The Sharks are set to gain the services of new players within the near future, this comes after the dissapointing exit in the Currie Cup semi finals at the hands of the Free State Cheetahs.
It seems the Lions are set to lose more players as the speculation of these two mentioned players grow stronger and stronger.
With the joy in the Lions camp of gaining the services of former Sharks coach, and assistant Springbok backline coach, so comes possible disappointments as news of more players leaving the Union.
Following the news of Jaque Fourie’s arbitration victory, follows the news that 3 more players are on their way out.
With lock Gerhard Mostert who has already signed, and is training with the sharks already, and now being followed by Louis Ludick and Willem Alberts.
It is expected that the players will sign 2 year contracts starting as of 1st November 2009, according to Sharks chief executive Brian Van Zyl the players are eager to join the Sharks and should not have a problem winning an arbitration as their contracts with the Lions union is exactly the same as that of Jaque Fourie.
With the Lions having lost its case against Fourie it is unlikely for them to stand in the way of Ludick and Alberts .
The “get out “ clause in the case of Fourie , Alberts and Ludick apparently revolves around a clause that states “the parties agree to review the remuneration for 2010”.
According to Jaque Fourie’s agent Peet Van Zyl, Jaque will put pen to paper within the next dew days with the Western Province Union.
@bdb – 30
Dis ‘n bitter pil om te sluk, maar die lewe gaan aan. Die Leeus sal terug vanuit die ‘set back’ Dm gaan die beste uit die maane haal wat daar wil speel.
@dWeePer – my post was not about helping sharks youngsters so much boet but about helping the lions
i seriously feel for them
31@Mr-T – Mr.T, dit is goed om lojaal te wees my vriend, en passie bring jou ver, maar jy het ‘n paar sleutelspelers nodig, en manne soos JF, Alberts en Ludik is die regte manne vir die job. Hoop maar die Leeus kan ‘n paar goeie spelers lok, ook van oorsee.
Interessante ding vir my: die BB het seker hierdie jaar die meeste geld gemaak van al die unies, en tog is hul inkopielys maar baie leeg. Behalwe vir Bees Roux en Gary Botha, wat seker nie te duur was nie, het hul nog nie veel geld gespandeer nie. Hulle is seker besig om al die geld te belê in hul jewugbeleid: koop hul terwyl hul jonk is, en buig hul soos jy hul wil hê ?
Steyn 21 – 19 WP
As a WP supporter I was not anywhere near confident that WP would win this weekend, other than our friend Spectre. In fact, I was convinced that WP would not be good enough for the Springb…I mean Blue Bulls. Yes, considering that during the pool stages we only beat the Bulls without their Springboks by about 3 points, and lost to that same team on Loftus, I was convinced that WP was in for a beating on Saturday.
Well, much to my surprise WP brought their A game and delivered a real spectacle of a semi final, one that made me really proud to be a WP supporter (for a change)! That feeling of pride was turned into shock and horror when the WP’s “creative” management team decided to change a squad which was doing perfectly well, by bringing on the flayling fidjian!. When they brought him on, I dropped my head in dismay and wondered: “What the heck are they thinking?!” The guy has cost us so many games, and has hardly ever lived up to expectations, and here he comes with minutes to go and gives the game to the Bulls!
Well, that is history now. Well done to the Blue Bulls and congrats with your team!
Now, it is hard for me to put this into a way in which the ardent Bulls supporters can accept it as a genuine concern, so I will just say it: You need back-up for Morne Steyn. Let’s be perfectly honest with each other, and I am not talking IF’s here, this is merely a post match analysis, looking at the weak points and thinking of where the Bulls can improve. Had the Bulls not had a 90% success rate kicker in their squad (27 out of 30 kicks in Currie Cup this season), they would have not won the game on Saturday. They need to either protect him at all costs, or get someone with the same success rate as him, or need to score more tries. I am not saying by any means that the Bulls are playing boring rugby – WP defended like demons (hats off to Joe Pietersen!). The Bulls do seem to rely quite a lot on Morne Steyn’s boot to do the job for them.
It is a great advantage to have someone like that in your squad. And one would hardly have blamed him had he missed the final kick. And my concern goes beyond the Bulls though. Morne has been the difference in most cases for the Springboks in the tests this year, and without him, we do seem to have a problem, especially when we kick at goal.
Its a simple risk analysis. The guy is a phenomenal kicker and with him in your squad you will always have the edge. The challenge is to develop your game, the Boks and the Bulls, in order the reduce the reliance on him so that IF he gets injured, or has a bad day at the office (like missing 1 kick out of 8), it will not be the difference between winning or losing.
Good luck to the two finalists next weekend. My gut says the Cheetas will take it by a whisker, just because they seem to be the team with the momentum on their side – and the fact that they nearly came away with a victory the last time they played at Loftus. But it will again be a tight contest, and one hell of a spectacle to watch, no matter which way your provincial allegiance goes!
