Butch: I’m open to coming home
29 Jan 2008
Butch James would consider returning to South Africa if he felt he had a crack at being in the Springbok mix.
Despite his assertions to the contrary it is believed Springbok coach Peter de Villiers will meet with European-based World Cup winning Springboks to talk about the possibility of returning to play in South Africa. De Villiers departs on February 8 to Europe.
James, the Springbok World Cup winning flyhalf, is currently in the early stages of a two-year deal with English Premiership club Bath. His form has been superb and has been central to their push for league honours.
James said he was “loving” his time at Bath, but conceded that an approach from De Villiers could be very appealing if the conditions were right.
“If I knew I had an opportunity to continue my international career for a couple years more I would consider it. I think I’m still good enough and I’d always be open to an approach. So if Peter could assure me of that, it would make it very hard to say no.”
James said the Sharks, for whom he played his entire professional career in South Africa, would be his first choice franchise should he return, but quickly added: “That’s only if they want me back.” The 28-year-old has had a series of knee injuries which have stifled his career, but seems to have moved past that difficult period.
He was last injured on the Springboks’ 2006 year-end tour to England and Ireland, but recovered to play the entire 2007 Super 14 and Tri-Nations (he was rested for the Australasian leg) and was the first choice pivot at the World Cup. But that streak came to an end on Sunday when he dislocated his shoulder in the process of scoring a try against Saracens. Bath looked rudderless without their general and succumbed to two Brent Russell tries, losing 26-20.
“I’m going for a scan tonight but it looks like anything from six to 12 weeks out of the game,” he said. “That’s really frustrating because I think I was playing some of the best rugby of my career.
“If it’s six weeks that’s not so bad because the Six Nations starts this weekend which would mean I wouldn’t miss any [Premiership] games but 12 weeks would be a killer because I want to play a major part in the team’s push for the title.”
Bath are currently placed third, just five points off leaders Gloucester.
By Ryan Vrede
549 Comments
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29 Jan 2008, 15:34 pm
#291 Dawn
Been wanting to post this for a while.
An English guy and an Afrikaans guy were neighbours. The English guy had a handsome son and the Afrikaans dude had a gorgeous daughter. They , with their respective parents permission , went on a date one night. They were told to be at home by midnight.
At midnight no sign of the pair. The English father went over to the Afrikaans father and the two of them paced up and down the Afrikaans guy’s stoep. The hours slowly passed.
At one point the English guy looked to the Eastern horizon just as the first rays of sun started to appear. He turned to the Afrikaans father and said : Dawn is Nigh.
The Afrikaans father replied :
Ek weet die donners na*i , ek wens net ek het geweet waar !
29 Jan 2008, 15:34 pm
ja Nif, but only if the dirty aussies shorten the posts again so ruans kicks are all judged not to have gone through. shocker that one was!
29 Jan 2008, 15:35 pm
294
It does not bother me at all because S14 is about province/state teams.
We dont mind the QLDers losing a bit.
But then again they have to do alot of losing to beat Blue Bull records.
Bulls wooden spoonest record holders….and longest losing streak.
I have it on good authority that the bulls are not going to do well this year…their ‘messiah’ has moved on and some players are ‘g.tv.l’
29 Jan 2008, 15:35 pm
fern,
wallabie’s genepool is as deep as a puddle in a KFC parking lot.
29 Jan 2008, 15:36 pm
BB – nou wat het my tannie nou aan jou gedoen??
vlou bul
blou vul, take your pick…
29 Jan 2008, 15:36 pm
wallabie, ignorant Australians dont irritate me. you just confirm what I think of the general populice of Australia. I pity you for having to live through life as an aussie. honestly, I don’t see how one can have such a shallow existence and be so content.
29 Jan 2008, 15:37 pm
Yeesh BOLLOCKS
You still here?
Evening RP.
29 Jan 2008, 15:37 pm
Dear Abby ,
I have never written to you before, but I really need your advice. I have suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me. The usual signs; phone rings but if I answer, the caller hangs up. My wife has been going out with ‘the girls’ a lot recently although when I ask their names she always says, just some friends from work, you don’t know them.’
