White: I won’t pick Watson, Brits and BJ
10 May 2006
Luke Watson, BJ Botha and Schalk Brits will not be included in an extended 45-man Springbok squad despite their outstanding Vodacom Super 14 form.
Instead, Solly Tyibilika – in what appears to be an act of window dressing – will once again wear the green and gold, despite being dropped from the Sharks’ Super 14 squad. He has spent most of the season with the Wildebeest in the Vodacom Cup and is struggling to find form.
Speaking to Cape Argus rugby writer Dale Granger, White explained why Watson would not be selected ahead of Tyibilika. He also told Granger that Chiliboy Ralepelle would be the additional hooker and not Brits.
White said that it was not him who would not pick Hanyani Shimange for the Stormers and that Shimange had done nothing wrong in the national set-up to warrant being left out. White also told Granger that he had spoken to Bok and Sharks captain John Smit after the Sharks win against the Stormers and Smit had told him that Eddie Andrews and Shimange were two of the strongest they had faced this year.
It is well known that White has not rated Watson and Brits as he has often been dismissive of their claims.
However, the big surprise is that the Bok coach may look beyond BJ Botha, who has been the form SA tighthead in the competition.
White said that with CJ van der Linde returning from injury, he was comfortable the right props were already in his squad.
“Solly Tyibilika did not play much Super 14 rugby but in five Tests he has never been on the losing side,” said the coach.
What White says is true, however only one of those Test wins came against a major Test nation (Australia at Ellis Park last year). The rest were achieved against Scotland, Uruguay and Argentina.
“There are half-a-dozen good loose-forwards of a similar vintage to Luke Watson,” added White, “including Juan Smith, 24, Schalk Burger, 23, Pedrie Wannenburg, 25, and Jacques Cronje, 24.
“All of these are players who have played Test rugby for South Africa. They can all do what Luke Watson does and more – as they can be used in the line-outs.
“It was tough on the understudy to Naas Botha at the Bulls when he was South Africa’s star flyhalf. There is, unfortunately, simply not enough room to accommodate everybody.”
It now appears that as long as White is Bok coach, Watson will remain in the international wilderness.
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12 May 2006, 13:50 pm
Pierre
If you want to get to post 1652 you better start posting boet. I will slip in 1653. And triumph !!!!
12 May 2006, 13:51 pm
cane, let’s not be Anglophobic. There are far more loathsome things in the world than Englishmen. The French, for instance.
12 May 2006, 13:51 pm
well pierre, ten surely 1995 would be even more significant
12 May 2006, 13:51 pm
Rude, I’ve lifted the bar to 1795.
12 May 2006, 13:52 pm
pale_toe, your logic is irrefutable. Let’s do it.
12 May 2006, 13:53 pm
Pierre,
So your country was founded on the sentance “would you like chips with that Hennie”.
12 May 2006, 13:53 pm
but pierre, your name is french!?
12 May 2006, 13:53 pm
Cane is hoping for pleasure 1530.
Don’t thing Dawn likes Islanders though. cane my man, I donno about the freaky stuff but can always try and hook you up with the McGregor sisters,
since your dreaming and all….
12 May 2006, 13:54 pm
Has anyone seen Stan? Tell him that there’s a *** black Stormers supporter in this thread who’s interested in him, and he’ll take it up to 1995 by himself.
12 May 2006, 13:56 pm
Rudebud,
“slip at 1653″—-What happened to Glory!
12 May 2006, 13:57 pm
pale_toe, unfortunately that is true. But that is where my association with that country of posturing perfumed syphilitic gigoloes ends.
cane, do you mean “Herrie” as in Herrie the Hottentot (or “Khoisan” as the current nomenclature would have it)?
12 May 2006, 13:57 pm
Sorry cane…
12 May 2006, 14:00 pm
willie wikkelspies
12 May 2006, 14:00 pm
1pm in the UK and I feel like slitting my wrists.
12 May 2006, 14:01 pm
is gebore!
12 May 2006, 14:03 pm
Jondood,
Just do it.
Where did I hear that before…..?
12 May 2006, 14:03 pm
jondood, I’m almost tempted to say “don’t do it”. What is the problem?
