The Bulls could move both Spies and Hougie to the wing after 50 minutes and bring Arno and Janno on, it might change the whole game especially with Fouche on flyhalf

I’ve read on the Bulls site that there are rumours of him going to play in France

He still has some time….

Nooo never, look how physical a lock has to be like Bakkies, Thorne and the like

They must be more physical than a loosie even and do the hard work at the rucks

Spies hates doing it

He should come up for the last thirty minutes and run at the opposition when they’ve been tired out and he could run at the half gaps at speed

Part of Pierre’s problem with his non-competition in the rucks are his body dimensions and how he enters the rucks. He is so tall – it literally makes it difficult for him to play as a loose forward with the way he is going about things. I am not saying he is the tallest Nr 8 – but someone could help him with his technique a bit.

If you believe Rassie Erasmus, your 8 should be as good a fetcher as your fetcher flank as he often gets to the breakdown first. Hence the fact that Daniel actually makes a pretty decent 8th man. He might not have the bulk to ruck over the ball, but he gets there first and makes the opponents life hell until the big boys arrive behind him. Of course that does bring the occasional penalty.

Perhaps Pierre should be tried at lock.

No he won’t, look at all the no 8′s, they all play more physical than PS, Vermeulen, Kanko, Baardman etc

Spies should be an impact player, he would be the ultimate impact player, better than Skinstad at his best

He scored a few ‘Jonah Lomu’ type tries for Affies and used to hand off tacklers like he was swatting a fly. And he is such a nice chap.

Perhaps he should go play a season or two overseas in the mud…..it might bring things into his game and work out some of the devils.

Maybe he would have been better as a wins, he’s scared of contact and likes to run free, not get involved in the rough stuff like real loosie

That’s why he never got injured in a few season unlike REAL loosies like Dewald, CJ and Arno

Rakende Spies. Ek dink nou al lankal hy speel die vekeerde game. In 2009 se finaal teen die Chiefs dan hardloop hy lyne van Olivier se skouer af en maak baie meters. In 2010 teen Engeland hardloop hy van Francois Steyn se skouer af en maak omtrent die enigste linebreak van die wedstryd. Deesdae probeer hy so naby aan die loskrums as moontlik breek. Dit was Guthro, Bakkies, Danie, Gary Botha, ens se sterk punte.

Arno Botha daarteenoor is vir my ‘n baie opwindende speler.

When everything is said and done, he is still a very talented rugby player.

There must be someone that could work a bit more with Pierre to improve those aspects of his game which are questionable.

I cant help but wonder why the shift to loose forward. When I watched him play for Affies he was a right wing, and a flippin awesome one. He was also probably the quickest wing – certainly in Pretoria schools. Can you imagine if Pierre had been brought through the system as a wing – with his physique ?

I dont know whether its mismanagement, or what demons Pierre has running around in his head – but its really a shame that he has turned out to be little more than an average to slightly above average (at best) loose forward.

Ek kan nie vir jou sê hoe bly ek is dat Spies beseer is nie, nou kan iemand wat actually speel ‘n kans kry, tot Cheeky se Devil’s Spawn sal beter wees

Jammer dat Stander weggaan, met hom, die twee Potgieters en Arno sal ons goeie loosies hê

Ons kry ook nou nuwe stutte want Greyling en Kruger kan nie skrum nie.

Dean werk darem in die los, baie harder as Barbie se gespierde useless Ken op agsteman

Pine is ok, ek dink net nie hy’s ‘n S15 afrigter nie, miskien na ‘n paar jaar van CC

“People like you with your entitlement”

SARU must go to hell and burn.