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SANZAAR to cut 3 teams in 2018
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 848015" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>There is no doubt the Cheetahs keep generating SR level quality players BUT they keep losing them and there is no continuity and depth. Bloem is the least sustainable of the 6 teams ITO economy and population and the fanbase has not pitched simple as that. The Lions drew more spectators playing outside of SR the year they were out than the Cheetahs manage. A lot of the players the Cheetahs 'generate' are actually EP players and that on top the Kings' geographics means I would rather the Kings stay ahead of the Cheetahs (not that it matters with both facing the axe unless there is a HUGE surprise in store for us). The Kings are better long term bet assuming the backroom gets sorted. That is a big assumption but doable. The Cheetahs' issues are too inherent in their isolated economic and geographic position and not something SARU can address.</p><p></p><p>Players from the two franchizes I'd be interested in for the Stormers is getting Chris Cloete back... that's about it really. The rest of their handier players would just add depth (not unwelcome). I'd be more concerned if I were the franchizes and SARU to lure Euro based players back or at least stemmy the tide; Reinach > Venter for instance for the Sharks. We've fallen into a trap of just letting our developed talent go overseas on the base of an assumption that we can simply replace them and there will be talented players coming in to replace them from the junior ranks or other franchizes. The problem comes in in that we lose those replacement players also within max 2 years and we end up having very green and continually disrupted player rosters. Stormers are getting Kitshoff back net season. If the rumors are true about Goosen then great. We need to target the under 30s that can still add value for a while to come and it needn't be Bok players but SR veterans that one can build a competitive team around and allow the youngster to come through systematically rather than new faces being forced to carry our teams each year; the likes of Marcel Coetzee, Reinach, any of a 1000 locks, Frans Steyn, Rob Ebersohn, Vincent Koch, Francois Hougaard etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 848015, member: 39190"] There is no doubt the Cheetahs keep generating SR level quality players BUT they keep losing them and there is no continuity and depth. Bloem is the least sustainable of the 6 teams ITO economy and population and the fanbase has not pitched simple as that. The Lions drew more spectators playing outside of SR the year they were out than the Cheetahs manage. A lot of the players the Cheetahs 'generate' are actually EP players and that on top the Kings' geographics means I would rather the Kings stay ahead of the Cheetahs (not that it matters with both facing the axe unless there is a HUGE surprise in store for us). The Kings are better long term bet assuming the backroom gets sorted. That is a big assumption but doable. The Cheetahs' issues are too inherent in their isolated economic and geographic position and not something SARU can address. Players from the two franchizes I'd be interested in for the Stormers is getting Chris Cloete back... that's about it really. The rest of their handier players would just add depth (not unwelcome). I'd be more concerned if I were the franchizes and SARU to lure Euro based players back or at least stemmy the tide; Reinach > Venter for instance for the Sharks. We've fallen into a trap of just letting our developed talent go overseas on the base of an assumption that we can simply replace them and there will be talented players coming in to replace them from the junior ranks or other franchizes. The problem comes in in that we lose those replacement players also within max 2 years and we end up having very green and continually disrupted player rosters. Stormers are getting Kitshoff back net season. If the rumors are true about Goosen then great. We need to target the under 30s that can still add value for a while to come and it needn't be Bok players but SR veterans that one can build a competitive team around and allow the youngster to come through systematically rather than new faces being forced to carry our teams each year; the likes of Marcel Coetzee, Reinach, any of a 1000 locks, Frans Steyn, Rob Ebersohn, Vincent Koch, Francois Hougaard etc. [/QUOTE]
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