SA’s miracle man
14 Feb 2007
Schalk Burger always knew he would return to the game after his career-threatening neck injury.
Speaking in the new issue of SA Rugby magazine, on sale Wednesday, the Bok flank said he’d put his faith in his doctors, and not the media.
“Reading those articles in the press did nothing for my confidence, and I remember being very scared and nervous before the operation. But I knew I’d be all right, having spoken to a couple of doctors who had assessed my injury and assured me the operation would be a success.”
Burger also explains what he did with himself during his time away from the game, and what he wants to achieve in 2007.
Also in the new issue of SA Rugby magazine:
– New scrum laws: Ollie le Roux, Gary Botha and BJ Botha give their verdicts
– Last chance saloon: The superstars Jake can’t ignore
– NEW! World Cup experts: Corne Krige on the All Blacks, Shaun Sowerby on the Poms
– Wikus van Heerden: Why I left the Lions
– On call with Doctor Jannie du Plessis
– The rise of Lions prop Heinke van der Merwe
– Troy Flavell”s All Black ambition
– Peter Hewat’s message to the Wallaby selectors: Give me a go!
– Boks Sevens captain Jonathan Mokuena
– Naas explains why Brent Russell shouldn’t have been promised the Stormers No 10 jersey
PLUS: Giant 2007 fixtures poster
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13 Feb 2007, 09:52 am
wls
Some problems among senior and junior players too, I hear.
Team spirit is low apparently.
I agree with David, the players must also pull their weight, too many ‘wannabee stars’.
Luke Watson will do better without the burden of the captaincy and at nr 6, I think.
Nic Mallett must no put his foot down and get something done about those poor forwards.
Get the Boland guys involved, including Rudie Joubert and Andries Human.
Paarwater has lost it.
13 Feb 2007, 09:56 am
Have all you boys lined up your gifts for your ladies for tomorrow?
13 Feb 2007, 10:06 am
What gifts, Dawn?
13 Feb 2007, 10:07 am
Ballantine’s day!
13 Feb 2007, 10:09 am
KWV – Jean se pa is beslis nie Pieter de Villiers nie.
13 Feb 2007, 10:09 am
With the fallout of the Fidentia scandal there should be opportunity for the Stormers to bolster their squad with Bolanders that may find themselves at a loose end. Andries Human will go a long way to providing some menace at tighthead if they can secure his services. On the coaching front one has to feel that Nick Mallett has pulled the wool over Kobus vd Merwes eyes. By steppping back from the mess that was the Stormers Super 14 campaign last year, he has made vd Merwe soley responsible for the disaster that is the 2007 Stormers. Mallett could now be in a position to axe vd Merwe and introduce new blood in the coaching department. Perhaps a look in for Alan Solomons, one of the more successfull WP coaches and old partner of Mallett. Failing this Rudy Joubert could also become available. Kobus vd Merwe was not good enough last year and will in my humble opinion never be good enough. That he has returned to the dismally unsuccessful loose forward setup of seasons past shows that he lacks a decent understanding of what is required at this level.
13 Feb 2007, 10:10 am
O, ja sy pa se naam is Andre.
13 Feb 2007, 10:15 am
Rastafox, I also start to think that he is out of his league.
It is just shoking for a team not to score a try in 160min of rugby.
There is Rudi Joubert, and then you have players like Andries and Ruaan du Preez(3), Jacques Schutte(10) and Dewey Swartbooi(13). Boland already lost Nel Fourie.
But on the other hand, Fester did not want them before the S14, not even in his larger squad, so I can’t see that he will be interested in them now.
13 Feb 2007, 10:20 am
Alan Solomons went to coach Northants, signed up his favourite thug (Corny Krige) as his captain and the two of them rode that club right down into the relegation zone before they both got fired.
13 Feb 2007, 10:20 am
Truth be told EX PLAYER a Stormers callup could proove a kiss of doom for any Bolanders that become available!!!
13 Feb 2007, 10:21 am
Dawn,
Is that what you call it?
Is it every year?
13 Feb 2007, 10:21 am
Tackles
One would hazard to say that any option could be a better option for the Stormers.
13 Feb 2007, 10:24 am
Wanna take this blogg to say the following:
Joost: Making fun of a SA team having a bad start is awfull taste d**s!!
