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(2022 Rugby Championship - Round 2) - South Africa v New Zealand (13/8/2022)
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 1097917" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Well, that's just my own considerations. I am sure there are plenty more. I've heard for instance that because of the player's height differences we play Kitshoff alongside Marx rather. I'm not 100% convinced though with that rationale simply because the Stromers ran with Kitshoff, Mbonambi and Malherbe (and chuck in Etzebeth at 4 for measure) for a good long while in SR and our scrum was the one thing that worked for us. </p><p></p><p>My hope for the weekend is that the inclusion of Vermeulen will make up for Marx's early absence. I might be greedy though but why not run with both on the field at the same time for the ball disruption and/or actual turn overs early on in the tight!? These days first up runners target the pilferer first to force him to affect the tackle and effectively take him out of the game for consecutive runs. That's going to be more difficult to implement with two breakdown threats in the tight. I see Vermeulen as a similar player in this regard in that his turn overs are usually in tight around the fringes of rucks rather than more traditional openside flanker play. For that our centers are quite capable. And Kwagga Smith can add that later in the game when he comes on and the game would be expected to be more open and you'd expect to see a greater frequency of wider play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 1097917, member: 39190"] Well, that's just my own considerations. I am sure there are plenty more. I've heard for instance that because of the player's height differences we play Kitshoff alongside Marx rather. I'm not 100% convinced though with that rationale simply because the Stromers ran with Kitshoff, Mbonambi and Malherbe (and chuck in Etzebeth at 4 for measure) for a good long while in SR and our scrum was the one thing that worked for us. My hope for the weekend is that the inclusion of Vermeulen will make up for Marx's early absence. I might be greedy though but why not run with both on the field at the same time for the ball disruption and/or actual turn overs early on in the tight!? These days first up runners target the pilferer first to force him to affect the tackle and effectively take him out of the game for consecutive runs. That's going to be more difficult to implement with two breakdown threats in the tight. I see Vermeulen as a similar player in this regard in that his turn overs are usually in tight around the fringes of rucks rather than more traditional openside flanker play. For that our centers are quite capable. And Kwagga Smith can add that later in the game when he comes on and the game would be expected to be more open and you'd expect to see a greater frequency of wider play. [/QUOTE]
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