10 Responses to Super Rugby: Cheetahs team sheet vs the Lions

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  Loosehead on 22 February 2012 at 7:47 am

  Sjoe! Look Lappies is a good player, but chosen above Ashley?
  Or has Ashley cause kak and is being punished?
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  Cheetah4eva on 22 February 2012 at 8:05 am

  @ Loosehead,

  Ash is a slow starter, last year he only real came good after the 1st 4 rounds or so. Then again, the lad got hitched, and that can seriously bugger a rugby players head around lol.

  I am just surprised at the progree lappies has made, he has really worked hard. I am all for the move though, just not as impressed with raubenheimer at 8. He was nowhere vs the Bulls. I would have played Johnson/vd Walt at 8, and had raubenheimer on the bench. Clearly naka has been playing mind games in the warm-ups, and this might explain the lack lustre showing vs the Bulls. i am beginning to think that the lions might get hit by a Orange tide on saturday.
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  ben_die_bul on 22 February 2012 at 10:25 am

  Ja, die sportjaar is mooi aan die gang en nog niks snaaks of anders het gebeur nie:

  1. Blitsbokke choke nog steeds teen NZ en Fiji in die sewes.
  2. Proteas choke nog steeds wanneer dit saakmaak (was iets soos 113/3 na 13 beurte, eindig met 165/7. NZ het reeds 73/2 na 7 boulbeurte, behoort hom op ‘n drafstappie te wen).

  Hopelik gaan die Super 15 vir meer opwinding sorg.
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  ben_die_bul on 22 February 2012 at 11:32 am

  3: Oops ! ‘n Lekker eier in my gesig wat nr.2 betref maar ek eet hom graag ! 😉 Hopelik is hierdie wen (wanneer dit saak gemaak het!) onder leiding van AB die begin van goeie dinge vir die Proteas.
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  superBul on 22 February 2012 at 12:05 pm

  Hier is nou iets wat die Stormers manne MOET koop, dis immers van n era toe hulle nog trofees op Nuweland gehad het

  SA Rugby magazine
  The Stormers are selling 100 original Stormers jerseys (from 1998) on their online shop for R876. Any takers?
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  Cheetah4eva on 22 February 2012 at 12:54 pm

  R876.Nee wragtig! That wouldn’t even fill my Hilux’s tank, for a trip to bloem lol. En dis darem baie geld vir loslappies om die lux te was
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  Just For Kicks on 22 February 2012 at 1:35 pm

  5@ superBul:…And whats the betting they sell a few to some poor unsuspecting fools!!!!. I am afraid, as much as I love the Stormers, I wouldn’t pay half that for an up to date jersey. Hell, I still wear my bok jersey I bought in 1995 for £10 – I was still living in UK then – and I still think I paid over the odds for that!
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  Just For Kicks on 22 February 2012 at 1:36 pm

  5@ superBul:I wonder if they made a mistake with the dot, and it should be R8.76? But even that would be paying over the odds!
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  superBul on 22 February 2012 at 2:35 pm

  “Interestingly Ashley Johnson has been named on the bench, with Drotske preferring Lappies Labuschagne to the big Bok flank. Labuschagne is struggling with a shoulder injury sustained in the Varsity Cup, and if he is forced to withdraw, his place will be taken by Phillip van der Walt”

  Whats it with Naka and Ashley, every year this poor guy must start behind some new bloke and every time when he is used he plays a blinder. Naka would like to wish him away i think. This guy(Ashley) would have been a star at the Bulls by now. We show much more loyalty to a player. Just look how patient we were with Pierre Spies.
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  Cheetah4eva on 22 February 2012 at 3:05 pm

  @ superBul #9,

  To be fair to Naka, Ash didn’t start last year so well, and only hit a hot streak when Naka moved him to 7. Ashley also got married late last year, so maybe, he is having the honemoon syndrome! He will bounce back, and it’s hard to ignore the performances of Lappies, who has been playing some sublime rugby. Ashley Johnson on fire is something to behold, but he has some bad patches too.

  I may be wrong, but I think it’s more a horses for cats approach, as Naka is looking at countering the Lions “fast paced”game plan!