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beachboy

RIP. Met him once at a function, he had a wicked sense of humor and had the respect of the players.

beachboy

Kade was brilliant as were a number of the players. Jake is so desperate for a win against WP/Stormers and playing his URC team has backfired on him. Was a great game and deserved a bigger crowd. We are building so much depth in Cape Town and our style of rugby brings this old toppie a lot of happin...

beachboy

Maties have won two games with an 80+minute penalty. I am loving this years varsity cup. Any of the teams who pitch up with the right attitude can beat another team. So good to see Tukkies at the bottom and they face Maties away next - could end up being o and 5!

beachboy

We have a very good Ikeys squad this year and on paper they should be doing a lot better on the field. Great against Tukkies, average against Maties and very poor against UJ. It is a relegation year and it is going to put a lot of pressure on the teams. The teams are very evenly matched and any team...

beachboy

The Sharks were shocking. There seems to be a little bit of arrogance in the players believing the hype that they are the richest/best paid SA union and you just need to turn up to win. Something is not right, on paper that is a pretty decent team. They need a bollocking and some tough training sess...

beachboy

I believe not one of the 15 players who started in the final last year will start this Friday for the Stormers. Kade Wolhuter at flyhalf and old flyhalf Jean-Luc Du Plessis (back from Japan) on the bench. We are really testing our depth. Interested to see the team announcement, it is pretty late.

beachboy

Being a Saffer and watching the game with a few Saffers and some Scotsman, no one complained about the refereeing, Our feeling was the Boks had played fairly well and that the game could have gone either way. I think all the results this past week-end bode well for the World Cup as a number of teams...

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Stormers are lucky to have Fourie and Xaba. Best 6s by a country mile. Xaba is a future Springbok. Kolisi can only wish. Agreed. The honest talk from the camp is that Nama has been frustrated in recent months for not getting enough game time and is really hungry to play for the Boks, so need to pla...

beachboy

My son went the Cardiff/Stormers game and met a few of the players and had a photo of him with Sasha taken. I was at the airport this past Monday to pick up family from the UK and the Stormers team were on the same plane and got to chat to some of the players and got a photo of my wife and Sasha. Di...

beachboy

Simelane and Sadie massive losses for the Lions. SImelane is suited to the Lions style of rugby and I am not sure he will fit into the Bulls pattern, He would have been better off signing for the Stormers.

I will be shouting for the Lions but I think the Bulls will grind out a comfortable win.

beachboy

It's not looking good for the Boks. We were way to long in that nr 1 ranking spot. We produce our best when we have the underdogs tag. Luckily Wales brought us back to ground. Our coaches need to tweak the boredom gameplan otherwise we'll end up missing the quater finals. Oom, I agree. I think we h...

beachboy

Surprised by the wholesale changes in the Bok team and so many uncapped players. We are obviously trying to build some experience and depth. Brave by the coach......

beachboy

I live and work in Rondebosch so will definitely take advantage and pop down to watch a few games

beachboy

So happy with the win and the passion the team and coaching staff showed. Hopefully a turning point for WP rugby. A mate of mine put down R1000 each on the Stormers and Bulls to win many months ago, when a semi-final was even unlikely. His Stormers odds at the time 23 to 1, so he he is chuffed, part...

beachboy

I.M.H.O the rain will be to the Bulls advantage. They have the slightly better forward pack and we have the slightly better backs and our loosies are more geared to open rugby. From the forecast heavy rain in the morning and drizzle the rest of the day. Hopefully the authorities have plans to mop up...

beachboy

Oom, I watched a bit of Rondebosch against Stellenberg up to 2nd side then headed home to watch on streaming. I watched the PRG vs Gym game and it was one of the best schoolboy games I have seen for excitement and skill. Gym missed their hooker (Bakkes?), who gives them a lot of go forward and their...

beachboy

I am off to the UK for a month, so going to miss the final games. Hopefully I can watch on streaming.

beachboy

Looks like an Ikey vs Matie semi-final and then Tukkies against AN other, unless the Ikeys lose to Axias

The UJ vs Tukkies game is going to be the game of the next round

beachboy

I think the Northern schools were better prepared this year compared to previous. Paarl Gym are going to run up some big scores against WP opposition looking at that team. A generational team.

beachboy

Oom, yesterday the Ikeys under 20 also beat Maties 22 - 0. I see Maties have lost all three Young Guns games. I am assuming the recruitment by Tukkies/Pukke and the unions (less funding at Maties) has had an impact. Also I would assume a number of players are in the WP under 20 competition.

beachboy

Was at the Ikeys vs Maties game. It had some vibe and there was a lot of good banter between the fans of the two teams. Hartzenberg made the SA under 18 team at school and could go all the way if injury free. I seem to think he is only 19 years old this year. On paper the Maties should have won comf...

beachboy

The Ikeys vs Madibaz game was exciting but an awful game of rugby. Ikeys rested a number of key players and made positional switches of wings playing centre and flank to lock etc. It did affect the cohesion but Madibaz were also very gutsy. The Ikeys dont have the depth of some of the other sides. T...

