Chavhanga sent home
25 May 2006
Springbok wing Tonderai Chavhanga has been released from the national squad training camp in Bloemfontein.
The speedster joined the training camp with an unresolved right groin muscle tear, which requires further treatment and rehabilitation, an SA Rugby statement said.
He will undergo immediate medical treatment and rehabilitation under supervision of his provincial team’s medical staff in Cape Town.
Bryan Habana (ankle sprain) and Bakkies Botha (lower limb muscle injury) were both examined by the Springbok medical team.
Both players are receiving medical care and rehabilitation and should resume training on successful completion of a series of fitness tests.
25 Comments
25 May 2006, 07:00 am
He will not be missed.
25 May 2006, 07:23 am
No major loss there.
25 May 2006, 07:26 am
Bring back James how’s your father.
25 May 2006, 08:15 am
Any coincidence that 1time have dropped their flights to Bloem to R99?
25 May 2006, 08:19 am
This poor guy has hardly played any rugby, since becoming available for SA. He is injury prone– pulls a muscle running out of the tunnel, HOW COME??
25 May 2006, 08:46 am
It seems to happen to a lot of our black players, especially in cricket. The only one that seems to have got through is Makaya Ntini. All the others apparently suffer from a younger life poor diet, lack of proper vitamins , proteins, etc. This apparently can cause premature breakdowns in muscle and bone strenghth. The same process that happens to birds of prey called rickets. It has happened to Ngam, etc.
25 May 2006, 08:47 am
Time for Akona and Odwa to set the stage alight !!!!
25 May 2006, 08:49 am
Kyer
Do you know if the soccer players also suffer the same problems.
25 May 2006, 08:52 am
Not sure about soccer. Most of our best soccer players do come out of the greater Gauteng area, which generally did not suffer as severe food problems as say The Eastern Cape or Zimbabwe rural areas. Judging the state of our football and results, I don’t want to comment.
25 May 2006, 08:53 am
Thats one injury that I dont mind, feel sorry for Chavhanga. Not his fault that he is in the squad ahead of better players
25 May 2006, 08:56 am
He should not been there IN THE FIRST PLACE. good riddance.
25 May 2006, 08:59 am
Shame. At least he had a chance. He could probably be the whole Zimbabwean team by himself. What happened to their rugby?
25 May 2006, 09:31 am
Call dr Noakes, how can this guy suffer from burnout ???
25 May 2006, 09:41 am
Don’t know why he was there in the first place.
Maybe now a winger who can at least catch and tackle will be selected.
either of the twins will do.
25 May 2006, 10:31 am
thats not bad news,
maybe we can get a wing who can catch a high ball and kick a ball.
i know jake says nothing beats speed, but what use is speed when you are knocking on in your own 22?
25 May 2006, 11:27 am
i think you’re being a bit hard on the oke….All the Wp players were ****…. especially their backs, so I believe JW can turn Chavanga in a try scoring machine!! The Ndungane twins are not set for international stage yet…
25 May 2006, 12:05 pm
Good comment Provvas, he is a good prospect. I just think he needs to play more and maybe this break will do him good. Problem is that if he recovers and starts to play for WP he will be coached by Fester.
Now that can not be a good thing for any player…
25 May 2006, 12:39 pm
Provvas yes he can change him into a try scoring machine. He just needs to teach him how to catch a bloody ball.
Perhaps Gus has had a negative impact on him down in Cape Town…
25 May 2006, 12:50 pm
all you guys are forgetting how good this guy was when in his debut season last year. the guy has serious pace, on par with habana, and can tackle like a machine. he just has to work on his defensive positioning.
he’s not in form now because he keeps on getting injured. all his injuries over the past year have been lower body, probably due to getting big too quickly in the gym. jake wanted him big and fast and it seems as he’s stuffed his body up trying to do this.
25 May 2006, 14:13 pm
He was under the supervision of the WP medical staff for about a year now, if they could not get it right yet why the hell do they think they will now?
25 May 2006, 14:45 pm
Hey PA
long time man …
What have the WP staff gottten right in the last 3 years??
They suck.
25 May 2006, 15:23 pm
major… no loss
25 May 2006, 15:44 pm
So what is the REAL reason? of course they need to fabricate a sound reason for sending a quota back packing, but that’s not the reason
Chavanga looked pretty healthy to me last outing, as always avoided any tackle or being tackled.
25 May 2006, 16:11 pm
#23 onlooker
do you call outpacing everyone and scoring a try as “avoiding being tackled”. I saw chavanga at school back in zimbabawe.he was a tackling machine and a running machine. jake is the right person to coach get him to be a world beater. He will come back soon enough and destroy!
29 May 2006, 14:11 pm
i would relly like to know by MR WHITE why watson is left out the bok team, to this day is has still not given a valid reason ? lukewhoestalking III
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