Comments on: Openside hybrid non-negotiable for Boks

By: Palooka

Palooka — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:42:10 +0000

@j59-97: As I understood it he tried to play with a broken rib. One can clearly see how he was patched up when the anthems were sung. No p[layer will pitch up for the game- but RATEL did.

By: Palooka

Palooka — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:37:49 +0000

@pie eater-82: It is not size and weight that counts: It is power that says it all. Power = rate of force development. On a rugby field a player that can bench press 180kg could most certainly be inferior to a player that van only bench press 150kg. The time taken to accelerate a given mass says it all. And NOT 1 repitition maks outputs. Nick Mallet wrote an article about this issue and explained why Brussouw keeps 3 players busy when he carries thye ball compared to longer and more heavy players.

By: Palooka

Palooka — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:29:43 +0000

@wpstormerbok-30: Agree: Refer to the match of them together against Fiji @Jeraldjay-7: And exactly what more does he offer/ @Angostura-35: @Angostura-35: Agree; We did see it and Brussouws stats for the game: Brussouw 107m with ball in hand compared to the two potgieters and Spies combined distance of 117. Because Brussouw made a complete ass/arse of HM could be his down fall of not being selected to the sqaud. m.@David-74: HM and his penalty talk: HM selected the three Sprigboks that gave away the most penalties.

By: munkiboi

munkiboi — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:49:33 +0000

such a shame that the bok coaches focus is on ball carriers that run into contact, and not those that find the gap and actually make distance, not just a couple of meters over advantage line. and heaven forbid we see an offload or some other such silliness.

By: garth

garth — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:38:26 +0000

@willievz-52: And Fourie

By: j59

j59 — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:16:46 +0000

@SjamBok-99:
Look heinrich’s impact since the lions tour has been more profound than any other bok debutant IMHO – but he DID get slightly dwarf tossed in the RWC – tough as he is, can’t be sustainable

Deon Fourie’s currie cup was brilliant tho (I just loved how he became stronger in the last 20 minutes of the final – something the TRex’s can’t do)

At least we agree on experimenting with two open siders

More raptors, less T-rex’s ne!

By: SjamBok

SjamBok — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:38:12 +0000

@j59-97: He was off for half of the match! he was being carefully watched, make no mistake - but that leaves gaps in other places. I did not see any problem with the Boks ball carrying while he was playing though...

By: SjamBok

SjamBok — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:36:51 +0000

I dont understand why the objective is to bring ball carrying to both flanks, instead of fetching to both flanks? Why not play Flo at 7 and Heinrich at 6? Heinrich is actually no slouch at ball carrying either and he gets a head of steam up pretty often (and he is a much better ball player/defender/link/thinker than most other flankers we have, with gruibbber kicks, etc thrown into the mix). With more turnovers being won, we can score more tries when the opposition’s backline is in disarray. Instead the team hangs back defending, hoping for a mistake, and only once one does come, they try and play off set piece moves, when the defence is in position.

Then again, our backline would not know what to do with the ball of we got a turnover in broken play…

By: j59

j59 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:20:10 +0000

Deon Fourie is far and away the best we have to offer in this category (uncapped, of course). I would play both him and flo together (innovate! South Africa – don’t just follow)

Locks: Eben, Alberts
Loosies: DFourie, Duane, Flo

Brussow(albeit injured) in the RWC QF = rag doll + thrown around….not good, man

And I really rated him

By: Yetirat

Yetirat — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:18:00 +0000

Etzebeth cleared!

By: groen

groen — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:04:43 +0000

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By: gussak

gussak — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:48:59 +0000

A couple of years back Google reported Keo’s site to have malware. It happened again last week. This week, your site wants to install something from arcobalenofoz.com.br. Anyone from the crew that want to comment?

By: grant10

grant10 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:45:16 +0000

@wnbb-92: LOL When you wrong you must man up....I was very wrong... Eben gets off...

By: wnbb

wnbb — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:39:38 +0000

Nice to see all the former Heyneke fans shifting their positions now!!

By: grant10

grant10 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:09:13 +0000

@wnbb-90: Not an AC fan….he has been far too conservative for my liking with the defence orientated game plan….

Give me Mallet and Mitchell……

However, hindsight is 20 20 vision and if I had to reflect AC would have been a better choice than HM…….now that I have seen the ball ups first hand.

By: wnbb

wnbb — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:30:57 +0000

@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-86: check this one: 460.grant10: 6 Nov 2011, 12:04 pm @Tacitus(Deucalion)-458: heyneke 1000 times before AC for me!

By: stormersboy

stormersboy — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:17:30 +0000

@katman-84: Actually if he can stay fit and motivated you could do a lot worse than Lionel. You could do a lot better too though..

By: trupisero

trupisero — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:01:04 +0000

@grant10-51: ja, the 2004 IRB player of the year, playing in a 6 jumper was no opensider.

By: yank

yank — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:44:20 +0000

As much as I admire Alberts, I really think that the Boks balance at loose forward is compromised. I really think we need a live wire, FAST loosie like Coetzee or Kolisi playing along side Louw (who has been a revelation) and Vermuelen (for now) then Kankowski when he returns from sushi land. With Bismarck back as a strongman/2nd fetcher (Yes, even as well as Struss has played) I think the Bok pack will be awesome. Vermuelen has played solidly but for me he lacks an X factor that Kankowski has. And god knows we need an X factor to help our pedestrian backs. Admittedly Frans Steyn will make a big diff but I believe we need him at fullback instead of the man-for-no-reasons who currently “fills” the #15 jersey. And PLEASE…lets start a real wing and use Hougaard as versitile off-the-bench player, not a starting wing.

By: The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food

The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:31:31 +0000

Skopdiekan, here is a pearler from the past for you….

747.greatest13gerber said:
3 Jun 2012, 12:48 pm
Dean Greyling unlucky as well – would have being good impact off the bench.