Scotty
David Codey (61)
Yeah, and like Cooper he can change games both for and against his own team!
QF1 2012 - Reds vs Sharks
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Yeah, and like Cooper he can change games both for and against his own team!
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What2040
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when are Reds naming team ???
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AlexH
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Gill will win the breakdown battle and Coetzee will get through more work around the paddock. It will be interesting to see which of the two have a bigger influence on the game with their respective playing styles.
Brisbok
Cyril Towers (30)
Agreed, they have very different playing styles. The Sharks, like the Stormers and Bulls, don't really employ an out and out fetcher type of openside flanker. This tactic is often exposed horribly when playing a team with a breakdown specialist - Pocock, Gill, Hooper etc. It basically requires tight 5 ascendancy and go forward momentum and a massive focus on cleaning out at ruck time from all 15 players to be successful.
Bismarck du Plessis is the closest thing to a fetcher in the Sharks team.
Bismarck du Plessis is the closest thing to a fetcher in the Sharks team.
Brisbok
Cyril Towers (30)
Or Digby might try spear tackle Coetzee like he did earlier this year? Would that be the kind of thing you were getting at Scotty?
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Andrew Slack (58)
Two three years ago and certainly before going to France, yes.
Very different player now. Far more dependable and doesn't seem to have brain explosions any more. At least I have seen very little of it in two years and I watched a lot of Racing Metro games on TV.
HE has matured very nicely and will be core to the Boks going forward and make a MASSIVE difference to the Sharks next year.
tomorrow arvo
Grandmaster Flash
Johnnie Wallace (23)
Bah, I've been trawling Twitter/YouTube all arvo waiting for an announcement!
Anyone keen to have a crack at the team? Assuming Lucas comes straight in for Cooper, do any other changes need to be made?
Is Beau fit enough to start? Is Hanson a better chance to start ahead of Saia against the big Sharks pack?
PaarlBok
Rod McCall (65)
Disappointing. If this play offs were in SA they would be sold out in days. Broken Brisbane and Reds supporters.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Sorry it's Bresler. I had just finished reading about the Stormers on the silverfern and wrote the wrong name.
it seems to be the opposition as much as anything. South African teams are traditionally poor crowd pullers over here. If it was a New Zealand team, the crowd would be much larger, and not just for all the kiwis there.
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Steve Williams (59)
Fair enough, Bresler is okay. Dunno about dominant.
Scotty
David Codey (61)
Give it a rest. We all know how you feel about how good rugby supporters are in SA. You don't have to go on about it every chance you get.
Scotty
David Codey (61)
We will only truly see if he has gotten the brain explosions out of his game when he fronts up for the Boks this year.
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Andrew Slack (58)
He was our best player in the World Cup and and was solid as against England.
Seen enough.
not blaming them. Its a fact. Trackable if you like.
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