Stormers dismiss De Villiers’ claims
30 Jan 2006
Stormers head coach Kobus van der Merwe has rejected Peter de Villiers’ accusations of Stormers thuggery on the weekend.
Speaking to keo.co.za from the team’s camp in Swellendam, Van der Merwe barely dignified De Villiers’ comments with a response.
“I don’t think those remarks are even worth commenting on,” Van der Merwe said. “Suffice to say that anybody at the game could have made their own conclusions.”
Van der Merwe and the squad return to Cape Town on Wednesday evening, with the next two days primarily an exercise in team building.
“The camp’s main function is a bit of span gees. We’re trying to build stronger relationships, and hopefully the guys will have bonded by the end of the camp. There will be a rugby component, we have a training session tomorrow, but the main focus is on building morale in the squad.”
19 Comments
30 Jan 2006, 18:13 pm
But they can never dismiss the Bulls.
30 Jan 2006, 18:45 pm
Cmon guys, give the Stormers a break.Now they can also boast that they have beaten a team with 70 points. Maybe one day they might achieve this against a real team…
30 Jan 2006, 18:57 pm
Kamp staaldraad here we come!
30 Jan 2006, 18:59 pm
**yawn**
like he would have said de villiers spoke the truth and apologised……….
30 Jan 2006, 19:08 pm
PissAnt
Dont you think the truth in SA Rugby would be refreshing?
30 Jan 2006, 19:17 pm
quite a change jondood, it would be quite a change in the least.
you reckon these ******** will come clean or do we need to expose them?
30 Jan 2006, 19:19 pm
PissAnt
Where there is money there is corruption.
It is never ending and we as the loyal supporters are on the butt end.
30 Jan 2006, 20:00 pm
lets start a revolution jondood!
and let our first point of focus be WP rugby!!!
30 Jan 2006, 21:34 pm
Just my opinion, but WP / Stormers have become a bunch of ‘skytes’ – from the proud honourable players such as Morne du Plessis, Carel du Plessis, Boland Coetzee etc. they’ve gone to thugs like Corne, Robbie Fleck, Werner Greef (was a brilliant player until he gave in to the thug mentality), Bolla Conradie, Marius Joubert and de Wet Barry – neither can complete a match without at least two high dangerous illegal tackles etc.
Remember the incident a few years back on FS stadium where Robbie Fleck kicked Andre Venter’s (one of the hardest but most honest and clean rugby players SA has ever produced) face to shreds?
FS has shown them up to be a bunch of prima donnas – fantastic on paper, but terrible on grass – FS arrived 2 years in a row for a Newlands semi final with a no-name no stars team, yet through honest rugby, commitment and team spirit dented the egos of the show ponies
30 Jan 2006, 22:27 pm
jo,
as a staunch WP supporter for many years, actaully all my life, it saddens me to agree with you.
the honour and passion that was once the very essence of WP rugby has disappeared.
there is a cancer in SA rugby in general, but no-where more evident than in WP rugby at the moment.
31 Jan 2006, 07:02 am
It has to start a the top with the stormers. Look at the player, they clearly perform under JW, yet under these poepals all they do is showboat and lose by 40 points any time they come up against a decent side?
31 Jan 2006, 07:26 am
Jo
The way i remember it is that Andre Venter hit first….?
31 Jan 2006, 07:34 am
Interesting….
The freestate came to Newlands twice and beat the WP .. with no names blah blah …
The freestate came to Loftus and beat the curie cup champs in their own backyard in the final.
Now that is entertaining.
31 Jan 2006, 08:36 am
Hobo,
That’s certainly not the way I remember it. As far as I can recall, a ruck & maul had occurred and Fleckie tried to sneak around the blind-side with the ball when he got tackled hard by Venter (does he know how to tackle any other way?).
Fleckie objected and threw punches at Venter who initially responded but then just held Fleckie down. Both players were sent to the bin.
31 Jan 2006, 09:17 am
offside, you shouldnt say anything bad on this site bout Robbie Fleck. According to most he remains a LEGEND!!!!
31 Jan 2006, 09:17 am
Offside & Hobo
Heres version 3. This is how i actually remember it , Venter puts in a big hit on fleck then just goes for a bit of afters and pushes fleckies head into the grass keeps it their ala mark andrews. Fleckie responds by putting boot to venters face to get him off (he could have chosen some place other than venters face) and venter throughs a few punches as is to be expected. Think they were both at fault to be honest
31 Jan 2006, 11:04 am
Stormers are on an upward trend,Stormers S14 winners,place your bet now,before the odds drop.
31 Jan 2006, 12:25 pm
Were the powder puff girls a bit rough?
31 Jan 2006, 14:24 pm
Pissant,
It’s not an SA Rugby problem. Just a WP/Stormers problem.
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