Comments on: Boks call up Lions skipper

By: TooMuchRugby

TooMuchRugby — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:35:05 +0000

@skopdiekan-2: MAybe the universe is trying to tell him something.......

By: Doughnut

Doughnut — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:04:32 +0000

Cilliers is a good player and jannie looks tired. No settled front row anyway due to Beast and biz out so best go with Heinke and Cilliers for me … JdP and JC on the bench.

Its not the tight 5 anyway, main prob is the game plan .. zzzzzzzzzzzzz

By: Skeppie

Skeppie — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:00:49 +0000

@skopdiekan-2: Cilliers ahead of Jannie? No man that's crazy talk.

By: whatever

whatever — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:18:22 +0000

Cj is a useless sick note who should never even be on tour! How many mins did he play for the lions this season? Probably the total of one game! Pathetic weak lump of lard. And if Guthro does not sort out his game he can take a walk as well……he missed tackle after tackle and looked weak at scrum time.

By: race of tan

race of tan — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:12:17 +0000

Loki – CJ was the man under Jake White oh well things change. I thought Heinke was string when he came on against Scotland

By: Loki

Loki — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:19:54 +0000

CJ Van Der Linde is an injury prone journeyman at best. When last did he string together 2 x 80min games in a row? And when he gets his (massively overpaid) 25mins, he folds in his first scrum. Guthro apparently “brought so much energy to practice and was hitting rucks and flinging his body around” in the lead up to the Scots game. I did not see much of that on Saturday. But the Bok spindoctors and media hype machine, makes us believe. Should Heinke not rather have started with Guthro (just back from injury) on the bench against Scots? Anyhow, seems that any story can be sold as “fact” to public and we just swallow it. Only to be dissapointed every Saturday.

By: papaown

papaown — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:38:45 +0000

@Jake_White-13: Guthro has never actually performed for Boks in NH. More than said as i would've expected him to have grown in this area considering he plays there weak in and weak out

By: goodstuff

goodstuff — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:26:19 +0000

@Lions_Soutie-10: He did not look fit, was missing tackles like crazy before he got subbed. Still think Kitshoff would have been a good option at LH.

By: goodstuff

goodstuff — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:25:14 +0000

@katman-5: Let's not go crazy now, those boytjies are bottom of the SR log for a reason.

By: Jake_White

Jake_White — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:18:29 +0000

Gurthro and CJ were bossed by Scotland. Time to get a specialist in… JC has been consistently pushing scrums backwards. We need power.

I wonder if JC, Biz and Coenie would make a powerful front row.

Pushed by Eben and Andries, and Flo, Willem Duane.

By: Anomander

Anomander — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:07:09 +0000

@skopdiekan-2: The worst part of it is that a functioning front-row is not made in 3 days. Guys need to have time to work together before they become effective. Which is why I like the idea of selecting "provincial" front rows.

By: Hop Hop Spinnekop

Hop Hop Spinnekop — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:59:27 +0000

@simorf-9: Not better than JC. JC should have been there from the start.

By: Lions_Soutie

Lions_Soutie — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:13:22 +0000

Guthro tried hard but his conditioning was shite. Actually glad he is not playing this weekend.

By: simorf

simorf — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:57:49 +0000

What about Steven Kitshoff . He is fast, consistent with a high work rate. When scrumming legally he pushes guys back

By: Jeez

Jeez — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:51:00 +0000

CJ will probably ever play for the boks again, just like Greyling and Kruger. And Spies will probably also find it hard to get back into a bok squad.Thank goodness the forwards are beginning to settle with deserving players. Hopefully the boks backs can transform in the same way going forward… WOlivier probably wont see a bok jersey again either… Lets hope MSteyn’s days are also numbered….and JDV, Kirchner for that matter…

By: Luiz VRC

Luiz VRC — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:21:00 +0000

Now meyer? really? now? joke.

jc should be there since the begining of the tour.
cj is a retired player for almost 2 years.

By: Rage

Rage — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:17:05 +0000

Speaking of which,I see Lionel Cronje has left the Bulls to join the Lions?

By: katman

katman — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:14:04 +0000

Maak die Leeus almal Bokke.

By: Tuna

Tuna — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:58:14 +0000

Finally!!

By: kaksioek

kaksioek — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:25:54 +0000

I reckon CJ was so embarrassed that he invented an injury. He did the right thing, too.