Here is a man for man matchup of the teams contesting the semifinals this weekend.
CHEETAHS VS SHARKS
15. Hennie Daniller / Stefan Terblanche – One would tend to go for Stefan to be better but Hennie has come on in leaps and bounds.
14. Lionel Mapoe / Odwa Ndungane – The New star, Mapoe against the Old Springbok war horse… Mapoe should shade this one.
13. Corne Uys / Adrian Jacobs – In normal circumstances I would undoubtedly have said Adi is better but he’s been woefully off form.
12. Meyer Bosman / Riaan Swanepoel – I like Riaan’s abrasiveness and Bosman tends to be a bit anonymous.
11. Jongi Nokwe / JP Pietersen – The spead freak with little defence as opposed to the gangly Pietersen with less speed but better defence.
10. Jacques-Louis Potgieter / Juan Hernandez – Hernandez sneaks this one. J-L P has the better boot whilst Hernandez is a more well-rounded player.
9. JP Joubert / Ruan Pienaar – Joubert has got a long and crisp pass but is terribly slow with those “horrelbeentjies” whereas Pienaar is an off-form Bok… Pienaar shades it.
8. Ashley Johnson / Ryan Kankowski – Mr Affro DELUXE vs THE HOFF… Johnson has been one of the finds of the season whilst Kanko is a Bok… evens.
7. Frans Viljoen / Jean Deysel – The DIESEL-LORRIE is unstoppable.
6. Heinrich Brussow / Jacques Botes – Brussouw of course, by a country mile or 3.
5. David de Villiers / Johann Muller – De Villiers might just shade old Muller in my opinion.
4. Nico Breedt / Steven Sykes – Sykes is the closest to a Bakkies-type enforcer, Breedt is not bad… Sykes is better.
3. WP Nel / John Smit – Barney for all round performance and a captain’s calmness surely shades the strong scrumming young prop.
2. Richardt Strauss / Bismarck du Plessis – If the POCKET Battleship’s rib is OK, then he just shades the industrious Strauss.
1. Wian du Preez / Tendai Mtawarira – Beasttttttttttttttttttttttt !
Bench
16. Coenie Oosthuizen / Craig Burden
17. Izak van der Westhuizen / Jannie du Plessis
18. Hendro Scholtz / Albert van den Berg
19. Kabamba Floors / Keegan Daniel
20. Tewis de Bruyn / Rory Kockott
21. Louis Strydom / Monty Dumond
22. Fabian Juries / Andries Strauss
(All in all, the Sharks bench is just of superior quality and depth)
BULLS VS WP
15. Zane Kirchner / Joe Pietersen – Joe has played better than Zane this year, short and sweet.
14. Francois Hougaard / Gio Aplon – Francois Hougaard for his absolute dedication on attack and defence, yip he shades it.
13. Jaco Pretorius / Juan de Jongh – De Jongh is better than Pretorius, for sure.
12. Wynand Olivier / Paul Bosch – The Meisiekind is going to breeze past Bosch as if Bosh is looking for a parking spot.
11. Bryan Habana / Frikkie Welsh – The Hot Chilli-Habanero wants to go out of the Bulls with guns blazing, he will be hungry and motivated, sorry Frikkie..
10. Morné Steyn / Peter Grant – Is there really a comparison???? Morne by many miles.
9. Fourie du Preez / Dewaldt Duvenhage – General Du Preez against kopperaal Duvenhage. The best in the world against a nuggety soldier.
8. Pierre Spies / Luke Watson – Spiere vs Watermelons… Pierre works harder, Lulu seeks glory ball, no contest Pierre wins.
7. Dewald Potgieter / Duane Vermeulen – What a matchup… DEAD EVENS !!
6. Deon Stegmann / Francois Louw – Steggies and the Free-flow exhaust… Stegmann has been relatively quiet whilst Louw has actually had a good CC.
5. Victor Matfield / Andries Bekker – Centre vs taller centre.. hahaha… there is only one VIC and that stands for VICTORY.
4. Bakkies Botha / Anton van Zyl – Bakkies by a quarter-mile…he has too much horsepower and NOS in the tanks for van Zyl… Thourougbred vs Scrapyard dog.
3. Werner Kruger / Brok Harris – The battle of the jelly babies… both are going to suffer against their respective looseheads.
2. Derick Kuün / Tiaan Liebenberg – Liebenberg is a stronger scrumming hooker, but less active than Kuun in the loose.
1. Gurthrö Steenkamp / Wicus Blaauw – Shrek vs the man from Toy Story…. They will dominate the tight heads against whom they scrum, although Shrek shows very poor scrumming technique.
Reserves
16. Bandise Maku / Deon Fourie
17. Rossouw de Klerk / JC Kritzinger
18. Danie Rossouw / De Kock Steenkamp
19. Pedrie Wannenburg / Schalk Burger
20. Heini Adams / Ricky Januarie
21. Burton Francis / Matt To’omua
22. Gerhard van den Heever / Sireli Naqelevuki
The benches are even stevens I would think….. Pakslae better than Steenkamp, Schalla better than Pedrie… ect
Advantage Freestate!
Bulle se vaste vyf is die verskil tussen twee spanne, en die skakelpaar.
Looking at it like that. Jeepers Bulls and Sharks have some brilliant players.
@Loosehead – :haha:
@Loosehead – BIG SMILEY…LOL.
@Puma – Agree, the cheetahs supporters are talking some nerve medicine as they go through that list.
