The drawn match against the Waratahs has left the Vodacom Stormers under no doubt that they could benefit from the services of Ollie le Roux – even if it is just for the final Vodacom Super 14 league match against the Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday.
The news that Le Roux, who has been playing his rugby in Ireland, may be available to the Stormers broke last week.
Gavin Rich writes on Superrugby that Stormers coach Rassie Erasmus denied it, saying that Le Roux was a long time friend and he was coming to Cape Town just to catch up as a friend.
However, it has now been confirmed by team management that Erasmus and Le Roux will meet on Monday, and the possibility of Le Roux playing would be discussed.
It is unclear whether Le Roux would be available for a semifinal as per the tournament conditions, which apparently prohibit players from appearing in the playoffs if they have not played a minimum number of Super 14 games.
It was abundantly clear in the Waratahs game that the Stormers desperately need to move their first-choice tighthead prop Brian Mujati back to his preferred position, and Le Roux’s arrival will make this possible.
The Stormers scrum was close to disintegration at times on Saturday, and this is going to be a crucial phase against the Lions, who were in a resurgent mood against the Chiefs this past weekend.
Without good scrum ball it is almost impossible to launch, and it was one of the reasons why the Waratahs appeared to be the team doing all the playing in the tight struggle at a wet Newlands.
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They would be stupid not to include him at loosehead. Heinke van der Merwe is licking his lips at the prospect of shoving Harris’s head right up his ass.
mmm, funny how Ollie was ridiculed before he went to Ireland, now he is being touted as the Stormers’ front row answer?
Bwahahaha, he is 35, still barely lasts 80min & wasn’t even a regular starter for Leinster!
Question: “Why did vdMerwe not replace Breek Harris?”
vd Merwe? Which vd Merwe?
THE PROP think it’s Schalk. He replaced Mujati
Quinny right now id be alot more comfortable with Ollie there,honestly think he is a prick but hes a shyteload better than fokc harris.
or is it Ferreira?
Ferrera cru
Ferreira… he’s a flanker trying to play prop.
This is the problem… the Stormers actually needed to bring in 3 good props, not just one.
In fact, I’m pretty sure I wrote about this a while ago. Bringing in Fondse and Mujati turned the FIRST CHOICE tight five into a competent unit, but didn’t change the fact that the same bunch of softies are still the only backup available
Thanx Slaytie,
Howcome Rassie didn’t replace Harris? 🙁 😡
Ollie vs Heinke, sorry my money is on the latter.
What’s the story with Andries Human? Why is he not in the mix?
Surely there must be a couple of Maties props?
There’s been talk that Rassie and Human had a falling out
And why do I believe it (wrt Human & Erasmus). Look Rassie is a very good coach, but I don’t trust him. Why lie about Ollie last weekend when we all knew it was not the case, & all his bluffing in the past?
Ollie was released from Leinster a little earlier as he had apparently “signed” for a union back in SA… now he happens to be “visiting” there?
Pfff, the smoke & mirrors coming from Rassie’s chambers gets most annoying.
Also talk that Human hates the stormers with all his heart.
PaarlBok should have some info on that, Cru, i dunno bru,like rob said Shcalk F is a looseforward prancing around as a prop.
You guys really, really need to get some proper beef in before the Currie Cup. Failing that, it’s time to throw a youngster like Blaauw straight in and see how he does.
Or maybe Kallie Woekie could play prop?
Well Kallie does usual amble around at props pace half the time,bit tall no?
just ship in Vinnie. 100% muscle & pure Stormer
Say what you like about Ollie, the man has been a damned fine servant to SA Rugby and is one fo the most experienced front-rowers in world rugby.
He’s also pretty much won every comp there is to win, barring s14 of course.
He is a lot better player than he gets credit for.
lol Quinny.
what no boxing gloves 😯 ?
