What a bunch of winners these kids are. Player after player goes down with injury and they narrowly lose only one game on their tour.
It has to be said the Stormers coaches including the much maligned Coetzee are doing something right. They appear to have the most robust match strategy in the competition......one which survives changes in the team, conditions and opposition.
Now lets see if the Bools can play on a foreign field.
The way the reserves are stepping into the breach is worth a mention, Nazeem Carr was outstanding, his workrate phenomal, the Ozzie commentators couldn't stop singing his praises. So too was De Jongh, the lad is maturing into a fine player and the dynamic he brings to the Stormer backline is awesome.
It was a great effort given the injuries to KEY players.
However Moz and Denny please sobre up and realise this side would not have beaten a top side. The Force are not the chiefs or crusties. Everything hinges on the return of injured players. Vermulen. Burger and Etzebeth are irreplaceable. Ditto jean. Too much class missing right now.
I also think Kitshoff is being overpayed. Fortunately we have ths weeks break so he can recharge.
Carr is another great prospect. Interesting that Lane, the youngster playing for the Reds, reckons Carr is the best school boy rugby he ever saw.
You place so much stock on the baby Boks but when was the last time the so much as made the final of the Junior world cup?
Thats down to Theron and his poor selections and by all accounts and average coach.......hell the man missed Kitshoff, Malherbe and Marcel Coetzee last year - before they even got S15 call ups
The Stormers did fantastic on their tour, there is no getting away from that. But comparing them to other touring sides is ludicrous as they do not play the same teams and the same conditions. A comparison should be on equal grounds apples with apples. Only a fool or a dead muzo will make comparisons based on different facts.
