It was indeed a good game, one of the best finishes Ive seen for a long time.
Most of us have been critical of Elton Jantjies including myself but he certainly seems to have talent when he plays with confidence. Maybe appointing him as captain has led to that.
Maybe that's what he needed most of all.
Jantjies had a very good game.
The Stormers had the game in the bag and then blew it. Lions did well to force their way back into the lead...just to be robbed of their victory in the end. I would like to see a different angle of thay Du Plessis pass. It looked forward to me...and another look at the first Lions try...
Yep, Saffex.
Fastest player in SA rugby.
Dayimani is Bolt like in that he doesn't seem to moving fast when he's actually flying.
Absolute idiocy to have him in the forwards.
If he ever gonna compete with our embarrassment of loose forward talent? Never in a million years.
PS Maaik, even the "Bone Collector" was in business again, when he came on the Lions surged ahead, dare I say the word Alberts, did not play like a Hasbeen....
Saffex , Kitshoff is a rock of Gibraltar, heck that young man plays, well scrums well and is a good leader.
Dear old Jannie dropped the ball again, but it was a really bad pass, in fact it was impossible to take.
Saffex our old Zulu groundsman at my old school Kwela used to tell Skonk Nicholson our 1st and 2nd team coach that he must always put a man with RED HAIR in the side. When Skonk asked why, he told him because it brings FIRE to the side. Actually we did have a candidate a guy from Empangeni called Anthony (Boozy) Balmer who incidentally later proved a good choice, we never lost a game when he played and he later made Natal Schools side. He was called "Boozy"because of the redness because obviously we never took alcohol at school.
But Zwela was spot-on. Kitshoff therefore has this too in our favour...lol.
Whether it was a Zulu superstition I don't think so, he was a lovely dignified man and had a unique sense of humour, so did our coach and Balmer was a worthy player.
Those little snippets of old humour are delightful and unfortunately rare today. I could write a short book on Kwela alone, they don't come like that today.
Kitshoff too is stand out, cannot think of any other rugby players except Hayden Morgan of Wales who nobody remembers today, but other sports, Shaun Pollock and Boris Becker come to mind.I've found red hair in every nation, you get it every where except Asian or African people.
Lots in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Germany, Scandinavia, even Russian. But that's a subject on it's own.
From experience I've found RED HEADS quite fiery in both men and woman and maybe there is some truth in what Kwela said.
The fact is that I watched Alberts and Du Plessis carefully during the match - as well as Jame Roberts of the Stormers, so here goes:-
* Alberts was on for 24 minutes and made a few ball carries - frequently tackled backwards. He may have made a tackle or two - but nothing I noted at all. No great investment, Alberts came in as a lock replacement - a loosie he is definitely not.
* Jannie du Plessis was firm in three scrums and thereafter he and his partner gave away numerous penalties. He is still poor in defense.
* Jamie Roberts was a dead loss - poor ball skills, poor cr ashballing and poor defense, Anybody for buying a one way ticket back to Wales asap?
Mike I was only spurring you, we must have more red heads and Jewish boys in our sides and then all problems of winning will be solved.
Oh yes another was the past Irish captain...Paul O'Connell and I remember one or 2 in the Rebels and Hurricane sides a few years ago. They are not that common, Ireland got a few in club sides.
They seem to make good strong leaders, as Kitshoff, O'Connell and Shaun Pollock all have these qualities. There is no doubt fire in them...many a true word said in jest!
Agree, Saffex.
He is not a forward.
But he does have pace, good hands, reasonable game sense and an eye for getting forward.
Swys was convinced that he had all the attributes of a centre but from what I read, it's Dayimani himself that doesn't want to play in the backs. Says he feels he has more advantage(pace) over slower forwards.
Quite silly, since every back had that advantage over most forwards. It means zero if you can't contain you opposite forwards.
Not sure what him and his agent agent are smoking.
Well what we can conclude after all is said and done is that Lions are not as bad as we a week or 2 week ago stated, is that not so.?
Well what we can conclude after all is said and done is that Lions are not as bad as we a week or 2 week ago stated, is that not so.
Dayimani is about +30 lbs lighter than Marcell Coetzee. He was always a flank from school days at Jeppe He is very young and will most probably put on more weight in the years to come. I'm against shifting players into different positions (with a few exceptions) into different structures.
On the other hand you might have a strong point. But the other question is does he have a desire to play there?
It can and must be tested.
Seb,
His pace fits nicely into a rushing defensive structure too.
If he were at 12 or 13, I could seem him consistently denying opposition that extra meter of space.
For me, there is no point picking a player for speed but then not maximising his time with the ball in hand.
Stick him at 13. Give him enough space to run from slightly deeper at full pace or chase down up and unders. That's where I think you'll get maximum returns from him. He's mostly the quickest guy on the park. Meaning, if he breaks the line, it's likely he'll go all the way. Perhaps that's why he always appears to draw tw o defenders, unlike slower centres that can be run down if they manage to get through. That's a sizeable bonus.
