Living on the edge

Living on the edge

13 Mar 2012

Heinrich Brüssow will continue to play an important game-shaping role for the Cheetahs and the Springboks in 2012.

Nobody polarises opinion like a world-class fetcher. Ironically, nobody is as valuable to the team cause.

In the latest issue of SA Rugby magazine, on sale this week, former Springbok assistant coach Gary Gold gives his views on what sets the best fetchers apart from the rest and how an opensider’s performance should be judged.

‘Opensiders, especially the clever ones, tend to stay a step ahead,’ Gold says. ‘They know when to get involved at a ruck and when to bide their time. As defenders they can be very menacing and I’ll admit that as coaches we do look for ways to take them out of the equation. I know for a fact that Heinrich is a nightmare to play against.’

Gold goes on to explain exactly what makes Brüssow so good, while the player himself chats about his two main rivals in world rugby – Richie McCaw and David Pocock – as well as his serious knee injury in 2010.

Also in the new issue:

– Having taken his opportunity in the Currie Cup, 19-year-old Johan Goosen is ready to test himself on the Super Rugby stage

– Sharks flank Marcell Coetzee missed out on Craven Week because he went to an unfashionable rugby school. Now he’s living his dream

– Lions fullback Jaco Taute can put himself into Springbok contention this season by taking his game to the next level

– Change has been the order of the day at the Chiefs where new coach Dave Rennie will try to help a team of baby faces grow into something special in 2012

– How the Rebels signed two of the biggest names in the game

– Sanzar CEO Greg Peters on player welfare, Super Rugby expansion, and his expectations for Argentina in the Rugby Championship

– Kings coach Alan Solomons insists his side will be competitive in Super Rugby next year. We find out how

– Earl Rose tells SA Rugby magazine his side of the story

– The Varsity Cup’s new points system has received mixed reviews

– Springbok Sevens coach Paul Treu wants to eliminate errors that cost his team dearly in Wellington and Las Vegas

– Everything you need to know about the new George Sevens Premier League

– Tobias Botes is the latest South African to play Test rugby for the Azzurri

– Joe van Niekerk is playing the best rugby of his career for Toulon

 

 


122 Comments

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  • 1.bryce_in_oz: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 06:16 am

    Pilfering aside… the guy was an absolute machine at the tackle-zone yet again making the most in the game by a long way (21) …

  • 2.welcome to my life, hugh...: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 07:07 am

    good for the cheetahs, good for the boks…simple really. hope he stays fit, uninjured, focused and untargeted (by filthy crunts..you know who you are).

  • 3.Rage: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 07:21 am

    on a totally different note,I see Jock Hobbs has passed away…

  • 4.ufo: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 07:24 am

    rip jock… condolences to his family friends and rugby supporters…

  • 5.welcome to my life, hugh...: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 07:40 am

    ‘Earl Rose tells SA Rugby magazine his side of WHAT story..?..’

  • 6.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 07:46 am

    Earl Roses side of the story on why nobody wants him.

    According to ET and Langers its because he is a cullart.

  • 7.welcome to my life, hugh...: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 07:52 am

    @the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-6:
    honestly, so much money spent bringing such drivel to print. surely they could come up with better things to write about..?..

    the guy’s kak.. end of…it’s not rocket science… or as divvy would say ‘it’s not rock science’…

  • 8.ufo: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 07:56 am

    There’s somethin’ wrong with the world today
    I don’t know what it is
    Something’s wrong with our eyes

    We’re seeing things in a different way
    And God knows it ain’t His
    It sure ain’t no surprise

    We’re livin’ on the edge…

  • 9.Rage: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 07:57 am

    @ gunther & bakkies
    Im with you on that…
    Rose is one helluva irritation,everything about him.Why they even bother with an article on him is beyond me..who cares?

  • 10.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 07:57 am

    Actaully from the title I thought this article was going to be about Aerosmith.

    Imagine my disappointment.

  • 11.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 07:59 am

    @the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-6:
    Earl Roses?
    Sounds like some kind of tea.

  • 12.THE MAULER: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 07:59 am

    Brussouw is a machine!! Can only get better!

  • 13.welcome to my life, hugh...: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 08:05 am

    @ufo(ufo)-8:
    worried about the weekend..?..

    @Rage(Rage)-9:
    especially if you consider the costs which go into printing these glossy magazines. the only person in the world who would read an article on earl rose ‘telling it like it is’ is mama rose…but she doesn’t read sa rugby magazine…she reads you magazine or huisgenoot.

  • 14.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 08:13 am

    Very snaaks Bryce.

    Black with a splash of milk.

    Thangyaverymuch.

  • 15.welcome to my life, hugh...: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 08:15 am

    @John Galt(John Galt)-11:
    i am going to tell et.
    gunther must up his game.

  • 16.greatest13gerber: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 08:44 am

    Earl Rose gets mention? wow must be short of stories

  • 17.Delki: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 08:45 am

    @8 UFO

    Mate if God exists then he s an underachiever………..think about it.

  • 18.Delki: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 08:49 am

    Now back to the rugby.

    Brussouw is VERY VERY good. Most SA loose forwards over the last 20 years have essentially been cleaned up, outplayed and shown as naive/wet behind the ears by their Australasian counterparts (e.g. winging about cheating I ask you).

    Brussouw however has just performed on the field. Class.

