Jirr-enzo

Dave exclaims that Jirre-Enzo played well this weekend. And i think most of us enjoyed the try he scored last weekend. 

...though when he was chasing that counter attack kick down the touchline, how he was the third fastest man in that chase? He doesn't have express pace. Fassi would have gassed the shit out of those other two runners over 50m.

At 178cm, he's not a big guy either.

Sucks for him that he stopped growing...right? Him at 190cm would have been something else.

So he's not big, and he's not exceedingly fast. 

Now, Moodie is 189cm and Hooker is 194cm.

I like this picture much more for a 12/13 combination - We know Moodie can do it and we've seen enough of Hooker to know that he could switch his brain off and play at least as well as DDA.

Kolbe and Arendse, they have that express pace and more guile than necessary. So it's not definitive, all things being equal, that a bigger guy is better.  

Jirre-enzo needs a couple of years of scoring good tries before he should be considered. 

Since he's not quick and not big, he'd be better served just jacking out and getting huge. For a short guy like him, another 7-9kg's, get up to like 105KGs and just beast-mode everybody. 

At the 27 WC, as things stand, we want Sacha, Fassi, Willemse, Arendse and maybe (Moodie and Hooker). In terms of looking for a 12, the mandate simply has to be a player that  is inclined to temper the naturally adventurous nature of the other backs in the side. Not necessarily someone as methodical as DDA. And AE will be 33...

Perhaps the plan is for AE to take over now. Maybe that is why Rassie has stuck with him.

But if it's not AE then the Boks are on the hunt for a new starting 12. 

I believe Rassie would want to cushion that 12 and not expose him to the burden of having to carry a new player like Jirr-enzo. 

TLDR; AE being the man going forward would make it more likely that Jirr-enzo gets a shot.

Julius looks good, I'm cautiously optimistic about him. Had a good game this weekend.

Julius also steps very well and is able to beat his man. 

Willemse can play 12 with Fasdie at 15.

What is the problem barring possible injuries. 

I think we should have a squad to challenge for the cup in 2027.timr will tell.

I see though people talking about the lack of depth in our rugby due to poor performances of our provincial teams.

Spot on Beeno the obvious call is play Willemse at 12 with Fassi at 15 - it’s a no brainer

Backup at 12 would be Hooker and David Kriel 

Sacha at 10, Libbok and Jordan Hendrikse as back ups

Jordan Hendrikse and Moodie back up 15

Options at 13 are Jurenzo Julius, Moodie, Henco v Wyk and Hooker - for me Julius walks it and he does not need a season or two to prove it - Sacha and Moodie never did, nor did Pollard and Willemse. I’d have him ahead of Jessie right now - no brainer

Wings Arendse, Kolbe, Moodie, Green and Edwil vd Merwe

Plenty of options at 9

Sexy ?! 

Something you want to tell us, Dave?

Hi Becs, good to see you back.  

I don’t buy that excuse, Saffolk  

Hello Mozart, thank you  

Obviously we need a Mozcrosope sort this thing out…..so far I watched him in the second part of the Sharks debacle. He did make one spectacular offload. But then he tried to force the same offload again and botched the move.

He seemed rather short.

Her DumbleDork

This is what Jirr-Enzo doesn't have.

I'm not saying tis the end of the world.

I'm simply saying it would be nice if he could skin one of the fastest players on the other team by 8m over a 40m distance.

Note how he slows down to wait for the kick, and then blasts past the Ozzie. 

Jirr-Enzo can't do that. Only Kolbe, Williams, Arendse and Fassi can.

...and all I was saying is that ti sucks for him that he can't. Because it limits what he can rely on to be successful.

To prove the point, take express pace away from any one of the guys above...and they're instantly less appealing. 

Unless we are living in some alternate reality we more speed doesn't equal mor e advantage.

Very good point, but to be honest, Brian O Driscol wasn't the fastest over 40m either. I watched him play a couple of times live and he had such a knack for breaking the line and just cutting the defence. He had extreme acceleration and fantastic running lines. It was really hard to defend against him. He just made things happen around him. 

I think Jurrenzo is in the same mould. He can just make things happen around him. 

178 is tall enough and I think Bundy is the same height. 

I see big backs these days have less of an impact. I think there are room for different size players. It is not the same game it was 10 or 20 years ago when we have J De Villiers who were both really big and quick. Those guys were fast. 

But to find players like that are rare but it also proves you don't need such players. 

So I Jirrenzo is good. Need more game time, but I would judge for a kick chase on scramble defence  

He has more in his resume than any young player other than Sacha 

You would know that if you had watched every game he has been involved in 

Sidestep is the weapon O Driscoll had….Kolbe has it. Habana never did but he was the fastest player on the park Nor did Jean….Stepfontein did, but he was a carthorse.

Take the masked man, only 3rd in the school hundred,  but 2nd in the high jump after he taught himself Valeriy Brumel straddle and the morons we’re still doing the scissors. But a step to die for.

Long standing laugh between my best mate and I was that we competed against each other in the schools inter house high jump. He did the fosberry (sp) flop and I did the scissors. I ended up beating him to win it and have never let him forget it to this day.

I used to win all the running events up to u13 where I also played on the wing. As the years passed I filled out more and lost the pace of a wing resulting in me moving closer and closer to the scrum eventually ending up at 10 in my second last year but back to 12 in my final year 

Brumel died at a young age…his career ended to all intents by a motor cycle accident. I road those things for most of my adult life…in retrospect madness, at the time pure joy,

We all had bikes at school - Yamaha DT 50’s 

Scissors rule Moz 

Oh, he has more on his resume than Moodie? 

I didn't realise.