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It didn’t work out for White in Durban though. Although the Sharks won the South African conference for the first time under his guidance, his hard-nosed winning-is-everything pragmatism saw the Sharks employ a conservative playing strategy that did not go down well with the Kings Park faithful. Officially White resigned from that job, but he was really pushed.
At the Sharks he was unpopular with the players because he decided to shake them up by introducing an office type 9-to-5 environment, with the players required to be at the Sharks headquarters even when they weren’t training.

One of those disgruntled players though later told me that while White wasn’t liked, there was no doubt he was a good rugby coach, and that same player later followed him to Montpellier.

. It isn’t a secret that the Sharks put out feelers to him before he signed the deal with the Stormers in 2019, and it would have been a good move for him at that time given how bleak the WP outlook was.

Those who know him though will tell you about the passion he has for rugby in the region, something handed down through the gene pool by his late father Paul, a former top referee and much-loved Cape rugby man.

Like White at the Bulls, Dobson’s success at the Stormers hasn’t just come down to the environment he has created, but also to his shrewd contracting. Many would have raised their eyebrows when Dobson announced he was recruiting Manie Libbok to play flyhalf, but he made it clear why Libbok was coming to the Cape - and the player has delivered on that attacking rugby promise.

_Os_ wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:01 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 12:45 pm Next-Gen Player of the Season: Evan Roos (DHL Stormers)

Fan’s Player of the season: Evan Roos (Stormers)

And the final award goes to
Players’ Player of the Season: Evan Roos (DHL Stormers)

I HAVE HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT ROOS NOW. NO MORE ROOS POSTS FOR THE REST OF HIS CAREER, BAIE DANKIE OOM.

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 7:40 pm The Stormers players and coaches have already reach more then their limit.

The Bulls players and coaching staff sleep at home when playing in Cape Town.

They even got Gert Smal , true WP man that win CC as player and coach for WP.

Compare Dobson with Jake White it's like a comparing a Benz with a Mini.

Chilli wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 8:08 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 7:40 pm The Stormers players and coaches have already reach more then their limit.

The Bulls players and coaching staff sleep at home when playing in Cape Town.

They even got Gert Smal , true WP man that win CC as player and coach for WP.

Compare Dobson with Jake White it's like a comparing a Benz with a Mini.

So Stormers by 17 then?

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:27 pm The Stormers confirmed that the United Rugby Championship (URC) final between the Stormers and Bulls at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday night has officially sold out.

The stadium was allowed to host a maximum allowed capacity crowd of 31 000, whose tickets sold out on Thursday.

He said loose-forward Deon Fourie, who will play in his 100th game for the Stormers on Saturday, talked to players about the rivalry and the passion of the occasion.

Fourie played in that 2010 final at Orlando Stadium in Soweto.

Dobson gave away that he’s devoted some time this week to regaling players of the history of this derby, while his forwards coach Rito Hlungwani, he revealed, gave a fervid speech to players.

"It’s great for rugby that we have these rivalries. We must not wash them down as another game and that comes from the players as well.

"Stormers-Bulls, it’s part of our fibre."

Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Damian Willemse, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Hacjivah Dayimani, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 JJ Kotze, 1 Steven Kitshoff (captain).
Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Ernst van Rhyn, 20 Junior Pokomela, 21 Nama Xaba, 22 Godlen Masimla, 23 Sacha Mngomezulu.

Date: Saturday, June 18
Venue: Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 19.30 (17.30 GMT)
Referee: Andy Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), AJ Jacobs (South Africa)
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa

GogLais wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:44 am Viewing figures in the UK will be interesting. In the absence of a Welsh team I’d still watch Leinster v Glasgow say. I’m afraid I’ve no interest in watching a domestic South African match. One for the connoisseurs maybe.

average joe wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:54 am

GogLais wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:44 am Viewing figures in the UK will be interesting. In the absence of a Welsh team I’d still watch Leinster v Glasgow say. I’m afraid I’ve no interest in watching a domestic South African match. One for the connoisseurs maybe.

We call them rugby fans.

average joe wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:54 am

GogLais wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:44 am Viewing figures in the UK will be interesting. In the absence of a Welsh team I’d still watch Leinster v Glasgow say. I’m afraid I’ve no interest in watching a domestic South African match. One for the connoisseurs maybe.

Fair point. Most Saffas would have felt the same if it was an all Irish or Irish/Scottish affair but there are a fair few Saffas that would have watched non the less. We call them rugby fans.

average joe wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 11:12 am I remember as a youngster how I would watch boxing and support "the guy in the blue/red trunks" just because I liked the way he moved or his hair style or whatever. I'm the same with any sport, I can watch a match between two teams I've never heard of before and still end up having a preferred team before the game is done.

