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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 1057363" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>2 and 3 are big I suppose. On 1 I think the Sharks are missing a lot ITO of player personnel but not so much the other 3 sadly. </p><p></p><p>At the Stormers a lot of our forwards are coming back to different sides (PSdT, Kitshoff and Mbonambi). Not long ago we could've fielded a pack that read Kitshoff, Mbonambi, Malherbe, Etzebeth, Shickerling, Kolisi, PSdT, Vermeulen. Now we only have Malherbe returning. Orie is a Bok but TBH I rate Shickerling even at just the Stormers higher. But he has also left. Orie at least should help out our line out woes.</p><p></p><p>Think our backline is forming nicely but sadly we had a pack without the backs and now we have backs without a pack. We have Jantjies at 9 and Willemse at 12 probably returning. Our best 10 IMO is injured in the young Kade Wolhuter. So we should look good in the backs with 9 Jantjies, 10 Wolhuter, 12 Willemse once back. At 13 Pretorius is a future prospect already going nicely. Gelant at 15 for me should be starting Bok 15 with Fassi understudying and that might well have been the case but for injury prior to the B&I Lions tour as he was our best back in domestic competition by some distance. I don't really rate our wingers other than Edwill van der Merwe but the Lions have snapped him up somehow. </p><p></p><p>So I suppose to summarize our returnees will be:</p><p></p><p>3 F Malherbe (test duty)</p><p>5 M Orie (test duty)</p><p>9 H Jantjies (test duty)</p><p>10 K Wolhuter (injury)</p><p>12 D Willemse (test duty)</p><p></p><p>Apart from these I am happy with:</p><p></p><p>8 E Roos</p><p>13 R Pretorius</p><p>15 W Gelant</p><p></p><p>So there are some signings to be made yet I hope. BUT we might also see further losses. SARU has been looking to take steps against the WPRU for maladministration. TBH it should have happened ages ago. But only time will tell to what lengths SARU will go to steady the ship and if that is even possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 1057363, member: 39190"] 2 and 3 are big I suppose. On 1 I think the Sharks are missing a lot ITO of player personnel but not so much the other 3 sadly. At the Stormers a lot of our forwards are coming back to different sides (PSdT, Kitshoff and Mbonambi). Not long ago we could've fielded a pack that read Kitshoff, Mbonambi, Malherbe, Etzebeth, Shickerling, Kolisi, PSdT, Vermeulen. Now we only have Malherbe returning. Orie is a Bok but TBH I rate Shickerling even at just the Stormers higher. But he has also left. Orie at least should help out our line out woes. Think our backline is forming nicely but sadly we had a pack without the backs and now we have backs without a pack. We have Jantjies at 9 and Willemse at 12 probably returning. Our best 10 IMO is injured in the young Kade Wolhuter. So we should look good in the backs with 9 Jantjies, 10 Wolhuter, 12 Willemse once back. At 13 Pretorius is a future prospect already going nicely. Gelant at 15 for me should be starting Bok 15 with Fassi understudying and that might well have been the case but for injury prior to the B&I Lions tour as he was our best back in domestic competition by some distance. I don't really rate our wingers other than Edwill van der Merwe but the Lions have snapped him up somehow. So I suppose to summarize our returnees will be: 3 F Malherbe (test duty) 5 M Orie (test duty) 9 H Jantjies (test duty) 10 K Wolhuter (injury) 12 D Willemse (test duty) Apart from these I am happy with: 8 E Roos 13 R Pretorius 15 W Gelant So there are some signings to be made yet I hope. BUT we might also see further losses. SARU has been looking to take steps against the WPRU for maladministration. TBH it should have happened ages ago. But only time will tell to what lengths SARU will go to steady the ship and if that is even possible. [/QUOTE]
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