NPR

Pumas lead 25-10 after 50 mins

32-10 after 60 mins

39-10 wat n game van die Pumas. Stonehouse is quality.

Yawn

No green grass on Griekwa Stadium

Sharks scrums.

Phepsi having a blinder. Captaincy hangs well on him. Those Sharks forwards love to play with the ball

Geez....Griquas forwards woke up and bullied the Sharks

HT Sharks dominating 10-6

Expected the wall to break. 25-6 now

Griquas finally cracking under all the pressure.
Nice one Hyron

Tarzan want to fight.

Boeta goed need to work on his kicking

How stupid is nr 16, Kieran van Vuurren. Lineout drive nearly over Griquas dead ball line and still cant dot the ball for a try?

JJ Kotze hat trick

WP defense is kak. FC du Plessis is a fine 10 for the Bulls. Kriel excellent.

WP looking good. Roos will definitely be a Bok.

I put a cheeky 10 on the Bulls at 15/1

sorCrer wrote: Sat Jun 19, 2021 3:06 pm WP looking good. Roos will definitely be a Bok.

I put a cheeky 10 on the Bulls at 15/1

FC du Plessis played 10 for Grey College same year as Kade for Paul Roos. Didn't made SA Schools and went to France.Glad to see him back. Obviously Jake White influence

UCT Tolken (6) had a very good game for WP

Now that was expected as soon as i saw 21 of the 23 in the bulls lineup were playing club rugby last week. Only few days to get to know each other. Could see that in the way they played. FC could turn into a good 10 possibly. Kriel is great at 15. The rest not so sure if they would play much more the club rugby unfortunately.

They got a bonus point for 4 tries. WP will have to patch up their defense for Wednesday against the Lions.

bok_viking wrote: Sat Jun 19, 2021 3:49 pm Now that was expected as soon as i saw 21 of the 23 in the bulls lineup were playing club rugby last week. Only few days to get to know each other. Could see that in the way they played. FC could turn into a good 10 possibly. Kriel is great at 15. The rest not so sure if they would play much more the club rugby unfortunately.

No excuses. WP have the win. Full house of points and that's all that will reflect

1st Division
SWD Eagles 17 Valke 50



SWD Eagles – Tries: Marquit September, Luciano Jones, Shane Ball. Conversion: Ball.



Valke – Tries: Armand Grobler, Reuben du Plooy (2), Freddie Ngoza, Denzel Hill, Andrew van Wyk, Qhama Hina, Johan Pretorius. Conversions: Van Wyk (2), Anrich Richter (2), Joshua Vermeulen.



Border Bulldogs 18 Down Touch Griffons 35



Border Bulldogs – Tries: Billy Dutton, Bangi Kobese. Conversion: Anele Zweni. Penalty goals: Lwandile Mapuko (2).



Down Touch Griffons – Tries: Ethan Williams, Niel Stannard, Domenic Smit, Hannes Janse van Rensburg, Gurshwin Wehr. Conversions: Aphiwe Stemele (4), Smit.



Eastern Province 29 Leopards 50



EP – Tries: Ntsika Fistanti, Davian Swanepoel, Mbembe Payi, Temba Boltina. Conversions: Luvo Claassen (3). Penalty goal: Claassen.



Leopards – Tries: Robey Leibrandt (3), Heinz Bertram, Andries Fouche (2), Duren Hoffman. Conversions: Danrich Visagie (5), Victor Maruping. Penalty goal: Visagie.

Any game where EP don't have 50 points shoved up their arse is a moral victory for them. Maybe next week.

Leopards hooker scored 3 tries, WP hooker scored 4. Valke forwards scored 7/8 of their tries. South African "enterprising rugby".

FalseBayFC wrote: Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:09 pm Leopards hooker scored 3 tries, WP hooker scored 4. Valke forwards scored 7/8 of their tries. South African "enterprising rugby".

Maybe it just means SA teams need to work on their maul defence?

WP smashing the arch enemies. Lovely to see.

handyman wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:31 am WP smashing the arch enemies. Lovely to see.

Hooo haaa......that was an amazing moral victory.....even with their best 28 away..........

Sards wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:49 am

handyman wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:31 am WP smashing the arch enemies. Lovely to see.

Hooo haaa......that was an amazing moral victory.....even with their best 28 away..........

It was 15 against 15 and the best team won. Away as well.

It was a magnificent victory.

handyman wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:53 am

Sards wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:49 am

handyman wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:31 am WP smashing the arch enemies. Lovely to see.

Hooo haaa......that was an amazing moral victory.....even with their best 28 away..........

It was 15 against 15 and the best team won. Away as well.

It was a magnificent victory.

Should stand you in good stead for the coming weekend then......
Another easy 5 pointer

handyman wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:53 am

Sards wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:49 am

handyman wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:31 am WP smashing the arch enemies. Lovely to see.

