More strike power for WP
14 Jul 2006
Despite losing Peter Grant’s creative skills in the midfield, the Cape Town side have gained plenty of running in Sevens star Sarel Potgieter.
In the absence of Grant, Corne Uys will move into the inside channel, while the 22-year-old former Sevens specialist will wear the No 13 jersey in his second appearance at this level.
“It will be incredibly exciting to see what Sarel can produce,” Western Province technical director Gary Gold told keo.co.za. “He has a terrific pedigree and has been playing some good rugby with the Vodacom Cup side this season.”
The loss of Grant was a big blow to the WP backline, as the partnership that had begun to grow between him and Naas Olivier has played a significant part in WP’s unexpected good form this season. Grant also played a major role as a kicker, and as a defender, he was solid.
Potgieter has the advantage of a prodigious boot, a valuable attribute that has seen him at flyhalf before. He is also able to run the 40m in under 5 seconds. Along with Gio Aplon, Joe Pietersen and Egon Seconds, the Province backs won’t be lacking any toe.
On defence, however, things are less certain, and the new centre combination may take some time to settle.The shifting of Uys to inside centre may be an experimental move, but Gold is confident that the player has other qualities that may be an asset to the midfield.
“Corne is a very vocal player,” Gold explained. “Naas and Peter are often criticised for being too quiet in the channel, while Corne likes to make a noise. From an organisational point of view this can be very useful, as it improves the communication.”
Although WP will be without Grant, Marius Joubert and Jean de Villiers for the rest of the competition, there should still be a decent scrap for a midfield berth. Besides De Wet Barry on the bench, the Fijian Sireli Naqelevuki is set to join the WP squad on July 22.
By Jon Cardinelli
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14 Jul 2006, 18:38 pm
Hmm is jy daar?
14 Jul 2006, 18:39 pm
Dooooooos is koning…..ek bedoel Paul is koning!!
Niks aaklig teen jou bedoel nie KingPaul!!
14 Jul 2006, 18:40 pm
Speak to us you Sewage Surfer….
14 Jul 2006, 18:40 pm
Ek het try nice wees met die ou. Wou net weet hoekom hy so kwaad is. Toe klim hy sommer in my keel af. Ag nee a.
14 Jul 2006, 18:41 pm
van wie praat jy KP?
14 Jul 2006, 18:42 pm
Sien almal more.
14 Jul 2006, 18:43 pm
Daai flippen Niknaks mannetjie
14 Jul 2006, 18:44 pm
Stan,
Wanner kom jy weer na Petoorsdorp, ….Augustus??
14 Jul 2006, 18:45 pm
Ja, begin Aug.
KP, ignoreer hom Hy is moedswillig en verstaan afrikaans baie goed. hy soek net aandag.
14 Jul 2006, 18:46 pm
sewerage surfer !? well done stanley! you get extra points for that one. have a nice evening …. enjoy the brandy and cursing the new SA when you scurry back behind the electric fences of your compound.
grootbloumond
are those the only two alternatives your pigeon-hole mind can think up ? disappointing considering you are a man of so many professions
14 Jul 2006, 18:47 pm
Lol, OK. Voorspoed met more se game. Julle behoort maklik te wen. Ek is nie so seker van my WP span nie. Wel ‘n goeie span, maar die cheetas lyk donners goed deesdae.
14 Jul 2006, 18:49 pm
You certainly skirt the questions nicely niknacks mannetjie…..you must be very shy of your background / herritage / lineage!
14 Jul 2006, 18:49 pm
Selfde daar.
14 Jul 2006, 18:51 pm
If I were you (and thank the Good Lord I’m not), I would also have been shy to disclose the hole my ancestors crawled from!!
14 Jul 2006, 18:58 pm
i don’t see how its relevant ….. they weren’t knuckledraggers though …
14 Jul 2006, 19:04 pm
niknacks,
That’s excactly where your ancestors made one of their line of mistakes, they never bred into good stock…..or if they had the inclination was never allowed above their obvious lack of class!!
As for relevancy…..you be the judge, obviously if you were proud, like me, you would’nt have minded that the whole world knew…..makes you think does’nt it….halfbreed!!
14 Jul 2006, 19:06 pm
nikky,
Do you even know who your real father…or mother was??
14 Jul 2006, 19:14 pm
Niknacks,
Did you have a human mother or father….
As an outsider, what do you think of the human race??
14 Jul 2006, 19:21 pm
niknacks,
It’s better that you left the site…..the truth could have been toooooo ugly!!
14 Jul 2006, 19:23 pm
grootblou
you have an unbelievable capacity to write sh-t. is this why you left the legal profession ? do butterworths know that you spend you time posting drivel ?
i guess it is possible that you are typing this at home … which would be plain sad. (although a better option than watching the **** lions …)
i am not leaving the office now and will not be closing my laptop and will not be not reading your posts. the reason i won’t be posting in reply is that your posts are ****.
except for the ones where you gizzed over little stanley. they were good. disturbing, but good.
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