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You honestly think things are great between Rassie and Nienaber Yes. I am not so sure. Why are you convinced. Their split up was sudden. To me that is a sure sign of something being up Nienaber has stated that the only reason for the break was a desire to spend more time with family. His family lif...

Other than Nienaber, I wouldn't feel very comfortable with any of those names taking over at the Springboks. Maybe Franco Smith or Johann Ackermans...maybe. But I don't know how their working relationships are with Rassie and his management team. You honestly think things are great between Rassie a...

The lowest point was a few years ago, when I heard a commentator refer to the EP team as The Telkom Callmore Mighty Elephants Or a Super Rugby game a few years back that started with "Welcome to Vodacom Park for this Vodacom Super Rugby game between the Vodacom Cheetahs and the Vodacom Lions&q...

I have no problem with teams taking money from sponsors and plastering their logos on the jerseys. I just won't buy the jersey, but I'll happily support the sponsors. It's it's good enough for Formula 1, it's good enough for rugby. My issue is with naming rights. It's a stupid trend that we started....

Agree with Sardy, Sharks branding is the best. No change necessary. Clueless foreigners will have to use Google if they wish to know where the team is located, if they're smarter than an Aussie they will do so, if not they will spend 3 decades saying they don't know where the SA teams are from. :th...

The state of that jersey :lol: :lol: It was a bit of a disaster, hey? But it was only topped by the troll move succeeding it, blending all the colours into one solid black jersey and annoying you Sharks fans who at the time played with your iconic black & white in the Currie Cup and a terribly ...

The IPL cricket show the way for branding. Their SA success is unbelievable. Ja, no. I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that one. While the IPL has been undeniably successful, I think it has been in spite of branding and not because of it. The branding is, and always has been, terrible. I mean ...

Other than Nienaber, I wouldn't feel very comfortable with any of those names taking over at the Springboks.

Maybe Franco Smith or Johann Ackermans...maybe.

But I don't know how their working relationships are with Rassie and his management team.

I agree about WP Stormers. I also don't know why the Stormers never capitalised on the iconic blue and white hoops for a jersey for a start. I've never really liked any of the recent Stormers jerseys, and the colours of the current one make it look like a school kit, or a swimming costume. When I s...

I just feel Sharks are light years ahead of the rest in building a brand. As soon as the dropped the fear the fin bullshit, things improved! The biggest mistake the WP Rugby and the Stormers did was not aligning those 2 brands. Unlike every other team that combined their Super Rugby and Currie Cup ...

But I have seen a huge shift in rugby dynamics. Eben seems to be very popular with the press. This is something he has developed at the Sharks :crazy: He's only the 8 caps away from surpassing Habana and Matfield in becoming the most capped Bok player in history and he's captained the Boks 13 times...

Just out of curiosity... Etzebeth's been a world-class lock for a number of years now, so where do Saffers rate him in the Springbok pantheon? It's that age old conundrum of recency bias and comparing modern professional athletes vs. amateur era players. I don't think many would argue against the a...

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:20 pm SMZ is injured and only now coming back. He need to play at 10. Future Bok.

I missed that news somehow. Pity, but glad he is returning. Hopefully Dobson will be able to rotate Manie, SFM, Matthee and JLdP and give all of them some gametime over the next 12 months.

Sasha Feinberg-Mngomezulu seems the most likely candidate at this stage. But he really needs to be starting a lot more games at 10, and the Stormers have too much depth in the backline. He may need to consider a tactical move to another team in order to get this. It will also be interesting to see ...

LoveOfTheGame wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:37 pm Nohamba is 1.64m tall and only weighs 1.69kg? New innovation from Rassie no doubt. You can't tackle that which you cannot see.

Edit my typo. Thanks for the catch.

Maybe we need to spend time developing players like Masuka and Nohamba We are. Now that Bosch has fallen our of favour, Masuku can finally get some gametime to develop. But at 27 he is already older than Libbok and just 2 years younger than Pollard. We need a young 10 in the 21 to 24 age bracket fo...

Still waiting for Willemse stats. I know he got turned over twice. Once a penalty Willemse played 12 this weekend you numpty! 12's get turned over all the time. The player that is leading the URC in the "Turnovers lost" stat is the Lions 12, Marius Louw! And even if I could find some Will...

Anyway it's Blake. What would you expect from a child. M only criticism of Manie is defense and kicking. That's it. Same as everyone else That's everybody's criticism of Manie's play. Goal kicking and defence. It's hardly a hot take. But unlike fullback where we have loads of options besides Fassi,...

Cobus Reinach tackle https://imgur.com/gallery/a0lPTPK Very nice. That's why Reinach is a Springbok. Different levels missing a tackle against an All Black vs URC level player. But that was poor defense by Manie and Willemse. Here is a Fassi tackle... https://youtu.be/aO9S3KJPvuQ?si=DxhNrbPxY9Fg5qV...

