Sadie out, Olivier back

February 27, 2012
Posted by Morné

Johann Sadie has been ruled out of action for between two to three weeks after sustaining a shoulder injury against the Sharks on Friday.

According to the Vodacom Bulls team doctor, Org Strauss, Sadie suffered a grade one tear on his AC joint.

“He should recover in two to three weeks,” Strauss said.

He cleared Wynand Olivier, who just returned from a hand injury.

Morné Mellett (shoulder) and Arno Botha (back) should report back for duty with Sadie.

Dewald Potgieter (arm, six weeks) and Rossouw de Klerk (foot, end of May) is recovering well.

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14 Comments

  1. RUGGA_MIND RUGGA_MIND says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 2:29 pm Reply to this comment

    Bulls very thin on Centre…

  2. Boertjie Boertjie says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 2:53 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to RUGGA_MIND @ 2:29 pm:

    Fortunately they don’t need
    centres the way they play.
    :fishing:

  3. JT_BOKBEFOK! JT_BOKBEFOK! says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 2:56 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to Boertjie @ 2:53 pm:

    problem is that the Stormers isn’t any better in that department!! :whistling:

  4. Boertjie Boertjie says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 4:16 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to JT_BOKBEFOK! @ 2:56 pm:

    :agree:

    But then which team is?
    With the current defence patterns -
    aren’t most centres thrown for the
    wolves?

  5. JT_BOKBEFOK! JT_BOKBEFOK! says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 6:00 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to Boertjie @ 4:16 pm:

    wy then can the Saders get their 13 into the game, the Chiefs (even though they lost) get their centers into the game?

  6. Morné Morné says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 6:19 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to JT_BOKBEFOK! @ 6:00 pm:

    I have been itching to study video footage of teams on attack and compare just that – I have my own theory but this sort of thing needs video evidence to support it.

  7. JT_BOKBEFOK! JT_BOKBEFOK! says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 6:32 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to Morné @ 6:19 pm:

    IMO the tactics and the focus of attack is different, when a back-line player gets a ball he goes through 3 questions what to do with it.
    in SA: kick it?, bash it up? draw defender and pass it?
    in NZ: draw defender and pass it?, bash it up? kick it?

    the defense is so fast today that you only get to question 2 :Dawie:

  8. Morné Morné says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 6:49 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to JT_BOKBEFOK! @ 6:32 pm:

    Notice the role of supporting players on attack, it says more than watching the guy carrying the ball!

  9. JT_BOKBEFOK! JT_BOKBEFOK! says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 6:57 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to Morné @ 6:49 pm:

    chiefs v landers there was no such structure imo. it was all played on the fly. landers had a bit more of an idea but chiefs were all over the place. blues v saders was good.

  10. Morné Morné says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 7:06 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to JT_BOKBEFOK! @ 6:57 pm:

    Great attacking play rely on two main thing imo. Speed and depth on attack, and options to the ball carrier.

    SA fails in both areas – ball on attack is to slow from the tackled area and ball carriers are given no options from players on their shoulder(s).

  11. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 8:09 pm Reply to this comment

    Not much of a backup in many departments in SA.

    Natal seem best off.

  12. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 8:50 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to Morné @ 7:06 pm:

    Noticed that in Lions game from both teams. The ball spread out too slowly to have effect out wide and the defence just needed to drift. The outside three – 13, a wing and FB were left having to try and break inside to create space. Doppies La Grange really tried his best to do this but the problem was the huge passes that floated like lazy balloons to wide players and defences could casually ball watch.

  13. Jacques(Bunny)Somtimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits Jacques(Bunny) says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 8:57 pm Reply to this comment

    Had a power cut on friday how di Sadie do in teh Bulls game?

  14. bok_in_oz bryce_in_oz says:
    February 29th, 2012 at 2:59 am Reply to this comment

    Reply to Morné @ 6:49 pm: Reply to JT_BOKBEFOK! @ 6:57 pm:

    One thing was quite clear with that Chiefs game is that they are also using powerful, pick-n-go’s up the middle (which our teams are not) splitting defence centrally… making it much harder to simply drift… and then letting their shoulder runners hit the ball at different angles and from different sides of the ruck/maul at pace…

    Many moons ago the Sharks were one of the best at this…

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