Jacques Bezuidenhout

@scrumming_ten 😂😂😂😂

Andrea Piardi has been chosen by Leinster to officiate the URC final

@pooliecoast @brumby_fan In Test rugby, time to make a decision is short: 9s have 1s, 10s have 0.5s from time ball is in his hand. These margins are very tiny: it's about coaching & drilling instincts so players react instantly. It does however limit options player's brains are able to consider.

@JacquesBezuide9 @brumby_fan I totally agree. In the last 2 years, fatigue has entered rugby again, so a missed tackle ends in a try more often and scores are higher across all rugby. I love that happening again

It’s fascinating how sport gets more wound up than commerce or science. IP transfer happened every day between businesses. There’s so much more to success than that.

@brumby_fan @pooliecoast Nienaber also said that key is to execute so well at speed and power (with sufficient variation of your plays). Its not about knowing whats coming, more about making it as difficult to stop as is possible

@brumby_fan @pooliecoast Most coaches have probably analyzed 1000s of hrs of J Schmidt, E Jones, Rassie, A Farrel, etc. coached teams. I dont think anyone goes into test matches not knowing how the opp team will play in each part of the field. Also analyzed each & every player so they know their SWOT.

JOHAN ACKERMANN ▪︎ Your first season ▪︎ Had to make tough decisions, incl. letting go famous assistant coaches ▪︎ Had to persuade world-class players and fans to buy into what you believe will work Good luck with the final, Ackers - I'm 100% behind you 💪🏽 #LEIvBUL #URC

@hendrikcronje71 If the experiment fails, then Manie + Grant will be stuck as bench impact players. It worked very well last year, but with Sacha out it means you have to start with Pollard. Which, imo, Tony knows will not give you 3 wins against NZ

@hendrikcronje71 The more I think about it, the more I like this experiment because it could bring best out of Grant. The Grant-Manie starting combo was a failure imo: they’re both attack-minded & thus cancel each other out. A strong 10 who carries to the line could unlock the best of Grant.

No Manie. Quan Horn at 10.

@Slipcatch But i dont recall his passing skills (because I honestly didnt watch much of Lions this year). I really hope he can pass the ball (esp weak hand) because we really dont want to regress in the basics of game. We lost a lot of matches pre-Rassie because we missed out on 1 try

@Slipcatch It sounds like Tony wants to trial a player who plays more directly to the line. If it works, it will give the Boks attack coaches fantastic options in terms of playing style: i dont know if any of current Bok 10s play to the line in way Henry Honiball use to do so well.

Obviously I trust the Springbok Coaches, but anyone with a clearer understanding of Quan Horn at 10, please assist a scrambled mind here? Has he got a history of playing 10? He has a massive boot, excellent hands, good pass both ways, quick from the mark, etc Really a surprise to me.

@KingPhelz 😂😂😂😂

Here you go 😂

@brumby_fan But, as IRE learned with Joe, Kiwis drop everything and come when ABs send an SOS. It should be a learning

@brumby_fan Tough one because part of me dont want the best on our team to join ABs immediately after finishing up with the Boks; but it should not be problem. From time he leaves Boks to the 1st test against ABs it will be > 6 months. Thats more than enough time in rugby.

I find this situation quite interesting for South Africa. Do you keep him now? If you effectively your letting your biggest rival into the most inner room with eyes on everything your doing.

@KarlBrophy Going to bookmark this and wait for J Nienaber to sign for Boks 😂😂😂

@KarlBrophy 😂😂😂

This is very strange. It's a good thing that he's currently coaching a brilliant national side with a very magnanimous and completely not paranoid supporter base. Because otherwise it would be strange and a bit awkward.

@FMC_Rugby There is a reason why All Blacks captain dont get involved in actions like this, even if it can win you a SuperRugby match. Just not strategic from Doris. You get another youngster to do it and then you behave as the grownup

@FMC_Rugby In the long term, South Africans will not forget that and it will give a lot of motivation come international window. Its clever but also very dumb

Doris stirring shit is childish but GOOD in my book. Embarrassing if you do it all the time but a bit of niggle here and there makes this excessively polished Leinster team a bit more likeable. James Ryan joined the dark side a few years back and good to see Caelan following

@EmilyMaher11084 I think its great that there is so much emotion in URC. Its a trophy the teams really want to win now. Thats great for the competition!

These kind of weekends are great to help you identify which accounts are real rugby fans and which are just fans of their team. Ackerman cost the Stormers a game that they worked so hard to get into a position to win...anything else are just emotional unserious takes. #LEINvSTO

@Slipcatch Its not just Pollard tbh...if you look at Boks vs ABs record since 2000 & before Rassie took over, the ABs usually scored 1 more try than Boks. With pts from pen kicks cancelling each other for Bok home games, ABs tended to win more than they lost because of the extra try

@Slipcatch If Pollard is flyhalf against ABs, then they will need to keep ABs below 23 pts...a very tough thing to do on modern rugby because you have to accept ABs will score min 2 tries at worst but, more likely 3, tries. Thats 21 pts. So only 1 pen & they win more matches than they lose

Handre Pollard, our Ice Man, global warming is getting to him, maybe? He missed 4x but he will sort it out. Tony Brown said after the 2024 Ireland game at Loftus he had "lazy hips" or something. He had done it before he will be allraait and next time he will kick a 100%. So his goalkicking is not my worry. But his passing ... is it even possible to have a honest chat about this? When he passes to the right with zero momentum, standing still, advertise his intentions. Against a pressing defense on the outside. Yesterday that one pass to the left that bounces before it hits the target. How many years are he now a Springbok flyhalve and he still can't pass?