Jouba jolts Toulouse
22 Dec 2007
Marius Joubert scored as Clermont stunned Toulouse in French Top 14 action.
Former Springbok centre Joubert has in the last month become a permanent fixture in Clermont’s starting XV, but Bok captain John Smit still has to be content to play a supporting role to Pumas hooker Mario Ledesma. Smit, for this top of the table clash, started among the reserves.
Clermont won 21-17 to end the unbeaten league run of Toulouse and the win could have been more decisive but for Brock James missing three kicks.
Joubert scored one of two tries for the victors, while another former Bok, Gaffie du Toit, kicked two conversions and a penalty for Toulouse. Du Toit started at flyhalf as Toulouse continue to search for a replacement for Frederic Michalak, who will play for the Sharks in the 2008 Super 14.
In English Premiership action Butch James’s fantastic start to his Bath career continues. The Bok flyhalf played a starring role in Bath’s 41-10 demolition of Leeds. James and former Cheetahs halfback Michael Claassens started as the No 9/10 combination and Claassens scored one of Bath’s five tries. England utility back Olly Barkley did the goalkicking and converted all five tries and added two penalties.
Former Stormers duo Neil de Kock and Brent Russell enjoyed strong matches in Saracens 27-20 win against Harlequins. De Kock, who scored an early try, again won praise for his leadership.
*Standings and league points after five rounds of the French Top 14
1. Toulouse 19
2. Clermont 17
3. Montpellier 16
4. Montauban 15
5. Bayonne 15
6. Biarritz 14
7. Stade Français 13
8. Bourgoin 11
9. Castres 9
10. Perpignan 8
11. Albi 8
12. Brive 7
13. Auch 6
14. Dax 6
36 Comments
22 Dec 2007, 18:28 pm
Good afternoon…
22 Dec 2007, 18:30 pm
F#$k it’s hot in Cape Town. Meltdown deluxe. Gimme Shelter…
22 Dec 2007, 18:40 pm
Don’t complain Jinx, here in NC we are sitting just above freezing.
22 Dec 2007, 19:09 pm
Expatinus
No complaints boetie…just sweltering…love is like a heat wave. Eish, its been 3 days of fire. Habanero chillies coming out of the sun in Cape Town.
Stay warm your side.
You come from Cherokee Indian country. North Carolina. Good on you.
22 Dec 2007, 19:19 pm
Must be real hot in CT, this site has never been so lethargic. Been on holidays for weeks already.
22 Dec 2007, 20:54 pm
Butch and Barkley are combining really well. Bath are top of the Premiership, 4 points clear.
1 Bath 8 7 0 1 215 133 31
2 Gloucester 7 6 0 1 214 131 27
3 Saracens 8 6 0 2 219 173 27
4 Harlequins 8 4 0 4 191 183 22
5 Leicester 7 5 0 2 165 128 21
6 Sale 7 4 0 3 147 136 19
7 Bristol 8 3 1 4 149 161 16
8 Wasps 8 2 2 4 171 164 15
9 Newcastle 7 3 0 4 121 153 14
10 London Irish 7 2 0 5 126 133 11
11 Leeds Carnegie 8 1 0 7 120 270 5
12 Worcester 7 0 1 6 118 191
22 Dec 2007, 20:56 pm
Brent Russell scored for Saracens today too.
22 Dec 2007, 21:29 pm
OMG we have some news! It’s been a long wait and then we get a handful of paragraphs.
22 Dec 2007, 21:31 pm
Keo should be based in Sweden, at least we’d get some news as you dont get as much time off over Christmas here.
22 Dec 2007, 21:54 pm
Keo lives!
22 Dec 2007, 22:31 pm
Neil De Kock also scored for Saracens.
Thinus Delport has ben replaced in the Worcester starting line-up by new arrival Rico Gear. One must feel for Delport since he has been a stalwart and major contributor for many years and led the Opta stats for many disciplines many times, as recently as two weeks ago! Pehaps a return to full back may be on the cards?
