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Off the bat I would say his best years have passed. But then again, the Lions as a team have been underperforming and badly coached and there are quite a few average players in that team which brought the whole team down. This meant Skosan barely had opportunities. If he gets enough space, I'm...

I think the Lions tour has highlighted a rather uncomfortable truth with regards to the South African franchises. You might say that you are shocked that the South African franchises aren't putting up a proper fight etc etc. And yes, they probably aren't. But what I have come to realise is that...

Hi Gill Respect to you for trying to understand the game and for taking such an interest by going through all the guides, etc. When it comes to stats, I personally think that one shouldn't read too much into it. Now don't get me wrong; stats are important, especially for coaching staff for...

The Sharks-Cheetahs game was a nightmare ! Some of the worst refereeing and rugby I've seen in a while. The Cheetahs were basically harshly blown off the park in the 1st half by the ref. The Sharks were than almost robbed by a clear forward pass try to the Cheetahs. Really just a poor game. The...

I actually think your team will put in a good performance ! I very much underestimated them against the Pumas, and probably over-estimated the Pumas after their game against the Stormers. I think being back in Durban and having found some confidence after last week as well as the fact that the...

Sharks Griquas Bulls If the Bulls win and Cheetahs lose, then I think the Bulls will win the first trophy by finishing top of the log, because the Cheetahs still need to play the Stormers in Cape Town next week and there I think the Stormers will want to play good. The Bulls only have the Lions...

It would seem my first prediction for the Lions-Griquas was wrong in the sense that the Griquas actually fought hard in the final 20 minutes. The Lions were agressive from the start and the Griquas forwards had no answer at scrum time or the mauls. I may be corrected, but I think the first 3 or...

My predictions as follows: Lions vs Griquas = Lions by atleast 10 or more. I think they'll be up for this match to get their campaign going. Griquas will put up a good fight but I think the Lions will be running wild in the last 15 minutes as they have shown in their matches that they finish...

Well played the Bulls !! In the game against the sharks everything seemed to fall into place after we scored the first try. Hendricks had a good game and combined well with Gans, which was good to see ! Hopefully they can keep it up and grow their chemistry ! I was critical about their centre...

But that's exactly it. The Cheetahs saw what Griquas did against our forwards. They did the same and then bam, we struggled for the entire match like we did against Griquas. So in other words, everytime a team just matches us upfront then we have to play catch up rugby for the rest of the game...

The Bulls didn't show any progress from last weekend. Same one dimensional game plan. Lack of creativity and adjust ability. Everyone knew the Cheetahs were going to come out firing against the Bulls to prove a point. And yet the Bulls never seemed to respond to that. They basically just...

Yes, Griquas played exceptionally well. It was almost if their last game wasn't a year ago Let's see what the Bulls can do tomorrow !

I would like to know what you think Hendricks and Steyn did good against Griquas? Steyn and Hendricks were good against the Sharks. Steyn played the situations almost to perfection, and it started with that clever kick-off which immediately put the Sharks under pressure in their 22. Hendricks...

I am a bit unconvinced with the line up for the cheetahs. I think it would have been better to perhaps start Manjezi in Nortjé's place on lock to ensure that we grind them down a bit more as Manjezi is more physical and imposing than Nortjé. And then we can bring on Nortjé in the second half if...

Agreed. The quicker the Bulls get a new jersey besides the marvel one the better. What was your take on the Bulls match ? It felt as if we just couldn't get rhythm to do anything. Griquas slowed the game down tremendously and one could see that they were better prepared and had a better idea...

I have not seen the warm-up games between the cheetahs and griquas, so I can't comment on that. I also understand the point you are making and it does have merit to it. However, we let the sharks score some easy tries 2 weeks ago when the game became unstructured, but I do concede that in that...

I think the Bulls vs Griquas game might also be a lot closer. Griquas can never be underestimated. I can see them coming hard at us from the get go. If the Bulls can establish early rhythm and not let the game get too unstructured, then it will be a long evening for the Griquas. But I can see...

Agreed. And then there still is Abongile Nonkontwana and Ruan Steenkamp. Unless we offload Strauss (due to his high salary) and/or Steenkamp (makes too many mistakes during games) and Nonkontwana (unfortunately he's just about an average player), this signing doesn't make sense given that there...

Perhaps not...but this is Jake White and funnier things have happened in rugby before. Any team can be beaten on anyday. But, the Sharks were definitely the pace setting team in SA before the lockdown, so it will be interesting to see how the teams respond once things getting going again ! On a...

On a side note, I think the style of rugby that Jake White wants to play is becoming quite apparent. With the exception of Gio Aplon and the scrumhalves, our backline will consist of quite big and physical players. Pair that with a big forward pack and it seems we will try to play direct rugby...