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Super Rugby: Bulls vs. Stormers in Pretoria (22/02/2013)
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 551552" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>Lol, Serfontein will get his chance, don't worry. But to get the season started in the best way possible, I can understand why Ludeke went with the team he picked. As Rob Houwing of News24 put it, the Bulls will gel faster with their more settled team as only 2 debutants are in the starting 15 and 12 of the starting 15 were victims of the loss against the Stormers in last year's tournament, whereas there are only 6 Stormers players in the team for Saturday that played in the prevouis game.</p><p></p><p>IMHO regarding Hougaard, I think we judged him too quickly with his transition to Scrumhalf. a classy scrumhalf doesn't appear overnight, and most scrumhalves appearing for the national team are between 26 - 32 years of age. He's now only 24, and maturing is part of being a good scrummie.</p><p></p><p>@Draggs, that backline you named does look good on paper, but Pollard and Serfontein haven't played SR yet, Pollard hasn't even played Currie Cup yet... The Bulls structures are placed to give the young guns the proper protection and to aid them in the transition. Getting the experienced guys out first, will help the young ones understand the pressure better, and what is expected of them.</p><p></p><p>I really like all you guys' enthusiasm towards my Bulls, I'm just as excited as you are, but you have to calm down, Jan Serfontein and Pollard will get their turn, when the time is right. a Start of the season against your biggest rival is not such an occasion...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 551552, member: 40658"] Lol, Serfontein will get his chance, don't worry. But to get the season started in the best way possible, I can understand why Ludeke went with the team he picked. As Rob Houwing of News24 put it, the Bulls will gel faster with their more settled team as only 2 debutants are in the starting 15 and 12 of the starting 15 were victims of the loss against the Stormers in last year's tournament, whereas there are only 6 Stormers players in the team for Saturday that played in the prevouis game. IMHO regarding Hougaard, I think we judged him too quickly with his transition to Scrumhalf. a classy scrumhalf doesn't appear overnight, and most scrumhalves appearing for the national team are between 26 - 32 years of age. He's now only 24, and maturing is part of being a good scrummie. @Draggs, that backline you named does look good on paper, but Pollard and Serfontein haven't played SR yet, Pollard hasn't even played Currie Cup yet... The Bulls structures are placed to give the young guns the proper protection and to aid them in the transition. Getting the experienced guys out first, will help the young ones understand the pressure better, and what is expected of them. I really like all you guys' enthusiasm towards my Bulls, I'm just as excited as you are, but you have to calm down, Jan Serfontein and Pollard will get their turn, when the time is right. a Start of the season against your biggest rival is not such an occasion... [/QUOTE]
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