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Recap: Cheetahs vs Southern Kings LIVE | Guinness PRO14

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Follow all the action on the RugbyPass live blog from the Guinness PRO14 match between the Cheetahs and Southern Kings at Toyota Stadium. 

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Southern Kings’ former Junior Springbok, Elrigh Louw, is eager to face his former team when the two sides square up.

The 20-year-old loose forward has been one of the standout players in the Kings team so far this season, playing in all nine fixtures the Port Elizabeth-based side has featured in. 

Louw was one of the players who came off the field dejected following the narrow 30-31 defeat to the Cheetahs at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium last week. 

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However, the focus has shifted to one of excitement this week as he and his compeers travel to the Free State Stadium this week to face his former side. 

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“We are really excited. Personally, I can’t wait to take to the field and make a statement,” said Louw ahead of the second of three South African derbies. “We threw the previous game away in the dying seconds, so we have an opportunity to make amends this week.”

Just as the previous fixture was a tough, physical contest, Louw is under no illusions that things will be any less gruelling in the city of roses this week. “If you thought the battle in PE was tough, there is something bigger that’s coming this weekend in Bloemfontein,” he said.

“They are going to play a fast game – quick lineouts, quick throw-ins. But we will play at our own tempo and have a good go at them. We have an internal plan and goal. We don’t want to lose sight of that, and we will take it a step at a time.”

CHEETAHS: 1. Charles Marais, 2. Joseph Dweba, 3. Aranos Coetzee, 4. Walt Steenkamp, 5. JP du Preez, 6. Chris Massyn, 7. Junior Pokomela, 8. Jasper Wiese; 9. Ruan Pienaar (Capt), 10. Tian Schoeman; 11. Rabz Maxwane, 12. Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 13. William Small-Smith, 14. Clayton Blommetjies, 15. Rhyno Smith. Reps: 16. Wilmar Arnoldi, 17. Boan Venter, 18. Luan de Bruin, 19. Aidon Davis, 20. Daniel Maartens, 21. Tian Meyer, 22. Louis Fouche, 23. Chris Smit. 

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SOUTHERN KINGS: 1. Cameron Dawson, 2. Jacques du Toit (capt), 3. Rossouw de Klerk, 4. JC Astle, 5. Jerry Sexton, 6. Ruaan Lerm, 7. Thembelani Bholi, 8. Elrigh Louw; 9. Theo Maree, 10. Bader Pretorius; 11. Erich Cronje, 12. JT Jackson, 13. Sibusiso Sithole, 14. Yaw Penxe, 15. Andell Loubser. Rep: 16. Alandre van Rooyen, 17. Schalk Ferreira, 18. Ig Prinsloo, 19. Bobby de Wee, 20. Lusanda Badiyana, 21. Josh Allderman, 22. Demetri Catrakilis, 23. Howard Mnisi.

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James O'Connor, the Lions and the great club v country conundrum

Lol you need to shoot your editor for that headline, even I near skipped the article.


France simply need to go to a league format for the Brennus, that will shave two weekends of pointless knockout rugby from their season and raise the competitions standards and mystique no end.


The under age loophole is also a easy door to shut, just remove the lower age limit. WR simply never envisioned a day were teams would target people under the age of 17 or whatever it is now, but much like with Rassie and his use of subs bench, that day was obviously always going to come. I can’t remember how football does it, I think it’s the other way around with them, you can’t sign anyone younger than that but unions can’t stop 17 or 18 yo’s from leaving for a pro club if they want to. There is a transaction that takes place of a few hundred thousand for a normal average player. I’d prefer rugby to be stricter and just keep the union bodies signoff being required.


What really was their problem with Kite and co leaving though? Do we really need a game dominated by Internationals? I even think WR’s proposed calendar might be a bit too much, with at minimum 12 top tier games being played in the World Championship. I think 10 to 12, maybe any one player playing 10 of those 12 is the best way to think of it, for every international team is max, so that they can allow their domestic comps to shine if they want, and other nations like Japan and Fiji can, even some of the home nations maybe, and fill out their calendar with extra tours if they like them as a way to make money. As it is RA don’t have as good a pathway system, so they could simply buy back those players if they turn good. Are they worried they’ll be less likely to? We wait for baited breath for the new season to be laid out in front of us by WR.

It could impose sanctions on the Fédération Française de Rugby, but the body which runs the Top 14 and the ProD2, the Ligue Nationale de Rugby, is entirely independent.

It’s not independent at all. The LNR is a body under, and commissioned by, the FFR (and Government control) to mediate the clubs. FFR can simply install a new club competition if they don’t listen, then you’d see whether the players want to stay at any club who doesn’t tow the line and move to the new competition, as they obviously wouldn’t fall under the auspice of world rugby. They would be rebels, which is fine in and upon itself, but they would isolate themselves from the rest of the game and would need to be OK with that. I have no doubt whatsoever that clubs would have to and want to fall in line to remain part of the EPCR and French rugby. Probably even the last thing they would want is to compete with another French domestic competition that has all the advantages they don’t.


All those players would do good for a few seasons in France, especially the fringe ones, with thankfully zero risk of them being poached if they turn good. New Zealand had a turn at keeping all of it’s talent, and while it upticked the competitiveness of the Super Rugby teams into a total dominance of Australian and South African counterparts (who were suffering more heavily than most the other way at that stage), it didn’t have as positive an effect on the next step up as ensuring young talents development is not hindered does. Essentially NZR flooded the locate market with players but inevitably it didn’t think the local economy could sustain any more pro teams itself, so now we are seeing a normal amount of exodus for the availability of places again. Are Australia in exactly the same footing? I think so, finances where dicey for a while perhaps but I doubt they are putting money constraints on their contracting now. It’s purely about who leaves to open up opportunity.

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