If my memory serves me right, were you not part of the samoosa Bulls team a few yaers ago???
Finishin dead bottom with 2 log points?
So rather be constructive than destructive… you plonker!!!
13 Feb 2007, 10:25 am
EP,
Jacques Schutte has been tried and tested and found wanting.
13 Feb 2007, 10:27 am
Rudi Joubert??? LMFAO
13 Feb 2007, 10:28 am
Stormers will have to get rid of Kobus. If we lose another game at home they must get rid of him for good. Eish eish , what’s going on in Cape Town , please tell me that.
13 Feb 2007, 10:38 am
KvdM will not be fired, because they don’t want to disrupt the team’s momentum…
The Stormers are building for the semi’s…
The Stormers want to start as slowly as possible. This way, their performance can only show an upward curve…
13 Feb 2007, 10:44 am
That is SUCH a *** picture of Schalk on the cover. My goodness. What is the Magazine called? ***** eye for the hard body.
13 Feb 2007, 10:47 am
#68 – you spend too much time reading *** magazines.
13 Feb 2007, 10:51 am
KWV – Jacques Schutte was never tested.
Just like Maruis Joubert never played for the Stormers when he was with Boland, but was starting when he signed for WP.
Same with Stefan Terreblance, and Riaan van Jaarsveld. They had to move to other unions S14 teams.
Not even when Boland beat WP 3 times in 1 season was there 1 Boland player in the team.
WP offered Hannes de Kok a contract. He would have been the no.1 8th man for the Stormers, but when he did not sign, he was not in the 40 man squad.
13 Feb 2007, 11:05 am
jacques schutte really should be an obvious choice at flyhalf for the stormers. but just like jake white didnt wanna pick luke, it seems now that kobus doesnt wanna pick any bolanders.
kobus does not deserve to win one game this season with his attitude. what an ideal opportunity to give brent a run at flyhalf this weekend. now he uses peter grant again. seems its the same story as last season. one game naas ,one game peter. two games naas. two games peter…
13 Feb 2007, 11:17 am
looks like a good issue.
13 Feb 2007, 11:24 am
Jacques Schutte played for the Sharks and did nothing.
Stormers need a miracle, not average players.
13 Feb 2007, 11:29 am
fok,
not even brent is the answer for the stormers, want brent is nie eens ‘n flyhalf nie. people keep comparing him to gitaeu – maybe only because of their size, but gitaeu can kick out of hand, to touch and for poles. brentt had how many years to practice this and still needs a chance…
13 Feb 2007, 11:42 am
Keo,
Funny you guys haven’t posted anything about McKeevers hearing?
13 Feb 2007, 11:44 am
Red, who ?
13 Feb 2007, 11:48 am
KWV,maybe if Brent was given a chance at 10 he could prove you wrong.
The guy has been fucked around since 2002.
13 Feb 2007, 11:49 am
Give him ONE position and stick with him for a season.
13 Feb 2007, 11:52 am
#63 Having listened to Joost comment on the Bulls, Cheetahs game, I am more convinced than ever that his playing ability had more to do with luck than actually being able to “read” the game.
Joost should leave the commentary to guys who actually know something about the game. As a matter of fact, I think he should immigrate to Oz. He is clearly biased toward the Bulls.
He managed to flabbergast Mr Blayden on a couple of occasions with his “joostisms”, so much so that I thought I accidentally hit the mute button on my remote on a couple of occasions.
Hugh should ask Supersport to never have him share the mic with Joost ever again, he is destroying all the credibility that Hugh managed to gain over the years.
13 Feb 2007, 11:53 am
Joost for president ………. of Itraq
13 Feb 2007, 11:54 am
Teacher to the class: “Who said ‘We’ll fight them on the beaches etc…….”
Peter: “Jan van Riebeck”
Teacher: “No”
********: “Winston Churchill, ma’m”
Teacher: “Well done, you’re very clever “.
Johnny….under his breath…: “That f….Pakistani”
Teacher: “Who said that?”
Johnny: “Herschelle Gibbs ma’am”
13 Feb 2007, 11:56 am
If Brent was that serious about 10 he could’ve improved his kicking already. He’s always left out because of goalkicking options, so that’s his own fault.
