Comments on: Stormers wing wants Bok jersey

By: ryecatcher

ryecatcher — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:29:30 +0000

@gunther-28: Hi Gunther.Hope you are well

By: DumpsterDiver

DumpsterDiver — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 08:55:37 +0000

Ok CC player at best.

By: garth

garth — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:34:18 +0000

With Joe, Aplon, Swiel and Taute hanging around, I don’t see this GVDH getting much time on the pitch. He was brought in to add depth and that’s it. It’s great that he is ambitious and wants to be a Bok, but maybe he needs to be more realistic and aim to become a WP\Stormers stalwart first.

Anyway, with JDV and JDJ as centres, there is not much point in having great wingers as they never get to see the ball. It needs to be Flecks goal to get these guys distribution skills up and mould the gameplan around increased attacking play. The problem is that Fleck never did this as a player and so may not value this kind of play. He preferred the ball to go to one of the centres and them to try and take a gap or steamrole the opposite backline. This is too predictable.

By: Rage

Rage — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:16:20 +0000

@ 26,33,34
Hey watch it, Mossel Bay is my hometown!

By: Yetirat

Yetirat — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:17:17 +0000

@nama1-46: You know what, Naqalavuki had a bit of x-factor. He made some horrendous decisions at times, but every once in a while he would produce a little piece of magic in-between it all. He used to somehow jog into gaps and over people. VD Heever is just predictably average 99% of the time so I'd have to say he's worse.

By: Blue Label

Blue Label — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:36:13 +0000

He can buy one from Total Sport for R699. Great price, great quality!

By: nama1

nama1 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:02:35 +0000

@Yetirat-44: There's nothing mean about what you are saying. The truth is the truth. Question: would you regard him as a worse signing than Naqalavuki?

By: Yetirat

Yetirat — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:56:10 +0000

@Taahirah-43: Tac would probably agree with the article now that he's not at the Bulls anymore, but none of us will forget the spate of comments on his promising hurdle times.

By: Yetirat

Yetirat — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:51:09 +0000

Not to be mean, but for me, he’s been one of the worst signings that Province have made in a long time. I really don’t rate the guy. He’s got no step, lacks agility, his positioning has been caught wanting before and he rarely makes a difference off the bench.

By: Taahirah

Taahirah — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:18:13 +0000

@nama1-42: Would be interesting to see Tac's comment(s) on this article!

By: nama1

nama1 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:02:55 +0000

@Transformation-40:
“Rich in promise and with all the technical and physical attributes a modern
wing needs to be successful, his Springbok ambition isn’t misplaced.”

I wonder how Vrede feels now after writing Shadow up like this. I know Tac does not feel the same way about him anymore.

By: Transformation

Transformation — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:49:15 +0000

fark me, Hekkies was NOWHERE near a Bok jersey by 2011 RWC

By: Transformation

Transformation — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:47:29 +0000

@nama1-39: indeed

Troubles of a white wing
21 Apr 2010

Gerhard van den Heever faces immense
obstacles in his quest to earn Springbok
selection.

The Bulls wing wants to go to
the 2011 World Cup in New
Zealand. And in an ideal world,
one uncomplicated by Bryan
Habana’s legacy and accepted
but flawed selection norms,
he’d have a realistic hope too.

This, after all, is the kid who
ended his rookie season in
2009 having scored 11 tries in
19 provincial matches, and at the time of
writing had bagged four in seven Super 14
starts.

Rich in promise and with all the
technical and physical attributes a modern
wing needs to be successful, his Springbok
ambition isn’t misplaced.

But his is a unique battle – one that no
other elite South African wing has to fight.

his “battle” according to that astute rugby brain Ryan Vrede was that Hekkies was white…

wonder why the Bulls offloaded him?

By: nama1

nama1 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:43:12 +0000

@Transformation-38: "Return of the white (right) wing"

By: Transformation

Transformation — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:20:47 +0000

“Troubles of a white wing”

By: Robzim

Robzim — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:45:14 +0000

@Taahirah-35: Exactly, he seems even painfully shy at times.

By: Robzim

Robzim — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:40:45 +0000

@gunther-33:

Lol, I am going there on Sunday for a few days.
Will keep a low profile and avoid the locals as far as possible

By: Taahirah

Taahirah — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:30:48 +0000

@Robzim-32: Indeed. He seems very introverted, not the type to start a fight. Dont know him personally so I could be wrong.

By: Taahirah

Taahirah — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:29:51 +0000

@gunther-33:

By: gunther

gunther — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:16:17 +0000

@Robzim-32: Mosselbaai is very roff. Anything can like to happen there.