Pity he’s such a po£s…
Nah Quinny, I know if I’m pencilled in at tighthead you’ll be packing down right next to me… 😉
Who would that be Robert?
lol, you trying to say I’d teach Schalk a thing about hooking?
If the shoe fits… 😛
24 – Andre Henri le Roux
😯
never ❗
Maybe he’ll call Loffie Eloff on Friday and tell him what the Stormers gameplan is…
I see the frog is holding talks with Toulouse. Wonder what is means for Monsieur Carter…surely Toulouse can’t afford all of Messrs Carter, Michalak, Skrela & du Toit….
OR
what happens if Gaffie gets sent back this way…?
Quin – Carter looks set to go to Toulon
🙄
What a lack of ambition wrt Toulon…shows that Carters’s just in it to spruce up his pension fund.
Same money as at Toulouse, the only difference being that Toulon will play Euro Challenge… & they will struggle next season with or without Carter.
Very disappointing, would like to see him play Heineken Cup.
Though talk was that he was undecided. Maybe the frog has decided to get in there first, so that Toulouse need not pursue Carter any more.
by “the frog” I assume you mean Monsieur Michalak?
the frog = our worst french import
D’accord
lol, where’d ya get your french from?
PS: you should have replied with bien sur!
@Le Requinny: It is pidgin of the worst kind… bits and pieces I’ve picked up along the way
Ja I’ll give my vote for Ollie, even if it means for 40 minutes. We have a lot of young props tho but they will struggle against Heinke.
Maybe I am wrong (like the Louw one) but thought Bray penalise our scrum wrongly on saturday. The Tah fattie keep on pressing on the ground before he bind and never got penalise for that. Then Bray first penalise Mujatsi after the first scrum, and then he start his shite with Harris on the other side.
The Lions fatties will be a much bigger ask then the Aus lot and we just cant do without a experiense campaigner like Ollie.
Think Human and Rassie may have some differences for not being available from the start.
@PaarlBok: I reckon Mujati and BJ Botha are about the only tightheads in the country that would stand any chance of holding Heinke right now
Cant differ with you Rob. Thats why we need Ollie or whoever on the LH side but thankfully Rassie is such a good coach , he’ll know what to do and will have all his plans nicely together.
BTW, guys… you should now have a “Reply” button that you can use to make it more obvious which comment you’re answering. Thanks to Roy over at Keo for the tip.
@robdylan (Sharks Forever!): oh boy, you’ve just given the likes of Vinnie & co a loaded gun…
Sweet,beats copying and pasting comments.
Shotto Royo
@Slayton Caville: Who’s Royo?
@Le Requinny: Vinnie is a loaded gun… not much you can do in mitigation 😉
@robdylan (Sharks Forever!): Saw that Robd….nice feature must say…
It just takes a lil longer to send the message though!?!
And maybe you can add the comment number you replying to…
Like “@robdylan (Sharks Forever!) 42:”
@Hmmm: That’s actually not a bad idea… lemme see
Plus the cursor disappears to nowhere and you have to click on the text box again…not sure how easy that change might be…
@Hmmm: Alas, that is less easy to fix 🙂
LoL
Though I’d mention it as I have twice already forgotten bout taht and the whole screen refreshes with no effect…
@Hmmm (Comment 52) : Is it better now?
Awesome…
(For some reason my reply button was not active)…
@Hmmm (Comment 54) : You mean the Red X?
Ok, will need to change that
ugh – this site looks kak in Internet Explorer. Well, I mean it looks a lot better in FireFox… that’ll teach me not to test in the most popular browser, anyway 😉
We’ll need to make do with the arrow picture for now.
Yeh…but I see it is a left point arrow (back arrow) now…so it is kool…[email protected]robdylan (Sharks Forever!) (Comment 55) :
LoL
Have firefox at home…will check it there…LoL
ok – out of here for a bit.
Worked hard enough for one day 😉
Cheers robd…
@Hmmm (Comment 60) : Cheers