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Thanks for posting those lists. I don't really follow school rugby so most of those names mean nothing to me, but it is interesting to see where the different provinces sign their players from. Personally I find it a little disappointing that 95% of the names listed come from traditionally...

One has to wonder how long it will be before the agents and the more clued up dads cotton on to this. WP won a CC with a team that could have basically played in the u21s, the sharks sniped some really good youngsters, even the cheetahs have consolidated their resources on core of fantastic...

The more I think about it the more I wonder about the this policy of signing all these school kids en masse. I wonder what sort of contracts these are. I can understand that guys like Pollard and Janse Van Rensburg will be full time pros from next year as they are expected to feature in the...

Talk about opening up both barrels with a shot gun. So what will these be doing for the next couple of years, because they can't all be playing u/19 CC. I guess most of the guys would farmed out to TUKS and TUTS (possibly PUKKE). Will these guys really get the attention and game time they...

He's been linked with a move to France (Bayone I think) for a couple of weeks now. Would be interesting to know how hard the bulls fought to keep him. At 27/28 and injury free one would think he still has 5 or 6 years left and could easily have pushed through to 2015. In theory the bulls...

The Kolisi, Burger, Vermeulen loose trio might be a little unconventional, but think they will cope very well. Vermeulen is excellent over the ball in a Pocock-impossible-to-shift kinda way. Burger and Kolisi are both really quick and get through a mountain of work. I am looking forward to...

All three starters are "industrious", so I don't think it will matter who plays open, blind etc. Vermeulen is the best on the ground, Burger is the best carrier in the open and Kolisi tackles like, well, Burger. Due to his seniority, I think Burger will pack down on the openside, but the roles...

Siya Kolisi and Duane Vermeulen backed up by Micheal Rhodes, Nizaam Carr, Rynhardt Elstadt and Deon Fourie. I must say I am pretty happy with that.

You've been reading too much of PB's posts. Despite finishing second, second and first on the log, I can't remember a season where good results have been expected of the Stormers. Ditto the sharks. I am no great fan of Fleck either, but I think we should see some more adventure from the...

Plagerising myself from another site. The Sharks and the Stormers are going to be very very strong in 2013. The sharks have recruited well and have couple of players coming through in the positions they were weak in 2012. The Stormers have benefited from the demise of the Lions, snaring their...

You'll find far more South Africans referring to 1987 as lost opportunity than 1991. This partly due to beating the cavaliers in 1986 and the belief that the team of mid 1980's could have been something pretty special had it not been for sporting isolation. By the early 1990's a golden...

First post on G&GR, so please be gentle. I think there are some parallels between South African cricket and Aussie rugby in the sense that both are relatively new Superpowers in the sport. Prior to the mid-1960's South Africa were the whipping boys of world cricket. The 1969/70 series...