The professional era ruined much. I remember watching club rugby on the TV on a Saturday, Danie Gerber playing for Despatch. Doubt the Currie Cup right now even has as much clout as club rugby had in the old days.
The professional era ruined much. I remember watching club rugby on the TV on a Saturday, Danie Gerber playing for Despatch. Doubt the Currie Cup right now even has as much clout as club rugby had in the old days.
There used to be an annual club rugby competition over Easter weekend and the rugby played was mosly top class for the amateur era with highlighting on individual players. Team performnces in general was what the Provicnes at the time played in CC matches,
The team performances those days were generally based on -
* the comprehensive 15 man game played by the WP ; and
* the 10 man game plan used by the Bulls,
It changed into a 10 man-game played by the Springboks in te matches since 1992 with a change when Mallett inherited a funcional team from Du Plessis in 1997 and won 15 matches n a ow - bu became undone when Mallett failed to ind repacement players, but was back to the 10 man game from 2004 to 2018.
In 2018 Erasmus started to chang he game plan and was disrupted in 2022 and 2023 due to in he main player injuries - but s now back on ack again. None f the top CC teams are playing 10 man rugbby anymore - neither does he franchises playing on URC level. . .
" None f the top CC teams are playing 10 man rugbby anymore - neither does he franchises playing on URC level. "
Only Rassie and his boks still play a predominantly Forwards based Play.
Hopefully this will get better under Brown’s input, and we adapt to a more Balanced style of play.
Mampara power wake up boet. The Boks of course use forward power. Why not use what you have.
But what you miss mampara power is how well our attack and the backs are doing.
You have a mozzietard type of blind spot. Get real mampara power!
Aaaah Beeno Biscuits shut the hell up and give us some prove of this magical Backline attack play?? Here and there yes, thru Counter Attack not structured Attack, predominantly still thru Mauls , Stampkar.
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It’s really sad how this competition has been reduced to virtually nothing when as a youngster it used to be the ultimate as a supporter
Watching the CC final was huge now it’s contested by one side virtually playing their B side (the Sharks)
I’ll be watching it because it’s another game of rugby but it’s no longer the measure of the best provincial side in the country
I really like the Sharks side - it’s a young side with some future stars in it
1.Mchunu (25) 2. Mbatha, (25) 3. Hanro Jacobs (24) 4. Emile v Heerden (24) 5. Corne Rahl (22) 8.Emmanuel Tsituka (24) 7. Vincent Tsituka (24) 9. Davids (22) 10. Masuku (27) 13. Jurenzo Julius (20) 11. Hooker (21) 15. Jordan Hendrikse (23)
The old man in the side is Esterhuizen aged 30 at 12 with James Venter 28 at 6 and Keyter 28 at 14.