Willie le Roux’s recent cameo at flyhalf for the Vodacom Bulls has Schalk Burger excited about what the Springbok playmaker can achieve given a proper run in the No 10 jersey.
analysts, praised Le Roux’s impact off the bench against the Lions at Ellis Park last week.
“The Bulls were a different animal once Willie came on,” Burger said. “The fact that it flattens up, he releases the pressure off the back of the forwards, the forwards had options. “The fact that he was flat means that all of a sudden you can see Cobus Wiese carry and he was largely anonymous in the first half.“It’s so nice when someone’s in motion behind you as a loose forward or playmaking forward because you know there’s always an option.”
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