Comments on: KeoTV: Stormers have X factor, Sharks don’t

By: Neilster(neilster2012)

Neilster(neilster2012) — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:43:15 +0000

What an absolute twaddle, Sharks don’t lack X-factor they lack accuracy in the basics!

By: bananaboy(bananaboy)

bananaboy(bananaboy) — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:55:10 +0000

@Slumtown(Slumtown)-222: Alberts still carrying the effect of his shoulder injury in my opinion. He should have had a longer time to rest to be honest, but he will be bcak.

By: Slumtown(Slumtown)

Slumtown(Slumtown) — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:40:13 +0000

@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-169: Yeah I also think Jantjes threatens the gain line the best of the lot but to be fair he often makes bad decisions and gets isolated and turns over ball. Tackling also a little light in my opinion. I would definitely have him around as an option but maybe he needs some time with good players to bring out the best in him. Sometimes he does wonderful things and other times makes some silly mistakes. Time will tell. If you insist in Elstadt I would then simply keep him on the flank and move Alberts in to lock. I´m not sold on Alberts - he´s dropped off the pace a lot. I know what he´s capable of but he seems to have lost the hunger. Somethings not right with him. I maintain the loose combo is becoming a problem and should we continiue with this insane run of knee injuries on loosies we may well be scrambling come June tests. I pray for no more injuries.

By: bananaboy(bananaboy)

bananaboy(bananaboy) — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:12:37 +0000

@cab(cab)-150: Interesting point Cab and I agree that you need to dominate in terms of possession, however the concern I have as always with SA rugby is the overemphasis on brute strenght rather than technique or skill. Physically SA sides tend to be bigger than our Antipodean counterparts yet we tend to play rugby without the ball. Our opponents are not only masters at retrieving the ball but also keeping hold of it. Our sides tend to rely on putting pressure on through brute force and thereby scoring off the mistakes of the opponents. I would like to see more creativity and technique being used combined with the already present brute force and this is where I think the Sharks are trying to take their game. Develop an attacking mindset based on a good skillset presupposing that everything starts with the need to gain and retain possession. An example in question is when Bismarck gets stripped of the ball in contact by a flyhalf simply because of poor technique and lack of support play. By the way this also happened to Pedrie when playing for Ulster against Edinburgh in the semi final of the Heineken cup.

By: sharks_lover(sharks_lover)

sharks_lover(sharks_lover) — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:02:06 +0000

@nama1(nama1)-219: Oh BS the Stormer own the EGO factory

By: nama1(nama1)

nama1(nama1) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:43:36 +0000

So, the Stormers players probably also use AXE, hence the X-factor, while the Saarkies are still using up their stockpiles of EGO.

Following some of the Saark supporters on Keo, they probably also into EGO. Big time

By: cane(cane)

cane(cane) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:43:24 +0000

@RedMan(RedMan)-216: @WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-217: Merle was an Angel in White compared to Bakkies. 8)

By: WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)

WP Till I Die(WP-Forever) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:38:44 +0000

@cane(cane)-214: Merle was a thug. A big one.

By: RedMan(RedMan)

RedMan(RedMan) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:24:14 +0000

@cane(cane)-214: I saw Merle in Pretoria during the WC in '95. Scary looking dude

By: stormersboy(stormersboy)

stormersboy(stormersboy) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:21:05 +0000

@WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-213: He was, I believe 118kg's. That's a lot of wing.

By: cane(cane)

cane(cane) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:21:02 +0000

@WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-212: Ever see Olivier Merle?

By: WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)

WP Till I Die(WP-Forever) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:19:09 +0000

Jonah Lomu was also no slouch in the gym, extremely strong.

I believe he was able to squat over 300kg.

By: WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)

WP Till I Die(WP-Forever) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:12:42 +0000

@race of tan(race of tan)-209: One of the biggest players I've seen is Richard Metcalfe, ex Scottish lock, 7 feet tall and about 130kg, absolute giant of a man.

By: stormersboy(stormersboy)

stormersboy(stormersboy) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:11:42 +0000

@race of tan(race of tan)-208: Gary Pagel comes from a family of Circus Strongmen. A beast of a man and probably one of our best and strongest props ever. Too bad he developed a rep for dirty play (not always undeserved) and went overseas. Struck fear into many a LH prop over the years, but a decent bloke off the field.

By: sharks_lover(sharks_lover)

sharks_lover(sharks_lover) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:07:18 +0000

@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-206: remember the non white folk all supporting the canes in EL?? one of the reason the Sharks left that fold is no support there?? and of course the financial losses etc

By: race of tan(race of tan)

race of tan(race of tan) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:06:19 +0000

Great White Shark – Yes Andre Snyman one of my favourite Bok players but he never regained his of 98 after breaking both his ankles. He was also a wopping 100kg very big for a centre. Pieter Muller must have been some size too!!

By: race of tan(race of tan)

race of tan(race of tan) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:03:29 +0000

Great White Shark – Just checked Gary Pagel’s stats he was a wopping 119 kgs. I do wonder if the Boks were just as big before proffessionlism as they are now!! No wonder they steam rollered everybody during the amatuer days!!!!

Have never seen Strauli, he was also 109kg in his day according to genslin.us.

I saw Japie Mulder and Dalton out once at Foxies in Sandton joburg, man i am giving away my age here a bit!!! Dalton was huge, Japies legs were huge!! Met Hennie Le Roux at seventies(MidRand), little tank.

I also was the french blondie player at sarries, Castaignède, built like a small tank!!

By: WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)

WP Till I Die(WP-Forever) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:01:12 +0000

@Great White Shark(Predawn)-203: I think they were the Coastal Sharks from 1998 to about 2006, when the Southern Spears was formed.

By: mshiniwami(mshiniwami)

mshiniwami(mshiniwami) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:00:45 +0000

@Great White Shark(Predawn)-203: Nah it was Super 12 days..Shocking kit. But nothing was worse than Stormers multicoloured abomination around same time...

By: Great White Shark(Predawn)

Great White Shark(Predawn) — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:00:03 +0000

@WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-204: I thought up that one already. Another name for that team in the past was the Springboks.