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Matt Proudfoot should be the Bok scrumming coach

Started by Mozart9 REPLIES312 VIEWS· 27 Apr 2015, 16:35
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MO
MozartCaptain49,914 posts
27 Apr 2015, 16:35
#1
27 Apr 2015, 16:35#1

The Stormers scrum is the best S15 scrum of this year, and the best South African scrum for many a year. Proudfoot has got Kitshoff into an aggressive scrumming mode....witness the  demolition of Marcel van der Merwe he and Kebbel orchestrated on Saturday.


Malherbe and Koch are also doing well, although it must be said Greyling is simply not competent. I also worry about Malherbe's ongoing penchant for sprawling on his face, not just because Greyling is a noted belly flopper.


Proudfoot is getting the best out of these chaps and installing the Stormers with destructive purpose...watching his reactions he is very much in tune with every scrum. And he seems to be pretty astute....why not use Matt to do the same thing for the Bok scrum?

SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
27 Apr 2015, 17:58
#2
27 Apr 2015, 17:58#2

It would all carry some weight if Kitshoff actually did demolish Marcel v/d Merwe.....but fact is the Stormers have one hell of a set of forwards to choose from, there is nothing close in the competition.


Kitshoff (120kg) was always that good, you just failed to recognise it.......add the impressive Malherbe (122kg)and new finds Kock (118kg) and Kebble (127kg) and you have 4 very impressive props to work with.


In Scara and Mbonambi you have two solid enough hookers, slightly on the small side, but is Scara you have a good ball player.


At lock they have 3 of the best and biggest locks in the competition. Etzebeth (125kg) right now is the best lock in the game, he is on fire. Add the impressive Ruan Botha (120kg) and Jean Kleyn (120kg) and you have 3 massive locks.


Behind them you have monsters in Vermeulen, Elstadt, Schalk and Rhodes......with the pace and agility of Kolisi and Carr


Its one hell of a set of forwards to work with......most test sides would like those players on board.

MO
MozartCaptain49,914 posts
27 Apr 2015, 20:35
#3
27 Apr 2015, 20:35#3
 They had most of the same talent last year and did nothing scrum wise. There's your inconsistency.....but they always had lots of er "metal".
SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
28 Apr 2015, 10:29
#4
28 Apr 2015, 10:29#4

Bullshit, Kitshoff, Etzebeth and Malherbe were injured. Ruan Botha and Jean Kleyn never got a look in.....Kock was not on board and nor was Kebble or Mbonambi or Schalk.


Try again Moz, this is becoming far too easy 

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
28 Apr 2015, 10:39
#5
28 Apr 2015, 10:39#5
 Moz, Proudfoot has been with the Stormers for quite a couple of years. The previous 2 years WP was plagued by injuries to locks especially and the props were still a bit green. Proudfoot has done well and is picking the fruit of the last 5 years' work now.
CE
CeradynePro9,374 posts
28 Apr 2015, 10:57
#6
28 Apr 2015, 10:57#6
Something interesting. There is a similarity between Faf de Klerk and this "new find of the Stormers", Vincent Koch. Both of them are actually players "on loan" from the Pumas...............
So, Jimmy Stonehouse also deserves some credit where these two are concerned. Not just Johan Ackerman and Matthew Proudfoot.





DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
28 Apr 2015, 11:04
#7
28 Apr 2015, 11:04#7
 Correct Vlag. The Pumas have done well in developing players for the other big unions. As a side, I suspect Koch will be moving to the Cape soon though. It will be hard for the Pumas to keep him after his heroics for the Stormers this season.
CE
CeradynePro9,374 posts
28 Apr 2015, 12:44
#8
28 Apr 2015, 12:44#8
 F'king parasites ...........
MO
MozartCaptain49,914 posts
28 Apr 2015, 14:03
#9
28 Apr 2015, 14:03#9
That's not what my American pals said when they first saw CT....more like "F' ing paradise" 
CE
CeradynePro9,374 posts
28 Apr 2015, 17:44
#10
28 Apr 2015, 17:44#10
 Ja ja Moz.
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