Lambie set for Bok start
5 Nov 2012
RYAN VREDE, writing from Dublin, says Pat Lambie ran at flyhalf for the bulk of Monday’s training session in a strong indicator that he will play ahead of Morne Steyn at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
Lambie impressed throughout the Super Rugby campaign in the position and was exceptional in Currie Cup semi-final at Kings Park, where his tactical game management and goal-kicking lead the Sharks to the final.
It had been a straight choice between Lambie and Steyn for head coach Heyneke Meyer, who remained hopeful that Steyn would regain his confidence after dropping him for the home leg of the Rugby Championship. He believes Steyn’s tactical kicking game is the best of his available flyhalves, but has acknowledged Lambie’s growth in this facet of play, most recently at Monday’s press conference which preceded training.
‘You can’t compare the Currie Cup and Tests but he showed great tactical awareness in winning the Currie Cup with the Sharks in 2010 as 19 or 20 year old. Suddenly I’ve seen some of that in him again and he is really improving and knocking on the door hard at the moment.’
Steyn is now unlikely to feature in the match 22 as Meyer doesn’t see him as an impact player, with Elton Jantjies expected to provide cover on the wood.
Lambie has an opportunity to stake a serious claim for the shirt and will be acutely aware of the importance of a strong performance at the weekend. Johan Goosen remains Meyer’s preferred pivot of those at his disposal, but with Meyer set to commit to a deputy for Goosen for the 2013 season and onwards towards the World Cup, Lambie has an inside lane.
‘I know Morne will get back to his best soon,’ Meyer said. ‘Dan Carter said to me a couple of years ago that he went through a difficult time and went to France and came back a better player, which gives me confidence about Morne [Meyer was intimating that a break will have done Steyn good]. But you also want to see who is the next guy after Goosen.’
Meyer lamented that nearly a year into his reign he was still deciding between flyhalves.
‘Because the three are young [Goosen, Lambie and Jantjies] the only way you’ll see whether they have it or not is by playing them. The difficulty is that if your flyhalf isn’t on song then you lose because he runs the whole game plan. I would have loved to have the opportunity earlier in my tenure to look at the 10s. But I didn’t have that luxury. We’re probably the only elite nation without an established 10,’ he said.
He did, however, express delight at the new-found depth in a position that has historically been troublesome.
‘I’m happy at what we have at present and then future looks good with Handre Pollard and others coming through,’ he said. ‘If you look at the last 10 years this is probably the best group of flyhalves we’ve had available. But how they respond in these conditions is key. They’re all good at running and distributing the ball, but with the World Cup being in England you’ll need guys who are tactically astute. They all have to work on that aspect of their games.’
Meanwhile, JP Pietersen is set to be reinstated on the wing after missing the Rugby Championship through injury. Francois Hougaard is likely to retain his place on the opposite flank.
Jean de Villiers and Francois Louw didn’t participate in the contact session but the former ran freely and is expected to overcome a hamstring strain to start. Louw has a neck injury that is being monitored. If he fails to respond to treatment he will be replaced at openside flank by Marcell Coetzee, with Arno Botha coming onto the bench.
Adriaan Strauss will keep his place at hooker ahead of Schalk Brits, who will be used as an impact player. Elsewhere in the front row, Gurthro Steenkamp was a notable absentee at training, the prop picking up an injury in Toulouse’s match this weekend. In the event of Steenkamp’s injury precluding him from joining the squad, Leinster’s Heinke van der Merwe will be called up.
Probable Springbok XV to face Ireland – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaco Taute, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Pat Lambie, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermuelen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
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6 Nov 2012, 15:08 pm
@Te Rangatira-398:
where’s my goodnight
6 Nov 2012, 15:09 pm
And who’s Angie
6 Nov 2012, 15:12 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-400:
I saw a cabinet for sale in the Mercury this morning! Call Sharks Rugby Union…
No I was just thinking.
Oh yes congrats Sharks on winning the 7 a side. A huge achievement…
6 Nov 2012, 15:12 pm
@Te Rangatira-392:
in SA the waltons was dubbed in afrikaans so would be ‘nag pa’ ‘nag ma’ ‘nag johnboy’ and so on
6 Nov 2012, 15:14 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-404: Nee ma, ek dig nog.
6 Nov 2012, 15:22 pm
@katman-405:
6 Nov 2012, 15:30 pm
@Gumboots-403: Yes they did win the 7′s. Huge congrats. They were the favourites, and they didn’t fuckitup.
6 Nov 2012, 15:35 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-407: We sharks are like NZ, we dominate in terms of games won or lost as opposed to defining sucess through acheiving one trophy.
6 Nov 2012, 15:50 pm
@Skeppie-408:
You mean like in this years S15?
6 Nov 2012, 15:54 pm
@Skeppie-408: See David’s post
6 Nov 2012, 16:06 pm
@Gumboots-403:
6 Nov 2012, 16:14 pm
@David-409: Damn stats!
