Veteran Vodacom Bulls loosie Marcell Coetzee has impressed younger gun Cameron Hanekom to take his recreation as much as one other stage.
Hanekom has made a reputation for himself as a superb ball-carrying No 8 who’s a severe poaching risk on the breakdown, a talent the 22-year-old has honed in his brief however impactful profession to this point.
“You solely get a cut up second to resolve whether or not to go for it or to fold to maintain width on defence,” Hanekom mentioned on Tuesday. “I’ve made some foolish errors prior to now, once I went into too many rucks and didn’t get rewarded for it. Once I do go right into a ruck, I’ve the boldness to provide it my best possible. I can’t go into it half-half.”
Hanekom mentioned he didn’t need his defensive contribution to be restricted to the breakdown and that he had labored exhausting to enhance his tackling.
“If I play with a man like Marcell, who makes 31 tackles in recreation [against Munster last Saturday] then I want to boost my recreation so I don’t disappoint him. He’s a very good function mannequin.
“Tackling has been my largest work-on. There have been a pair video games the place I wasn’t ok in that space and I’ve labored exhausting to be extra constant.”
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Hanekom mentioned he was wanting ahead to Friday night time’s Vodacom URC match towards defending champions Glasgow and the loose-trio battle specifically.
The Warriors are with out South African flank Henco Venter, serving a six-week suspension for foul play, however nonetheless capable of area a robust again row comprised of Scotland flanks Matt Fagerson and Rory Darge, and Tonga No 8 Sione Vailanu.
“They’ve performed worldwide rugby so it’s going to be a very good match-up,” mentioned Hanekom. “Marcell and I are at all times up for a problem, we need to play towards these large names. That’s who you need to get measured towards. So we’re undoubtedly going to go on the market and attempt to show some extent.”
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