Comments on: Bolla off to Boland

By: WP_

WP_ — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:44:52 +0000

He’s been kak for a while now.

Cheers Bolla, he was good in his prime for WP but there are better around that him in the cape now. No loss whatsoever

By: CenturionShark (aka LondonShark)

CenturionShark (aka LondonShark) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:32:03 +0000

@wpw:

Fair points.

His really battled with his passing at times. The power just wasn’t there.

Always though test rugby (in general) was too much for Bolla. He did have a few good tests though.

By: grant10

grant10 — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:07:30 +0000

best of luck bolla….great wp a..stormers and bok servant over the years…

By: SpringbokSarah

SpringbokSarah — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:42:20 +0000

can’t we send Ricky to Boland and have Bolla stay here?

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:35:18 +0000

It’s Hyron Tysse, not Tyron Hysse. Seems more like a copy & paste job, journo’s se poephol

By: nama1

nama1 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:54:47 +0000

@crazy ******:
Some people on here will only look at your last bad game (if you are a player of colour) and then paint your whole playing career with that one game.

Sad really.

By: wpw

wpw — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:32:37 +0000

@crazy ******:

I agree. He was selected ahead of De Kock because Niel was hopelessly off form at the time. Bolla took his chance and Niel left.

De Kock is a damn fine player but he went through a bad spell with injuries and loss of form.

By: crazy monkey

crazy monkey — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:27:16 +0000

Wasn’t Bolla Conradie man of the match in the first test against Wales last year?
If guy’s can get past their provicial bias/ racism/ etc. you have to agree that he’s been a good professional, a great servant for WP, and I can’t recall him ever letting down the Boks either.

By: bryce_in_oz

bryce_in_oz — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:51:07 +0000

@wpw: Agreed...

By: bryce_in_oz

bryce_in_oz — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:50:50 +0000

@sparticus: Agreed...

By: wpw

wpw — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:32:44 +0000

@bryce_in_oz: I'm obsessed with race. pah!!

By: sparticus

sparticus — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:30:04 +0000

@bryce_in_oz: Yes true , also am big fan of Neil De Kock but give Bolla his due. Thanks Bolla , U were a great ambassador for WP and Stormers rugby , Good luck , personally I think u should have retired but hey surprise us !!

By: nama1

nama1 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:46:01 +0000

@wpw: Yeah, you right. Eugene Eloff is DOR.

By: bryce_in_oz

bryce_in_oz — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:44:34 +0000

@wpw:

I see you still cannot answer the question… nor watch rugby union outside of the Cape… nor get over your race obsession…

Google Neil De Kock… Captain and NH legend… nothing to do with race… simple calibre… still achieving day in and day out…

Awesome South African…

By: wpw

wpw — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:40:15 +0000

@nama1: Eugene Eloff is the one calling the shots. I think Chester is either out or no longer involved in coaching (thank goodness)

By: wpw

wpw — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:37:51 +0000

@CenturionShark (aka LondonShark):

I think he was rubbish since late 2005 when he played his last good game for the Boks against Argentina.

I remember he kicked a drop goal at a crucial time and also made Jaque Fourie’s try.

He was good in 2004 when the Stormers made the S12 semis and the Boks won the Tri Nations.

By: nama1

nama1 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:35:19 +0000

Use your experience and bring through some youngsters, Bolla. Good move by Chester. Now you need to bring back the likes of Guthrow, Wayne, Johnson, Wayne van Heerden, Francis, Heini etc and use them as the core players in the quest to rebuild Boland.

By: wpw

wpw — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:35:12 +0000

@bryce_in_oz: Ah, I see you still haven't changed your bigoted ways. Sad really!!

By: CenturionShark (aka LondonShark)

CenturionShark (aka LondonShark) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:30:28 +0000

Great player in 2002….but rubbish since.

He never sorted out his looping pass to his right.

By: Robzim

Robzim — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:00:27 +0000

Good luck Bolla, thanks for your great efforts and contribution through the years.
At 31 years of age after 78 Stormer Caps and 18 tests he is probably past his peak.
Mind you, I saw him a while ago at a local Virgin Active club and was surprised to see the good shape he was in – lean, ripped and strong.
Will still be more than a handful in the B section.