Comments on: Sharks give food for thought

By: robdylan

robdylan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:59:45 +0000

@klempie (Comment 59) : bunch of overpaid kick-chasers

By: klempie

klempie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:55:40 +0000

@robdylan (Comment 58) : The Real Madrid of rugby.

By: robdylan

robdylan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:02:56 +0000

@Farlington (Comment 57) : with Johann Rupert bankrolling them? Afraid there's no meaningful limit to their funds any more

By: Farlington

Farlington — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:55:51 +0000

Frans Steyn could be going to the Bulls?? If it’s true it will be a bit disappointing. I suppose Barrit is lost to us forever so we can forget about him. Our only hope is that WP has spent all of their money on Habana and Fourie and won’t be able to secure the services of JdV when he returns (Yeah I know… It’s a long shot)

By: robdylan

robdylan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:17:33 +0000

@Just a Fan (Comment 54) : even so, Francois needs to get the teamwork thing sorted out first. Not really sure his "superstar" stint in France is going to help much with that one.

By: klempie

klempie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:50:37 +0000

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=4&art_id=vn20100202102333583C961346&page_number=2

I see Snor is finally communicating with the media in such a manner that would indicate he has a brain after all!

By: Just a Fan

Just a Fan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:31:24 +0000

@morneL (Comment 50) : My loyalties would be SERIOUSLY torn if Fransie went to the Blou BULLE! Unfortunately, of all the SA teams they do seem to have the best coaching systems.

By: robdylan

robdylan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:32:51 +0000

@morneL (Comment 50) : but Boks won't play in this year's Currie Cup, if rumours are to be believed. Not sure why Steyn would want to come back and play in a watered down CC, rather than in France where he's doing superbly.

By: robdylan

robdylan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:08:44 +0000

@morneL (Comment 51) : we coulda had him, but Strooli pulled out of the deal because the new law applications will probably take fetchers out of the game.

By: morneL

morneL — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:52:31 +0000

What are the odds that we cant swop Monty, Dries and J botes for Johan Wessels?

By: morneL

morneL — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:48:56 +0000

just watch this space, I heard this about 3 weeks ago from a source at WP rugby, that Frans S is on his way to BB for the CC of 2010, and also said it can`t be true but last week Monday a guy from Boland said the exact same thing.

By: Original Pierre

Original Pierre — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:32:20 +0000

That`s all we need. Us suffering with the worst centre depth in recent history and the Bulls runs on with Both Match Winning Steyns in there team . . . eish.

By: robdylan

robdylan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:10:04 +0000

@morneL (Comment 47) : Frans Steyn? Highly unlikely.

By: morneL

morneL — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:58:14 +0000

I heard about Steyn at Newlands

By: robdylan

robdylan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:45:41 +0000

@morneL (Comment 45) : Frans will need to change his attitude a lot before fitting into the Tshwane culture. Agree that Stemmet should get a chance.

By: morneL

morneL — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:37:49 +0000

I did not see the match this weekend, but did follow it on this blog site, but what i did here from 2of the blokes that iwork with, is that it wasnot positive at all, , and 10 , 12 and 13 … huge problems!!!

I stay in the Boland area , I have seen Jean Stemmet play a lot, they should just give him a shot, can`t be whorse than useless Dries!!!!

Oh, and what about Frans Steyn playing for the Bulls in the C- Cup 2010?

By: Baldrick

Baldrick — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:17:16 +0000

The Sharks gave away about 3/4s of their penalties at the breakdown, the rest were at the scrum and foul play/offsides/player in front of the kicker.

I think the Stormers gave away about 90% of their penalties at the breakdown (penalties were around 15 apiece = 30 in the game).

People were slagging off the ref, but he’s just blowing the laws, whichare going to favour the attacking side which we should all be applauding. We like big hits, but we don’t want to see attacking movesd penalised all the time as they have been over the past few seasons.

It’s simple, the attacking side is given the benefit of the doubt and any attempts to slow the ball down are going to be penalised.

It’s a matter of getting used to the laws and the refs, and Stormers didn’t. That’s going to be a problem, as it will for fetchers like Schalk, McCaw and Brussouw.

By: robdylan

robdylan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:22:51 +0000

@JJR (Comment 42) : carrying a bit of a paunch, though? Or does he just wear his shorts high?

By: JJR

JJR — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:17:38 +0000

@war1 (Comment 33) : I Agree he is very good, and works hard. He does all the dirty work not to mention that he is not that shabby with taking the ball up either. Everyone will see what he is capable of this season; lets just hope he stays fit all the way through.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:25:15 +0000

@Just a Fan (Comment 38) :