Jouba jols for Clermont
20 Apr 2008
Marius Joubert was irrepressible for French Top 14 side Clermont in their 23-11 win over Toulouse.
The victory at the Stade Ernest-Wallon in Toulouse takes Clermont to the top of the log, five points clear of the Toulouse.
Joubert, who by all accounts has had an outstanding season with Clermont, continued that good form, breaking the defensive line thrice and proving impenetrable on defence.
Springbok captain John Smith was solid for Clermont, while Toulouse’s South African contingent of Shaun Sowerby and Daan Human impressed as well. Sowerby was injured late in the game forcing him to be replaced but the most significant injury blow for Toulouse came when France winger Vincent Clerc was stretchered off with what has been diagnosed as ruptured knee ligaments.
Clerc collapsed without being touched and television replays show his knee moving out of socket just before he fell. He is expected to be out for at least six months.
In other matches, Perpignan’s Percy Montgomery kicked 4 from 6 in difficult conditions to play his part in a 38-13 win over Bayonne. The victory elevates Perpignan to fourth place on the table. Gerhard Vosloo’s Castres came from behind to beat Bourgoin 14-12, keeping them in the hunt for a play-off place.
League table after Round 18
1. Clermont 71
2. Toulouse 66
3. Paris 57
4. Perpignan 53
5. Biarritz 52
6. Castres 46
7. Montauban 41
8. Montpellier 38
9. Brive 36
10. Bourgoin 36
11. Bayonne 33
12. Albi 31
13. Dax 22
14. Auch 14
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20 Apr 2008, 09:07 am
European Dragons! Always wanted to do that.
20 Apr 2008, 09:19 am
aaah
What I would do for a Daan or a Faan in my team. And Jouba is not shabby either. Come to think of it neither is Percy, tough as nail he played with torn knee ligaments!
Loffie I know you read Keo so please prepare the cheque book for some major spending.
20 Apr 2008, 09:21 am
“Vincent Clerc was stretchered off with what has been diagnosed as ruptured knee ligaments.”
Cry baby. He should learn fron Percy.
20 Apr 2008, 09:23 am
Gerhard Vosloo
Now there is a name that Loffie can make an offer to. Yet another lost Lion wondering the world searching for his pride.
20 Apr 2008, 09:23 am
Hmmm… How very interesting! The Bok outside centre position race looks pretty open to me!
20 Apr 2008, 10:04 am
remember when Joubert told JD Moller at airport “we going to fck you guys up”??
big mouth..won’t wear the Bok jersey again.
Gerhard Vosloo has already stated in interveiw that he is trying for a french jersey.
20 Apr 2008, 10:22 am
Call him Joubi, call him Joubs but you can’t call him Jouba…that is reserved for the one and only Andre Joubert.
20 Apr 2008, 10:28 am
Red Lion # 4
“Yet another lost Lion wondering the world searching for his pride.” Red Lion.
Very poetic. Very sharp-sharp my boetie.
But Marius likes real lolly. He’s gotten used to it. Rememeber when he had a Bok contract but had fallen off the bus as far as the Bok team was concerned. Eish, he was paid thousands and thousands every month for doing zip all because of that Jakey boy contract.
Loffie would have come up with serious dough to pull him away from Frogland.
20 Apr 2008, 12:20 pm
G13G
This one from the Sunday Times, especially for you:
“If you don’t sit still, I’ll bring you back next Saturday.” — Overheard at Loftus last Saturday, where a father berated his toddler for constant fidgeting.
20 Apr 2008, 12:22 pm
And even better! Hell, The Sunday Times is a quality news paper.
Has there ever been a fall as spectacular as that endured by the Bulls, who now play as if punch drunk? In 2007, they were big, nasty and horrible to play against; a year later and they’ve morphed into a bunch of pooftahs who don’t know how to tackle and require a GPS to map their way to the try line.
