Damian Willems - Springbok Wonder Kid
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- čas přidán 26. 05. 2024
- Damian Willemse made his international debut for South Africa in the 2018 Rugby Championship against Argentina at Kings Park Stadium in a 34-21 victory, coming off of the bench and substituting André Esterhuizen.
Willemse was not initially named in South Africa's squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. However he was called up to replace the injured Jesse Kriel in the pool stage. He also scored his first test try against Canada. South Africa went on to win the tournament, defeating England in the final.
Willemse cemented himself as the first choice full back for the Springboks and went on to play a pivotal role in the Springboks securing their fourth Rugby World Cup victory.
Enjoy and thanks for watching! - Sport
Speed, strength, finesse. He will be the first to get 3 cups.
One of our greatest ever Fullbacks and an absolute unforgettable, priceless gem of a player!
if he continues at this rate, he’s probably gonna retire as the greatest springbok.
We really don't have a world class generational talent at 15 to replace him vs the Irish... Unless we play Kurt Lee at 15 and Kolbe and Moodie on the wings.
Willemse is the most talented rugby player this country has produced century, he literally could be world class in any position in the backline if he plays it for 6 months
Willie is so solid atm we'll be just fine
@@HayManned Willie will get exposed mate. Le Roux is more of a great impact sub these days at international rugby with his experience and string pulling, but playing 80min and starting vs the Irish aerial attack is gonna be a long day for Oom Willie
Gonna miss him this summer.
Winter.
This boy now can play!!!!!
He is my favourite
I have a dream...
Would be interesting to see the top 4 of each world rugby league play a straight forward knockout format till there's a winner. I know it's fanciful thinking due to congested fixture lists. But I would imagine the two European cup finalists automatically qualify and that allows the 5th ranked team in that respective league to qualify. Also applicable for English teams. So for example the 5th teams placed in the URC and Top 14 as Leinster and Toulouse will automatically qualify being European Cup finalists. If Sarries played then the 5th English Premier gets a look in. Then the top four from the URC, 4 from the French Top 14, 4 from the English premiership and 4 from SuperRugby then maybe invite the winners of the Japanese league and the best South American club. This way each top tier nation will be represented and will create renewed interest among club supporters. Each play home and away like the soccer European cup with away points counting more. Each winner on to the next round and a home and away final winner takes all so no one can complain about home advantage. Maximum 8 games. Play it in the year between RWC's and knock international games on the head for those two months. We already do it for the RWC so it can be done. Start all games on the same weekend and complete the competition in 6-8 weeks. None of these long drawn out fixture lists that take months and months to complete where fans lose track and interest as it just takes too long. Best total score between the 2 games determines the winner. Imagine your club playing the second final at home knowing that they only need to beat their opponents by a certain margin to be world club champions but knowing that the opposition points are worth more due them playing away from home. Players play for the club that employs them. There are some serious international World Cup winners plying their trade in the Japanese league. I wouldn't want to play a Japanese team with Ardie Savea, PSDT, Kwagga Smith, Damian Dallende, Jesse Kriel, Beauden Barret, Aaron Smith, Richie Mounga, Brodie Retallick lurking around. I'd definitely watch these games as it would give a strong indication of which league has the most powerful teams and the different styles of play. Imagine your team being known as World Club champions... How cool would that be. It would also maybe encourage teams to play outside their normal strategies due to away points counting more. Something like the home teams converted try counting the standard 7 points but for the away team it counts 10. This will bring in new tactics and ways of playing. The teams playing the second fixtures know away points count more so they'll go gang busters for the win...I can hear Dr Rassie's brain whirring away already 😁. Each group will only have teams from other countries in it. For example you can't start with a group having Toulouse and La Rochelle in it. But it's also possible that 2 teams from the same country could reach the finals. So a group would have the no 1 ranked team from their league for eg Leinster then nr 2 from another League (Exeter Chiefs for eg) then 3rd placed team in SuperRugby (possibly The Tahs or the Highlanders) and the 4th placed team in the Top 14 (Castres or Bordeaux). Imagine the endless possibilities in match ups. Clubs will be strongly incentivised to retain players and to grow strong youth academies.
Imagine a Toulouse vs Auckland Blues home and away finals played on back to back weekends and there's only a 5 point difference between the teams....or Stormers vs Harlequins at Newlands and Twickenham respectively or Leinster vs the Canes, Munster vs Fijian Drua, Los Pumas vs Wild Knights in Tokyo and Buenos Aires one weekend after another. One can only dream... Thoughts?
My question is, are we going to let him settle in a position in the green and gold? I am just wondering if his versatility will hurt him in the long run, like it did with Frans Steyn? There is no question tho, if he can stay injury free, he is going to be something special for a long time.
You're having these questions AFTER he just starred in a world cup at 15 and won it? 😂
there are no questions about his position, you’re creating them, he’s our first choice fullback, no questions asked.
@@blaquenguni9249he’s creating these questions, i was asking myself the same thing 😂
Whatever Rassie says
stormers team, leyds, willemse, kolbe, kolisi, etzebeth, vermulen kitshoff malherbe joh
joh and ptsd
joh and deallende
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Please make video of him passing the ball with #15 on his back for the Boks, it will be a very short video.
Look at this dom poes 😂😂
@@blaquenguni9249bru is just talking kak😂😂😂
Go watch a Christian Cullen highlights video and it's gonna be him cutting through defenses and nobody will complain about passing. Appreciate Willemse for what he offers rather than complain about what you think he doesn't do.
Dude is a tad overrated..good player but far from great.