Something special

Something special

27 Sep 2010

Patrick Lambie is the future of South African rugby.

With the 19-year-old Sharks star set to tour with the Springboks in November, SA Rugby magazine looks at his rise to prominence and the debate surrounding where he should play.

Lambie himself says he is in no rush to pick a number, despite what happened to two other Sharks players – Ruan Pienaar and Frans Steyn – when they were labeled utility backs.

‘I’ve enjoyed 15, 12 and 10 and I don’t yet know which one I’m best at or which one I enjoy the most. But with a bit more time and experience I’ll be able to decide on a position, put my mind to it and stay there,’ he says.

‘I have honestly enjoyed all three positions, and maybe it helped that I played 12 after fullback before moving to 10, but the most important thing is that I’ve played a sequence of games in each position. I haven’t played one game here, one game there, and then gone back to the previous position.’

SA Rugby magazine also speaks to Sharks coach John Plumtree and former flyhalf Joel Stransky about Lambie’s future.

Also in the new issue:

– In what he calls his ‘most honest interview ever’, Luke Watson reflects on the mistakes he’s made, his controversial Springbok call up, and the move to Bath that has reinvigorated his career

– The Springboks let themselves down during the home leg of the Tri-Nations – on and off the field

– Allister Coetzee or Heyneke Meyer will replace Peter de Villiers as Springbok coach. SA Rugby magazine examines the candidates’ credentials

– Former England centre Will Greenwood on how this year’s Tri-Nations launched a rugby revolution

– Robbie Deans on the Wallabies’ progress, the new law interpretations, his relationship with Graham Henry and if he’d coach a South African side

– Why Richie McCaw is the most dominant rugby player on the planet

– Lionel Mapoe says he left the Cheetahs because they betrayed him. We find out more from the winger and speak to Free State president Harold Verster and Sarpa CEO Piet Heymans.

– The Springbok Women will not be a force on the international stage until they are properly conditioned and the team is selected on merit

– The Bledisloe Cup provides a very different spectator experience to that of a Tri-Nations match involving the Springboks

– Several South African schools claim their players are being poached by other institutions. SA Rugby magazine investigates

– At the USA’s West Point military academy, rugby is considered the ideal preparation for the controlled chaos of the battlefield

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233 Comments

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  • 1.KevinRack: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 05:36 am

    Drugoons

  • 2.KevinRack: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 05:39 am

    He is awesome talent but we have seen this so many times only for the senior system to break any talent they have and turn them into kick and chase *******.

    He will struggle with EJantjies playing so well, so flyhalf is no. Fullback yes, centre no as he does not have the pace. Probably 12!

  • 3.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 07:20 am

    oh ffs…

  • 4.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 07:21 am

    Another PosterBoy!

  • 5.mountaingoat: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 07:30 am

    editor of this mag prob from durbs…EJ is playing better than Lambie

  • 6.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 07:37 am

    Wonder where/what the Sharkies are doing this morning? After a defeat like that they should start poaching new players!

  • 7.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 07:46 am

    @mountaingoat(mountaingoat)-5: EJ doesnt fit Keo’s profile for the Cover!

  • 8.rangerman: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 07:56 am

    both lambie and jantjies showed why they are not yet fit for the idolisation that goes on in saffa rugby.

    talents to be sure but they have a long way to go yet.

  • 9.rangerman: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 07:57 am

    @Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-6: by the way, the sharks still top the log sonny :lol:

  • 10.quotas_sux: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 07:57 am

    EJ or Lambie not YET good enough to be Bok Nr 10 .. there is only one!! M Steyn!!! Butch as cover.

  • 11.rangerman: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 07:58 am

    now i must off to work.

    sharks!

  • 12.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 07:58 am

    “Allister Coetzee or Heyneke Meyer will replace Peter de Villiers as Springbok coach. SA Rugby magazine examines the candidates’ credentials”

    Didnt this happen few Sundays ago?

