7 Responses to Super Rugby 2016: Cheetahs get their pre-season underway

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  grootblousmile on 3 November 2015 at 10:00 pm

  OK, so the Cheetahs squad is about settled, so too I think the Lions squad…

  Now just 4 SA Super Rugby squads to go…

  Wonder if we will have those squads by December sometime already, last year and the years before, some of the SA Super Rugby sides was only announced in freegin January!
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  grootblousmile on 3 November 2015 at 10:01 pm

  Now that I take a close look at the squad, their run-on 15 should be alright, but heck, depth looks a real problem!
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  Scrumdown on 4 November 2015 at 6:15 am

  2 @ grootblousmile:
  Always the problem at the Cheetahs.
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  grootblousmile on 4 November 2015 at 10:47 am

  3 @ Scrumdown:
  No doubt some of the no-name players will come through nicely at the Cheetahs… they always do in Bloemfontein.

  But there are critical shortfalls in a few critical positions!
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  Bullscot on 4 November 2015 at 6:07 pm

  Sharks have announced a two match tour of France as part of their Super Rugby preparations. Playing against Toulon on 5th February and Toulouse on 11th February.
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  Cheetah4eva on 5 November 2015 at 10:40 am

  @ grootblousmile: Agreed, Looks way better than last year. So glad they let Caylib Oosthuizen go. Man, what a useless scrummager.

  All of a sudden we have some proper locks. With the likes of Lood, Carl Wegner, and Dennis Visser, it is maybe an option to play Uys at 7.

  What are your thoughts on a team like this Rudi?

  Daniel Mienie, Torsten, Luan de Bruin, Lood, Dennis Visser, Paul Schoeman, Francois Uys, Willie Britz, Tian Meyer, Zeilinga, Rhule, Francois Venter, William Small-Smith, Petersen, Blommetjies.

  Subs: BG Uys, Jacques du Toit, Carl Wegner, Boom Prinsloo, Shaun Venter, Neil Marais, Rayno Benjamin
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  Cheetah4eva on 5 November 2015 at 10:49 am

  And which areas do you see as weaknesses?

  My final squad of 39 without knowing form and injury, would be:

  LH: BG Uys, Danie Mienie, Teunis Nieuwoudt
  HKR: Jacques du Toit, Torsten v Jaarsveld, Joseph Dweba
  TH: Luan de Bruin, Maks van Dyk, Johan (Aranos) Coetzee
  4L: Boela Serfontein, Lood de Jager, Justin Basson
  5L: Carl Wegner, Reniel Hugo, Dennis Visser
  6: Boom Prinsloo, Paul Schoeman
  7: Francois Uys, Henco Venter, Uzair Cassiem, Oupa Mohoje
  8: Niell Jordaan, Willie Britz
  9: Shaun Venter, Tiaan Meyer, JP Smith
  10: Fred Zeilinga, Niel Marais, Sias Ebersohn
  11: Raymond Rhule, Sergeal Petersen
  12 Michael vd Spuy, Joubert Engelbrecht
  13. Francois Venter , William Small-Smith, Nico Lee
  14. Clayton Blommetjies Ryno Benjamin
  15: Coenie van Wyk