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[OomPB]

@Billy-Webb Thanks Billy. Our pack was our strength in the WC. Fatties are like red wine only start to peak in their 30s. We'll still able to field the likes of Ginga, Tank, Marx, Frans, RG, Eben, Lood for many years in our tight 5.

Our structures is still solid. However it will change because of the dropping of the u19CC. This years top schoolboys are all leaving for France.

[MajorRage]

And he returns ... odd timing, why would you come back now?

Had enough of the Sydney private school love in that is GAGR?

[OomPB]

@MajorRage I tried a few years back but wasnt welcome. Diversity is a very good thing. My english improved in Sydney.

[Catogrande]

@OomPB said in Springboks moving forward:

@MajorRage I tried a few years back but wasnt welcome. Diversity is a very good thing. My english improved in Sydney.

That's not something you hear everyday.

Welcome back Uncle PB

[OomPB]

RWC Squad in 2020:

Retired :Schalk Brits, Tendai Mtawarira

Japan: Malcolm Marx, RG Snyman & Damian de Allende - Munster?, Kwagga Smith, Duane Vermeulen, Jesse Kriel, Willie le Roux

S15:
Stormers: Bongi Mbonambi (Kings), Steven Kitshoff, Frans Malherbe, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Siya Kolisi, Herschel Jantjies, Damian Willemse
Sharks: Thomas du Toit, Lukhanyo Am, Makazole Mapimpi, S'busiso Nkosi
Bulls: Trevor Nyakane, Warrick Gelant ,
Lions: Elton Jantjies

England
Vincent Koch - Saracens, Lood de Jager - Sale, Franco Mostert - Gloucester, Francois Louw - Bath, Faf de Klerk - Sale Sharks, Cobus Reinach - Northampton

France:
Eben Etzebeth - Toulon, Handré Pollard - Montpellier, François Steyn - Montpellier, Cheslin Kolbe - Toulouse,

[dogmeat]

Has Rassie changed his mind about retiring then?

[Machpants]

@dogmeat said in Springboks moving forward:

Has Rassie changed his mind about retiring then?

Rassie is going to Director of Rugby role, not hands on coaching - I wonder how much he wil stick his oar in, can cause problems for a new, esp inexperienced like the favourite to take the role, coach to take ownership.

[OomPB]

@Machpants Nienaber is the favourite to take over the coaching role.

[Bovidae]

Heyneke Meyer needs a job again.

[Machpants]

@OomPB said in Springboks moving forward:

Nienaber

Yeah and he has no head coaching experience. So will it just be a head coach in name only? Otherwise he is far too inexperienced

[Stargazer]

It looks like Kolbe prefers playing sevens next year (because of the Olympics, end of July), so possibly not available for (some of) the Springboks tests.

Cheslin Kolbe has revealed that he is targeting a return to sevens rugby in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after finishing the current French season with Toulouse.

‘I want to be a European champion with Toulouse and we can maybe do it this season,’ Kolbe added. ‘This is my next goal, with the one, I hope, to represent South Africa with the national team at sevens at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.’

Kolbe last played sevens in the 2016-17 World Series and was part of the Blitzboks team that finished with a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Nov 19, 2019  /  Sevens

Cheslin Kolbe targeting Blitzbok place in 2020 Tokyo Olympics squad

Cheslin Kolbe has revealed that he is targeting a return to sevens rugby in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after finishing the season with Toulouse.

[Billy Webb]

@Stargazer said in Springboks moving forward:

It looks like Kolbe prefers playing sevens next year (because of the Olympics, end of July), so possibly not available for (some of) the Springboks tests.

Cheslin Kolbe has revealed that he is targeting a return to sevens rugby in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after finishing the current French season with Toulouse.

‘I want to be a European champion with Toulouse and we can maybe do it this season,’ Kolbe added. ‘This is my next goal, with the one, I hope, to represent South Africa with the national team at sevens at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.’

Kolbe last played sevens in the 2016-17 World Series and was part of the Blitzboks team that finished with a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Nov 19, 2019  /  Sevens

Cheslin Kolbe targeting Blitzbok place in 2020 Tokyo Olympics squad

Cheslin Kolbe has revealed that he is targeting a return to sevens rugby in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after finishing the season with Toulouse.

Will be interesting to see how this managed by SA Rugby.
The SA Sevens setup generally shies away from "XV's imports" for these events (although it does happen) because Sevens has become such a specialist game. But Kolbe did spend a long time with them before, so it is not new to him.
But I suspect, they'd like him with the Sevens team pretty exclusive of any other commitments.

If he goes that route, it opens up opportunities elsewhere. S'bu Nkosi would get back to show his skills, which are not unimpressive.

[Daffy Jaffy]

For want of a better place to put this:

[Joan and Mary]

@OomPB Hi OomPB long time no hear, how are you doing?

[OomPB]

@Joan-and-Mary said in Springboks moving forward:

@OomPB Hi OomPB long time no hear, how are you doing?

Great to see you are still around, my tipping team mate.

[Stargazer]

Jacques Nienaber was named as the new Springbok coach on Friday as part of a revised coaching panel, that will report directly to Rassie Erasmus, South Africa’s director of rugby.

Nienaber is promoted from an assistant coach’s role to carry the day-to-day responsibility while Erasmus will continue to direct strategy in a tweaking of a panel that is heavily accented on continuity.

Both Nienaber and Erasmus emphasised that continuity will be paramount for the Boks in 2020.

Mzwandile Stick has been reappointed as an assistant coach while in an innovative inclusion, Felix Jones will continue but in a new role as a European-based coaching consultant.

There are two new appointments with Deon Davids appointed forwards coach while Daan Human – the Vodacom Bulls’ scrum coach – takes up the same role with the Springboks on a shared basis.

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Jan 23, 2020

Continuity the key as Nienaber named as new Springbok coach

Jacques Nienaber was named as the new Springbok coach on Friday as part of a revised coaching panel, that will report directly to Rassie Erasmus, South Africa’s director of rugby.

[Kruse]

@Machpants said in SA Rugby:

Quite like the school yard pick idea!

Yep - somebody here suggested something like that instead of the North vs South ... it would have been awesome. Especially with Foster coaching one team, Razor the other.

Edit: after actually reading the article (bannable offence, I know)...

...the local competition will continue over Christmas and New Year and will culminate in semi-finals (January 16) and a final on January 23 next year.

Playing rugby in South Africa in December/January... that's gotta be some hard-core shit, doesn't it?

[Machpants]

@Kruse yeah sounds very painful, even with watered pitches

[Tim]

Pollard breaks silence after his devastating injury

The Springboks were dealt a huge blow with the serious injury Handre Pollard picked up last weekend in the Top 14 with Montpellier.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Kruse said in SA Rugby:

@Machpants said in SA Rugby:

Quite like the school yard pick idea!

Yep - somebody here suggested something like that instead of the North vs South ... it would have been awesome. Especially with Foster coaching one team, Razor the other.

Edit: after actually reading the article (bannable offence, I know)...

...the local competition will continue over Christmas and New Year and will culminate in semi-finals (January 16) and a final on January 23 next year.

Playing rugby in South Africa in December/January... that's gotta be some hard-core shit, doesn't it?

yeah, i think a few of us did, i thought it could have been quite fun