6 Nov 2012, 16:16 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-410: David is confused, he is reading the stats all wrong. And anyway since when did winning one measly CC trophy become the be all and end all?……erm…….and the sharkettes are much hotter than those stormer sailorette you have going….
6 Nov 2012, 16:16 pm
@Dawn-402: who is she?
6 Nov 2012, 16:21 pm
@Skeppie-413: Sharkies het by verre die mooiste tietswaaiers!!
6 Nov 2012, 16:25 pm
@Transformation-414:
“381.blue and white stripes said:
6 Nov 2012, 14:39 pm
@ryecatcher-374:
I like you. Your online persona comes across with warmth.
But like me you labelled as a “newbie” and Angie decides who has earned their stripes.
Oh Angie can we please be accepted as part of the clique.”
Ja who is she?
6 Nov 2012, 16:39 pm
@blue and white stripes-381: kind words thank you. I have been on this site for about 15 months now
During that time I have made about 12 cyber friends qualities I look for are intelligence banter an exchange of knowledge and humour these qualities are all present in my cyber friends.
On the other hand you have posters (the clique you talk about ) who are particularly rank .
So be discriminate who you speak to You will ultimately be judged on the quality of your posts which if your exchanges with Skeppie are anything to go by will be good.
Since school days I have found cliques to be populated by bullies and people with massive insecurities.
You have the option to scroll on by.
My personal welcome to Keo
6 Nov 2012, 16:40 pm
Bad punctuation.Bad keyboard.
6 Nov 2012, 16:44 pm
@XhosaKid-390: Very LOL
6 Nov 2012, 16:49 pm
@Skeppie-413: Hot indeed.
One almost feels the first faint stirrings qagain.
6 Nov 2012, 16:49 pm
Angie, Angie, when will those clouds all disappear?
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here?
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You can’t say were satisfied
But Angie, Angie, you can’t say we never tried
Angie, you’re beautiful, but ain’t it time we said goodbye?
Angie, I still love you, remember all those nights we cried?
All the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear:
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here?
Oh, Angie, don’t you weep, all your kisses still taste sweet
I hate that sadness in your eyes
But Angie, Angie, ain’t it time we said goodbye?
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You can’t say were satisfied
But Angie, I still love you, baby
Everywhere I look I see your eyes
There ain’t a woman that comes close to you
Come on baby, dry your eyes
But Angie, Angie, ain’t it good to be alive?
Angie, Angie, they can’t say we never tried
6 Nov 2012, 16:49 pm
@Skeppie-412:
@Skeppie-413:
6 Nov 2012, 16:52 pm
Quagain= again
6 Nov 2012, 16:54 pm
@katman-421: Stones fan I see.
Mick starting to look like Tutankhamen unveiled these days.
6 Nov 2012, 16:58 pm
@ryecatcher-424: Ja, it had to happen some time I guess.
Charlie Watts was the first of them to look old, and then he kind of got stuck there while they all caught up.
6 Nov 2012, 17:03 pm
@katman-425: Still has more onstage energy than DV on a rugby fieldSorry Doc
6 Nov 2012, 18:55 pm
” who is the “dunce” now?”
A DUNCE-HEAD by any other name is still just a dunce-head as you confirm by responding to a post that refers to NO human name. The cap fits so I can’t acquit you.
But let the humour flow on endlessly as your example demands, screamingly:
” …. two men were arrested for allegedly …”
Let me be kind and make that another ” two men” . Let me be kinder still to make that figure 30 by multiplying it by a factor. Allow me to overflow with kindness and make your figure 300 (maybe you prefer 3000 arrested).
The geographical area badly affected by Sandy(north and west of S.Carolina) is inhabited by, in excess of, 100 million people. So what per centage then is 300 (my kind figure) if they are all “arrested”?
The simple arithmetic gives :
300/100,000,000 – knock off some zeros(or zeroes) from the numerator and denominator and then use a calculator
An ‘astronomical’ figure results(0.00000 cont.) so much so that I cannot get to the decimal point to arrive at a figure of 1% even if I multiply it hundreds of thousands of times.
Yes you are right, Looting was/is an enormous problem even if you change the goalpost to ” criminal behaviour ”
The answer to your original question of “dunce”?
YOU, still YOU , only YOU.
6 Nov 2012, 18:58 pm
If you stop pissing when on your mission to Missionvale you WILL solve the flood there.
But I will still school you in KLEINSKOOL even though I know you will still prefer to be the herdboy of your old roaming goats in VEEPLAAS.
6 Nov 2012, 19:06 pm
@ryecatcher-426:
@katman-425:
When the world eventually collapses, two things will survive.
Insects.
And Keith Richard.
6 Nov 2012, 19:06 pm
@ET.-427: http://m.globalgrind.com/news/hurricane-sandy-looting-looters-robbing-hurricane-sandy-rockaways-coney-island-photos
stop making a dunce of yourself defending the indefensible…are you a “fake” american now?
looting is looting, why get your sensibilities prickled?!
