Rose in No 15 jersey

9 Jul 2009

Earl Rose has been selected at fullback for the Lions’ opening Currie Cup match against the Bulls at Loftus on Saturday.

Rose’s best position has yet to be discovered as he has alternated between flyhalf and fullback and he will form the last line of defence alongside Tukkies recruit Johan Jackson and Dusty Noble. Former Cheetah Alywn Hollenbach has been slotted straight into the side at centre, as has No 10 Herkie Kruger.

Another signing, tighthead Kevin Buys, will anchor the scrum, while former Valke captain Nico Luus will start in the second row.

Former UCT centre Pieter Engelbrecht will sit on the bench.

Lions – Earl Rose, Dusty Noble, Alwyn Hollenbach, Walter Venter, Johan Jackson, Herkie Kruger, Jano Vermaak, Willem Alberts, Franco van der Merwe, Cobus Grobbelaar (c), Willem Stoltz, Nico Luus, Kevin Buys, Hans van Dyk, JC van Rensburg.
Subs: Derek Harwood, Gert Muller, Johan Snyman, Robert Kruger, Chris Jonck, Pieter Engelbrecht, Michael Killian


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  • 1.Original Pierre: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:15 pm

    I might be wrong but in my humble opinion fullback is Rose`s best position. He can cause less damage there LOL

  • 2.Original Pierre: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:17 pm

    Blue Bulls: Zane Kirchner, Gerhard van den Heever, Jaco Pretorius, Wynand Olivier, Francois Hougaard, Burton Francis, Heini Adams, Dries van Schalkwyk, Dewald Potgieter, Jacques Burger, Wilhelm Steenkamp, Flip van der Merwe, Werner Kruger, Derick Kuün (captain), Jaco Engels. Replacements: Bandise Maku, Frik Kirsten, Fudge Mabeta, Gerrit-Jan van Velze, Francois Brummer, Marius Delport, Tiger Mangweni.

  • 3.byoboy: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:24 pm

    will he throw a lie out to himself (5 meters from the try line) again?

  • 4.Yetirat: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:24 pm

    Has Pretorius left now for Oz?

  • 5.byoboy: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:24 pm

    #3 byoboy: lie = line

  • 6.AGTEROSKOMOOKINNIEKRAAL: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:25 pm

    Very unfair to the Lions! They should be given a few points up front to compensate for having to play Rose! :-)

  • 7.fatbastard: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:27 pm

    Based on these two teams, and more specifically the tight five, the Lions will get a hiding at Loftus.

  • 8.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:28 pm

    who is herkie kruger now & why is he getting first bite @ pivot?

    This will be good for earl, to work with world cup winning coach, jake white who rates earl very highly & hopefully will put him on a programme that will see him flourish to be like giteau, who jake compared earl’s skill to! lol

  • 9.EEE: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:29 pm

    Ja ja ja…..xerox lions = copy cats hehehehe

  • 10.Grant: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:29 pm

    #4 Yetirat: injured hamstring

  • 11.Andre_WP: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:30 pm

    Lot of new names here. All the best for the lions this year. Bulls will be to strong but the lions don’t have to stand back.

  • 12.Tacitus: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:30 pm

    “Rose’s best position is yet to be discovered…”

    Hehehe.

    Good way of putting it.

  • 13.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:30 pm

    I thought Jake believed Rose is a 10 and deserves a shot there???

    Now they go back to Herkie Kruger???

    WTF?

  • 14.AGTEROSKOMOOKINNIEKRAAL: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:31 pm

    #13 PissAnt: Jake was playing PdV. Next he will tell him to play January at fullback.

  • 15.katman: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:32 pm

    What the fck is going on in that team sheet? Surely this is not the best they could come up with. That’s a bunch of fckn nobodies, coached by a bunch of teachers.

    What happened to the rest of the Lions squad?

    And I know Earl’s best position: back of Economy Class, heading to Cape Town.

  • 16.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:34 pm

    #15 katman:

    They either left with Loffie or they are on a fitness program…

  • 17.EEE: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:36 pm

    #15 katman: LOL
    Ag julle kom ons kyk eers na die naweek…….

  • 18.byoboy: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:36 pm

    #15 katman: ha ha…would that be to play for WP or just to CT

  • 19.katman: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:38 pm

    #16 PissAnt: If they put teams like this on the park, a fitness programme will be like a band-aid on a disembowelment.

  • 20.Sheriff: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:40 pm

    But is Baywatch the man to lead the Lions during this tumultuous time?

    He has personified the Lions campaigns over the last few years: always losing but never quite sure why …

  • 21.WilladieLeeu: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:41 pm

    #15 katman:

    Injured:

    Lawrence Sephaka
    Louis Ludik
    Heinke van der Merwe
    Gerhard Mostert
    Jannie Boshoff

    Left:

    Willie Wepener
    Ernst Joubert
    Ethienne Reynecke
    Anton van Zyl
    Dewald Senekal

  • 22.Tacitus: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:44 pm

    Bulls have a top notch backline, but their pack looks a bit suspect to me. Particularly in the back row.

    With their 3 top locks and 3 of the top 4 loose forwards out of action they were bound to struggle a bit in that department.

    I’m quite interested to see what the youngsters can produce. If they can give the backs good ball, Pieter Rossouw’s charges should be able to score a few nice tries.

    But a lot will also depend on Burton Francis’ tactical kicking. ALL Bulls gameplans are based on that aspect of the game.

