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Bulls set to lose Madosh Tambwe to France?
By Kim Ekin
Bulls winger Madosh Tambwe has been linked with a move to the Top 14 - at least according to reports from France.
Bordeaux-Bègles are looking to sign Tambwe as a replacement for outgoing All Blacks Seven giant Ben Lam. The 6'4, 105kg winger who left the Hurricanes and New Zealand in 2020, is set to sign for Montpellier.
That's left a gap at the UBB and Bulls flyer Tambwe is now fated to fill the void left by Lam.
It will be a blow for the Vodacom Bulls and Director of Rugby Jake White. Tambwe - who had previous stints with the Lions and the Sharks - has been one of the Bulls' most effective attacking weapons of late.
The Bulls added another URC win at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday with a commanding 55-20 victory against the Dragons, scoring eight tries in the process.
Such was their dominance, they were up 31-8 at the break, with the four try bonus point confirmed within 30 minutes and they continued their dominance in the second half.
It was not a faultless display by the home side, but their strike runners used the opportunities presented by a dominant pack to score some excellent tries.
White readily admits his team is not the finished product yet, but they have some real game-breakers that are starting to leave their mark on the Pretoria outfit.
Having put 50 over the Cardiff Blues and the Dragons, the Bulls have now cemented their place in the top eight – the play-off zone – and a spot in the European Cup next season.
“One of the nice things is that last week, we played really well and this week, we scored another 50 points,” White said.
“You’ve got to be proud of that and the way we’re playing is also nice. There’s some good interplay between backs and forwards.
“It is nice to have forwards that can score from five metres out. It’s also nice to know you have outside backs like Kurt-Lee [Arendse], Madosh [Tambwe] and Cornal [Hendricks]."
It's been a busy weekend for transfer news, with Leinster linked to Charlie Ngatai and France fullback Melvyn Jaminet set to leave Perpignan, with Toulouse the likely destination.
additional reporting SA Rugby
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The England backs can't be that dumb, he has been playing on and off for the last couple of years. If they are too slow to keep up with him that's another matter.
He was the only thing stopping England from getting their arses handed to them in the Aussie game. If you can't fit a player with that skill set into an England team then they are stuffed.
Go to commentsSteve Borthwick appointment was misguided based on two flawed premises.
1. An overblown sense of the quality of the premiership rugby. The gap between the Premiership and Test rugby is enormous
2. England needed an English coach who understood English Rugby and it's traditional strengths.
SB won the premiership and was an England forward and did a great job with the Japanese forwards but neither of those qualify you as a tier 1 test manager.
Maybe Felix Jones and Aled Walter's departures are down to the fact that SB is a details man, which work at club level but at test level you need the manager to manage and let the coaches get on and do what they are employed for.
SB criticism of players is straight out of Eddie Jones playbook but his loyalty to keeping out of form players borne out of his perceived sense of betrayal as a player.
In all it doesn't stack up as the qualities needed to be a modern Test coach /Manager
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