  • 13.quotas_sux: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 07:58 am

    that boesman ref had a shocker

  • 14.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 07:59 am

    @rangerman(rangerman)-9: Not for long

  • 15.Two Eyed: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:03 am

    PL and EJ will get there. Loved the way how Carlos was couching Elton at any opportunity he got on Sat. EJ’s kicking was off but he had the sharks guessing all the time…..was he gonna kick, switch, grubber, pass…etc. Not scared of attacking the line and he finds those half gaps and creates opportunities for the guys on his outside.

  • 16.Two Eyed: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:09 am

    Also noticed how the bulls supporters will criticize Lambie and Jantjies at every chance they get. They’r so worried that at last we may have a proper flyhalf and that Morne ‘jannie de beer’ Steyn may lose his place.

  • 17.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:18 am

    SA is stuck with Morne Stain till a new coach (Except Heyneke Meyer) is appointed

  • 18.mountaingoat: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:20 am

    @Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-7: LMAO…EJ moet dan uit die son bly

  • 19.mountaingoat: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:23 am

    @Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-17: morne will shine while du preez feeds him…hougaard will get there and 9 & 10 is not our problem! I think with all these moerse okes up north we would’ve dominated scrums but that is still our weakness

  • 20.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:27 am

    @mountaingoat(mountaingoat)-19: Hell even Benn Robinson instil fear into the Afriforum okes up North

  • 21.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:28 am

    the cover is kak…

  • 22.mountaingoat: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:29 am

    @Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-20: LMAO sure sure….wys net blik sonder brein beteken absoluut niks

  • 23.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:30 am

    @mountaingoat(mountaingoat)-19: Apart from the scrum, the lack of creativity at 10 is why SA cant beat EU countries (EOYT) on a regular basis

  • 24.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:32 am

    Johannesburg – Former Springbok player Andre Venter on Sunday criticised civil rights group AfriForum for launching the “Stop Absa Quotas” campaign.

    In an interview with Rapport newspaper, Venter said transformation was a reality and although he did not support racial quotas in sport, it was necessary to develop all players.

    “AfriForum is placing unnecessary emphasis on some issues. They are worse than the ANC Youth League. They think the only way to handle these things is to create controversy, but it can backfire,” said Venter.

    “What would AfriForum had done if the sponsor was SAB – would everyone then have stopped drinking beer?”

    AfriForum launched the campaign against Springbok sponsor Absa after the banking group’s deputy chief executive Louis von Zeuner sent an SMS to SA Rugby Union boss Oregan Hoskins stating: “Regan, I think you should write to the major unions on black players – judging from today’s games Lions 2, Bulls 1, Cheetahs 2 – they are not respecting the spirit and goals of transformation. Louis.”

    - SAPA

  • 25.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:33 am

    @mountaingoat(mountaingoat)-22: En dis daai klomp lee blikke wat die meeste raas op die site

  • 26.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:36 am

    @Transformation(Transformation)-21: What do expect from a website that does not respect the spirit and goals of transformation?

  • 27.quotas_sux: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:36 am

    Andre Venter het ook vinnig sy tune verander nadat hy sy besigheid begin het .. BEE, snaaks wat geld aan ‘n ou doen

  • 28.quotas_sux: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:38 am

    Dit is mos hoe PDV ook dinge doen (F Steyn meeting) lyk my die soort ding is in hul bloed :

    Phokeng – Earl Rose has done it again.

    The Lions player and his younger brother Jody deserted the Lions camp at the Platinum International Sevens Tournament here and returned to Johannesburg without permission.

    The brothers were part of a Lions team that also included other contracted and Super 14 players Robert Kruger, Shandré Frolick and Chris Jonck.

    The Lions team lost to the Sevens Springboks and @lantic Invitational side on Saturday. Earl Rose struggled with his form, and was involved in a stiff-arm incident against an opponent.

    The Springbok, in the news earlier this month because he did not want to represent the Leopards as a loan player, apparently had had enough and decided to return to Johannesburg with his brother.

