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Francois Louw: The man to lead the Boks at the next world cup?
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 579560" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Louw has been my favourite candidate for the captaincy since 2012 and is assured a place on the flanks if fit as our only out-and-out fetcher with HM strangely uninterested in the services of Heinrich Brussow. As has been said the only 'stumbling block' is that it would kinda be a slap in the face of every SA based player if the captaincy goes to an overseas-based player. I would hope that Francois comes back from Bath ASAP and find a place at either of the Stormers (for which he has played before) or the Sharks as these teams can make good use of him. As for the other candidates; JdV won't make it to 2015 and neither will Spies I am sure (or at least VERY HOPEFUL!!!). With Spies now injured Arno Botha who captained SA in junior levels will probably start for both SA and the Bulls when fit if he is fit and ready ahead of Spies which is very likely. He might get the nod as captain when JdV gets cut as HM has spoken about his leadership qualities before he even played senior rugby for the Bulls. Adriaan Strauss and Bismark du Plessis are pretty evenly matched so neither are assured starters with Du Plessis edging it as a player while Strauss edges it for proven leadership capabilities. Habana also won't make it the RWC 2015 in all probability and even though he is a senior in the squad I doubt he would ever be considered for a captaincy role.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 579560, member: 39190"] Louw has been my favourite candidate for the captaincy since 2012 and is assured a place on the flanks if fit as our only out-and-out fetcher with HM strangely uninterested in the services of Heinrich Brussow. As has been said the only 'stumbling block' is that it would kinda be a slap in the face of every SA based player if the captaincy goes to an overseas-based player. I would hope that Francois comes back from Bath ASAP and find a place at either of the Stormers (for which he has played before) or the Sharks as these teams can make good use of him. As for the other candidates; JdV won't make it to 2015 and neither will Spies I am sure (or at least VERY HOPEFUL!!!). With Spies now injured Arno Botha who captained SA in junior levels will probably start for both SA and the Bulls when fit if he is fit and ready ahead of Spies which is very likely. He might get the nod as captain when JdV gets cut as HM has spoken about his leadership qualities before he even played senior rugby for the Bulls. Adriaan Strauss and Bismark du Plessis are pretty evenly matched so neither are assured starters with Du Plessis edging it as a player while Strauss edges it for proven leadership capabilities. Habana also won't make it the RWC 2015 in all probability and even though he is a senior in the squad I doubt he would ever be considered for a captaincy role. [/QUOTE]
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