RUCK AND ROLL
GAVIN RICH: How Damian Willemse could grow with some Kiwi mentoring
It was inevitable that comparisons would be made between Damian Willemse and Curwin Bosch, and it started after Stormers pivot Willemse’s classy performance against the Blues at the weekend. It is easy to see why the pair would start being mentioned in the same conversations. Bosch was the star of the 2015 Craven Week whereas Willemse starred at the 2016 national schools week. Although Bosch has already made his Springbok debut, there has been a growing perception that he was pushed too early, something that appeared to be confirmed when he was exposed at the end of the last Currie Cup season. So, if Willemse is a year younger than Bosch, don’t we run the risk of also pushing him too fast? The subject of pushing young pivots too soon is a sensitive issue. Think Gaffie du Toit, who everyone thought was going to be a world beater but never developed into one, and more recently Johan Goosen, whose career might have turned out differently had star status not been conferred on him so ear...
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