    Lions coach Jorrie Muller received an SMS from both brothers: “They said that they are sorry about their performances and felt that their form was not up to standard. That is why they went home,” Muller told Sport24.

    “I tried to phone them to find out what was going on, but they did not answer my calls. We therefore had to continue with only 10 players. To say that I’m angry and disappointed with their behaviour is to put it mildly.”

    Muller said his team had been picked at short notice and it was hoped that they would provide good opposition for the Sevens Springboks with a view to the South Africans leaving for the Commonwealth Games in a week or so.

    This may well signal the end of the road for the Rose brothers. Jody has played little this year due to a knee injury, while Earl has played club rugby.

    As contracted players they had to play at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium. However, the chances are now slim that the union will honour or extend their contracts.

    Muller said he would definitely recommend action against them.

  • 29.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:40 am

    Lions coach Jorrie Muller? :lol:

  • 30.mountaingoat: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:42 am

    @Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-25: korrek & reg

  • 31.mountaingoat: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:44 am

    @Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-29: jorrie kon nie eers rugby speel nie

  • 32.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:45 am

    @Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-24: i’ll have andre venter know that i was the first to make the connection between the afriforum & the anc youth league, at the time Tacitus was foaming at the mouth about closing accounts while Heavens Game – the most senile of fools k was piggybacked on Tac. :D

  • 33.quotas_sux: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:46 am

    jorrie is beter as Earl & Jody

  • 34.Gorilla: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:47 am

    I must be honest… the new youngsters comung through are looking very good, especially the backs. Hopefully with the right management they can put the Boks back on top in the years to come. Guys like Basson, Jantjies, Mvovu, Hougaard and De Jongh. It looks like there may be some light at the end of the tunnel.

  • 35.Roar for Mitch and King Carlos: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:51 am

    @Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-29: :shock: WTF

  • 36.klippies101: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:53 am

    pdv coaching the boks is like a ship without a rudder

  • 37.Two Eyed: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:53 am

    Try this for a backline:

    Taute
    Mvovo
    JdJ
    Lambie
    Basson
    Jantjies
    Mullet

  • 38.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:55 am

    @Roar for Mitch and King Carlos(RL)-35: Lions sevens coach this year and who knows what will happen next year?

  • 39.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 08:56 am

    @Roar for Mitch and King Carlos(RL)-35: Deemed for higher honours?

  • 40.Roar for Mitch and King Carlos: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 09:01 am

    @Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-38: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    I can’t believe this, just as President de Klerk was getting things right he has a brainfart and gets Jorrie a coaching job – that’s it day is ruined!

  • 41.quotas_sux: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 09:05 am

    two eyed, yes i’m sure the will do well in the vodacom cup, but losing in the final against SWD

  • 42.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 09:11 am

    @Roar for Mitch and King Carlos(RL)-40: :lol:

  • 43.mountaingoat: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 09:19 am

    @quotas_sux(quota_conrad_jantjies_is_jorrie_muller)-33: jorrie was ‘n quota speler

  • 44.quotas_sux: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 09:20 am

    ek stem mountain .. maar ek het eerder ‘n jorrie in my span as ou earl

  • 45.Gorilla: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 09:25 am

    @Two Eyed(Two Eyed)-37:

    9. Hougaard
    10. Jantjies
    11. Basson
    12. De Jongh
    13. Taute
    14. Mvovu
    15. Lambie

  • 46.coma: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 09:25 am

    @Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-24: Daar vind ek ‘n plek vir Andre Venter op my k o n t lys

  • 47.mountaingoat: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 09:26 am

    earl se pa ken mense wie mense ken wie ander mense ken wie besonderhede van ander mense het

  • 48.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 09:28 am

    @coma(coma)-46: I assume you’re a member a Afriforum?

  • 49.Mighty Horua: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 09:28 am

    @coma(coma)-46: Your membership monies been paid up to date?

  • 50.mountaingoat: Reply to this comment
    27 Sep 2010, 09:32 am

    @coma(coma)-46: slim kont

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