22 Dec 2007, 22:44 pm
It is worth mentioning that Nick Abendanon also scored for Bath – although he is an England international he is also SA born!
22 Dec 2007, 22:50 pm
The die hards. Enjoy the holidays boys and will see you in Feb for the start of the s14.
23 Dec 2007, 00:28 am
Eish, not much action here at the moment. Raining in Auckland (Now there’s a supprise!)
You boys (and gels) have yourselves a great Xmas and heres to a fantastic New Year for SA Rugby.
See you on the otherside
23 Dec 2007, 02:47 am
Jeez Keo, skimmed your site in between the 2 Rugby Heavens and Cricinfo and surprise, surprise a new post on Keo! For 5 days Kallis has been klapping and Matfield maneuvering – must be some kind of a record as these stories are normally gone the next day. Hope you and your colleagues have enjoyed the break – S14 lies around the corner.
23 Dec 2007, 03:35 am
Why haven’t the blimmin SA sides released their 30 man squads for the super 14 yet like NZ and Aus?
23 Dec 2007, 08:34 am
Well, the house is rocking,
don’t bother knocking…
23 Dec 2007, 09:37 am
#16 jaimie
In NZ and Aus players are centrally contracted and therefore allocated to the different franchises. Therefore he franchises need to know the players allocated to them.
In SA players are contracted by the franchises and therefore there is not the same situation.
23 Dec 2007, 10:52 am
……….I wonder whether John Smit is going to get enough quality game time at Clermont with Mario Ledesma there….. maybe he’s now sorry he ever moved to Clermont… we still need Barney in the Bokke setup, so regular gametime is issential…
Good to see that most of the other South Africans are doing so well there….
Can anybody tell me how Gary Botha is doing in the NH…. have’nt heard how he’s fitting in & playing…..
Keo or whomever, kindly put up a thread giving a rundown of ALL IMPORTANT South African rugby players playing in the NH and how they are doing, please
23 Dec 2007, 12:02 pm
Grootblou
Keo’s talking Turkey with Santa…he couldn’t give a fig for the rugby junkies.
Nice cool day in Cape Town…thank goodness…mellow 22 deg.
23 Dec 2007, 12:04 pm
# 19 here are just a few names for you to look out for:
SAcan born Rugby Players who were on the field in European Games
Cooke, Robbie – Brive
van der Merwe, Ryno – Brive
van Zyl, Johan – Brive
van Rensburg, Charl – Brive
Liebenberg, Vickus – Brive
Buys, Kevin – Brive
Winter, Russel – Newcastle
Coetzee, Rudi – Bourgoin
Jooste, Wessel – Bourgoin
Delport, Thinus – Worcester
Rawlinson, Greg – Worcester and New Zeeland
Payne, Shaun – Munster
Gerber, Sam – Bayonne
Deen, Jacques – Bayonne
Linde, Rob – Bayonne
Smit, John – Clermont-Auvergne
Joubert, Marius – Clermont-Auvergne
Esterhuizen, Grant – Clermont-Auvergne
Sowerby, Shaun – Toulouse
Du Toit, Gaffie – Toulouse
Human, Daan – Toulouse
Le Roux, Ollie – Leinster
Keil, Rudi – Sale
Wenzel, Marco- Leicester
Russel, Brent – Saracens
De Kock, Neil – Saracens
Viagie, Cobus – Saracens
Van der Merwe, DTH – Saracens
Abendanon, Nick – Bath and England
Stevens, Matt – Bath and England
James, Butch – Bath
Claassens, Michael – Bath
Ward, Lorne – Bath,
Dixon, Peter – Bath
Goosen, Marius – Treviso
Louw, Hottie – Treviso
Heidtman, Dale – Treviso
Catt, Mike – London Irish and England
Coetzee, Danie – London Irish
Rautenbach, Faan – London Irish
Mees, Johan – Toulouse or Clermont ?