12 May 2006, 14:04 pm
hey IH8MS is back.
12 May 2006, 14:04 pm
Hmmmm,
I cannot access other treads so pray tell me what is the equation for your Shawks and Bully boys to get to the Semi’s.
Ohh—And i have not yet heard a big thank you for the crusaders in keeping SA chances alive.
These Mcgregor sisters?
12 May 2006, 14:10 pm
cane, the lack of a big thank you (from my side, anyway) is probably because the Sharks are vermin and I love nothing more than to see them crushed.
Once the Crusaders have done a job on them next week, my thanks will be forthcoming.
12 May 2006, 14:13 pm
Sharks have to win with BP and 10+ points.
Bulls have to win with BP and 26+ points (if the sharks lose or do not get the bp).
12 May 2006, 14:15 pm
Wat de hel gaan hier aan.
Cane you so sweet. I’m touched.
12 May 2006, 14:15 pm
in the bulls scenario it is assumed that the sharks didn’t make it (lost or didn’t get a bonus point).
12 May 2006, 14:16 pm
That’s it. We taking this to 2000.
Forget Van Riebeeck.
12 May 2006, 14:17 pm
cane,
A win with a bonus log point with a game points margin of no smaller than 10.
First, your involvement in the game before thank you’s are spewed.
Secondly, your intentions of your actions. Think a SA team will be an easier pushover in the semi’s.
Come to think of it, do you deserve anything?
McGregor sisters are very hot SA models, Kerry was in the top 5 of FHM for 4/5 years and was the face (or else) of wonderbra.
12 May 2006, 14:18 pm
Cane
Not sure if you have seen this. I know Jondood has.
“New Zealand’s not for sale – eBay
12/05/2006 09:55 – (SA) News 24
Sydney – New Zealand is not for sale, despite somebody in neighbouring Australia trying to offload the nation of four million to the highest online bidder.
With a starting offer of just one cent, brisk bidding for the prime chunk of South Pacific real estate quickly boosted the price to 3 000 Australian dollars before eBay pulled the plug on the auction this week.
“Clearly New Zealand is not for sale,” eBay Australia spokesperson Daniel Feiler told the New Zealand Press Association, adding that 22 bids had been made before the company acted.”
12 May 2006, 14:19 pm
Crusaders helped my team keep alive a home semi also.
now my boys just got to see off those TAHS.
Plenty of good matchups this week.
Pierre–I meant HENNIE. As in Hennie LaRoux .
Good night to all you Saffa’s.
Jondood—–Summers coming,England will be a bright and cheerfull place soon.
12 May 2006, 14:19 pm
The chick is in the house.
Take it away boys.
12 May 2006, 14:22 pm
Dawn
Jip. Van Riebeeck is so old SA ! Let’s take it to 2000 ! The New Millenium…
12 May 2006, 14:23 pm
Hate to burst everyones bubble – but i will be making this thread disappear fairly shortly as it caused all the problems on the site today.
12 May 2006, 14:25 pm
HI Dawn, can’t you tell you boytoy not to can this thread? We’re walking a tightrope here.
12 May 2006, 14:26 pm
And i thought i will have the last say. Ig wins.
12 May 2006, 14:26 pm
C’mon Ig, at least let us take it to 1652…
12 May 2006, 14:27 pm
Ig,
Do wanna spell it out load, but that was the idea.
12 May 2006, 14:28 pm
sql server sucks man.
12 May 2006, 14:28 pm
My very last post.
Shawks can do it—but take nothing for granted.
Bully Boys—–It’s gunna be tough.
Oh—- and if NZ is for sale, get your bid in quick because Dan Carter goes with the deal.
12 May 2006, 14:30 pm
Sorry Pierre – but that 80 posts away and i need the site functioning properly !
12 May 2006, 14:30 pm
Dawn, here’s your chance to get your hands on Dan…
12 May 2006, 14:31 pm
Ig:
This thread will never die ! We will never surrender ! We will fight you on the beaches ! We will fight you in Cyberspace !
12 May 2006, 14:32 pm
Such a beautiful dream…
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