6 Nov 2012, 19:12 pm
@Golden Boy-241:
WAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!
6 Nov 2012, 19:12 pm
@Transformation-430:
Transie, ET is just selective with the truth.
Always has been, always will be.
He is to be taken with a pinch of salt.
Make that a bucket.
6 Nov 2012, 19:13 pm
For your amusement I will ask the question, Is Obama about to take an ominous fall?
And this is the supporting argument:
The Redskins moved to Washington in 1937. Since then, there have been 18 presidential elections. In 17 of those, the following rule applied:
If the Redskins win their last home game before the election, the party that won the previous election wins the next election and that if the Redskins lose, the challenging party’s candidate wins.
We will see what The BOSS Bruce Springsteen has to say about that as he rallied thousands for the Black Irishman O’Bama in Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio.
O’Bama now sets out to become just the second incumbent president in more than 70 years to win a second term after a Redskins loss in Washington.
All this solely to freak you out of your skins, pink not red though.
But Leeds will win today.
6 Nov 2012, 19:18 pm
Look at the simple arithmetic ( 0.000003 %), then look in the mirror and laugh at yourself.
6 Nov 2012, 19:18 pm
@ET.-427: What.
Dafuq.
Are you
Talking
About?????
6 Nov 2012, 19:19 pm
The salt is 0.000003% of a pinch.
6 Nov 2012, 19:31 pm
Name one global disaster whether it be the Japan nuclear disaster, any tsunami country, US 9/11, Hurricanes Andrew, Katrina, Sandy, Irene, Wilma(or any named ), any world war devastated country where a degree of looting is not ever found.
Millions more is stolen(looted) by white collar fund-raisers even today and even for present Sandy fund-raisers who have just set up for that by whatever means and including the internet.
It is all a pure matter of priorities but do you misfits even care or is it just the aimless drama you prefer?
Continue in your states of endless boredom or is Boerdom a better fit?
6 Nov 2012, 19:45 pm
@stormersboy-435:
ET gets his adrenalin rush off cracked.com.
It sort of sums up the guy.
@ET.-437:
And how much did this election campaign cost the electorate?
1 BILLION USD dollars at last count.
Not bad for the largest creditor nation on the planet.
Think what it could do for your HOME country.
Think fool.
6 Nov 2012, 19:51 pm
Nice to see this dead horse thread I kicked into life almost 24 hours ago rock up another 420 posts from nothing
Shows you don’t need disenchanted disillusioned sharky shape shift shoe shine boys to get the place rocking.. all you gotta do is call a spade a spade.. or in slightly better analogy call a race inflicted supremacist a race inflicted supremacist and see the result of the fallout 420 posts from a dead end delirium later.
6 Nov 2012, 19:55 pm
@capebull-193:
alright well lets see, this okes normally leak their teams to the press, so i thought it was pretty much solid.
mujati was a good call, a very good call as was steenkamp, he does things halfright – but de jong is a major fkup
6 Nov 2012, 19:57 pm
Romney gets the card and WW111 is looming thick and ominous
Obama gets it again and same ‘ol same ‘ol chase the frivolous money market into extinction.
any which way modern society as we know it is facing one fat mother of shake ups..
oh how the mighty are gonna go falling.. just like Babylon and Egypt and Assyria and Greece and Rome and the Ottoman and Mogul Empires before it
6 Nov 2012, 19:57 pm
yessus ou doosie fancies himself as the gdam pied piper of iets – i dunno about the other but i looked at the team for sat and then waded in.
as for who called de jong first, it was me, well before you all in 2008/9, but who really cares if he’s not being picked by who counts.
6 Nov 2012, 20:03 pm
@ET.-437:
Was there looting in Japan? I must admit I didn’t see any reports of it. By looting I don’t mean scavenging.
6 Nov 2012, 20:05 pm
@ET.-437: “do you misfits even care”
Hehe, not really.
This is a rugby blog.
6 Nov 2012, 20:05 pm
@I am a stormer-438:
It didn’t cost the electorate, just the major donors.
6 Nov 2012, 20:12 pm
obama-son probably the most competent president they ever had, but he’s surrounded by idiots, they all cooked in the goose, he’s inherited and sitting on a timebomb with a runaway train trying to hang on in the dirty game and having to play it in the process.
6 Nov 2012, 20:13 pm
@David-445:
As long as the major donors pay their taxes as well, David.
But if I were Romney, I’d be nervous. But then again Americans lie with straight faces. Just look at Lance Armstong. And George Bush 2. Or Richard Nixon. Lets not not mention Bill Clinton – no man would ever deny getting a blow-job.
6 Nov 2012, 20:18 pm
@I am a stormer-429: Good man.And out
of the Fairest Cape nogal
6 Nov 2012, 20:23 pm
What’s he blathering about now?
6 Nov 2012, 20:24 pm
@ET.-437: That is such kak
and you know it.White man bad,black man good.Come on man.
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