Big Joe makes biggest statement
5 Jun 2006
Joe van Niekerk was the biggest winner from Saturday’s Springbok XV win against the World XV.
Van Niekerk, forced out of the end of year tour in 2005, made a belated start to the Vodacom Super 14. He played well, but lost ground in the final league match against the Bulls and sentiment about the No 8 Bok jumper seemed to favour the Bulls Jacques Cronje or Pedrie Wanneburg.
However, Van Niekerk may have done just enough to be given the run on responsibility in the first test against Scotland in a pack that will show a probable five changes to the one that struggled against the World XV.
Os du Randt, John Smit, Victor Matfield, Schalk Burger and Juan Smith are all expected to start, with White’s only decision being who gets the No 8 jersey.
Among the backs Breyton Paulse will replace Gaffie du Toit on the wing and Fourie du Preez’s more effective kicking game will mean a start ahead of Ricky Januarie.
It is Van Niekerk’s form, though, that would have given White some consolation from the debacle at Ellis Park.
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5 Jun 2006, 14:47 pm
okes JdV ripped the ball off one of their forwards too…wasn’t it Chabal?
5 Jun 2006, 14:51 pm
yoda, fair comment re Fourie
5 Jun 2006, 14:51 pm
Speaking of Chabal!!! That guy is an animal!
5 Jun 2006, 14:52 pm
Threads are more boring than Saturday’s game.
Does Jaques Fourie dye his hair black?
5 Jun 2006, 14:53 pm
Tony Mondeo
Ya chabal is awesome, has been all season, surely laporte will have to pick him in the starting lineup for france after that display
5 Jun 2006, 14:54 pm
Zinto
And I suppose you would be the coach! You would be dangerous if you had only half a brain.
5 Jun 2006, 14:56 pm
Dawn
Joking right, nothing is more boring than that game! I was in a “losie” and all the free booze and food couldn’t even make me excited about watching that ****!
5 Jun 2006, 14:59 pm
Zinto,
Jongi? Jongi? That must be a hoax post. But the rightly inclusion of Pienaar and JP throws me off a bit.
5 Jun 2006, 15:00 pm
Yoda,luckily I was at a bar, so I could drink to keep myself entertained.
5 Jun 2006, 15:01 pm
how sad that we had a referee on saturday with an attitude problem
it was well known that henning is a useless ref and the refs society have to own upon what grounds they made this feeble selection
the fact is that if it was his last game but he should never have had a first
we are not the only nation that has suffered when he blew
i bet you the refs society will not utter a word
5 Jun 2006, 15:06 pm
BlueBlood
Was also drinking alot, but almost fell asleep in any case, hope i never watch such KAK again. Tappe is gone now, so these type of games should be a thing of the past…
5 Jun 2006, 16:08 pm
tappa tappa jou kloof
5 Jun 2006, 16:10 pm
Zinto dude, stop cooking **** on a spoon and injecting it into your eyeballs. its bad for you.
5 Jun 2006, 16:13 pm
The 2 tests agains Scotland is the ideal situation to play Butch for 50 minutes in each game and Jaco for 30 minutes in each game. The winner should then fight it out with Pretoors agains France!!!
5 Jun 2006, 16:14 pm
I hear Tappet has been offered the role of Ouboet in the new Orknie Snorknie series
5 Jun 2006, 16:26 pm
jb
lol
5 Jun 2006, 16:33 pm
Did you hear the one about when Tappe came out the closet
5 Jun 2006, 22:01 pm
Zinto,
I agree with some exeptions. This is my team that would beat any Jake White Squad.
15. Thinus Delport
14. Bryton Paulse
13. Japie Mulder
12. Pieter Muller
11. Pieter Rossouw
10. Braam v/ Straaten
9. Joost v/d Westhuizen
8. Anton Leanard
7. Andre Venter
6. Corne Krige
5. Mark Andrews
4. Krynouw Otto
3. Cobus Visagie
2. Naka Drotske
1. Robbie Kempson
16. James Dulton
17. Adrian Garvey
18. Quinton Davids
19. Andre Vos
20. Bolla Conradie
21. Jannie De Beer
22. Mc Neil Hendriks
To some of you names like Mc Neil Hendricks, Krynouw Otto and Robbie Kempson might be infermilar but I asure you, They have all worn the green and gold before.
6 Jun 2006, 08:25 am
Here’s my team that would beat any Jake side:
Carl Hayman
Kevin Mealamu
Neemia Tialata
chris Jack
Jason Eaton
Jerry Collins
Richie Macaw
Rodney So’oialo
Piri Weepu
Dan Carter
Siti Sivivatu
Aaron Mauger
Ma’a Nonu
Doug Howlett
Mils Muliaina
Subs Bench probably unnecessary
6 Jun 2006, 08:46 am
My all star team of the modern era:
15.) Andre Joubert
14.) James Small
13.) Andre Snyman
12.) Hennie le Roux
11.) Pieter Rossouw
10.) Henri Honniball
9.) Joost van der Westhuysen
8.) Gary Teichman (c)
7.) Andre Venter
6.) Rassie Erasmus
5.) Mark Andrews
4.) Selborne Boome
3.) Faan Reutenbach
2.) James Dalton
1.) Robbie Kempson
6 Jun 2006, 09:00 am
ricane
we’ll know soon enough. dont be so overconfident, just because the blacks beat some **** teams on the EOYT doesnt say you’ll be able to beat SA or Aus for that matter. It doesnt matter that you guys can can play with 4 different teams on tour. All that counts is the 15 on the field…
6 Jun 2006, 10:31 am
RugbyStudent,
I will replace Selborne with Kobus Wise and also bring in Os and Willie Meyer in the front row.
This is a purely 90′s onward all time team, sure there were better players before our/my time.
6 Jun 2006, 11:39 am
Rugbystudent….I generally enjoy uour team posts but PLEASEeplace Slappuke Rossouw with Habana. Even those that think Habana’s defence is poor…..well its brutal compared to Slappes.
Any side w Slappes in has made me almost bald. I couldnt take it anymore I nearly gave up watching rugger. then he went away ,THEN he came back and thank God nobody picked him.
Then he quietly embarressed slipped into retirement.
I know he could score tries at time but never was there a player more dangerous to the bok cause aswell.
Altho Percy’s slipped try to Nacewa gave me the madman hit my head against a wall feeling that Slaptjips always gave me.
If anyone ever mentions him in posts my skin prickles.
6 Jun 2006, 11:43 am
ricane, don’t be ridiculous, our 3rd stringers would whip that bunch.
6 Jun 2006, 12:38 pm
I would still play AJ ahead of Chemical Joe, with Spies on the bench.
6 Jun 2006, 12:41 pm
Rugbystudent,
Jy weet nie veel van rugby af as jy Ruben Kruger uitlaat nie…
Wat van Krynauw Otto, Os, Chester, Johan heunis, Uli,etc?
7 Jun 2006, 08:20 am
Stan
Those are my picks Stan, not yours, you can pick whoever you want. The combination of Teichman, Venter and Erasmus was the best combination of looseforwards in the world at the time! I never liked Kobus Wiese gameplay.
ddrek
I’ll pick Slappes, anyday. Habana hasn’t done much but finish. Even when slappes lost his pace, he was still creating things ou of nothing. No matter how much you guys don’t like him, simply because he played on the edge, you have to look at his track record and see the teams he formed part of and ask Nick Mallet, who he rates along with Rassie Erasmus.
7 Jun 2006, 08:21 am
Stan, I said the MODERN ERA? Why don’t you put in Carel du Plessis, Rob Louw, Naas Botha also on your list!
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