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Willie Le Roux

Started by Beeno14 REPLIES187 VIEWS· 12 Mar 2012, 02:00
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Beeno1Captain40,032 posts
12 Mar 2012, 12:14
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12 Mar 2012, 12:14#1

Seems the Cheetahs have unearthed another gem .

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After a poor start where a try from Henry Speight put the Brumbies up early, the visitors replied with a Johan Goosen penalty and a stunning try from winger Willie le Roux. An overthrow of the lineout was plucked by Coenie Oosthuizen, who popped an inside pass to a flying Le Roux, allowing the winger to step inside the last line of defence for a great try. With such speed, its easy to forget that Le Roux is actually a flyhalf, but as a retreaded winger he was excellent, finding space and giving the Brumbies defence countless problems on the outside. While the kickers conjured the 13-10 scoreline at the break, it was Le Roux again who sparked the second try, after a great turnover by 50th-game man Hennie Daniller. The winger took the blindside gap, found good space between the Brumbie defenders, and then passed inside to Tewis de Bruyn for the try.   Willie looked to have no problem beating his man repeatedly. Amazing stuff from a flyhalf playing wing. Real speed and ability to step off both sides.
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hakwaPro4,146 posts
12 Mar 2012, 18:03
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12 Mar 2012, 18:03#2

 Livewire winger Le Roux will count himself unlucky to be on the losing side after an impressive performance in which he also played an integral role in scrum half Tewis de Bruyn's second half try to give his side a 20-10 lead.

"We're not going to get a better chance to win a game than today," said captain Adriaan Strauss, whose team have now lost their first three matches. "We had so many chances to win it so only have ourselves to blame."

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Beeno1Captain40,032 posts
12 Mar 2012, 18:36
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12 Mar 2012, 18:36#3

The Oz commentator said to Strauss that the understood that Strauss couldn't comment on the ref but that Strauss would probably have some difficulty with some calls. Strauss agreed politely. Captains have to be very, very careful.

The commentators remarks were telling he knew there had been bad calls which had cost the Cheetahs the match.

When a team loses a number of points through bad refs and consequently loses a match its ludicrous to blame the team for losing. You can argue they could have done this or that but the fact is they did enough to win. The Cheetahs were robbed.

As for Willie lets see if he can repeat this performance. Like to see him at flyhalf at some stage. Can't see even Goosen matching him as a running flyhalf.

 

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hakwaPro4,146 posts
13 Mar 2012, 05:17
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13 Mar 2012, 05:17#4

Beeno1 Strauss won me 58points for my Fox Fantasy S15 Team - that is the highest score by any player so far for my Team! AND I have a feeling  most of the points were for the restraint he showed and the hard yards he made! 

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Beeno1Captain40,032 posts
13 Mar 2012, 12:23
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13 Mar 2012, 12:23#5

Yes Hakwa Strauss did well to keep his cool. He had a great game as well.

Amazing to think there are some trying to suggest chilli boy is in his class!!! The mind boggles.

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