  • 19.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 08:52 am

    Ha ha, while Big Joe might be playing the best rugby of his career, that photo used for the article spread was taken before, how shall we say, a somewhat less glorious moment. He went for a try dive, but ended up leaping straight up and came down legs first in the in-goal area. Like an amateur Chris Ashton.

  • 20.Shark: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:06 am

    Brussow frustrated the Brumbies and stole very good ball in the loose. He was the difference between the two sides. The Boks need him.

    The Sharks would be wise to buy Brussow and Taute. Taute is brilliant.

  • 21.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:08 am

    @Shark(Predawn)-20: Not for sale.

  • 22.Shark: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:11 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-21:

    Pity. Two very good players.

  • 23.welcome to my life, hugh...: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:15 am

    @Shark(Predawn)-20:
    you guys really are the chelsea of sa rugby. since the day you bought your way into the cc (we let you in) this is how you have behaved. you think throwing money at things will fix your problems… and you do.

  • 24.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:19 am

    @Shark(Predawn)-22: Grow your own. There’s no honour in pilfering.

  • 25.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:20 am

    Maybe Earl has been signed by HSM.

    Please let it not be true.

  • 26.Shark: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:21 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-24:

    No.

  • 27.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:24 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-19:

    Javelin fail.

  • 28.the peanut gallery: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:28 am

    earl rose has a very athletic build – a body like a javelin and a head like a discuss….

  • 29.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:30 am

    @stormersboy(stormersboy)-25:

    they have bought the rights to the Big Issue.

    Earl is going to be one of the sub-contractors for the distribution side of things.

  • 30.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:31 am

    @the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-27: The swan dive is not uncommon. But until now, very few had witnessed the majestic chicken dive.

    Check it: http://www.rugbydump.com/2012/02/2347/friday-funnies-joe-van-niekerk-scores-with-a-vertical-leap-try

  • 31.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:31 am

    Sharks are like Xhosakid’s dynamic.

    “We must just get it.”

  • 32.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:36 am

    @the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-29: OOOOOKAAAAAY….

    Was wondering what the angle was.

    That makes perfect sense.

  • 33.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:36 am

    @welcome to my life, hugh…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-7: um, please…get it right…it was FRANS LUDEKE who came up with “it’s not ROCK science” and not PdV

    hahahahaha :D

  • 34.welcome to my life, hugh...: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:37 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-30:
    baie snaaks.

  • 35.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:42 am

    @stormersboy(stormersboy)-25: i’m convinced Big Joe IS signed to HSM or keo is kefuffling with the ou lady…every year without fail SA Rugby mag writes a story about how hot Joe’s form is in France, elke jaar!.

  • 36.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:42 am

    @welcome to my life, hugh…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-34: Dis ‘n dom idee vir ‘n ou van sy grootte om bors-eerste in die grond in te ploeg. Ek sou ook uitchicken.

  • 37.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:44 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-30:

    poor joe.

    all the grace of a microwave flung from the top of a multi-storey car park.

  • 38.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:46 am

    @Transformation(Transformation)-35: Yes, amazing isn’t it? I happen to know Joe, he’s a good guy and happily doing more in France than he would in SA. I’m sure he’d love to play for the Boks again but he’s been there. done that.

    And I’m not that sure why they call him “Big Joe”, Not the biggest 8th man around at all.

  • 39.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:47 am

    @Transformation(Transformation)-35:

    Big Joe saved keo’s life in Paris.

    He stopped him from being decapitated by a Metro turnstile.

  • 40.welcome to my life, hugh...: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:52 am

    @Transformation(Transformation)-33:
    hehehe
    rock science is rock science, transie :grin:

  • 41.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:54 am

    @stormersboy(stormersboy)-38:

    Indeed not.

    He guts flung around like a half-chewed chicken wing at one of Tony Yengeni’s bring and braais.

  • 42.welcome to my life, hugh...: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:56 am

    @stormersboy(stormersboy)-38:
    i heard he gave himself the name, just kept referring to himself as big joe until it stuck. cannot verify the veracity though.

  • 43.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:57 am

    @stormersboy(stormersboy)-38: That’s just to differentiate him from Joe Pietersen.

  • 44.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:57 am

    @stormersboy(stormersboy)-38: i think for a 21yr old he was “big” but then his ego grew even bigger and then the drugs & it was all downhill. so the nic has stuck.

  • 45.welcome to my life, hugh...: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 09:59 am

    @Transformation(Transformation)-44:
    you mean when he ‘goes big…he goes big..’

  • 46.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 10:08 am

    @welcome to my life, hugh…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-45: Or goes home….. :)

  • 47.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 10:11 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-43: That makes sense.

    Or Joe Pasquale, otherwise known as “Funny Joe”

    Or Michael Landon, who was the original “Little Joe” in Bonanza.

  • 48.willievz: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 10:11 am

    @Shark(Predawn)-20: Taute is brilliant.

    But not yet class.

    A rough diamond, he makes too many elementary mistakes in between the periods of brilliance.

    I would select him in my Bok 22 though, now.

  • 49.Guns: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 10:13 am

    According to http://www.superxv.com/fixtures/

    Stormers, Bulls, Crusaders, Reds etc all have two byes,

    Sharks have 1…

    How the faaark is this fair in such a grooling comp?

    or is this a mistake??

  • 50.welcome to my life, hugh...: Reply to this comment
    13 Mar 2012, 10:16 am

    @Guns(Guns)-49:
    i think you’re allowed to trade your byes in for spur points. ollie wil know more about this ruling…ask him.

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