Storm warning for Spears

Storm warning for Spears

24 Jan 2006

Keo.co.za has learnt that Kobus van der Merwe will name his strongest possible side to face the Spears in Wellington on Saturday, the final Super 14 warm-up scheduled for the Cape side.

After his 2nd XV contrasted fight and effective forward play in the first half to rank shambles in the second against the Bully Boys, Van der Merwe will be hoping for a far more convincing display from his front-line troops.

With the possible exceptions of Gerrie Britz and Schalk Brits, and injury-casualties Joe van Niekerk, Marius Joubert and De Wet Barry, Van der Merwe cannot play a stronger hand.

The continued absence of captain Barry means Boland centre Piet van Zyl has the opportunity to atone for a shocking display against the Bulls. He’ll wear 13 again, although the quality inside him will differ slightly: Instead of Gus Theron, he’ll have Jean de Villiers as his midfield partner.

Interesting selections concern the back-row, scrumhalf and the wing. After a pre-season that has seen him tip the scales at 104kg, whilst retaining the ability to bench 165kg and run the 40m in 4.95 seconds, Luke Watson has bashed down the door for another opportunity as first choice 6.

Watson’s resurgence in the gym and training grounds after a frustrating Currie Cup means Schalk Burger is shifted to blindside, and unlike Gert Smal last year, Van der Merwe and Technical Director Gary Gold will not play them left and right.

Thus Burger is faced with an entirely different role to the one he is accustomed with at the Boks. Regarded by Jake White as a specialist fetcher, ball carrying will now become a primary concern, and he will provide an option at the back of the line-out.

Bolla Conradie gets the nod at scrumhalf over Neil de Kock, whilst Boland flyer Rayno Benjamin has the literal inside track on Tonderai Chavhanga for jersey 14.

Stormers side to play the Spears on Saturday

15. Werner Greeff
14. Rayno Benjamin
13. Piet van Zyl
12. Jean de Villiers
11. Jongi Nokwe
10. Peter Grant
9. Bolla Conradie
8. Adri Badenhorst
7. Schalk Burger (c)
6. Luke Watson
5. Andries Bekker
4. Ross Skeate
3. Eddie Andrews
2. Hanyani Shimange
1. JD Moller


112 Comments

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  • 51.Rasputin: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:11 pm

    Yes, thank you, CSB. You? :mrangry:

  • 52.Le Fou: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:12 pm

    mmmmm :mryellow:

  • 53.sthvh: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:12 pm

    Rasputin: Check out wordpress.org user help under “using smilies” or on wickepedia. It gives you the names such as “:mrgreen:” to type in to get :mrgreen: or “:evil:” to get :evil: . Remember to leave spaces before and after the : and no quotes to get them to show up 8)

  • 54.Rasputin: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:12 pm

    Hah!!! Gotcha :roll:

  • 55.bristolshark: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:12 pm

    nn >-)

  • 56.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:12 pm

    Or evil in between :****:… :evil:

  • 57.Rasputin: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:13 pm

    Or STHVH, just hover your pointer over the previous ones ;)

  • 58.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:13 pm

    Ras

    You genius!!!

  • 59.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:13 pm

    :roll:

  • 60.Le Fou: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:14 pm

    Je vous Merci Grrrrr

  • 61.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:14 pm

    Frack, the rugby must start soon…

  • 62.Rasputin: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:14 pm

    Le Fou, hover your mouse over STHVH’s and it’ll show you exactly what to type but you must say something first

    in other words :evil:

  • 63.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:15 pm

    Le fou

    Pleasure! I guess…

  • 64.CoffeeshopBok;-): Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:15 pm

    yea good thanks, it does seem a fair bit of PT just to get a smiley “)

  • 65.Rasputin: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:15 pm

    :roll:

  • 66.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:16 pm

    Ras

    How did you figure that out???

  • 67.Le Fou: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:16 pm

    ok I try

  • 68.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:16 pm

    Smiley’s will last a week and then everybody will get bored… Trust me!

