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[2016 Super Rugby] Lions vs. Highlanders (Semi-Final 2) 30/07/2016
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 809612" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>A few comments:</p><p></p><p>Firstly I'm amazed, AMAzed with capital 'A's and 'M' that Peyper is being said here to have given the Lions a leg up in this match. I must have been watching another game or bias is a rampaging banshee rather than the little ****ly whisper at the back of ones head I thought it to be because I was irritated as I thought Peyper was worth at least 14 points to the Highlanders and I'll back that up rather than just shurlishly flinging out an unsubstantiated little chirp. I counted all of 5 forward passes not being called, a number of very skew line-out throws. Now I know referees have been allowing somewhat skew throws all season but directly to your man is too much IMO. It seems they now only call it when it actually goes 'out of line of the line-out'. Then at the death Peyper bizzarely call for Acherman to let go of a ball he had every right of trying to contest. Its a penalty one way or the other, and I say its the Lions' penalty which resulted in the Highlanders getting a little bit of respect back. No this doesn't seem a big deal but what if the score was closer. Seemed to me Peyper was going out of his way to not look biased which cost the Lions even if it didn't matter in the end.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, add in Etzebeth and PSdT moving Mostert to the bench and have this Lions side play for the Bokke with Ackermann and team helping out. Its sad but its what we have come to. With Kitshoff based overseas, WP Nel lost to Scotland etc etc I'd say we might as well start the Lions front row as is because Strauss, Mtawarira and co just aren't as dymanic. Jaco Kriel has been the best SA loosie for close on 3 years now. I said with the announcement of the 2015 RWC squad that Meyer is throwing the ***le away by not starting Jaco Kriel, Faf de Klerk and Ruan Combrinck. Not a day has gone by tha I don't feel justified in those comments. Comparing the Lions to the expected Bok ine-up I'd say Jantjies seems to be in the form of his life in the right environment, Janse van Rensburg is showing De Allende how a big inside center can play for space, surely Combrinck is the encumbent Bok 14 now and then Skosan and Coetzee are IMO > Mvovo and Le Roux. I feel we should all stop hoping Le Roux can add more than he costs any more (for a while now). On the coahing front its much the same. I don't want to knock Coetzee but he can't boast of having done anything worth remembering with the Storers when he had close to a Bok line-up containing all of Jaque Fourie, Jean de Villiers, Duane Vermeulen, Schalk Burger, Eben Etzebeth, Bryan Habana, Gio Aplon, Steven Kitshoff, Frans Malherbe and an in-form Siya Kolis and Nizaam Carr. He also had Elton Jantjies and the difference between Jantjies under Ackermann and Jantjies under Coetzee in SR was staggering. Why should we expwet different at test level? Also, Mzwandile STick as Bok backline coach? The man is a 7s legend but he has zero coaching experience and no actual CV. He played 7s. What are we expecting him to do at test level as a coach? Was he the only man that applied for the job? That's what I have to assume because what company hires a man with no CV to a critical position? I feel we can expect less from the Bokke than the Lions sadly. </p><p></p><p>That said I do feel the other 3 SA teams will only improve. I've said so before but I'll say it again. The Lions were dropped in 2012 as the bottom placed SA SR side and lost promotion/relegation to a joke Kings side for 2013. Ackermann took over and with near enough the same squad look at them now. They took some beatings learning the ropes and we should expect our other sides looking to change their patterns do experience the same. All of them have new coaches, new approaches, have been playing without their 1st choice 9/10 combinations and have either brand new packs (Bulls, Sharks) or a 2nd string backlien (Stormers) this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 809612, member: 39190"] A few comments: Firstly I'm amazed, AMAzed with capital 'A's and 'M' that Peyper is being said here to have given the Lions a leg up in this match. I must have been watching another game or bias is a rampaging banshee rather than the little ****ly whisper at the back of ones head I thought it to be because I was irritated as I thought Peyper was worth at least 14 points to the Highlanders and I'll back that up rather than just shurlishly flinging out an unsubstantiated little chirp. I counted all of 5 forward passes not being called, a number of very skew line-out throws. Now I know referees have been allowing somewhat skew throws all season but directly to your man is too much IMO. It seems they now only call it when it actually goes 'out of line of the line-out'. Then at the death Peyper bizzarely call for Acherman to let go of a ball he had every right of trying to contest. Its a penalty one way or the other, and I say its the Lions' penalty which resulted in the Highlanders getting a little bit of respect back. No this doesn't seem a big deal but what if the score was closer. Seemed to me Peyper was going out of his way to not look biased which cost the Lions even if it didn't matter in the end. Secondly, add in Etzebeth and PSdT moving Mostert to the bench and have this Lions side play for the Bokke with Ackermann and team helping out. Its sad but its what we have come to. With Kitshoff based overseas, WP Nel lost to Scotland etc etc I'd say we might as well start the Lions front row as is because Strauss, Mtawarira and co just aren't as dymanic. Jaco Kriel has been the best SA loosie for close on 3 years now. I said with the announcement of the 2015 RWC squad that Meyer is throwing the ***le away by not starting Jaco Kriel, Faf de Klerk and Ruan Combrinck. Not a day has gone by tha I don't feel justified in those comments. Comparing the Lions to the expected Bok ine-up I'd say Jantjies seems to be in the form of his life in the right environment, Janse van Rensburg is showing De Allende how a big inside center can play for space, surely Combrinck is the encumbent Bok 14 now and then Skosan and Coetzee are IMO > Mvovo and Le Roux. I feel we should all stop hoping Le Roux can add more than he costs any more (for a while now). On the coahing front its much the same. I don't want to knock Coetzee but he can't boast of having done anything worth remembering with the Storers when he had close to a Bok line-up containing all of Jaque Fourie, Jean de Villiers, Duane Vermeulen, Schalk Burger, Eben Etzebeth, Bryan Habana, Gio Aplon, Steven Kitshoff, Frans Malherbe and an in-form Siya Kolis and Nizaam Carr. He also had Elton Jantjies and the difference between Jantjies under Ackermann and Jantjies under Coetzee in SR was staggering. Why should we expwet different at test level? Also, Mzwandile STick as Bok backline coach? The man is a 7s legend but he has zero coaching experience and no actual CV. He played 7s. What are we expecting him to do at test level as a coach? Was he the only man that applied for the job? That's what I have to assume because what company hires a man with no CV to a critical position? I feel we can expect less from the Bokke than the Lions sadly. That said I do feel the other 3 SA teams will only improve. I've said so before but I'll say it again. The Lions were dropped in 2012 as the bottom placed SA SR side and lost promotion/relegation to a joke Kings side for 2013. Ackermann took over and with near enough the same squad look at them now. They took some beatings learning the ropes and we should expect our other sides looking to change their patterns do experience the same. All of them have new coaches, new approaches, have been playing without their 1st choice 9/10 combinations and have either brand new packs (Bulls, Sharks) or a 2nd string backlien (Stormers) this year. [/QUOTE]
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