@Puma –
@Snoek –
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
I dont know half of the cheetahs team!! Did they start playing rugby this year?
@Snoek – 6
They must be. Think the only place I see a advantage
is at 6 Brussow verses Botes. Brussow is a far better player.
In the Bulls/WP think the only advantage WP has is at FB think that youngster Pietersen is playing far better than Zane at the moment.
@Loosehead – 7
LOL.
8@Snoek – They played Grey 1st team last year because you chokers poached 1/2 the Freestate team.
Where is Treehugger? Saw here log on then off again.
Get back here young lady..haha
@Puma – here meant her
Kruger would be a different prospect Saturday with Bakkies behind him.
11 @ Loosehead – I hear Grey poach all their players from Natal. So we just poach them back after some schooling.
Ek sien JJ Harmse is besig om die wp ondersteuners lelik om te krap daar op sport24, met sy artikel: “WP, the Bafana of SA rugby?”
Weet nie hoekom hu so opgewerk is nie, maar ‘n klomp weepiee’s wat met vloekwoorde, stokke, spanners en klippe hom gooi.
En al hierdie tyd het ek gedink die kaapenaars is mense van kultuur, soos ou ashley ? 😉
@bdb –
Hehehehe!
Ja, ek het gelees.
Kyk wat se ons ou vriend Katman van Voldy daar, hy praat nogal waar….
Maar soos jy se, die Kaapse mense is moerig vir ou JJ…lol!
Ek het dit gesien dis moer snaaks. Die ergste is dis feite.
16@bdb –
JJ Harmse het n punt beet. Op watter gronde word WP as span van die jaar genomineer? Hulle het tweede geendig NA die Sharks. Moet die Sharks nie dan eerder span van die jaar kry nie? As dit gaan oor die vordering wat WP gemaak het sou ek dit eerder aan Griekwas gee! Griekwas het vrek goed gedoen om die semis met een punt te mis en die WP, Leeus twee maal en Cheetahs gewen.
Daai nominasie is regtig belaglik.
Oor die nominasie van Juan DJ en Joe verskil ek. Hulle was altwee baie goed en ek kan nie sien hoekom hulle nie n nominasie verdien nie.
18@Rooipiet –
Die interessante ding is, JJ Harmse het WP ondersteun al die jare! Is in die KAap gebore en het by Maties geswot. Toe hy die Bulls games live begin bywoon het hy n Bul geword.
19 @Supa Die Bloubul – die CB span van die jaar is mos eenvoudig: kyk wie wen die CB, en gee dit aan daardie span ? (JPP, Juan en selfs Luke het goed gespeel hierdie jaar, stem saam)
Hoe lyk dit, dink jy ons span gaan die WaPana WaPana span wen saterdag ? Hoop net nie daar is te veel van daardie raasmasjiene (vusuales?) op Nuweland nie, mens se ore gaan dit nie kan hou nie.
17@Pietman – kan nie onthou wanneer laas was ek by die ‘dark side’ gewees nie, stel ook nie veel belang nie. Wat sê hy ?
I think the Cheaters team look quite good against the Sharks but Bulls look like they should beat province quite easy.
WaPana WaPana?
Raasmasjiene?
Bwahahahahaha!
Goed gese daar Bennie!!!!
@bdb –
Nee, nie op Voldy nie, hy is daar op News24, onder die ‘comments’.
Hoe sal ek nou weet van die ‘dark side’, ek kom nooit daar nie, glo my.
21@bdb –
Jinne! Kan nie glo een ou kan soveel WP mense omkrap nie! hehehe
Hulle is kwaad hoor!
Presies BDB. Die nominasies is uit voor die einde van die CC, maar sekerlik moet die Sharks dit dan kry? Hoekom kry WP dit bo die Haaie? Soos ek se, as dit gaan oor n span wat bo hulle weight punch moet die Kwas dit kry.
Maar JP, Luke en Juan het goed gespeel. Dink egter ouens soos Dewaldt Potgieter, Riaan Viljoen, Mapoe, Sarel, Alberts het ook goed gedoen.
Supa and Rooipiet,
Look guys, as much as it pains me to mention this on a public forum, I’m a Province supporter and I dig JJ Harmse. That man is probably my favourite comedian in the country. And the fact that he appears to know less about rugby than what I do, merely adds to his charm.
Where’s the problem?
25@Pietman – het gaan kyk wat katman skryf, ja, dit maak sin wat hy sê.
Kyk, WP doen al baie beter as vorige jare, niemand ontken dit nie, maar laat hul eers weer ‘n beker of twee wen, voordat ons weer gesels. Ek het al genoem dat ‘n mens dit veel makliker het om bok te word in daardie streeptrui, en dan is die ouens vir my ook kwaad, maar dit is bloot feite, ek bedoel dit nie lelik nie. Die hele rugbyraad sit op nuweland, so dit is vanselfsprekend dat hul nie baie objektief is nie.
Ek lag lekker as die ouens begin praat van ‘objectivety’ in spansport. Wat jy waar kry ?
Elkeen, veral in die CB, ondersteun sy span met sy blou, swart, gestreepte, wit, rooi, ens. brille aan.
27@fender –
Do you actually have a point or are just saying you are embaressed to admit you are Province fan on a public forum?
27@fender – jou antwoord bevestig presies wat ek geskryf het by #28.
Middag fender, hoe gaan dit daar ?
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