@Mr-T – andre joubert hentie maartens nico breedt and honibal all natal born and schooled
went to kovsies as natal do not have an afrikaans university
they are not free staters
and all provinces buy , be it the bulls or whoever
32@sharky_forever – ek is bly om te sien dat ‘n wrede haai soos jy darem ook ‘n hart het ! 😉
@bdb – 🙄 lol
34@superBul – ek sal graag wil weet watter BB spioen het vir Nokaldieballetacklehoogalivuki in die WP span geplant … dink dit was Pieter Rossouw ?
good evening aunty caroline
Wag, ek is nou moeg gesels, lekker slaap almal.
@sharky_forever – Goeie Naand Sharky…Whats new?
@sharky_forever – 35,
My bad……………lol
@carol – not much and you side hun??
@sharky_forever – The same, too much work, I’m ‘cream crackered’!! Where is GBS?
#34
Everyone so far reckoned the Bulls with their Springboks played a good game and praises WP for losing by 2.
The fact is that at least 5 Bulls had a very quiet to poor game.
Habana was not worth much on the day, so too Zane.
Bakkies was scared to climb in because another yellow would have been a automatic RED. Stegman definitely struggles since his injury. And can anyone tell me where was Kuun and also the drives of Gurthro and Werner.
Now dont come with they were not allowed to play that well because the WP did not allow them. There was 7 names above , no ways could they all be sucked in and neutralized by the WP. Believe me i am a Bull supporter for ever , my team did good to win but if anyone in the State think that that was our A game, please keep on believing that.
@bdb – 33
Dis die beste, buig hulle soos jy hulle wil he, dis tog die toekoms van die provinsie wat daardeur baat vind.
Maar ja, kry so 1 of 2 hardebaarde met die ervaring van bok, S14 ens, om touwys te maak, kalmte in die span te bring ens….
Kan net hoop die Leeus sal daai balans erens kan vind, Die jeug dink ek gaan ons he en S14 ervaring, hoop net dit sal deurkom,
@Mr-T – lol
@carol – no idea
@bdb – NO dont blame us for that too.
@superBul – Hi Superbul, what time is kick off on Saturday please?
@carol – The game starts at 17h00 SA time on Saturday 31-10-2009
I am out of here
good night all
@sharky_forever – I need a laugh before I go to bed……!!!
@superBul – 4pm here, great…..should be able to catch some of that if I can get it on the computer. Night Superbul, thanks for that!
Oooo…a bit spooky here….quiet!! See you…..
Hartseer, Sharks maak die gaping tussen ons spanne al hoe groter. Terwyl die met potentiaal vir hulle die plaasvervangersbank gaan warmsit.
Ek hoop die Cheetahs doen goed in volgende jaar se S14 sodat die spelers meer betaal kan word en tot ‘n mate beskerm word. As almal net die integriteit van Juan Smit gehad het. Ek glo en hoop Brussouw is van dieselfde stoffasie gemaak.
Maar die Sharks moet darem goed betaal siende dat so baie na daardie misdaad-infekteerde oond toe te gaan.
Bliiiiiiiiiiiiiksem, dit gaan die Lions seer maak. Ek dink dat hulle Fourie verloor het was een ding, maar hy was egter net een speler. Die Lions kon nog hoop uit die feit trek dat hulle baie ander solide spelers het. Maar lyk my die is nou ook besig uit.
PYN!
@superBul –
SB, I hear what you say. I was really surprised at how quite some of the Bulls were. Season too long, not taking the opp. too serious? Pacing themselves for the finals? Just doing the minimum it takes?
Who will know?
Two more things are certain though. From WP’s side, many players had a “quite” game as well and the Bulls are too professional to just let it slip.
It was a tough game, and province so nearly took it, but in the end the Bulls did. Thats all that matters…
@Greenpoint-Gunner –
Jisja, jy is vroeg op!
Ek kry ook deesdae net soggens hierdie tyd n kansie om bietjie in te loer, weens die tydverskil nie altyd moontlik om saam te blog nie, flippin’ dol hierdie kant ook.
Maar ek is darem bly om te sien jt bring jou kant hier op R-T.
Praat weer, tjeers.
When will the Sharks learn that you can’t buy a team?
Ludick I can understand, they need a back up for Oupa who has said that he has 1 more season left in him. But who will the Sharks play? Oupa, who has done wonders for them over the last year or 2? Or Ludick who they will have spent a fortune on? Either way 1 of the players is going get splinters, or will the Sharks rotate them and just not settle on a team again?
Now Alberts is interesting for me, what a player, but where will he play? He is too short for a lock, as a stop gap measure maybe, but what will happen to Sykes? Will he lift Kanko? To me Alberts is a better player so yes. That means that Kank might be up for sale Dick.Or will he displace Deysel, who I think is overrarted. Move Deysel to the other side and play him as a fetcher? That means that either Botes or Daniel will be up for sale.
Sharks, you can’t buy a team.
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