11 Responses to Earl Rose looking for a home

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  ben_die_bul on 10 November 2011 at 10:33 am

  Ag toe nou Stormers en Sharks, have a heart man ? Julle het seker tog nog ‘n plekkie iewers in jul rugby-aftree oorde vir ou Earl ? Julle kry mos afslag as julle ‘n klomp rolstoele op pakket vat vir jul spelers …. hy is bietjie duur op die pleisters, maar die voordeel is dat jul dan ‘n borg bykry, dink die Elastoplast logo sal mooi lyk op die Stormer trui ….
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  ben_die_bul on 10 November 2011 at 10:37 am

  Tiger Wo … hehehe .. Tiger W …. hehehe .. Tig … hehhehe

  Stormers en Sharks sal moet gou spring, anders is nog ‘n legende verlore vir SA rugby.
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  grootblousmile on 10 November 2011 at 10:53 am

  Elastoplast Mannetjie…. eishhh… if Griquas do not want him, maybe the Kings or Drie-buffels-met-een-skoot-doodgeskiet-fontein 2nd team might be interested.
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  Just For Kicks on 10 November 2011 at 10:54 am

  Sorry, Stormers/WP is out, he is far too young. On the “Rose, who has vast experience having played for the Lions, WP and The Stormers” comment, I would certainly agree with the author. But, alas, I fear it is not in rugby that he has such vast experience, rather in packing bags and travelling. Perhaps he could apply for the “official bag packer to the Springboks” position, coming up shortly
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  Lion4ever on 10 November 2011 at 12:27 pm

  Let him go.
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  4man on 10 November 2011 at 4:29 pm

  Loosehead stirring. Rose should go and coach, he hasn’t got the temperament for top level rugby….he is either brilliant or uber k*k when he plays…..maybe he’ll be a better coach. Look at old Pote he never made it to the very top, but is a brilliant coach.
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  Greenpoint-Gunner on 10 November 2011 at 6:35 pm

  uuuum Stormers are ok at 10 thanks. Van Aswegen, Katrikilis, Coleman and Grant can all do the job. Would even prefer Meerkat coming out of retirement and playing 10 for us to this mamparra.
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  bos_otter on 10 November 2011 at 9:22 pm

  As hy weer vir die bokke speel, hou ek op om hulle te ondersteun. Nog een van Snorre se Tjommies.
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  Scrumdown on 11 November 2011 at 9:02 am

  A classic case of a prodigeous talent wasted by a Union’s inability to provide decent mentorship and a life skills coach.

  This young man undoubtedly had talent, but his life (private) was a disaster and unfortunately the GLRU / Lions did little to help him. His Family support structures were also practically non-existent which IMO made it doubly difficult to apply hiself to his carreer with ant degree of consistency.

  His highly erratic (work) performances are indicative of ANY employee in ANY position going through a tough period in their private life, and although we, as the public, tend to be hyper critical of our sports “stars”, we often forget that when they run onto the field to play Rugby, it is only the pinnacle of their working week. The pressures from home and family are real, and are (in my past experiences) largely un-attended to by the employer (in this case the GLRU) and they DO have an effect on work performance.

  IMO I doubt he’ll make a good coach, purely because of the background. Good coaches have to have an extraordinary ability to communicate, and I think Earl may find it that challenging.

  I sincerely hope that he finds somewhere to play, that he settles down, and that he finds the peace in his life that will allow his talent to come through on a Rugby field with a lot more consistency.
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  smallies72 on 11 November 2011 at 1:33 pm

  @ 4man:
  eish dude pote is die enigste speler wat n 100 games vir twee provinsies gespeel het as ek reg is ook toe hulle gespeel het was cc topvlak rugby
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  superBul on 14 November 2011 at 8:08 am

  @ Scrumdown:
  i had a lot to say in support for Earl before. I still feel he had more to offer and Snor was not way out comparing him with Larkham.

  Let me try and explain my view.

  OK first i compare him with Elton Jantjies. Both exciting . Difference Elton and Carlos Spenser immediately clicked and Spenser became the mentor to Jantjies. Jantjies took the same risky moves that Rose took but the whole backline was playing to Spencers game plan, so the flip passes and tricky moves was expected and did not land in no-mans land like Earls.

  I just think PdeV saw the same unpredictability of Rose like Larkham had, he was FAR, far away from Larkhams ability and experience.

  If one looks at Quade Coopers performance in the WC he would have been in the same position as Rose are now, if he was a South African. Quade looked totally out of sorts and i would have dropped him for a game or 2, just to get his fokus back.

  Rose had problems with discipline and maybe struggled to cope with sudden fame, but like you said there was no backup for him.

  This little paragraph in the article by late Peter Roebuck sums up what you said.

  “Accordingly South Africa’s performance since returning deserves high praise not censure, with a warning attached that it is tenuous, that much depends on the ability to produce black players, a group held back by all sorts of factors, not least diet, family backing and economic reality. Facilities are important but unless socio-economic factors are taken into account South Africa will remain frustratingly light-skinned”