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The Wits win was massive this past week in the context of relegation, it puts them one win ahead of UWC and UJ on the combined 21/22 log. Madibaz will never make up the points to stay up, but any one of UJ/UWC/WITS/AXIAS could go down. My thoughts are that Wits and Shimlas have sides that will win a...

beachboy

Went to the Ikey vs UWC match. Was great to watch live sports again and was a great vibe, even without beer. Very physical match with some great running rugby. Connor Evans and Duran Koevert were massive for the Ikeys. Ikeys may have 2/3 players out injured for the next match against Madibaz. I hope...

beachboy

I thought the standard of rugby and intensity has been pretty good. The Guys have missed playing. Ikeys did better than I expected and they certainly have attitude on defence. Thought that Tukkies could have scored more points if they concentrated on the ball and not on the players. Far too much off...

beachboy

Hi Oom - it is Johan Van Rhyn and he is actually on the players committee as Treasurer at UCT. I see in 2019 Marco started in the inter schools and Johan was a reserve. I watched him play for Ikeys under 20.

beachboy

Ikeys had a little luck getting that win (intercept and lucky bounce tries, both 7 point tries) but they did play very well in the second half. Thought the Ikey backline was great and carried very well. Unfortunately I think our forward pack will get donnered by Tukkies/Maties. I was hoping the othe...

beachboy

Jens, i think you are being a bit unfair on the Stormers team. We were definitely the hungrier team and showed good attitude. There is a good team spirit in the Stormers team, they seem to have built up a nice team culture and it is a team sport, so playing as a team can bring you success, individua...

beachboy

Oom, I am excited Kade is back, he is talented. Two Ikey locks starting, that may be a first......

Escom have planned power cut in my area at 8pm so I will will likely miss the game. May have to drive to a pub where there is power.

beachboy

Hi Jens, all the best for 2022.

Keagan Glade has moved to Cape Town and is playing for the Ikey Tigers in the upcoming Varsity Cup.

beachboy

So nice to see province play with so much passion and to try to score tries by running the ball. One would normally reward the players by selecting the same side but unfortunately if any of our locks are available and Roos is available they have to be selected. The Bulls will put a lot of pressure o...

beachboy

Sad to see the Lions doing badly, always want them to win except when they play WP. Considering they lost the least players to the Boks out of the big unions, they have done extremely poorly.

beachboy

I cannot stand the guy and have never liked what he writes. He tries too hard to be relevant or controversial. He was a guy that played something like 5th side at school (not that there is anything wrong with that), never played anything more after and talks like he knows the game better than those ...

beachboy

Must win for a few teams and a coaching job or two on the line. I watched some of the streamed under 20 games. While Leopards have a decent and well coached side, I was very disappointed in the WP side, plenty of talent but as a unit they were very poor. The lineout throwing of the reserve hooker w...

beachboy

Must win for a few teams and a coaching job or two on the line. I watched some of the streamed under 20 games. While Leopards have a decent and well coached side, I was very disappointed in the WP side, plenty of talent but as a unit they were very poor. The lineout throwing of the reserve hooker wa...

beachboy

I thought Jantjies was poor - how he got an 8....

He looked like he had not paid a game for some time. I also thought some of the passes he received were also pretty average.

beachboy

Does Paarl have a competent club team apart from their great schools teams that feed WP and if so does it play in the Boland club league? The thing is is that the Paarl schools (particularly PBHS) source a lot (most!) of their top rugby players from the suburbs of Cape Town, particularly the Northe...

beachboy

Ja Oom Life has been very hectic for me over the past few months. Work and personal commitments have been intense. Lost a few friends to Covid and other illness so it has also been emotionally draining, so I have been avoiding social media a bit. Good news is I have a beautiful grandson (future bok!...

beachboy

Ox, quite relieved you dont support UCT! We attract a lot of the more intelligent KZN lighties, some of them have starred for us in recent years. One would think Boland is the more important of the two unions, particularly with people migrating to the bigger cities, the support etc. However, they ha...

beachboy

Oom, Mostert is a classy player and has a great future ahead at fullback or flyhalf. I can see him playing at a higher level soon.

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