Barry, De Wet – Harlequins
Botha, Gary – Harlequins
Luscombe, Hal – Harlequins and Wales
Montgomery, Percy – Perpignan
Britz, Gerrie – Perpignan
Meyer, Steve – Perpignan
Hume, Gavin – Perpignan
Snyman, Andre (?) – Perpignan
Coetzee, Eduard – Bairritz
Cronje, Jacques – Bairritz
Willemse, Ashwin – Biarritz
Thomas, Rhys – Dragons and Wales
Del Fava, Carlo – Ulster and Italy
De Villiers, Pieter – Stade Francais and France
Du Plooy, Boela – Stade Francais
Leibenberg, Brian – Stade Francais and France
Milton, Clyff – Stade Francais
Booyse, Ockert – Viadana
Eransmus, Jaco – Viadana
Geldenhuys, Quinton – Viadana
Rees, Grant – Montpellier
Britz, Warren – Montpellier
Thiart, Danie – Montpellier
Lubbe, Rickus – Montpellier
Wasserman, Johan – Montpellier
Welsh, Frikkie – Montpellier
Van Staaden, Eugene – Montpellier
Hancke, Drikus – Montpellier
Vosloo, Gerhard – Castre
Saayman, Daniel – Castre
Neethling, Marco – Parma
Winter, Abraham – Parma
Taylor, Brad (?SA)- Parma
Hough, Andre – Albi
Van der Westhuizen, Chrisjan – Albi
Meyer, willem – Albi
De Marigny, Roland – Calvisano
Vermeulen, Ruan – Calvisano
Van Eyk, Reghardt – El Salvador (Spain)
Van Niekerk, Pietman – Agen
Stolz, Wessel – Agen
Stolz, Conrad – Agen
Badenhorst, Adri – Agen
Van Rensburg, Tinus – Narbonne
Eksteen, Henk – Narbonne
Retief, Uys – Narbonne
Immelman, Braam – Montuaban
Loxton, Morne – Grenoble (Div 2)
Labuschagne, Roderick – Grenoble (Div 2)
Hendricks, Johan – Grenoble (Div 2)
Roux, Jaco – Aurillac (Div 2)
Joubert, Bobby – Aurillac (Div 2)
Kemp, Jacobus – Aurillac (Div 2)
Carse, Tertius – Aurillac (Div 2)
Pothas, Delkeith – Aurillac (Div 2)
McKenzy, Kenny – Blagnac (Div 2)
Fourie, Jeandre – Lyon (Div 2)
Muller, Jorrie – Lyon (Div 2)
Matfield, Victor – Toulon (Div 2)
Sephaka, Lawrence – Toulon (Div 2)
Rossouw, Chris – Toulon (Div 2)
Jordaan, Norman – Toulon (Div 2)
Breedt, Nico – Toulon (Div 2)
Roux, Wessel (?) – Toulon (Div 2)
Goosen, Greg – Racing (Div 2)
Clarke, Ashley – Racing (Div 2)
Coetzee, Michael – Racing (Div 2)
Perkins, Jeffrey – Stade Montois (Div 2)
Perkins, Warren – Stade Montois (Div 2)
Mynhardt, Jandre – Stade Montois (Div 2)
Van Schalkwyk, Phillip – Stade Montois (Div 2)
Stoltz, Conrad – Pau (Div 2)
van Rensburg, Clinton – Tarbes (Div 2)
Loftus, Werner – Tarbes (Div 2)
Botha, Jean – Oyonnax (div 2)
Rheeders, Henry – Coventry (NL UK Div 2)
Sanders, Donovan – Coventry
Venter, Henno – Coventry
Brits Rudi – Coventry
Senekal, Heino (Namibia) – Cornish Pirates (NL UK Div 2)
Evans, Matt – Cornish Pirates (NL UK Div 2)
Cumming, Bruce (Boela) – Cornish Pirates (NL UK Div 2)
Botha, Mouritz – Bedford Blues (NL UK Div 2)
Pienaar, Ben – Bedford Blues (NL UK Div 2) and England age group
Strauss, Nic – Bedford Blues (NL UK Div 2)
Claassens, Errie – Rotherham (NL UK Div 2)
Jacobsz, Barry – Rotherham (NL UK Div 2)
Bornman, Jannie – Plymouth Albion (NL UK Div 2)
Loubser, Chaska – Newbury RFC (NL UK Div2)
Du Plessies, Tinus – Cornish All Blacks (NL UK Div2)
Willis, Gary (Zimbabwe) – Exeter Chiefs (NL UK Div 2)
Du Plessis, Petrus – Sedgely (NL UK Div 2)
Fourie, Tim – Sedgely (NL UK Div 2)
Van DeVenter, Jan – Sedgely (NL UK Div 2)
Crous, Juan – Sedgely (NL UK Div 2)
De Jager, Arno – Sedgely (NL UK Div 2)
Abbot, Stuart – (injury forced retirement?)
