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Yeah lack of tries but being a Stormers man you should be used to that by now? :)

Except that they will mix it up. We have centers that can run with the ball. We haven't had those for a very, very long time. And we have a 9 that loves to have a go.

Was thinking Sharks win all week but looking at the team sheets the Sharks look vulnerable. Untried centre combo (Whitehead was average in the CC and Pietersen has never played 13). Sharks have no big ball carriers, something their game plan needs. Scrums will prob be even. Bulls will shade...

The English back row has three guys who do more or less the same thing.

Prior to his neck operation his turnover rate was right up there. He played openside and Juan Smit or AJ Venter player blindside. Then he fucked up hisnech and was advised to nit take hits in the back of the neck any longer. He was very effective and part of the reason we won the 3N that year...

"There are no real men in the Western Cape"

All I can say bring it! The money on jersey sales goes to charity so if they look like fairies it's for a good cause. Doesn't mean I like it though :)

Brilliant idea. What role would you have for Snor? Mascot? :p Actually after I posted the above I now read that Nienaber has only been offered an extension at the Stormers but has not signed. Know anything Paarl? Seems inevitable that Rassie and Nienaber will be part of the team? Then he...

Reminder about Jake White on fetchers when he was bok coach: "The only fetcher I need is my son when he fetches me another beer from the fridge," and "Everyone is a fetcher in the modern game." Having said that he did bactrack later on when he tried to convert Joe van Nikerk into a 7 (epic...

Thing about the Saders is that it's all about the TEAM. With the Blues you never quite know what will happen. They can be brilliant one minute and terrible the next although with Lam in charge they have shown better consistency. Bleyendaal is quality. There is no such thing as a poor...

Delay naming of coach. Wait for every possible support coach to be contracted by a province. Then appoint the Bok coach. Also appear as if none of the support coaches in SA are interested in taking an assistant job. Odd, because Meyer is generally considered to be a nice enough guy. Meyer...

Lay you 2:1 that you will be wrong on both scores. Heyneke Meyer has been focusing on building depth and contracting for four years knowing full well the big guns would retire, It will take 2 years to gel but the talent in the Bulls squad is going to surprise people. Lions built momentum in...

Damn lies and statistics.

Really looking forward to seeing Adongo, the Bulls Kenyan recruit via the Sharks academy. The guy is a monster and sounds like he can play a bit. http://www.supersport.com/rugby/super-rugby/news/120210/Adongo_makes_a_giant_impression

Tahs to win. Simple really. Read will have a hangover. Tahs have a new coach, new energy and more first choice starters in their 22 than they've had in about five years. Any fool can see it. :)

Interesting to see a few people have picked the Blues above the Crusaders. The Blues have acquired well but the Saders have been building so I still see them topping the log. Scary monster that black and red thing. It's only just growing up again. The Reds should top the Aussie conference...

I am saying right now those clauses do not exist. Sure leagues like the EPL will cater for this. Imagine the legal ramifications this will have on existing contracts? Whichever Union goes down will have a legal nigthmare on its hands. This cannot work.

It's all speculation. Nobody has even thought further than the first year. So what happens on the second year? Sure the good players from the relegated team may join the new team, but what about their contracts (most existing contracts will be more than one year)? I am certain no player contract...

No but possibly the one that lost to the Bulls reserves. What's your point? The Kings are terrible. They will get reamed week after week. It will be a worse introduction to Super rugby than we have seen with the Rebels.

I see the Lions snotted the Kingz 88-0. Hilarious. I heard there is a petition being drawn up in Pretoria in objection to the pink jersey. I'd rather we go to Cape Town in pink and beat the Stormers. Imagine that. A bunch of people rock up at Newlands in pink and purple and proceed to snot...