13 Feb 2007, 11:56 am
Keo
Can you guys update us on the Spears please. We had so much news about them last year and as soon as they were chucked out, you guys followed the SARU and kept quiet.
Have some balls people and challenge the SARU paper pushers to speak out on what they promised.
13 Feb 2007, 11:59 am
Its coming Skunk.
13 Feb 2007, 12:03 pm
Shot Ig.
13 Feb 2007, 12:06 pm
82:The Sharks have kicking fullback,why the **** should he learn how to kick.Has Larkem?
13 Feb 2007, 12:07 pm
I honestly think Tackler has serious marital problems. Thats the only way to explain the hogwash he trumpets day in and out on Keo.
13 Feb 2007, 12:13 pm
londonshark,
No Larkham hasn’t, but AUS/Brumbies have/had numerous options – Gitaeu, Mortlock, Rogers, Gerrard, Roff.
b4 Percy came back to the sharks, Butch or whoever played 10, was the placekicker as well.
He should learn how to kick because it’s counting against him.
13 Feb 2007, 12:14 pm
86
When Brent was at the Sharks he had no kicking fullback. at times they had to play a flyhalf at wing to have kicking options. the truth is that he is also partly to blame. When people complained about his size he bulked up. Why now does he not work on his kicking game as it is the main reason for him being on the bench everywhere.
13 Feb 2007, 12:15 pm
naas plays for the stormers and does nothing. peter grant doesnt do anything special either. maybe they shouldve invested in willem de waal instead of sireli naqelavuki. still jacques schutte is worth a shot. how many shots did naas get? btw boland deserve the trouble they are in now because look how they wasted R15m . 1. employ rudy joubert while hawies fourie led them to multiple vodacom cup victories amongst others.
2. employ plodders like nel fourie quinin davids etc. and kobus actually thought about nel fourie at flyhalf for a sec or two. thank jehova nel fourie left the boland.
13 Feb 2007, 12:16 pm
Hell AUS even had John Eales to kick for poles.
13 Feb 2007, 12:22 pm
fok,
it doesn’t help replacing one average player with another. I also mentioned the Sireli “investment” while they have enough talent on the wing on another thread. Why did WP/Stormers not invest in someone like Michalak like the Sharks who have enough options at 10?
13 Feb 2007, 12:30 pm
Is it my imagination or does Brent sport a moustache (which I didn’t notice before)?
And since we are revisiting the Spears saga (again, sigh), does it not make sense for the Stormers to make way for the Spears?
13 Feb 2007, 12:39 pm
michalak. now your talking kwv. for that matter why did they not invest in **** muir before the sharks grabbed him? i do not see willem de waal as average. he just need to work a little on his rough edges and he can be the akin to dan carter.
at least with him wp will have a realistic chance of winning the currie cup, although probably not the super 14. if you meant jacques as average, then i would simply urge you not to judge him on his career at the sharks but rather on his current one at boland. even if he is average, maybe boland average players should get picked for a chance instead of wp average players. i remember jacques impressing me while playing at the pumas. he has talent which he has shown on the field. yet looking at naas I dont see the same potential. i simply look at potential not stability.
13 Feb 2007, 12:47 pm
fok,
Willem would have added something. Don’t know why they got russell…maybe they like buying ex wp players back from other unions ala schalk brits and the rest. schalk and brent are the same – they’ll give you the odd break (with someone running in support if they’re lucky, maybe even a try) but their primary purpose they fail to deliver.
13 Feb 2007, 12:48 pm
tradisie,
stem saam oor jacques schutte, hy is nog relatief jonk, en ek is seker sal meer opsies bied as naas,
naas skop goed maar is verder ‘n gemiddelde vodavom cup speler.
13 Feb 2007, 12:58 pm
Jannie du Plessis is a doctor? not bad for a prop.
13 Feb 2007, 13:03 pm
13gerber
if rassie didn’t replace him on saturday, wessel would have made him a pasient
13 Feb 2007, 13:09 pm
Ben Trovato’s “On the Run” column
Best not to let loose the apes of wrath…
Ted called me on Saturday night, gibberingly drunk as usual, and told me a new study has revealed that male chimpanzees slap their girlfriends around as a way of keeping them on the straight and narrow. Then the line went dead.
