Hurricanes vs Bulls
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@Paekakboyz said in Hurricanes vs Bulls:
Like that team. Our midfield will be a real threat as Peter U-J has shown he's a dangerous, and doubly so outside of Ngani.
I'm ok with Prinsep at 6 with Ardie and Evans at 7 and 8. Gives us good balance and a bit more height than if we'd started Kirifi. Hoping Fidow makes the bench over May.
Prinsep is limited. as are Blackwell and JTA. But otherwise the forwards are strong enough. Backs are strong but only concern is Lam's defense. Still unsure if Umaga-Jensen is too great on this front
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@Winger agree but they are the best of what we have to chose from, at least in terms of guys with some degree of exp. Prinsep isn't going as well as in prior seasons but if he does his core stuff we should go ok.
Blackwell, for all the journeyman shit (when we are feeling generous lol) we give him, is clocking up great stats. Wouldn't fault his ticker or his engine, but it would be good to have a really top drawer lock in the mix. Isaia Walker-Leawere is certainly making every post a winner though and is a great prospect.
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Watched the last half hour of Bulls training at Kilbirnie Park this afternoon. Not a hell of a lot of urgency shown with a good number of dropped balls amongst the backs noticeable. Having said that the intensity and speed did pick up for the last ten minutes or so of the team run, and it needed to too.
They have about four or five huge munters that will dwarf our locks and blindside but they will probably be looking down to Ardies six foot eleven and a half inches. What looked to be their starting props are both somewhat chunky and squat but certainly had their scrum going forward nicely in contested scrums against the also rans of the squad. They (the two props) also were quite noticeably running blocking lines when the ball was passed to the second line behind them on attack. Also almost all passes from the base of rucks and mauls were going to the wider of the two guys set up when they chose to run forward hit ups.
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15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Johnny Kotze, 11 Rosko Specman, 10 Handre Pollard (captain), 9 Andre Warner, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Hanro Liebenberg, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Lizo GqobokaReserves:
16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Wiehahn Herbst, 19 Jannes Kirsten, 20 Ruan Steenkamp, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Divan Rossouw -
Matt Proctor might not be done for the season just yet. He has been named for Ories to play Tawa tomorrow in a bid to prove his fitness. It will be hard to bring him back in if Peter has a good night against the Bulls though, but I expect if he does Peter will take Rayasi's spot on the bench.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Hurricanes vs Bulls:
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes vs Bulls:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Hurricanes vs Bulls:
That's a decent team. Some top players have had a good rest and should hopefully be firing for this game. If they win here and the Landers manage to inflict some serious injuries who knows what may happen.
To think there was a time not so long ago when we were fapping over the mere prospect of making the knock out rounds.
You must be sick in the head if you think it's a good thing if one team manages to inflict injuries on another team's players. I hope that's not what you meant. It would harm the ABs as well, by the way.
FFS it was a joke you ridiculous creature.
Sorry to the posters above, I raced down to see this response . Didn't disappoint 😁
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@Stargazer tough on JB when the 1st tackle is expected to be made then you have to adjust your line
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penalty only please.
