
sharkbok
Captain23,297 posts

sharkbokCaptain23,297 posts
13 Mar 2014, 23:10#2
He played at 13 in the warm up games, or at least the warm up game against the Lions and scored 3 tries. It was the Lions b-team so much to write home about.
Apparently JP has been playing centre in Japan for most of his games, so surprising he is not shifted to centre.
CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
13 Mar 2014, 23:29#3
Sharkbok
Who is to play wing t hen? Ndungane's father passed away and he is not available. Anyway - there is nothing to worry about - Sithole will never see a ball in the whole game - Steyn will make sure about that one.
Hope his defense is sound - that is all that would be required from him on the day.
13 Mar 2014, 23:38#4
Ha ha Mike I smaak u but you are a laugh bro. You hate Fransie so much it hurts u. Hope u enjoy the rugger this weekend and I hope Fransie proves you wrong.
Sharkbok- cheers for that bro. Makes me feel much better. Even though it's was a "b" team it was still made up of first class players so offers better resistance than say a club game. Let's hope he produces another performance like that. I reckon Jake may feel like JP will adapt better to the pace of super rugby in a position he knows so well for the Sharks. Might feel that he has not been with the Sharks long enough this year to understand what Jake wants the team to do and 13 is a crucial position so you don't want it breaking down there. End of the day, JP was Jakes star winger for the Boks, he has never been his centre for the Sharks.
Mike, it's pretty logical that if Jake did play Jp at 13, Sithole would replace Ndungane on the wing.
CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
14 Mar 2014, 00:56#5
boklogic
I don't hate anyone - just being realistic. I will count the number of times Steyn passes the ball to Sithole - remember in the Hurricanes game he never once past the ball to Jordaan.
14 Mar 2014, 01:15#6
Sometimes circumstance dictates the flow of a game Mikey. End of the day, Sharks beat the Bulls, Canes and Lions without ever really being in a position to lose. Sure, Lions looked like they got close but you always felt the Sharks were gona get the 4th try.
We kept the Canes, a very exciting team, try less. Did it easily! I would go as far as to say Fransie has been one of the best on show in the early exchanges of this comp. sure, he chucked a few ground balls but I think he just got a bit excited being at 10 again and wanted to show off his pin point long ball. He will get that out his system with time at 10. He is back at 12 anyway but expect him to be a massive player come Saturday.