Barritt will not replace Joubert
16 May 2006
Western Province have failed to lure exciting young Sharks centre Bradley Barritt to Cape Town, despite a concerted effort.
“Bad luck boys, Bradley Barritt is ours,” Sharks chief executive Brian van Zyl told Cape Argus Rugby Writer Dale Granger. Coach Kobus van der Merwe said that Province were eager to fill the midfield void with a rising young talent like Barritt.
Van Zyl confirmed that the Sharks had closed a deal with Barritt last week when he signed a two-year contract.
Province will be without the services of Springbok midfielders Jean de Villiers, De Wet Barry and Marius Joubert for the next two Currie Cup competitions and had pinned their hopes on the brilliant young 19-year-old.
And Joubert seems to have fallen out of favour at Newlands anyway. The centre will not be available to play Currie Cup rugby for WP this season, or next, as he is one of the 24 contracted Boks who have been withdrawn from the Currie Cup.
Joubert’s contract, nevertheless, expires later in the year. On Saturday night, after he had slipped two tackles that gifted the Bulls tries en-route to their 43-10 demolition of the Stormers, a WP executive member said his contract would not be up for renewal.
Even though the Sharks could lose veteran lock Johan Ackermann, who has a serious calf injury sustained in their final game against the Western Force on Friday, Van Zyl dismissed rumours that his union was eyeing Stormers lock Ross Skeate.
“We’ve got enough talented young locks in the union, we don’t have to worry about our second row,” van Zyl said.
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17 May 2006, 11:41 am
Zinto here is my team
15 Frolick
14 Egon
13 Stewart Palmer
12 Peter Grant
11 Terry Jacobs
10 Naas Olivier
9 Paul
8 Pieter Louw
7 Justin Melck
6 Luke (capt)
5 Skeat/Britz
4 Boome
3 Fullard
2 Schalk
1 JD
But who can motivate this bunch
17 May 2006, 12:13 pm
My Team
1 JD
2 Britz
3 Fullard
4 Skeat
5 Brits
6 Watson
7 Melk
8 Pieter Louw
9 De Kock
10 Naas Olivier
11 Ryland
12 Peter Grant
13 Seconds
14 Booi
15 Joe Pieterson (after Britz, he was made the best attacking/positive impact for the Stormers and less of a negative impact i.e. missed tackles than Nokwe, Chavanga and Benjamin)
17 May 2006, 12:56 pm
Sorry about that Naas Olivier. Is Selborne Boom back at WP? Not bad, both teams, yours too Hmmm.
17 May 2006, 14:16 pm
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17 May 2006, 15:36 pm
Glad to see Barrit is loyal to the Sharks!!!
What is it with the Stormers that they can’t leave the sharks players alone? Why not start their own academy and produce their own youngsters. Even have to get players from overseas makes u wonder if they don’t know how to recruite players from the Cape!!
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