Jake’s hooker horror

Jake’s hooker horror

24 May 2006

Springbok captain John Smit may miss the World XV match next weekend.

Smit failed to train with his team-mates at Shimla Park on Tuesday and is still struggling with his groin problem. The Bok No 2 had an operation that forced him to miss several Vodacom Super 14 matches and is being monitored by the Bok medical team.

“John has not yet recovered 100% from his groin operation. The medical team has recommended that he must rest,” Springbok coach Jake White said. “He won’t do any lineout throw-ins, because this could have an impact on his groin injury.”

And to add to White’s woes, former Bulls front-rower Danie Coetzee was hobbling around in a foot brace at practice, which leaves just two fit hookers in the entire squad. Hanyani Shimange though was also absent from Tuesday’s afternoon practice, leaving just Gary Botha to throw in at the lineouts.

Botha has more important things on his mind. He fled Bloemfontein late on Tuesday to be with his wife, Anrike, who is expected to give birth to their first child some time today.

While Springbok management are doing their very best to deflect the focus from the mounting injury list and associated disruptions, it is an inescapable reality that unlike their Antipodean counterparts, the Boks are more severely prone to falling foul to niggles.

This news was offset though by the welcome arrival in Bloemfontein of the Bulls which saw the intensity of the training sessions increase dramatically.

“We were playing it easy for the first few days to give the guys some much needed rest,” assistant coach Allister Coetzee told keo.co.za. “Yes, we are still missing some guys, but we will be getting most of them back in the next few weeks.”

While White is taking the World XV match very seriously, it will be nothing more than a festival ocassion – a Baabaas game in disguise. However, defeat at Ellis Park will be a severe blow at the start of a long season.

And Scotland’s recent fine showing in the Six Nations means they can not be taken lightly either in the two-Test series that follows. France at Newlands will be the biggest test ahead of the expanded Vodacom Tri-Nations.

By Andrew Hollely, in Bloemfontein


450 Comments

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  • 401.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:12 pm

    Dawntjie,

    Hie Hie Ha Ha hehehehe

  • 402.Vinnie: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:12 pm

    As am I rastafox… but I appreciate his habits and music more than anything else…

  • 403.Vinnie: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:12 pm

    Die bul is deur die kerk?

  • 404.Vinnie: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:13 pm

    Span die wa voor die kinders?

  • 405.Ou Grote: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:13 pm

    Rasta,
    What happened to the S14 teams we were suppose to send you?

  • 406.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:13 pm

    Vinnie,

    die Koëel ook!!!

  • 407.rastafox: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:15 pm

    Excuse me as I light my spliff….

    cheers all and Vinnie if it rolls smoke it!!

  • 408.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:15 pm

    lol Rasta,

    I heard a great one the other day, I will try and get it right.

    “‘n Grap is ‘n grap maar jy maak nie ‘n sambreel in a man se hol oop nie” I shat myself laughing when my Afrikaner friend spewed it.

  • 409.rastafox: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:16 pm

    Ou Grote posted on Monday morning due to a bout of illness on Sunday will repost in 5!!

  • 410.Ou Grote: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:16 pm

    n Santam Sambreel

  • 411.Ou Grote: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:18 pm

    A bout of illness or “wingerd griep”?

  • 412.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:18 pm

    Jus Ou Grote, jy sal mos ‘n ou se gaai wild skeur/skeer

  • 413.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:19 pm

    Otherwise known as “tros griep”

  • 414.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:20 pm

    FFS, Dawnie het blitsig kak gestir (*397) en dadelik stilletjies verdwyn!!!

  • 415.Ou Grote: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:20 pm

    Hmmm – LOL.

  • 416.Ou Grote: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:22 pm

    Dawnie hit en run deesdae nadat Ig haar nou die dag uit gekak het.

  • 417.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:23 pm

    Ja Ou Grote, sy is maar stil en flirt ook glad nie meer met die diere op hierdie werf nie.

  • 418.Ou Grote: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:24 pm

    Sy’t agter gekom hierdie diere is te wild vir haar.

  • 419.min_gepla: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:25 pm

    Springbok span

    15.Percy Monty
    14.?????????????
    13.Juan De Velliers
    12.Wynand Olivier
    11.Bryan Habanna
    10.Jaco Van der Westhuizen
    9.Ruan Pienaar
    8.Pedrie wannenburg
    7.Schalk Burger
    6.A J Venter
    5.Victor Matfield
    4.Bakkies Botha
    3.BJ Botha
    2.Garry Botha
    1.Os du Randt

    Jhon Smit kan n “baseball” Kaptein wees! Hy kan raad gee sonder om te speel!

  • 420.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:25 pm

    Dawn, Dawnie where are you, come out where ever you are…

  • 421.Vinnie: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:27 pm

    Daai is maar n swak agterlyn. Ope aanval en defence.
    Blameer nie vir jou nie – daar is net niemand anders nie.

  • 422.Weepee: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:28 pm

    Min – sit weg die dagga! JDV cannot play 13, it’s been shown time and again that he doesn’t have the necessary speed, skill or read on the game to play 13, his defence is far to suspect for such an important position! 12 if anywhere other than the wing is his best bet unless we train him to be a 10 where defence is not as important a requirement!

  • 423.rastafox: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:30 pm

    Serious case of Hops overdose!!!

    8 teams were received and voted as follows:
    15.McDonald
    14.Gear
    13.Mortlock
    12.Mauger
    11.Fa’atau tied Habana
    10.Carter (the only unanimous vote)
    9.Pienaar
    8.Wannenburg
    7.McCaw
    6.Collins
    5.Matfield tied Botha
    4.Jack
    3.BJ Botha
    2.Brits
    1.Woodcock

    Thats how it ended up!!