The news got me thinking. Unlike witch-burning, wife-beating hasn’t much declined in popularity among the less evolved of our own species. Men who work with their hands (if they work at all) have for centuries used assault and battery as a way of ensuring that their women remain loving and faithful.
The landed gentry have traditionally controlled their women by hitting them where it really hurts – their line of credit. Withdrawing Gold Card privileges is frequently more effective than a bludgeoning. For a start, it saves on medical expenses and rarely leaves unsightly stains on the carpet.
However, educated men are increasingly incorporating a little violence into their disciplinary code of conduct. Some analysts believe this trend of mixing and matching is a direct response to Oprah’s clandestine campaign to get Hillary Clinton into the White House and thus pave the way for women to take over the world.
Entry-level wife-beaters need to remember that spousal abuse is no longer the brutal sport it was when our parents were young. The application of minimal force through the use of smart slaps has become the feng shui of home-based violence. The Japanese even have a name for it – they call it karate, the way of the empty hand – although they practice something else when it comes to killing whales.
Punches are passé and, to be honest, a bit rude. Traditional weapons like baseball bats and 9mm pistols are also on their way out as men discover that it is better to lie back and accept the gratitude of a repentant woman than it is to spend your evening filling out paperwork at the casualty ward or having to take off work to appear on homicide charges in front of a judge who is drunk on power or vodka.
The open-handed slap is the workhorse of domestic violence and remains a firm favourite among primates of all ages, from fly-blown African villages to the castles of Constantia.
Sensitive, artistic men, like architects, for instance, often take pride in utilising the full range of slaps as they apply to different situations. Unlike a semi-literate welder who comes home early and finds his wife watching Jerry Springer instead of doing the laundry. Rather than using a low-intensity *****-slap with marginal wrist action, he opts for the big-swing straight-arm flattie-whack with full follow-through. This is the mother of all slaps and should be reserved for special occasions, such as infidelity.
Should your wife be one of those skittish types who tend to bolt at the first sign of trouble, it is considered good etiquette to give her a head start. Two minutes is usually sufficient for the small to medium-sized woman. However, if she is one of those gargantuan behemoths whose idea of exercise is to open and close the fridge door 70 times a day, you might want to give her a bit longer. Like 20 years.
Husband-beating, on the other hand, is still in its infancy. This is largely because most men lack the capacity to appreciate the lighter side of physical abuse when they are on the receiving end.
Unlike wife-beating, etiquette plays a secondary role in husband-beating. Because women are physically weaker than men, the use of blunt objects is not frowned upon.
However, if you are stronger than your husband, it would be only fair to rely on your innate weapons – your vicious tongue and supersonic voice, both of which can be equally damaging.
You may also want to take a closer look at your sexuality. Marrying a man whom you can overpower with one arm behind your back sends disturbing signals on a number of levels.
For a start, it suggests that you care not a fig for the traditional masculine/feminine divide. Fair enough. But be warned. Too much bullying raises a man’s oestrogen levels. It’s bad enough that he can’t find your g-spot. Do you really want him to start misplacing the car keys as well?
If you are a normal woman, it is likely that you will have small hands and feet. These are useless when it comes to husband-beating. As a relative of the cat family, you would do better to use your teeth and nails.
When you apply your teeth to your husband, his nerve endings will send out a message. Not, as you might expect, to his brain.
The message first goes to his *****, which will then analyse the message.
Depending on how much he has had to drink, your husband will respond in one of two ways.
Either his ***** will interpret the biting as foreplay and he will become aroused, or it will forward a new message to his brain indicating that the biting is an act of war and that his ***** wants no part of this terrible business.
Since you are meant to be disciplining him, it is unlikely that you would want his ***** to misread the situation. Bite hard, but not so hard that you end up with a mouthful of flesh. That would be poor etiquette.
Avoid quick, random bites. You are not a piranha fish. And steer clear of erogenous zones. When it comes to men, this leaves you with two options – the top of his head (hard to grip unless you are a snaggle-toothed freak of nature) or the fleshy bit on his elbow.
Anywhere else and you risk turning him on.
Disclaimer: I am not an advocate of domestic violence. Instead, I have always found that conflicts are best resolved through the use of cold, stony silences.
13 Feb 2007, 13:10 pm
I don’t know. Somehow all the Jacques and Jannies and Wessels and Danies and Piets all look the same.
Can’t tell them apart!
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