Bob, what would you like to see wrt the branding? I would like the blue and white hoops being more in line with the old school WP jerseys...and it would be nice if the can somehow make room for the red disa somewhere on the jersey...
Bob, what would you like to see wrt the branding? I would like the blue and white hoops being more in line with the old school WP jerseys...and it would be nice if the can somehow make room for the red disa somewhere on the jersey...
Their are two problems with the Stormers - one was aand is still maladministration and the other a very ppor ciaching set-up, Combined thise two are part of the sickness called the Stormers.
The Stormers can only improve idf they did what teh Bulls did - sell 74,5% of their sharholding s to Rupert and Montseepe that kept the funding for recruitment of top and promissing players available. They have smalls cal relationship with a rather weaker financiers nd still keep recruitinmg elderly hasbeens for contracting/ Unless the et up is changed and they get better coaching there is zero chance of improvement of the team.
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I think the guys here called it when they said that the Stompies struggle with the line between playing attacking rugby and playing reckless rugby.
For me, Galant personifies the Stormers misgivings. You can't always try to do something fantastic and smart. Sometimes you just have to take the hit and secure the ball. The way that the Stompies lose swathes of ground through getting isolated and/or trying mental stuff, it's unnecessary.
Stormers games are well attended, there is zero need for them to be in financial or any other strife.
Willemse looks like he moight boi goin na Leinster. That would be a massive loss. For me, Willemse is the one in the Stormers backline with the sharpest nose for that line between attacking play over madness.
The Sharks can create scrum penalties, the Bools can create scrum penalties…..the Stormers can’t and even when they do Libbok is likely to miss. Therein lies the biggest difference between the teams.
Sasha is the preferred 10 for the Stormers...Libbok hasn't played in ages.
I thought he was injured
Lol ou Manie. I actually feel sorry for him. Imagine building a rep as an unreliable kicker, and then Sacha turns up and just does everything better thank you...including kicking.
I've listened to Manie talk a few times and he really does sound like a pro. Doesn't drink, doesn't party, trains his backside off and takes it all as seriously as one can.
Must suck to know one is doing all you can and it's still not enough.
Willemse is contracted at the Stormers till 2027. I hope they keep him here. We need him.
He's going to Leinster, Draad. I have a feeling there is truth to the rumours.
Whatever contract he has with Stormers, they'll just buy it out if they want Willemse that badly.
I'd buy him and Sacha in a heartbeat if I could.
Ek haat tjekboek rugby.
Wilemse is a protegee of Rupert and he knows on whcih side his bread is bittered. He is on contract until 2027 amd that is where he will stay, Breach of contract will ifluence his future as a Springbok drastically and that is where it will end. Leinster has a chance of getting him - but after he next WC. If he played for th e S prin gboks in tht series hew ill be one of a rare species in rugby - a third golff mdal in the WC and that will be worth a lot more than Leinmser will offer for him now, .
Looks like we're gonna end up 5th on the log, so we'll play 5th...so it should be the Sharks in Durban...Bools will probably take 2nd..
To win the URC, Stormers will probably have to beat Sharks, Bulls and the Leinster...impossible odds...should pur R100 on it...not.
As to the situation - so much of he comments on this site h the paper it is written on. Much of rugby is best played by thinking players and that is where the difference b etween for instance Sacha and Libbok is, Sacha reads he situation instantly and decide on strategy instantly - it is just an example of why he is a natural at 10, Libbok was taught about playing at 10 and is not a natural thinking player and in executing not really effective, For instance with Sacha kicking the opposing team is put under pressure - with Libbok that is very rarely the case.
As to Willemse there is another isue than what Willemse is offered by Leinster - it is not a real fact only a guess by plum. Willemse and .Sacha are both protegees of Erasmus and thus protegees of Ruport as well, In the end what Rupert in SA rugby says that is what will happen, At this stae there is no change made as to the uture of each - if those two goes anyhere they will go to the Bulls in which Rupert and Mosepe together owns 74,5% of the shares, If any playes like Sacha and Willemse wants to leave their destinaion will be to Pretoria - not anywhere else, The only thing that keeps those two in the Stormers set-up is the fear that White will destroy their potential as backline playes - something White is a specialist in.
We needd to keep our stars and get some of the ones who moved on back...
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Where are the Stormers? Champions a few seasons ago, but dropping off the top of the table the last 2 seasons. ATM we are a mid table team.
Well we're 7th on the log after 14 matches, but will probably drop to 9 on the table when this round is concluded...that's not too bad really after our horrendous start to the season.. We finish the season with a run of 4 home matches against teams lower in the rankings than ourselves...Connacht, Benetton, Dragons and Cardiff...My gut tells me we would probably end in about 6th place, which would pair us in the quarters with 3rd on the log...currently the Bools, but it's a close affair between them, Snarks and Glasgow. I can see the Stormers beating any of those three at their home grounds during a normal league match, but it won't be easy in a quarter, never mind a semi...and if you get through that, you have to travel to Dublin for the probable final...there is just no way.
Glasgow did something close to that last season, but I don't see it happening this year...things will pretty much conclude along log positions.
Going forward...I really hope WP Rugby can sort out their financials and start building the team. There is so much talent and potential in and around Cape Town, The Stormers should always be top contenders. The basics are there...we should invest in a few younger front rows. Brock, Malherbe and Neethling Fouche are all past there prime and close to retirement...and another young lock or 2 and we should be good..
Cape Town is an fantastic City and the DHL Stadium is situated in a spectacular setting. The Stormers has a big and loyal fan base...we should build towards the same iconic status Newlands and WP had during most of the 80's...we can do it, it's within our grasp.
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