20 Apr 2008, 12:23 pm
What can be done about the kiwi refs playing a role in sa losing matches we all remeber the 2004 ireland incedent and i watching rugby since then the kiwi refs are very harsh on us this weekend was another exapmle
we should walk off the filed on them
20 Apr 2008, 12:24 pm
The sa rugby board should take action agaisnt the kiwis
20 Apr 2008, 12:24 pm
And the big revelation:
You don’t have to search hard for the answers. Champion coach Heyneke Meyer is too decent a man to talk about it, but he was forced out of Loftus last season. His crime? He was too enlightened and visionary and hated the meddling. It made the men in blazers nervous.
20 Apr 2008, 12:27 pm
mayve steve hoffmeyer should play for the bulls
20 Apr 2008, 13:43 pm
# Ryan: Any news on when Philip Burger is going to play, I think he should be over his injury now?
20 Apr 2008, 14:02 pm
#9
btw, namibian fullback seems to be the form “SA” fullback at the moment
20 Apr 2008, 15:05 pm
Given our lack of depth at 13 at the moment, Jouba might be seeing a Bok blazer again sooner than most believe…
20 Apr 2008, 15:06 pm
What does “irrepressible” mean?
20 Apr 2008, 16:15 pm
Yes, please don’t mention Marius in the same breath as Jouba.
Jouba had more rugby finesse in his little finger than Marius has in his whole body – and he was a gentleman too.
Marius is a thug and, in an international, won’t last 10 minutes before being sin binned – not to mention he’s way past his ‘sell by date’.
Can’t pick an international based on NH club rugby anyway.
20 Apr 2008, 16:17 pm
I love the new quoting thing. Well done Keo people/ Admin dude.
20 Apr 2008, 16:18 pm
#20 church – like chch but pronounceable:
Sooo cool
20 Apr 2008, 16:26 pm
Pissant #12,
If you’re considering Marius then why not JP Nel?
Cut from the same cloth those two.
20 Apr 2008, 16:27 pm
Tjorts #18,
‘Irrepressible’ means you can’t make grape juice (AKA wine) out of them.
20 Apr 2008, 16:38 pm
I remember walking out of Aussie Stadium (Sydney) after the Crusaders had just hammered the Waratahs and some Sydney idiot was saying to me “arh, but we won the lawn bowls against you yesterday”
Much of what I have been reading on this site over the last three weeks is a bunch of lawn bowls comments. They seem to be coming from new folk and the new folk seem to now dominate this site
If you win or lose just be graceful people. Gloating is fine but you can’t abuse someone for supporting a team that losers. Lawn bowls comments make you look about 12 years old (I apoligise to those who actually are)
I support a team that is and has been very successful and I could come on here and push that down peoples throughts every day but I don’t.
20 Apr 2008, 17:00 pm
OCO,
Because quite simply, in 2004 Marius was regarded as the best center at 13 in international rugby, not to mention how he made Tana look like Meisiekind on his best day at the test at Ellis Park where he did score a hat-trick.
As far as I can tell, only JP rates JP.
Its quickly how some forget, I can remember the outcry when Percy was brought back, only to arguably be one of the most important players for the Boks from 2004 to 2007 smashing just about every record that stood.
It becomes quite easy when players are judged on rugby playing ability, rather than prejudice…
Fact; we have a huge problem at 13 with Mossie not playing due to injury, Murray way off form and only Bobo and JW Jonker putting up their hands it seems, but their performances is questionable at best especially when you try and imagine them at test level.
Fact; Mossie would walk into any Bok side because what his injury so far has taught us is that no-one is close to him when it comes to selecting a 13 or back-up 13 – if Joubert, who has all the experience in the world at test level is playing good rugby overseas, why would one not consider him?
Or do you believe we should play people out of position like some suggest?
20 Apr 2008, 17:09 pm
oh well. sharks lost. i felt steyn’s yellow was a wrong call, but that said, i’ve seen a few wrong calls going in every direction this S14. I now sit in anticipation for the Tahs, and then the Cru. It’s three looooooong weeks for us sharks fans…
20 Apr 2008, 17:18 pm
#25 PissAnt:
How old is Joubert?
20 Apr 2008, 17:30 pm
i rember someone once said bout joubert that
even if that was touch rugbyt that stil would have been a try
he missed an easy tackle fr the stomerss agaisnt the bulls
20 Apr 2008, 17:38 pm
#26 Stavros The Angry Greek:
I thought it was wrong too. How can you send someone off when both players had their hands around the ball.
