Gonzo Journalism: Hugh calling the gee gees lmfao. Race on Saturday afternoon… Hugh still calling the tail at 9pm. Yeah right.
15 Mar 2010, 10:23 am
@RugbyRulz: #84, i like Marto!!! He doesn’t mince his words, during the Sharks/Brumbies game, he was ripping into Andy Goode from the 1st whistle! Hahahaha i enjoy the aussie commentators above all, the worst i reckon is that Davies [i think that's who Big Hit said he was] with the squeaky voice who loves Wales…
15 Mar 2010, 10:24 am
@Kobus Kitty: flick in the balls….LOL
i think our whole SA commentary need to go thru a phase of rebuilding,
15 Mar 2010, 10:35 am
@RugbyRulz: Y
15 Mar 2010, 10:36 am
@RugbyRulz: Yeah i did hear that, it was damb funny
15 Mar 2010, 10:38 am
The only decent commentators in SA are Bob Skinstad and the Pearce dude!
They are bias towards WP/Stormers but still they are pretty decent.
Not as bias as Joost was when commentating on Bulls matches!!
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