Official Super Rugby 2014 Thread

[GreGorGy]

Then they dial Andre Watson on his cell to make the call using his decades of experience in making schit up on the field. Seems pretty foolproof to me...

Reminds me of a competition proposal recently

 

[APoc184]

Results of the friendlies for today.

Cheetahs 31 vs Pumas 6
Bulls 19 vs Stormers 26
Lions 19 vs Kings 12

 

[Werner Harding]

Dont Like the idea of two refs on the pitch will only slow the game down

 

[Devill]

Ok so I could not watch the Stormers vs the Bulls game.

How did Matfield hold up?

Heard Arno Botha is out for 6 months

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Ok so I could not watch the Stormers vs the Bulls game.

How did Matfield hold up?

Heard Arno Botha is out for 6 months

Oh, ffs.

http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Super15/Bulls-fret-over-Arno-Botha-20140203

Bulls loose forward Arno Botha has been ruled out of rugby for at least six months after picking up a knee injury against the Stormers in Saturday's season opening friendly in Polokwane, team doctor Org Strauss confirmed on Monday.

The ACL injury, which will see Botha miss most of the 2014 Super Rugby season, came in his first match back after injuring the same knee in June last year, which ruled him out of the rest of the 2013 season.

Botha was taken for scans in Pretoria, which confirmed the diagnosis of an injury to his anterior cruciate ligaments. It will require surgical correction, to be done in Pretoria next Tuesday.

"Arno was pivotal for our Super Rugby campaign during 2014. He was very influential in his time on the field against the Stormers before his injury and it was great to see him return to his best form after his previous injury," said Bulls coach Frans Ludeke.

“We wish Arno all the best for the surgery as well as the road to recovery ahead and together with our medical and rehabilitation team we will work together to ensure Arno's return to the field later this year.”

In other setback Jesse Kriel, who scored a try for the Blue Bulls in their match against the Golden Lions, was ruled out for a month due to a calf injury.

Strauss had more positive news about the rest of the squad following the Polokwane match.

Deon Stegmann will miss a week of training follow an abductor strain while Francois Hougaard, Jurgen Visser and Dean Greyling will return to training on Tuesday.

Marvin Orie (four weeks, leg fracture) and Morné Mellett (two weeks, back) are still out of action.

 

[DJ...]

Ok so I could not watch the Stormers vs the Bulls game.

How did Matfield hold up?

Heard Arno Botha is out for 6 months

Nobody could watch the game unless you were there. SS didn't televise it for some reason...

 

[sand_man]

The ACL injury, which will see Botha miss most of the 2014 Super Rugby season, came in his first match back after injuring the same knee in June last year, which ruled him out of the rest of the 2013 season.

This for me is an area of huge concern for injured SA rugby players. I don't believe we as effective as our competitors are, at rehabilitating injured rugby players.

 

[Werner Harding]

Ok so I could not watch the Stormers vs the Bulls game.

How did Matfield hold up?

Heard Arno Botha is out for 6 months

Now that just sucks...

Oh crap now they have to play with Jono Ross (there goes their season)

 

[MickeyD]

Now that just sucks...

Oh crap now they have to play with Jono Ross (there goes their season)

Unless they move Grant Hattingh back to his preferred position?

 

[Werner Harding]

Unless they move Grant Hattingh back to his preferred position?

That and Vleis can get some play time

 

[Devill]

Nobody could watch the game unless you were there. SS didn't televise it for some reason...

I thought some smart person would up load snippets to the interwebs

This for me is an area of huge concern for injured SA rugby players. I don't believe we as effective as our competitors are, at rehabilitating injured rugby players.

+1. It seems that the Kiwis and Aussies are a bit ahead of us on that front.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Nicely done, News24. Have pictures of players that aren't playing anymore...

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Too early?

 

[GreGorGy]

Too early?

Waaaay too early. And use of apostrophe is terrible. And what is a stormer anyways? No such word.

Pride like this comes before the fall.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Waaaay too early. And use of apostrophe is terrible. And what is a stormer anyways? No such word.

Pride like this comes before the fall.

I think this is actually an old picture created when Western Province won the Currie Cup in 2012. It seems to be making the rounds again. I personally don't have much confidence in the Stormers winning the SA league as we are without Ezebeth(?), De Jongh ( 6 weeks), Bekker (permanently), Habana (permanently). I will be satisfied with 2nd or 3rd.

 

[GreGorGy]

I think this is actually a old picture created when Western Province won the Currie Cup in 2012.

Are the called Stormers in the Currie Cup?

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Are the called Stormers in the Currie Cup?

No...but I'd be surprised if it was created just because we won the SA part of the league a few years ago. That's hardly something worth celebrating...but maybe because WP & Stormers have lacked silverware for a very long time. I think before the Currie Cup triumph in 2012, our last piece of silverware was in 2001.

 

[Devill]

I think this is actually an old picture created when Western Province won the Currie Cup in 2012. It seems to be making the rounds again. I personally don't have much confidence in the Stormers winning the SA league as we are without Ezebeth(?), De Jongh ( 6 weeks), Bekker (permanently), Habana (permanently). I will be satisfied with 2nd or 3rd.

Haha, yes it must be very old. The Bulls ended tops for SA conference last year.

I think this year it will be the sharks to top the SA conference. They have the team and the structure.

 

[GreGorGy]

No...but I'd be surprised if it was created just because we won the SA part of the league a few years ago. That's hardly something worth celebrating...but maybe because WP & Stormers have lacked silverware for a very long time. I think before the Currie Cup triumph in 2012, our last piece of silverware was in 2001.

Ja - that was quite a long dry spell.And that domestic super league cup - ai curumba! Whaddaloadashit

 

[GreGorGy]

Haha, yes it must be very old. The Bulls ended tops for SA conference last year.

I think this year it will be the sharks to top the SA conference. They have the team and the structure.

Agreed - sharks do have the best outlook so far this year. When we won that conference cup last year, the "meh" was great with me.