The Kenkalski (spelling) sending off was very funny because as part of the justification the referee informed the player that his captain had also told him to leave the ball alone. Perhaps captains should say nothing to warn their players in offending moments because it may land them in the bin!
Crazy
20 Apr 2008, 17:54 pm
Princess,
I am withing striking distance of you and Superbul on SuperBru now
I think that you should go with the Lions
20 Apr 2008, 18:01 pm
#27 Stavros The Angry Greek: 29 this year.
20 Apr 2008, 18:31 pm
Springbok captain John Smith??
Never heard of him.
20 Apr 2008, 18:58 pm
Fourie is playing this weekend keo reported. He will be back 4 da boks. no need 2 worry.
Joubert had hes glory…
even if Fourie is not ready or on form.
steyn at 12. jdv at 13.
20 Apr 2008, 18:59 pm
#23 OCO: It would then rather be compressible
20 Apr 2008, 19:01 pm
remember what happend when snyman returned….
he wasnt even close to the player he was before.
Percy on the other hand, came back even better.
20 Apr 2008, 19:07 pm
maybe even jp pietersen at 13 and chavanga at wing.
pietersen is strong, eyes a gap and hes a good defender……
20 Apr 2008, 20:13 pm
roy, while you guys are still making changes how about looking into you mobile site? I access from my mobile phone on weekends and some functions just don’t work – ie when I post acomment I have to return trough the home page to the blog I’m posting on.. (if it helps I’m on an E
90 Nokia) pls – thank you
20 Apr 2008, 20:19 pm
ryan conflict of interest …? Think of as reserved parking for staff but now it’s reserved blog spots for bloggers – I mean really posting on your own blog? If you really want to be a muppet resign.
20 Apr 2008, 21:21 pm
#37 rugby_only: Investigated your request and its not going to be easy…. I think your phone supports java? Have you tried to use the Opera Mini browser instead of the build in one? It is much closer to a normal browser and it mite solve your problem.
20 Apr 2008, 21:37 pm
After his ridiculous football style over the top “I’m injured and close to death” acting against Munster, Marius should go pursue a career in Nollywood. His play acting was a sad, sad moment for honest man’s sport of rugby
20 Apr 2008, 21:39 pm
Search “Joubert acting” on Youtube for his ridiculous play acting
20 Apr 2008, 22:40 pm
That puts one more name into the hat for 13. So far I think Bobo, Murray, Fourie and Jouba will all do well for the boks at outside centre.
20 Apr 2008, 23:31 pm
#41 Is Frans Steyn The Illuminati AKA Saffa_Guy: Best rugby actor of all time without doubt Sean Fitzpatrick. Would have walked away with all the rugby Oscars in his day.
21 Apr 2008, 00:28 am
Im using opera mini. it works…most of da time.
21 Apr 2008, 03:41 am
all that happened to joubert was he got a couple of consecutive injuries and was never able to play himself back into form before getting written off by hakf of south africa who never could bring themselves to like him him – his crime – playing for WP.
21 Apr 2008, 07:17 am
#21 church – like chch but pronounceable:
Hey I agree- nice!
21 Apr 2008, 10:26 am
munkiboi – I agree with you. Plus he had to contend with slow boat De Wet on his inside, we never got to see what JDV/Joubert would have been like. Not only did Joubert score a hatrick against the ABs he also scored against Latham at the gabba, Strauli days, but he was certianly an awesome player to watch.
21 Apr 2008, 12:26 pm
G13G (#6) I loved when Marius Jouba told JD Moller that- cause he was right – Cheetahs did f them up that weekend. Jouba also got a raw deal when he left Province, so good on him for coming to Cheetahs and making a difference.
21 Apr 2008, 13:23 pm
Jouba for bok team, where is Ronny Cook playing?
21 Apr 2008, 16:28 pm
Great news on a very talented player.
But there is only one Jouba – and that’s Andre Joubert.
Even Marius would say that.
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