23 Dec 2007, 15:47 pm
Cyber,
Francois van Schouwenburg is also at Toulon.
Stefan Basson is also in Italy.
Never the less, it is excellent work compiling this list.
23 Dec 2007, 16:41 pm
C’mon Keo, get back to work… We need some more info on this story (planet-rugby I think)about Habana (yes as in Bryan Habana, SA’s darling flying winger)in talks with Bayonne!! Looks like he watched a game there with W.Olivier this weekend and is considering an offer. Is this true? C’mon okes, pull those socks up, put on your investigative reporting caps and get reporting, you’re keeping us in the dark like mushrooms….
23 Dec 2007, 18:09 pm
This site is as dead as disco……or as creative bulls backline play….hehehehe
23 Dec 2007, 20:56 pm
dWeePer – thanks for the additional names. Please let me know when you find others. I update the list regularly.
23 Dec 2007, 21:28 pm
Just out of interest, would it be possible to make up a full team of Saffers who play for an international team that is not the Boks?
ege
1) Pieter de villiers
2) ?
3) Ben Pienaar/Rhys Thomas
4) Greg Rawlinson/Carlo del Fava
5) Dan Vickerman
6) ?
7)?
8)?
9)?
10)Mike Catt
11)Nick Abendanon
12)Hal Lsucombe
13)Brian Liebenberg/Stuart abbott
14)Clyde Rathbone
15) ?
Thats pretty amazing – the next BaaBaas game should be against these blokes…
23 Dec 2007, 21:31 pm
abendanon could go to 15 and stuart abbott to 11.
23 Dec 2007, 21:37 pm
Add Roland de Marigny – centre/flyhalf
23 Dec 2007, 21:38 pm
Chad Erskine (USA) at 9
23 Dec 2007, 21:46 pm
Owen Lentz (USA) – hooker/flank
23 Dec 2007, 21:57 pm
Jacques Burger (Namibia) – flanker
Nick trenkel(canada) – centre
DTH vd Merwe (Canada) – backline utility
Francois Viljoen – backline
24 Dec 2007, 06:27 am
Great to see SA boytjies doing so well up north! Soon we’ll be able to pick 3 Bok teams that can match the best in the world!
24 Dec 2007, 10:58 am
28 Roland De Marigny
He wouldn’t make the Pofadder municipal XV
30 Dec 2007, 02:39 am
ha, i watched some rugby highlight again today. i think it was in the 36-0 WC game. and the nr 3 prop for eng gets to the ruck, he’s the only player standing there. with his arms out, holding imaginary binders, providing the backfoot for eng 9. so he stands there for 20 odd seconds, looking really as if he dont know what he is doing there and booom, Butch cleans him out. haven’t seen that before, dont know why. it was 99% as good as bakkies’s hit in the final. excellent stuff.
also check page 96 of FHM Jan 2008. funny caption.
30 Dec 2007, 09:40 am
Watched the Bath match yesterday . .. but No Butch! What a disappointment. Anyone know if he`s injured or something?
31 Dec 2007, 03:06 am
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Bath fielded a weakened team v Wasps as they have to play league leaders Gloucester this Friday.
Butch will be playing this Friday along with the rest of the big guns.
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