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 12:20 pm SATURDAY, JUNE 18
DHL Stormers v Vodacom Bulls

DHL Stadium, Cape Town – KO 18.30 IRE & UK / 19.30 ITA & SA
Live on: SuperSport, Premier Sports, RTÉ & URC TV

Stormers vs Bulls is an age old South African rugby rivalry.

You can expect it to be brutal, tight but not boring.

average joe wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 1:19 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 12:20 pm SATURDAY, JUNE 18
DHL Stormers v Vodacom Bulls

DHL Stadium, Cape Town – KO 18.30 IRE & UK / 19.30 ITA & SA
Live on: SuperSport, Premier Sports, RTÉ & URC TV

Stormers vs Bulls is an age old South African rugby rivalry.

You can expect it to be brutal, tight but not boring.

Who are you kidding?

It's going to be cold, wet and on a sandy soccer pitch that has zero drainage.
Two Saffa teams playing a final.
They'll boot he skin off it and wrestle in the mud like pigs having a bath

It's going to be great!

Duane Vermeulen is coming to have lunch with me,” the Bulls director of rugby said on Friday. “He will join us at the captain’s run this afternoon. We will chat a bit about what happened at the lineouts and mauls and what the plan would be here.

“So I have that base covered. He will join us at training.”

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 4:59 pm Jake have it all covered

Duane Vermeulen is coming to have lunch with me,” the Bulls director of rugby said on Friday. “He will join us at the captain’s run this afternoon. We will chat a bit about what happened at the lineouts and mauls and what the plan would be here.

“So I have that base covered. He will join us at training.”

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 5:18 am Finals day arrived. Chill winters day, with not much rain. Have my day all planed out.

After watching last night CC semi final I have a good poaching tip for the rich $hark$ lot. If you want a good 10, poach Zander du Plessis or Whitehead. Zander is an exciting prospect playing 10/12.

Griquas coach do well with a limited budget. The Scots need such a coach.

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 5:18 am Finals day arrived. Chill winters day, with not much rain. Have my day all planed out.

After watching last night CC semi final I have a good poaching tip for the rich $hark$ lot. If you want a good 10, poach Zander du Plessis or Whitehead. Zander is an exciting prospect playing 10/12.

Griquas coach do well with a limited budget. The Scots need such a coach.

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 2:21 pm

average joe wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 1:19 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 12:20 pm SATURDAY, JUNE 18
DHL Stormers v Vodacom Bulls

DHL Stadium, Cape Town – KO 18.30 IRE & UK / 19.30 ITA & SA
Live on: SuperSport, Premier Sports, RTÉ & URC TV

Stormers vs Bulls is an age old South African rugby rivalry.

You can expect it to be brutal, tight but not boring.

Who are you kidding?

It's going to be cold, wet and on a sandy soccer pitch that has zero drainage.
Two Saffa teams playing a final.
They'll boot he skin off it and wrestle in the mud like pigs having a bath

It's going to be great!

Its going to be dry. A little bit of rain in the morning. No problem with drainage because its sand. That's why the turf is not holding together because its so sandy. Not because its wet. Expecting under 3mm tomorrow morning. Its a Netlon reinforced turf with the same rye and fescue grasses as Newlands. It has a very good drainage system with a moat that can handle big rains. All that said its not standing up well. to scrumming. A hard problem to fix though. It was designed for soccer.
edit: I think Newlands is a kikuyu and rye mix. So a much tougher turf.

GogLais wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 11:38 am

average joe wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 11:12 am I remember as a youngster how I would watch boxing and support "the guy in the blue/red trunks" just because I liked the way he moved or his hair style or whatever. I'm the same with any sport, I can watch a match between two teams I've never heard of before and still end up having a preferred team before the game is done.

I understand that and I dare say that if I did decide to watch the game then I’d end up with a team that I preferred for some random arbitrary reason. The point is I won’t be sitting down to watch it and I was simply wondering whether many others in the UK would feel the same.

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:47 am Sunny here too but a chilly westerly wind straight off the Atlantic. We're ordering pizza and sitting around the kaggel for the match.

Sards wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 3:33 pm

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:47 am Sunny here too but a chilly westerly wind straight off the Atlantic. We're ordering pizza and sitting around the kaggel for the match.

Seems I will start the fire soon. I see the missus has got me a decent sized T bone for dinner. Must be fathers day soon. Can't wait to get my boxers and socks in the morning. And I forgot to get wood today. And I am not getting out of my jarmies

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 4:35 pm After all my "gaaning aan" about how dry its going to be for the match, it seems to be drizzling a bit. Nothing heavy and shouldn't affect handling.