Back row blues for Gold

Back row blues for Gold

24 Jul 2007

Luke Watson has failed a fitness test and will be out of action for the next two weeks.

The Western Province captain suffered a knee injury in the dying minutes of Saturday’s loss to the Blue Bulls. After several tests and a visit to a specialist he has been excluded from the Cheetahs game in Bloemfontein.

Francois Louw is also sidelined due to a neck injury while a call still needs to be made on Tonderai Chavhanga, who took a nasty knock to the head last weekend.

Coach Gary Gold will now have to decide on the make-up of his back row. Gerrie Britz is likely to hang onto the No 7 jersey as he provides some much needed strength and height in the line-out, but the other two spots are less certain. Justin Melck is available, but he may play openside with Robbie Diack slotting in at No 8.

Another option is to start young Pieter Myburgh at 6 with either Melck or Diack packing down at the back of the scrum.

The WP team to play Free State will be announced on Thursday afternoon.


11 Comments

  • 1.Twig: Reply to this comment
    24 Jul 2007, 15:29 pm

    OR, Justin Melck could start at 7, the position that he made his own last season, and Gerrie Britz can get his fat *** back to the bench.

  • 2.Ig: Reply to this comment
    24 Jul 2007, 16:45 pm

    Melck is still suspended ?! Give Pieter Louw the spot, he looks like a solid grafter.

  • 3.JUSM: Reply to this comment
    24 Jul 2007, 17:04 pm

    proooooblems

  • 4.cyberscamp: Reply to this comment
    24 Jul 2007, 17:49 pm

    Man! This is where a coach’s mettle is really tested!

  • 5.Supa Die Bloubul: Reply to this comment
    24 Jul 2007, 18:45 pm

    Good news! Luke is ruining rugby.

  • 6.Alicamousa: Reply to this comment
    24 Jul 2007, 20:06 pm

    Francois Louw didn’t play last week, so I hope you really mean he is injured and not Pieter Louw.

    Anyway – Melck, Diack, Hendricks, Pieter Louw and Myburgh are all acceptable replacements.

  • 7.sparticus: Reply to this comment
    24 Jul 2007, 21:07 pm

    bring in karemaker !!

  • 8.TheTackler: Reply to this comment
    25 Jul 2007, 00:12 am

    So the over-rated little “honorary black” fella has “transformed” himself into a sicknote of Jonny Wlikenson proportions, by the look of it?

  • 9.AG Musgrove: Reply to this comment
    25 Jul 2007, 04:05 am

    Jeez Mr Tackler

    You’re a bit rough mate.

    If you dont think these message boards aren’t monitored then you are absolutely stupid.

    How many similar observations and messages of similar ilk over the media do you feel it will take before your rugby team is again selected on a racila basis and again you are excluded.

    Grow up NOW and pull your head and your brainless comments in.

  • 10.TheTackler: Reply to this comment
    25 Jul 2007, 06:25 am

    In a free world it’s still OK to ask questions, isn’t it?

  • 11.AG Musgrove: Reply to this comment
    25 Jul 2007, 07:03 am

    TheTackler
    Most are capable of asking questions without being pigheadedly offensive as you were.

Keo.co.za has always promoted uncensored views, but has never tolerated racist or crass outbursts. Come on guys and girls. If you can't moderate yourselves or each other then I am going to be forced to regulate the posts and enforce a registration process for comments. The choice is yours.

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