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<blockquote data-quote="BokMagic" data-source="post: 123278"><p>Greetings Christin, and welcome to TRF.</p><p></p><p>Well, I for one actually rate Pieter De Villiers pretty highly. He`s come the same route as Jake, up through the age-group ranks with the u21`s. And he`s been very successful with them too- winning a tourney, and ending up losing finalist in the other one, both away from home. He`s also got a great rapport with a lot of the youngsters who`ll make out the core of our 2011 RWC challenge, just like JW had with guys like John Smit, BJ Botha, Jean De Villiers, Ashwin Willemse, Schalk Burger, Fourie Du Preez, Ricky January- all who played under him at u21 level.</p><p></p><p>I`m actually a big fan of Jake`s, I tend to think he`s an awesome coach. If he got the support from SARU that Graham Henry gets from the NZRU, our results could well have been right up there with the AB`s. Remember when JW wanted to rest 10 senior Boks from CC rugby in 2005, and got the 2 finger salute? Well, if those guys were rested in 05, I reckon that we wouldn`t have had that massive injury toll in 06. I`d actually like JW to stay on as Bok coach until 2008/09, before handing over to De Villiers, but he`s simply burned too many SARU bridges to stay on after RWC2007.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, back to the Currie Cup. I believe that it`ll be very much a 3-horse race this year. The Bulls have incredible strength in depth in virtually every position. They also have the experience of winning when it matters, so they should be right up there come finals time. The Lions have also been highly impressive this year in the S14, and their young tight 5 are growing with every game. Possible CC finalists, if you ask me. And then of course, there is the enigma that is the Province. On paper, a very handy side. Unfortunately coached by an idiot, but still able to produce the goods on the day. Might sneak in a stellar semi performance, but I doubt whether they`ll be consistent enough to turn it on for 2 weeks running.</p><p></p><p>The other 2 big hitters, might just struggle. The Sharks will lose the bulk of their tight 5, but with a lot of very promising loose forward and backline youngsters still on the park, they might just get a semi spot. Expect gus like Kankowski, Daniel, Barritt and Scott Spedding to step up to the plate and really perform.</p><p></p><p>The Cheetahs might struggle without the coaching of Rassie. And their big-name players, with the exception of RWC certainty Juan Smith, failed to step up in the S14.</p><p></p><p>So that`s my early predictions. All of which are subject to change, naturally..........</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BokMagic, post: 123278"] Greetings Christin, and welcome to TRF. Well, I for one actually rate Pieter De Villiers pretty highly. He`s come the same route as Jake, up through the age-group ranks with the u21`s. And he`s been very successful with them too- winning a tourney, and ending up losing finalist in the other one, both away from home. He`s also got a great rapport with a lot of the youngsters who`ll make out the core of our 2011 RWC challenge, just like JW had with guys like John Smit, BJ Botha, Jean De Villiers, Ashwin Willemse, Schalk Burger, Fourie Du Preez, Ricky January- all who played under him at u21 level. I`m actually a big fan of Jake`s, I tend to think he`s an awesome coach. If he got the support from SARU that Graham Henry gets from the NZRU, our results could well have been right up there with the AB`s. Remember when JW wanted to rest 10 senior Boks from CC rugby in 2005, and got the 2 finger salute? Well, if those guys were rested in 05, I reckon that we wouldn`t have had that massive injury toll in 06. I`d actually like JW to stay on as Bok coach until 2008/09, before handing over to De Villiers, but he`s simply burned too many SARU bridges to stay on after RWC2007. Anyway, back to the Currie Cup. I believe that it`ll be very much a 3-horse race this year. The Bulls have incredible strength in depth in virtually every position. They also have the experience of winning when it matters, so they should be right up there come finals time. The Lions have also been highly impressive this year in the S14, and their young tight 5 are growing with every game. Possible CC finalists, if you ask me. And then of course, there is the enigma that is the Province. On paper, a very handy side. Unfortunately coached by an idiot, but still able to produce the goods on the day. Might sneak in a stellar semi performance, but I doubt whether they`ll be consistent enough to turn it on for 2 weeks running. The other 2 big hitters, might just struggle. The Sharks will lose the bulk of their tight 5, but with a lot of very promising loose forward and backline youngsters still on the park, they might just get a semi spot. Expect gus like Kankowski, Daniel, Barritt and Scott Spedding to step up to the plate and really perform. The Cheetahs might struggle without the coaching of Rassie. And their big-name players, with the exception of RWC certainty Juan Smith, failed to step up in the S14. So that`s my early predictions. All of which are subject to change, naturally.......... [/QUOTE]
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