I always try to stay awake to look out for her coming home, but I usually fall asleep. Anyway, I have never approached the subject with my wife. I think deep down I just did not want to know the truth, but last night she went out again and I decided to check on her finally.
Around midnight, I decided to hide in the garage behind my golf clubs so I could get a good view of the whole street when she arrived home from a night out with ‘the girls.’ When she got out of the car she was buttoning up her blouse, which was open, and she took her panties out of her purse and slipped them on.
It was at that moment, crouching behind my golf clubs, that I noticed a hairline crack where the grip meets the graphite shaft on my 3-wood. Is this something I can or should try to fix myself, or should I take it back to the pro-shop where I bought it and try to get a refund?
Signed,
Perplexed in PHOENIX
29 Jan 2008, 15:37 pm
#306 Shooter
Was that intentional ? popu-LICE as opposed to popu-LACE ?
29 Jan 2008, 15:38 pm
Ig
This Friday arvie??? Would be great.
ATTENTION CAPE TOWN BLOGGERS:
Bloggers in the Cape area…we are meeting Ig for lunch and refreshments at The Forester’s Arms in Newlands Ave. From 1pm onwards.
Can you make it guys and Dawn and Ruck. It would be lekker.
Who would like to come? Relaxed and chilled.
29 Jan 2008, 15:38 pm
Bod,
Cuzmeister is heeltyd of by die pro om sy allemintige gholfswing verder te verfyn anders is hy op die gholfbaan (soos op die oomblik) ek het al verskeie boodskappe vir hom gelaat om my te bel sodat ek die trein nommer en presiese aankomstye kan kry vir Slaapstad stasie.
Ons het reeds ‘n Merc Stasiewa gehuur om ons hotel toe te neem, maar nog vervoer sal welkom wees want anders moet ons verskeie trips doen, hang bal daarso, die reelings sal deugegee word, moenie worry nie.
29 Jan 2008, 15:39 pm
Wallabie, if i had one vote for everytime someone on this site told me in Jan/feb how kuk the bulls are going to be this year for a myriad of reasons, i’d be freaking president.
29 Jan 2008, 15:39 pm
Yes Ig, the new webbie nerd!
Please do not give the poor bugger any preconceptions!
He has to learn …. the HARD way.
29 Jan 2008, 15:40 pm
Nif
The 2 aussie teams this year are NSW ans Force but I really wont be surprised if the reds pull off a few surprises.
I support the Brumbies and I dont have any expectations as they have a new team but they have some really good players.
I think they will surprise a lot of people.
we had many injuries and rested many players at different stages in the ais S14 teams so that disrupted a lot of the combinations no excuse for 2007 but looks good for 2008.
i reckon australia will be competitive again come 2009.
29 Jan 2008, 15:40 pm
309, hehe. indeed. also, “I” exempt 5% Aussies on that score, ex RPrincess.
29 Jan 2008, 15:41 pm
#314 Walla
Need to find some decent props before they can even contemplate being competitive again
29 Jan 2008, 15:41 pm
Ah, the return of Herman Charles Bosman…
29 Jan 2008, 15:42 pm
310 – Cool, let me know if it happens.
BB – Its till deeper than fernlys
29 Jan 2008, 15:42 pm
lmao, Princess- classic.
no-brainer though, get a new club.
29 Jan 2008, 15:43 pm
have a good one boyz and girlz – will chat soon, must go!!
BB – my tannie se hallo
29 Jan 2008, 15:43 pm
312 Blue
I wonder why that is…from my side of the ocean it is quite humerous seeing the ranting unfold…all the angst about the bulls.
I think it comes with the territory…if your team is the most successful in SA the rest will be jealous.
29 Jan 2008, 15:44 pm
will you ******** take some photo’s of the outing so the guys like me who has to keep the economy going while you lot galavant can live vicariously through your adventures?
seriously, someone get some pics and mail them to me..
29 Jan 2008, 15:45 pm
pauld
mate..finding props wont be a problem…if they are fat and can bend they will be in the wallabies…the rest of the team will get the job done.
29 Jan 2008, 15:45 pm
Jinx….Fire mans Arms?
