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Re: Wilco Louw signs
DIR By: poorfour
Date: February 13, 2020, 6:15 am
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A good replacement for Sinck.
(And on the Marler over Mako point... has anyone else noticed
that when Joe is in the defensive line even international teams
sometimes run away from him rather than risk a tackle. It's a
seriously underrated part of his game).
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Re: Wilco Louw signs
DIR By: Fursty
Date: February 13, 2020, 7:44 am
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Potentially we'll get a lot more value for money from Louw than
we have been getting from Sinckler - hopefully this means we can
focus on building the squad elsewhere.
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Re: Wilco Louw signs
DIR By: WellingQuin
Date: February 13, 2020, 8:12 am
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I'm still a bit gutted to see Sinkler go, even if he wasn't
quite as good for us as he was for England.
But this looks like an ideal replacement. He's actually a bit
younger than Sinkler, heavier, beast of a scrummager and
international quality. Should be great entertainment, all
through the season. Well done Gustard and team for getting this
sorted.
Welome Wilco!
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Re: Wilco Louw signs
DIR By: Quinky
Date: February 13, 2020, 8:39 am
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Very happy with this. The Boks do produce a beefy type pf prop,
and combined with Marler and Elia we have a more than decent
front row. Our pack could do some serious damage next season,
and once we have a full compliment of backs, the world is our
lobster. I particularly like the expression "destructive
scrummager".
Another point worth mentioning is that he refers to Lewies and
Esterhuizen; perhaps it's easier to get players across if they
know they're not total strangers? Or perhaps the feedback from
Lewies helped him make the decision?
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Re: Wilco Louw signs
DIR By: Matt72
Date: February 13, 2020, 12:29 pm
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Great signing. Looks like we are building on what we already
have. Get our injury list down and we'll be up there next
season.
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Re: Wilco Louw signs
DIR By: JammyGit
Date: February 13, 2020, 3:26 pm
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--- Quote from: quinalan link ---
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> Whats the situation re Kolpak/Brexit/Overseas players relating
to this? Lewies, Esterhuizen, Louw, & potentially Du Toit. How
do they/will they qualify?
>
--- End Quote ---
We don't have any kind of limits I believe. Just get more money
for EQPs.
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Re: Wilco Louw signs
DIR By: Bolly-Quin
Date: February 13, 2020, 6:10 pm
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--- Quote from: Quinky link ---
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> Another point worth mentioning is that he refers to Lewies and
Esterhuizen; perhaps it's easier to get players across if they
know they're not total strangers? Or perhaps the feedback from
Lewies helped him make the decision?
>
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They'll need to braai together frequently...
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Re: Wilco Louw signs
DIR By: poorfour
Date: February 14, 2020, 12:17 am
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--- Quote from: JammyGit link ---
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> We don't have any kind of limits I believe. Just get more
money for EQPs.
>
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It used to be that there was a limit on the number of “foreign”
players you could field, but under EU law players from the EU
and Kolpak nations (which are mostly rugby-playing nations
anyway) didn’t count as foreign. Not sure whether or how that
applies after the end of this year...
Then the RFU introduced a bonus payment for any club that
averaged 14 EQPs in the match day squad across the season. Quins
have never struggled with that, but there was a funny end of
season game a few years back against, IIRC, Newcastle where they
had to put out an all EQP 23 to qualify for the bonus, so
basically threw their academy on.
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Re: Wilco Louw signs
DIR By: Twickersman
Date: February 14, 2020, 2:21 am
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Estate agents in Southfirlelds will be happy.
Looks a good signing. Adds to our depth and will hopefully be
with us during six nations. May still add to his springbok caps,
he is 25 and about to come into his prime age zone.
Hopefully, he will add to the competition at tight head.
Happy for Kye leave, if that is what he wants, good luck.
Glad to see Gussy turning the squad around and getting his
players in place for next season.
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