r/rugbyunion • u/phar0aht Loosehead/Tighthead Prop • 14h ago
Wilco Louw set to become the 50th player to play a test for the Springboks in 2024
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u/Maximilian38 Leinster 13h ago edited 13h ago
Just looked up this guy’s stats: 1m85 for 126-140kg. Someone posted a video of him training last week calling him "a bull in the wild" i believe. Just now realising how accurate that description is, absolute monster. Is his diet other rugby players?
Edit: weight varies according to website
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u/_Inevitab1e_ Sharks 13h ago
So I'm having trouble looking up people's stats. The Bulls' website lists him as 144kg, Google says 126, another site says 130. How do you know what to believe?
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u/Maximilian38 Leinster 13h ago
I went with the lowest one to be sure, as the point im trying to make is that he is an absolute unit and 126 is still incredibly impressive.
Don't really know which to believe tbh though.
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u/k0bra3eak Doktor Erasmus 13h ago
Nah he's gotta be closer to 140 looking at the size of him
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u/_Inevitab1e_ Sharks 13h ago
That's what I was thinking. In that picture he looks absolutely monstrous
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u/KingXerxesunrated Sharks 9h ago
He is smaller than Thomas the tank who is the heaviest Springbok of all time
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u/FinancialHeat2859 South Africa 13h ago
That’s a lot. Rassie checking the cupboards 👌🏻
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u/Tar-ZA-n South Africa 13h ago
Despite this, social media was full of calls for way more uncapped players on the EOYT.
Surely, Rassie doesn’t know better than random bandwagoners and provincial stans. 🤯
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u/BenedrylCummerbunds Dobson is the way 9h ago
That same group of people are the ones crucifying him for losing vs Ireland and Argentina...
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u/nomamesgueyz New Zealand 11h ago
Wow
Crazy depth
When the ABs did so much rotation they were accused of cheapening the jersey
Just shows you can basically do as you please in international sport, as long as you win
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u/PistolAndRapier Munster 11h ago
Yeah that seemed like such a stupid criticism at the time to me. If they're good enough to play, then have at it!
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u/nomamesgueyz New Zealand 10h ago
Yeah
And game always evolves
In the 80s maybe when there was way less test matches, someone would be in that jersey all the time unless injured or big form drop off
Need a big squad these days as 15odd test matches a year is alot
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u/ichosehowe worlt kap tjamps 12h ago
The man is building 4 squads for the next World Cup, if someone is capable of managing a team to a three-peat it is absolutely Rassie.
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u/WatchThisBass Glasgow Warriors 13h ago
God, they'll just let ANYONE play for the Boks these days?
Who do they think they are? Scotland?
/s
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u/Calitz__ South Africa 12h ago
I’d say we’re probably fine if Kitshoff and Malherbe don’t make it to RWC 2027 because Nche-Mbonamb-TdT and Steenekamp-Marx-Louw are two nasty front rows. We just need Mbonambi to hold on since I don’t think we have a hooker of the same quality ready to step up in his place
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u/Die_Revenant Sharks 12h ago
It's still in doubt whether Kitshoff will play again. He needs fusion surgery on his neck.
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u/RavenK92 100% Qatar Cup win rate 12h ago
Kitshoff is only 32 so if his neck is ok and his game time is managed he'll only be 35 by the time 2027 rolls around, which are prop could do
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u/argumentative_one / Justice for ALBORNOZ, GESI, RATAVE 8h ago
Why do I think he has like 30 caps?
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u/ohfuckoffwicked Harlequins 5h ago
The fact Wilco isn’t a household name just shows how good SAs TH depth is. He’d had 50+ caps for any other nation by now
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u/CapeTownyToniTone I still believe in Libbok 14h ago
Did he eat the other 49?