29 Jan 2008, 15:45 pm
Nif, ek het nog haar kleingeld… lol
29 Jan 2008, 15:46 pm
Ig
Firemans Arms is good too. Perhaps better for those who work in town.
29 Jan 2008, 15:48 pm
#326
Firemans Arms makes the best Pizzas in Cape Town. Beat any other place hands down. Was my local for about 12 years.
And if you like Eisbein then walk towards Green Point traffic dept and stop in at Vasco’s (The Portugese Embassy)
29 Jan 2008, 15:48 pm
323, so what you are saying is your wallabies are looking for some fatties so that the rest of the team can bend them over and get the job done?
29 Jan 2008, 15:49 pm
#328 BB
There was once a rumour that Michael Lynagh and Ewen MacKenzie were more than just mates if you know what I mean. Anybody else ever hear that ?
29 Jan 2008, 15:50 pm
Jinx/Ig
Make it the Firemans… a lot more accessable. I am sure BuckT and the katman will be able to make it as well then.
29 Jan 2008, 15:50 pm
The Monarchs budget will be stretched to the limit on Friday.
29 Jan 2008, 15:50 pm
hey, these are Bulls fans you’re talking about, take them to a pap&vleis joint!
if its not entirely obvious, i’m green with envy at not being able to go.
29 Jan 2008, 15:50 pm
306 shooter
You are hilarious!!
29 Jan 2008, 15:50 pm
Just a thought Jinx, happy to drink beer in the Sun anywhere if push comes to shove.
29 Jan 2008, 15:51 pm
pauld
I am the mayor of Vasco’s… You still in town?
29 Jan 2008, 15:51 pm
I vote we all go to the Tudor Hotel.
29 Jan 2008, 15:52 pm
327 – Now you’re talking. Spend the afternoon back at the office reeking of garlic trinchada sauce and lager. Mmmm…
29 Jan 2008, 15:52 pm
pauld, the answer is in the question, Lynach couldnt help himself. to be fair to Michael, “EWE”n is not a fair name in australia..
29 Jan 2008, 15:52 pm
#335 Bod
No. I live in London. But will be in CT from 15-25 and then again 29 Feb-2 March. Always up for a trip to Vasco. Being the mayor of Vasco you must be GK or Bryn
29 Jan 2008, 15:52 pm
pauld
I think you I should stay from the traffic dept’s!
Let’s rather be save and go down to Pedro’s in the harbour…CFG that is.
29 Jan 2008, 15:53 pm
Shooter
Bite your tongue – Australian my a*se
Bod
Bertie had a good day today browsing Cathay flights schedules & voting on Keo
BB
Followed by “guys like me who has to keep the economy” ? MWahahahahaaaa 
Good to know your priorities
29 Jan 2008, 15:53 pm
#340 Piteman
Make in Pearley’s in Langes
29 Jan 2008, 15:53 pm
Ig’s Blogger jol for all you Cape Town mob.
Where: The Firemans Arms in Cape Town
When: Friday 1st Feb
Time: From 1pm onwards.
Who wants to come? Even for one drink.
Come on all you WP folk and Katman and any other Lions, Bulls, Sharks, Cheetahs supporters…pull in.
29 Jan 2008, 15:54 pm
i havent had any volunteers re- the photo’s
Dawnertjie, you got the job! you have my addy, and you have your assignment.
29 Jan 2008, 15:54 pm
cheers all.
29 Jan 2008, 15:55 pm
342#Paul
Up to you bro.
Riviera at the ‘Drif’ is also cool, there by Kiewiet Bester.
29 Jan 2008, 15:55 pm
#338 QUALITY
29 Jan 2008, 15:56 pm
And I agree on Fireman’s Arms pizzas. None of this gourmet **** with smoked squirrel nuts, seaweed and tofu on a base that’s barely 3 microns thick. We’re talking real pizza dripping with calories. And when they HOT they mean hot as a muddafukka.
29 Jan 2008, 15:56 pm
329
Pauld
If you are insinuiating that they are *** or had *** relations…you have been misinformed!!
29 Jan 2008, 15:56 pm
#342
Wat van Ernie’s Pub in Gansbaai??
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