Fassi has been invited to the Bok camp. I'm happy for him, and the result of some good performances. He'll have his work cut-out dislodging le Roux and Willemse from the 15 jersey, but at least he's back in the picture. I don't think Le Roux (34) will make it to the next RWC, so there will be a vac...

I have been very busy at work. Busy with 3 top restaurants and a franchise. And 2 kids at sport. Not ashamed about that. Very proud of myself... Here you go Ou Grote! https://c.tenor.com/S49N5ONwIw8AAAAd/give-yourself-a-pat-on-the-back.gif Amazing how all these obligations that keep you so busy all...

You guys got too arrogant and have been put in your place by the Bulls and Ospreys . Very fortunately Leinster sent their academy side or you would be going down this weekend. Too many groot kops in the Stormers. Just like the supporters. Our little cash-strapped, shoestring Stormers team lost to t...

Steady on Blake. Fassi is a good player, but just not good enough for the Boks at the moment. But calling him mentally fragile seems a bit crass in this day and age. If anything, the current Bok team have set the bar so high that new players have to be absolutely smashing the door down to get a loo...

Only one of the 3 players I mentioned plays for the Stormers. WTF are you on about?

We can't help it if you keep going all-in on mentally fragile players with massive egos...but suddenly a lot about you starts making sense now

Rassie vokked Fassi over playing him on the wing...and he still scored tries in his few tests. Rassie likes players that can roll with the punches and can adapt to adversity. If Fasi, as you say, got "fucked over" being played slightly out of his preferred position, he was never Bok mater...

The match against Wales is going to be messy as we are going to have to field a makeshift 23 with a bunch of new combinations and players. I'd rather back known quantities in the key decision making positions than add an experimental 10 into the mix. Agree completely...but tbh I would much rather h...

The game is outside of the test window, there aren't many options. Normal service will resume for the Ireland series. The Stormers won't reach the URC final so Libbok and Willemse will both be available to play 10 (if they don't get injured before then) We all saw that movie. As a starting 10, Mani...

assfly wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:18 am
Sards wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:42 am Why fuck around at 10.
The game is outside of the test window, there aren't many options. Normal service will resume for the Ireland series.

The Stormers won't reach the URC final so Libbok and Willemse will both be available to play 10 (if they don't get injured before then)

How's the injury list looking for June? Kolisi limped off last week, not sure how serious it is. Also some questions around whether he'll be retained as captain if he's in France. I heard Jean Kleyn may be out for the season. I assume Marx must be back playing soon-ish. Faf and Kwagga also have lon...

Sards wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:23 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:00 pm Rassie cancelled the last camp. Look like he may end up with a full strength team against Wales.
Masuka deserves a shot ahead of Liabilitybok

So you've finally gotten off of the Bosch Hype-train, huh?

All aboard the Masuka train! Choo Choo!

Sards wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:59 am Piss off......

going to be interesting watching Nienaber and Rassie squaring off

Why would they "square off"?

I prefer this chasing the sun edition https://twitter.com/planetrugby/status/1780590417060286941?s=46 That actually features quite a lot in CTS1 Ep3 featuring the QF against Japan in 2019. They interview some of the players about the loss and there's some funny behind the scenes where the hotel the...

Terrific news having JD back. We need a player like him in the engine room. Just hope he can remain injury free. Poor guy is only 28 and has already had some big injury setbacks in his career. With him and Kitshoff returning home, all we need now is to fix our hooker situation and our scrumhalf situ...

Stormers will invest heavily in their own schoolboy structures going forward. Dobson aim to keep at least the 10 best local schoolboy talent in the Stormers catchment area yearly. The Stormers have an ex Leinster partner Ardagh to tap from. https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/sport/rugby/stormers-w...

Speedy recovery boet. Take care of yourself.

Anybody on here gotten stuck into Helldivers II yet?

Combination of FOMO and peer pressure has made me bite the bullet and having a blast playing it.

He should be the replacement for Damian Willemse and Libbok with Jurie Mathee. We also have the Prince as backup for 10/12. These players however need to play at some stage. Thought Angelo Davids is back, specially now with Zas out for the season. Ja, I'm not so worried about our backs. If Manie or...

Willemse is head and shoulder above anyone else. World class player. We cant afford to lose him but I would like to see SMZ step up. He can be our main kicker. We are so stacked in the backs at the moment that it's going to be tricky to find a spot for Sasha, but I agree, we need him in the mix som...

Stormers the only home team to not get the W in the round. Good thing for the Stormers. A lot of injuries , Fourie probably out for the season. Jake White also complaining about the travel arrangements. Ja, win or lose, our ICC and URC campaigns were both over after the second half of that match. N...

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