Hooo haaa......that was an amazing moral victory.....even with their best 28 away..........

It was 15 against 15 and the best team won. Away as well.

It was a magnificent victory.

Boet, I'd be more concerned that club rugby players put 24 on pretty much the best team you have.

Sards wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:39 am

handyman wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:53 am

Sards wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:49 am

Hooo haaa......that was an amazing moral victory.....even with their best 28 away..........

It was 15 against 15 and the best team won. Away as well.

It was a magnificent victory.

Should stand you in good stead for the coming weekend then......
Another easy 5 pointer

WP play the Lions on wednesday night. That will be the measure.

Sards wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:39 am

handyman wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:53 am

Sards wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:49 am

Hooo haaa......that was an amazing moral victory.....even with their best 28 away..........

It was 15 against 15 and the best team won. Away as well.

It was a magnificent victory.

Should stand you in good stead for the coming weekend then......
Another easy 5 pointer

One week at a time boet, no need to get ahead of ourselves.

Wed 23/6/2021 Leeus vs WP 19h00
Friday 25/6/2021 Bulls vs Pumas 19h00
Saturday 26/6/2021 Griekwas vs Cheetahs 13h00

sorCrer wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:43 am

handyman wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:53 am

Sards wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:49 am

Hooo haaa......that was an amazing moral victory.....even with their best 28 away..........

It was 15 against 15 and the best team won. Away as well.

It was a magnificent victory.

Boet, I'd be more concerned that club rugby players put 24 on pretty much the best team you have.

Our best team? I'm not even going to reply if that is how much you know about rugby.

Jake White mentioned that the familiarity that SA teams have gained about each other from the last few months did the Bulls a disservice on Saturday. Would be nice to see the Currie Cup teams being told to mix it up a bit. Might make some of these matches more interesting. There are only so many times you can see your team do a rolling maul.

WP

“I’m really pleased for the debutants, they all did to a man very well. JJ Kotze is going to be a good hooker, Evan Roos stood up again. Hacjivah Dayimani showed what he can do in his 23 minutes. Likewise Niel Otto and Justin Basson,” he added.
The DHL Western Province team to face the Xerox Lions at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on Wednesday will be named on Tuesday.

5 points at Loftus is always valuable.

handyman wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:22 am

sorCrer wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:43 am

handyman wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:53 am

It was 15 against 15 and the best team won. Away as well.

It was a magnificent victory.

Boet, I'd be more concerned that club rugby players put 24 on pretty much the best team you have.

Our best team? I'm not even going to reply if that is how much you know about rugby.

Look like Edwill vd Merwe is already at the Lions?

OomStruisbaai wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:35 am

handyman wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:22 am

sorCrer wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:43 am

Boet, I'd be more concerned that club rugby players put 24 on pretty much the best team you have.

Our best team? I'm not even going to reply if that is how much you know about rugby.

Look like Edwill vd Merwe is already at the Lions?

Huge loss. This guy is Springbok material for sure. I see him as a potential fullback too. He has played there in the past. The All Blacks have very successfully moved skilled wingers to no.15 and back. Ben Smith, John Timu, Israel Dagg and Mils Muliainia for eg. I think he's better than Stravino Jacobs and Penxe. He's smallish but at 90kg he's the same size as Mapimpi and 10kg heavier than Kolbe.

assfly wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:31 am Jake White mentioned that the familiarity that SA teams have gained about each other from the last few months did the Bulls a disservice on Saturday. Would be nice to see the Currie Cup teams being told to mix it up a bit. Might make some of these matches more interesting. There are only so many times you can see your team do a rolling maul.

It's also about arrogance. One has to wonder how much prep-work the Bulls coaching staff and technical team actually did before the match, and if they thought that if they just pitched up they would walk it.

Rassie has mentioned that coaching at Munster was such a great learning experience as a coach. Because there was such a variety of opponents and playing styles and conditions, that you couldn't rely on your own strengths week in and week out. You actually had to analyse your opposition and:
a.) Attack a weakness, and
b.) Shore up your own weakness where you think you will get exploited

I often get the impression, the only South African teams that take this approach are the small unions like Griquas and the Pumas, who can't just rely on their superior cattle to be competitive. It's also what Rassie and Nienaber did at the Cheetahs, since they just didn't have the budget to compete. And this attitude used to go all the way to the Boks. Just show up with bigger, more athletic players, and a basic familiar gameplan, and most of the time we should win by default...except for NZ, Australia, England and France. I'm glad this thinking seems to be a thing of the past with the Boks now. Hopefully with more exposure (and some humiliation) in the Unified Rainbow Cup thingy, more SA coaches will gain experience in this way of coaching.

Disappointed in Jake White though. One would think with his experience he would be over this by now, but I guess France's teams to some extent have a similar attitude. Just buy the biggest, baddest cattle you can afford and throw them at the opposition. I guess that's how he coached at Montpelier.