  • 23.charo: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:44 pm

    this no-name lions team are going to give the cocky bulls a big wake up to start the cc season off.

  • 24.money_man: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:45 pm

    #8 Transformation:

    Jake is good… but he is not a miracle worker… dream on!

  • 25.Sheriff: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:45 pm

    #22 Tacitus:

    Burton your “fall guy” ?

  • 26.pepinillo: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:46 pm

    Jake White thinks Rose is good enough at fly half for the Boks but not for the Lions……

  • 27.WilladieLeeu: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:46 pm

    #21 WilladieLeeu:

    Add Johan van Deventer and Henno Mentz to the injured list.

  • 28.money_man: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:47 pm

    #21 WilladieLeeu:

    Where did Wepener go… huge loss!

  • 29.mshiniwami: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:50 pm

    #22 Tacitus:

    Dries van Schalkwyk will suprise you at 8.Very good player,is the next Pedrie Wannenburg(in his prime)

  • 30.AGTEROSKOMOOKINNIEKRAAL: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:50 pm

    The Lions should see this as the start of a 3 year plan. :-)

  • 31.katman: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:52 pm

    #21 WilladieLeeu: Where is Shandre Frolick, Doppies la Grange, Deon van Rensburg?

  • 32.AGTEROSKOMOOKINNIEKRAAL: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:53 pm

    #25 Sheriff: Burton will be ok. He would benefit from playing with FdP, but Heini will take some pressure of him.

  • 33.fatbastard: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:53 pm

    #22 Tacitus:

    I thought Dewald Potgieter was one of the outstanding players for the Bulls during the S14, that loose trio is much stronger and balanced than you might expect.

  • 34.AGTEROSKOMOOKINNIEKRAAL: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:54 pm

    #33 fatbastard: Agree, but we will miss Stegman and Spies. Not easy to replace them.

  • 35.WilladieLeeu: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:55 pm

    #27 WilladieLeeu:

    Johan van Deventer is playing for the u/21′s saturday. Not injured. Clever is in the USA, but coming back in a couple of weeks.

  • 36.WilladieLeeu: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:58 pm

    #28 money_man:

    Went to France I think. Ja, excellent scrummer. Line-out throws a bit suspect but he is a huge loss.

    #31 katman:

    Frolick also injured. Deon is back with the Leopards. Doppies was on his honeymoon recently, maybe still getting over that. :-)

  • 37.Tacitus: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:59 pm

    #25 Sheriff:

    Don’t be so cynical. I’m honestly interested in how well Burton will perform this season. He is the 2nd best flyhalf at the Bulls and it’s not like we have someone waiting in the wings to replace him. But he’s not had much gametime in the starting berth, either at S14 or Currie Cup level. Or even Vodacom Cup level for that matter.

    He’s gotta perform, or we’re going to struggle in the Currie Cup.

    So fall guy? No. Vital cog in the machine. For sure.

  • 38.AGTEROSKOMOOKINNIEKRAAL: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 14:59 pm

    #35 WilladieLeeu: I saw Clever play for the US 2 weeks ago, he got man of the match award.

  • 39.Sheriff: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 15:01 pm

    #26 pepinillo:

    He said that to try and influence PdV to select Rose at 10.

    He knows very well that Rose is not ready for that role.

    You can see his true opinion here cause his soft parts are indirectly on the line, he immediately ensures that Rose is NOT at 10.

    Jackal.

  • 40.katman: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 15:02 pm

    #36 WilladieLeeu: I was going to say we should lure Deon van Rensburg to a proper team, but then I realised there’s not that much to choose between the Lions and the Leopards right now.

  • 41.WilladieLeeu: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 15:03 pm

    #38 AGTEROSKOMOOKINNIEKRAAL:

    He needs to come back soon, we need depth.

  • 42.Sheriff: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 15:04 pm

    #37 Tacitus:

    :lol:

  • 43.money_man: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 15:05 pm

    #37 Tacitus:

    Don’t sell Brummer short… he was instrumental in bringing the U20′s back from a 20-nil deficit to annihilate the French to make semis of the RWC this year!

  • 44.WilladieLeeu: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 15:05 pm

    #40 katman:

    :-)

    Let’s hope that changes.

    Our centres for the CC:

    Pieter Engelbrecht; Ruoan Cloete
    Jaque Fourie; Barry Goodes;
    Walter Venter; Doppies la Grange and now Hollenbach. He’ll back-up for FB.

  • 45.namakwaland: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 15:07 pm

    Earl Rose need to leave the Lions asap.Jake WhiteisBright will do Everthing in his power to prove Peter Div Wrong.Earl may Not be able to stand up to that Negativity.Go to EP Earl and Leave the Werfbobbejane to Destroy themselves.

  • 46.gunther: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 15:07 pm

    #15 katman:

    roadlink…

  • 47.money_man: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 15:09 pm

    #45 namakwaland:

    Two-for-one pap-saks at your local shabeen… shouldn’t you be there?

  • 48.mshiniwami: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 15:09 pm

    #38 AGTEROSKOMOOKINNIEKRAAL:

    Against who? Trinidad/Tobago?Samoa without imports?Romania?

    wait wait ummm Fiji?

    He is decent but there are 10 other flanks in SA that are equal in ability to him

  • 49.WilladieLeeu: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 15:15 pm

    #48 mshiniwami:

    Ya, he should move to Lock. He’s physical enough to be a real good lock.

  • 50.namakwaland: Reply to this comment
    9 Jul 2009, 15:21 pm

    #47 money_man: You working the Till again?

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