  • 424.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:30 pm

    Bloubek wat die vok soek jy met my.

  • 425.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:30 pm

    Jy’t vir almal hel toe gestuur nou soek jy kuk met my.

  • 426.Ou Grote: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:31 pm

    I personally think Ruan is still the 3rd choice scrumhalf in Jakes books.

  • 427.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:32 pm

    Ahhh, dis nou beter Dawnie, sien die kwaad is sommer ook terug, nou kan jy maar weer f-off.

  • 428.Ou Grote: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:32 pm

    Shot rasta!!!!

  • 429.rastafox: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:33 pm

    Last time someone said “Come out come out wherever you are…” on this site we ended up with gaybull in the mix!!! :)

  • 430.Ou Grote: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:33 pm

    Bloubek – jy soek vir kak.

  • 431.Ou Grote: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:33 pm

    Rasta – lofl.

  • 432.rastafox: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:34 pm

    Cheers all and remember we are here for a good time not a long time!!!!!

  • 433.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:34 pm

    Wasn’t me rasta, wasn’t me!

  • 434.Vinnie: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:34 pm

    Agreed weepee.

    Than we Bryan “the lazest winger in the southern hemisphere” habana, percy who is almost the oldest guy in world rugby, jvdw who is £%”!, which japanese for kak.

    And we dont even have another winger? And lets face it wynand olivier is no BOD or Tana.

    That is the worst backline I’ve seen sicne before the 95 WC.

  • 435.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:34 pm

    When it rains, it don’t rain on one man’s house.

  • 436.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:35 pm

    Vinnie take your head out that bag of squirrels.

  • 437.Ou Grote: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:36 pm

    What the ****? When it rains……?

  • 438.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:37 pm

    Ou Grote,

    Lyk my Dawn het in aaptwak gespeel, never mind dit vandag gerook!!

  • 439.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:40 pm

    Ok, ek waai nou, die vrou verjaar vandag – moet mos maar vanaand so ‘n bietjie ekstra uithang, of hoe sê ek nou!!

  • 440.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:41 pm

    Ou Grote that’s a line from one of Marley’s songs. (Bob).

    The reason why John Smit has groin injury is that his upper thighs chafe together when he walks.

  • 441.Ou Grote: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:46 pm

    Dawn,
    Thank you for clearing that up. I almost thought Keo’s torture chambers left some mental scars.

  • 442.bluebarb: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:52 pm

    its about time he had that surgery. he’s had the boobs for long enough now, it was the right time to go the whole hog-so to speak..

    I’m glad he’s not embarrased by it, and that they can discuss it openly.

  • 443.HOUGAARD SKOP GAT: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 17:57 pm

    BOK FORWARDS VS WORLD XV:

    1.OS DU RANDT
    2.GARY BOTHA
    3.EDDIE ANDREWS
    4.ANDRIES BEKKER
    5.VICTOR MATFIELD
    6.SCHALK BURGER
    7.WIKUS VAN HEERDEN (c)
    8.JOE VAN NIEKERK

    16.D.COETZEE
    17.CJ VD LINDE
    18.ALBERT VD BERGH
    19.AJ VENTER

  • 444.the_taurus: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 20:17 pm

    HSG,
    du Randt en Andrews are injured :/ so is Danie Coetzee, so its Shimmie time. CJ also injured hahah so its Spehaka on loose, Jannie du Plessis is going to be a one-test wonder, and it still isn’t yet obvious which prop will be on the bench, but carstens is the one yet not injured, our tightheads CJ, BJ and Eddie are out – BJ for half int’l season, and i have a feeling its going to be Muller over Bekker, time will tell.

  • 445.sharks_lover: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 21:18 pm

    min gepla youll leave fourie out the team??
    **** ur more stupid then i though you compare olivier to fourie ???? hell you truelly should go back to school

  • 446.sharks_lover: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 21:20 pm

    fact is all you clowns happy about smit will cry soon
    he is the best hooker in sa and strongest scrumager proven fact and he is the best capt but then again what would you know?>? you only see the team you support

  • 447.the_taurus: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 23:11 pm

    chill shark lover…

    to whom was post 446 addressed??:> I do not know anybody who thinks that Smit isn’t the number one man for the boks, and at jersey 2.

    Relac its only the cape guys who keep whinging for the oversight of Brits and Watson. Forget what people say, the truth is that everybody knows that Smit is the answer at hooker for the boks, and also a great captain plus test level player.

    And don’t fume over the olivier/fourie thing… some people do have fantasies, but they will remain fantasies, not everybody has good rugby knowledge. And i guess it is obvious who’s who position is. However, we Bulls, are proud of Olivier and we believe (or dream for that matter)that he should be the impact bok centre.

  • 448.the_taurus: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 23:12 pm

    *who’s what

  • 449.Mackie: Reply to this comment
    24 May 2006, 23:17 pm

    Come now man!
    Honestly, we have a few hookers in the Bok squad.
    If Smit is seriously needed or missed in the world pack game, then please call it all off! Gary Botha will more than do the job, **** even that Shimmy oke might be ok. VOK Keo, please boet!

  • 450.ddrek: Reply to this comment
    25 May 2006, 04:54 am

    Smit is our skipper,and no other bok called up hooker has quit proved himself in the big games.
    I mean really stood up to be counted. Bulls fans will scream Botha but has he been outstanding? At times Smit has and he is our captain. Captaincy is important,say DUH,so perhaps this is Keo’s thinking….altho not clear.
    Suddenly we’ll be thinking about Wikus as trial capt and whoever else…it’ll all be a wait and see,wheras we know what we get with JS….relative consistency with some very very solid performances and leadership quite often when we need it.
    So,it is an issue.

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