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[2015 Super Rugby] South African Pre-season Discussion
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<blockquote data-quote="SomeOke" data-source="post: 705297" data-attributes="member: 59145"><p>Really excited for the season to begin but I have to say I'm not overly optimistic. It has been 2 seasons of SA under performing to a large degree, it might just be our woeful eoty tour that has put me in a negative frame of mind. I'm going to hope for a top six finish from the Stormers when 2 years ago I was hoping to win the whole thing. The Sharks and the Bulls are my picks for the top 2 in the SA conference though, I really hope their half-back pairings come right for the Bokke sake. I still hope we perform but a consistently good half-back pairing is quite a glaring weakness. I'm hopeful but not optimistic if that makes sense.</p><p></p><p>Another note though - in a world cup year, you just can't separate Super Rugby from the WC, every game I'll be looking at the players through WC tinted glasses. There won't be a single game where Pollard, Lambie, Reinach, Hougard etc plays where I will be hoping for a bad performance. All I'm trying to say is that it will be hard to support the Stormers completely where in the back of my mind the main concern is how the Springbok incumbents are playing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SomeOke, post: 705297, member: 59145"] Really excited for the season to begin but I have to say I'm not overly optimistic. It has been 2 seasons of SA under performing to a large degree, it might just be our woeful eoty tour that has put me in a negative frame of mind. I'm going to hope for a top six finish from the Stormers when 2 years ago I was hoping to win the whole thing. The Sharks and the Bulls are my picks for the top 2 in the SA conference though, I really hope their half-back pairings come right for the Bokke sake. I still hope we perform but a consistently good half-back pairing is quite a glaring weakness. I'm hopeful but not optimistic if that makes sense. Another note though - in a world cup year, you just can't separate Super Rugby from the WC, every game I'll be looking at the players through WC tinted glasses. There won't be a single game where Pollard, Lambie, Reinach, Hougard etc plays where I will be hoping for a bad performance. All I'm trying to say is that it will be hard to support the Stormers completely where in the back of my mind the main concern is how the Springbok incumbents are playing. [/QUOTE]
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