Both Roos and Louw are loose forwards. They are a similar size and build as me. They can do a job at lock but are not the man mountains we have available. When I'm talking about more mobile forwards I'm talking about the tight five. Your loose forwards should generally be more versatile as they are the link between the tight five and the backs.FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 11:08 am
Agreed. Evan Roos and Elrigh Louw are massive youngsters who match the AB's on the skill front. They are forwards who can play a linking role or be a steamroller. No reason why our youngsters can't reach the skill levels the Kiwis do. Its just a matter of development and coaching.
Official United Rugby Championship thread
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Bulls
15 David Kriel, 14 Madosh Tambwe, 13 Cornal Hendricks, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Muller Uys, 7 Arno Botha, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Janko Swanepoel, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Lizo Gqoboka
Substitutes: 16 Schalk Erasmus, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Robert Hunt, 19 Walt Steenkamp, 20 Elrigh Louw, 21 Marco Jansen van Vuren, 21 Morne Steyn, 23 Lionel Mapoe
The Irish team by 20.
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No one was talking about kicking here Sards but since you asked, like I said many times before, there is a place and time for kicking in rugby. With the in your face defence teams are playing these days, there is a lot of space behind. Why wont you utilize that space by kicking there? I'd also prefer them to only use kicks when in our half. Realistically you want your backs to run the ball when they're in the strike zone.
Why box kicks you ask? Well high up and under's are unpredictable and harder to field for a retreating player. It also gives your chasers more time to get under the ball.
average joe wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:19 pmNo one was talking about kicking here Sards but since you asked, like I said many times before, there is a place and time for kicking in rugby. With the in your face defence teams are playing these days, there is a lot of space behind. Why wont you utilize that space by kicking there? I'd also prefer them to only use kicks when in our half. Realistically you want your backs to run the ball when they're in the strike zone.
Why box kicks you ask? Well high up and under's are unpredictable and harder to field for a retreating player. It also gives your chasers more time to get under the ball.
Does anyone remember a time when $ards was in love with Curwin "Kick" Bosch?
It wasn't that long back.
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Don't think Bosch can do the box kick, only kak kicks
AJ, I like how you dumb it down to help casual rugby supporters such as sards to understand.average joe wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:19 pmNo one was talking about kicking here Sards but since you asked, like I said many times before, there is a place and time for kicking in rugby. With the in your face defence teams are playing these days, there is a lot of space behind. Why wont you utilize that space by kicking there? I'd also prefer them to only use kicks when in our half. Realistically you want your backs to run the ball when they're in the strike zone.
Why box kicks you ask? Well high up and under's are unpredictable and harder to field for a retreating player. It also gives your chasers more time to get under the ball.
Good on you.
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All I'm saying is that in my opinion, playing in the North can only be beneficial to our teams. Get us back to focus on playing structured rugby and forget about how the Kiwis play. In all the years we played super rugby, we won fokol trying to play like them. Meyers Bulls were the only team that achieved something there and how did they play?
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Anyways you'll see less boxkicks with the new 50-22 law (spit)
It wont last though.
It wont last though.
This.average joe wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:53 pm All I'm saying is that in my opinion, playing in the North can only be beneficial to our teams. Get us back to focus on playing structured rugby and forget about how the Kiwis play. In all the years we played super rugby, we won fokol trying to play like them. Meyers Bulls were the only team that achieved something there and how did they play?
For years we tried to force our style to be that of the NZ and AUS teams.
Lets evolve, but eveolve with our pattern, not another teams pattern.
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South Africa will be the destination for four European teams when the Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers host their first United Rugby Championship matches next month.
The tournament organisers confirmed on Friday that the clashes in Rounds Six and Seven will take place in South Africa as originally scheduled.
Contingency plans for the games to be played in Europe were at advanced stages due to South Africa’s presence on the UK travel ‘red list’ which would have required teams to quarantine for 10 days after their two-game tours.
South Africa removed from ‘red list’
However, since South Africa’s removal from the red list last week, lightning-fast actions have taken place to ensure that all four teams are ready to host their opponents from the northern hemisphere on home soil. This ensures that each team will have the integrity of playing all of their nine home games in South Africa.
“Along with our four franchises, we are thrilled with the news,” said Jurie Roux, chief executive of SA Rugby.
“Planning to play our teams’ ‘home games’ in Europe was a necessary step in light of the chaos caused by the pandemic, but we are really grateful that we’ve progressed to a stage where we can now welcome our friends from the northern hemisphere back to South Africa.
“Combined with the news earlier in the week that limited spectators will be allowed into stadiums, we can now start planning for matches in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town with fans in attendance. It’s a big step in the right direction.”
The teams travelling south for these encounters are Zebre Parma, Scarlets, Munster and Cardiff, all of whom will be playing two matches on consecutive weekends (27/28 November and 3/4 December) in South Africa.
Martin Anayi, CEO of United Rugby Championship, said: “This is a brilliant result, not only for the South African teams but for the league which now gets to make a tangible impression in this rugby heartland early in the season.
“Huge credit must go to the South African government, SA Rugby and the leadership figures within our clubs for managing to push through and provide reassurances for these fixtures to be played at their home venues in such a short space of time.
“Up until late last week, it looks like a very tall order for this to occur, but now everyone in the league has been bolstered by this news and we will harness that enthusiasm to get ready for some real blockbuster fixtures in Rounds 6 and 7.”
URC fixtures in South Africa for Rounds Six and Seven:
Saturday, November 27:
13:00 local time – Stormers v Zebre Parma
15:30 local time – Sharks v Scarlets
17:45 local time – Bulls v Munster
Sunday, November 28:
14:00 local time – Lions v Cardiff
Friday, December 3:
17:35 local time – Bulls v Scarlets
Saturday, December 4:
13:00 local time – Sharks v Zebre Parma
15:30 local time – Lions v Munster
17:45 local time – Stormers v Cardiff
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Goosen out for 9 months
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Stormers all the way! Manie Libbok puts them in the lead.
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Vok yellow.
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That's an absolute crime. It was a fair tackle.
I had to choose which to watch live, picked the Lions one as it looked higher quality. It's been decent so far. May dip into the Stomp match also.
Hopefully there's not a clash like this often.
Yip.
7-5 to the Lions, Lions just defended their line Lions scrum looks stronger. Being played at a decent pace quite a lot of movement up and down the field.
Caught the end of the Stomps half. Both matches look tight to me. Lions ended up behind 12-10 going into the half. Reckon there's a chance the Lions may not last for the next 40, their forwards look physically large. Could be two wins though.
Stomps should surely beat the Dragons.
Stomps should surely beat the Dragons.
Not according to the commentators..._Os_ wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 7:32 pm Caught the end of the Stomps half. Both matches look tight to me. Lions ended up behind 12-10 going into the half. Reckon there's a chance the Lions may not last for the next 40, their forwards look physically large. Could be two wins though.
Stomps should surely beat the Dragons.