  • 69.Rasputin: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:16 pm

    Oh, you don’t have to say anything

    :blush:

  • 70.Rasputin: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:17 pm

    Grrrr, in my spare time I’m a genius

  • 71.Le Fou: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:17 pm

    Oh behave :blush:

  • 72.CoffeeshopBok;-): Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:22 pm

    Ok guys it’s been lovely enjoy your evenings all round.

    %$$# me but it’s freezing here in Holland, Brrrrr

  • 73.Le Fou: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:24 pm

    The weather appears to be getting warmer here in Bordeaux Coffee. Hope it keeps. I will be on holiday in 1 and a half weeks

  • 74.Stan: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:33 pm

    Fok,
    julle is soos n klomp Louisiana’s in n Wall Mart na die orkaan Katrina!

  • 75.BlueBlood: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:33 pm

    :-)

  • 76.BlueBlood: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:34 pm

    :)

  • 77.sthvh: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:35 pm

    Le fou:

    :oops:

  • 78.BlueBlood: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:35 pm

    :K

  • 79.BlueBlood: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:36 pm

    :EVIL:

  • 80.BlueBlood: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:36 pm

    :oops:

  • 81.St.Petersburgbok: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 18:58 pm

    mmmm

  • 82.Ig: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 19:30 pm

    Eish its like and candy

  • 83.Hier kom groot k..: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 21:19 pm

    :roll: :mrgreen: 8) :oops: :evil: ;) :) :(

  • 84.YoMama: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2006, 22:16 pm

    All pudding, no bowl.

    They should really look at:
    openside Watson
    No. 8 Burger
    Blindside Van Niekerk

    That allows Watson to be the fetcher, Burger to be the basher and Van Niekerk to be the flash.

    The stompies should really also look to recruit Christo Bezuidenhout and bring back Barnard or some Argie Beef.

    Why not do as the other unions are and bring in a ballie who can teach the young’ns. For example, why not import Martin Johnson for a season or two and he might just teach the cape ***** boys some hardegat voorspel.

  • 85.Rasputin: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 02:35 am

    :oops:

  • 86.Rasputin: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 02:36 am

    It’s so good, I had to come back for more.

    :roll:

  • 87.lazyshazystormersboy: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 04:29 am

    Chavhanga should definately be wearing the number 14 jersey for the Stormers during the Super 14 and also for the Boks I reckon.

  • 88.BlueBlood: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 07:25 am

    :roll:

  • 89.GCC: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 07:46 am

    :)

  • 90.GCC: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 07:48 am

    :blush:

  • 91.hobo: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 07:57 am

    lazyshasystomerboy

    To me i will go for Egon Seconds, he has the experience.

  • 92.GCC: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 07:59 am

    : eek :

  • 93.Andre_WP: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 08:11 am

    Not a bad backline we have here , but we still don’t have that fire power do we ? I realy hope the senior players will stand out this year. Also nice to see Nokwe there , this guy got speed. With him and Chavanga around i am sure we can score some nice tries this year. Lets hope no one gets injured again.

  • 94.Some Bloke: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 08:12 am

    Stormers to lose by 10

  • 95.Bloem Leeu: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 08:20 am

    a :idiot:

  • 96.Bloem Leeu: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 08:20 am

    nope didn’t work

  • 97.Bloem Leeu: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 08:20 am

    . :)

  • 98.L-LEE: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 08:38 am

    mmm

  • 99.Oranje Orakel: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 08:38 am

    Luts just say it

    Any fuckwit who tried the smilies should keep his yapper shut about “Dragons”

    Me – i like the smilies thingy- would like to see emoticons for :thebird:; :vokkierev:; etc and the guys from the Cape would like to see something like :passtheballtogus:

    hehhehe

  • 100.Oranje Orakel: Reply to this comment
    25 Jan 2006, 08:40 am

    Bloem leeu

    Please mail me at oranje_orakel@hotmail.com

    I want to discuss future Cheetah/Lions-Cats games

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