Thinus off to Japan

Thinus off to Japan

5 Mar 2008

Former Springbok fullback Thinus Delport has signed a contract to play for the Kubota Spears in Japan.

Delport played 18 Tests for the Springboks after making his debut against Canada in 2000, scoring three tries in his career. He will finish the season with the Worcester Warriors in the Guinness Premier League, after starting his career in England with Gloucester.

“Thinus is playing some of the best rugby of his career but is going to Japan where they only play 14 games,” director of rugby at Worcester, Mike Ruddock, told the BBC.

The 33-year-old could make his 100th Premier League appearance against Leicester on Saturday.


18 Comments

  • 1.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 15:14 pm

    Jinne Thinus Delport…….. raak jy ook nou heel bomskokbefok in jou koppie soos Moses Van der Westhuizen.

    Daai Japsneesies is seker nie skaam om die tjekboeke nader te sleep nie !

  • 2.racheltjiedebeer: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 15:23 pm

    Thanks for the update on Delport’s career. :roll:

  • 3.greatest13gerber: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 15:26 pm

    there is a club in Japan called

    World Fighting Club

  • 4.No_Comment: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 15:49 pm

    Jonty, where is the prediction thread?

  • 5.No_Comment: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 15:50 pm

    Grant, you new here?

  • 6.leeanthonyw: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 15:57 pm

    Another Bok who got lost in the wilderness.

  • 7.WP Till I Die: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 15:59 pm

    Japan – where has-beens go to die.

  • 8.soenmydonkie: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 16:00 pm

    I would love to live in Japan
    Lucky *******

  • 9.katman: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 16:05 pm

    And playing for the Spears nogal.

  • 10.smokalot: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 16:21 pm

    “..some of the best rugby of his career..”

    LOL the english league is waaay overrated. Play some Super rugby and u’ll look ordinary, at best.

    He was cool tho (Thinus)

  • 11.Kid_Senekal: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 17:05 pm

    Thinus scored some great tries in his time. Wonder how Werner Swanepoel feels about this? Thinus leaves him to run the Dros on his own while he accumulates pounds and yen like a mad man. Advantages of being the non-operating partner I suppose…

    Footnote: There’s a bigger chance that the Kubota Spears will play in the Super 14 than the Southern Spears.

  • 12.saffa_guy: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 18:17 pm

    Must have been really skinny at birth that his mum named him: “Thin”-us … phew, that joke was weak

  • 13.soenmydonkie: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 18:26 pm

    #11

    Which Dros? In what city/town?

  • 14.Jinx: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 19:11 pm

    Dros in Randburg.

  • 15.Slappes: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 22:23 pm

    14 – very dreary place that

  • 16.soenmydonkie: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 23:53 pm

    I worked in the original one in Stellenbosch when I was in uni

    The boss is a first-class d*ck

  • 17.BokiNZ: Reply to this comment
    5 Mar 2008, 23:58 pm

    JJOOONNNTTTYYYYY!!!! JJOOONNNTTTYYY!!!! Skrik wakker, die site raak al hoe k@kker. Is die comp nog aan of wat? Where’s the points table for I’m clueless to my progress, if any.

  • 18.Boesmansriviermond: Reply to this comment
    6 Mar 2008, 08:54 am

    All sterkte aan Thinus.

    He is a quality player. Was top Currie Cup try scorer in a season when the Currie Cup was still the premier comp in SA and he scored the try of the season in the English Premier League a couple of seasons ago.

    I think Thinus is gonna run over those Japenese outjies.

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