Heyneke quits Tigers
28 Jan 2009
Heyneke Meyer has resigned as head coach of the Leicester Tigers, just six months into his three-year contract.
Meyer returned to South Africa at the end of December in order to be with his wife and her ill parents. Forwards coach Richard Cockerill has been directing the Tigers in Meyer’s absence and will now officially become their head coach.
“It is with deep regret that we accept Heyneke’s resignation because he has an outstanding record of achievement in his career, everyone was very supportive of him here and we could all sense success with him as head coach,” Tigers chairman Peter Tom told the club’s website. “But Heyneke found himself in a very difficult situation and we fully understand the reasons for his decision to remain in South Africa.”
Meyer said he was disappointed to leave the club, who are currently fifth in the English Premiership and in the quarter-finals of the European Cup.
“This has been a very difficult decision for me to make, in difficult circumstances, but I hope everyone can understand my reasons,” he said. “Leicester Tigers is a very special rugby club and I accepted the job there because I felt it was equipped to go on to greater success.
“I enjoyed my time living and working in England. The board, the staff, Martin Corry and the players, and the supporters have been fantastic towards me and my family during my time at Leicester and also during the time I have spent back in South Africa.”
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29 Jan 2009, 00:02 am
#448 wooden spoon: Whats the “walkabout”?
Hec, I would watch Percy watching paint dry!!
Don’t tell me off Skop, I am only larking about!! I know it is not dignified for a mature woman to enjoy the perfection that is Percy!!
29 Jan 2009, 00:03 am
Slowing down here, what is happening on Facebook?
29 Jan 2009, 00:04 am
gbs,
Vele danke. Speel jy ook daar?
29 Jan 2009, 00:04 am
#452 carol: You are getting way too addictive to cyberspace
29 Jan 2009, 00:05 am
addicted
29 Jan 2009, 00:05 am
#439 Cuito Carnivale:
Don’t know him that good, seen him in a couple CC games and from what I saw there was plenty of promise there.
Problem with most these players they have to really do something out the ordinary to catch the coach or selectors eye, they don’t have the springboard that some others who have been to big rugby schools like Grey Bloem, or Paul Roos, or Bishops etc. have had.
29 Jan 2009, 00:06 am
#454 SodaJoe: I know, you warned me months ago and I just laughed, Haha…..look what has happened…. :twister:
29 Jan 2009, 00:06 am
#453 Die_Valk: Yebo, yes…. jy sal my hoed sien !
29 Jan 2009, 00:06 am
Spooner what went wrong with my twister?
29 Jan 2009, 00:07 am
# carol: Dirty Aussie chain where they sell beer cheap and snakebite even cheaper. Used to go watch the Sharks play every televised game at the Walkabout before I got Sky – only place in Birmingham that would show it.
That’s when Sky actually used to show a few games.
29 Jan 2009, 00:08 am
twisted
29 Jan 2009, 00:08 am
Hell, what is wrong with Facebook chat…. Errors AGAIN !
29 Jan 2009, 00:08 am
#456 yliad: He actually went to bishops..got a scholarship there and was offered similar by maties
29 Jan 2009, 00:09 am
#460 wooden spoon: I would be livid if I had bought Sky and then had to purchse rugby on top!!!!
29 Jan 2009, 00:10 am
I watched the S14 final at the Brum Walkabout in 2007. Heartbreaking, hearing the Bulls fans celebrating after being in tears themselves at full time…
29 Jan 2009, 00:10 am
#462 grootblousmile: Grrrrr……
29 Jan 2009, 00:10 am
Hey, it’s pumpkin time here….
29 Jan 2009, 00:11 am
#462 grootblousmile: Ask for your money back!!
29 Jan 2009, 00:11 am
It’s peanut butter jelly time here…
29 Jan 2009, 00:11 am
#444 Yetirat:
Heyneke won’t or can’t save the Bulls now, they on a downward spiral and even Heyneke would find it tough pulling them out of it again this time.
They need a complete change of game plan or philosophy, all the window dressing is slowly catching up, they’ll have to start thinking out the box a bit, little like Rassie or Plumtree does,
Or else keep getting done by their penchant for tradition and one dimensional power play. Same as Jake was going nowhere before Eddy gave him the gap and showed him the ropes in respect of creative thinking.
29 Jan 2009, 00:12 am
#468 carol: Damn, not a single line going through !
29 Jan 2009, 00:12 am
cheers all.
keep an eye on that family spooner
29 Jan 2009, 00:12 am
#467 grootblousmile: Night boet.
29 Jan 2009, 00:12 am
#467 grootblousmile: Mooie man,geniet you drome….ons praat weer more.
29 Jan 2009, 00:13 am
#471 grootblousmile: Double Grrrrrr……
29 Jan 2009, 00:13 am
#467 grootblousmile: Sterkte ou man…gaan rus maar….More is ‘n nogge dag..Ek gaan my reg maak vir ‘n aand van Fun en Games..
29 Jan 2009, 00:13 am
#472 charo: Cheers charo…now you’re wondering…is it me, or is it not!
29 Jan 2009, 00:14 am
#463 Cuito Carnivale:
Well then he should have all the credentials to go all the way, if somebody can recognize his quality.
The little I seen of him, I reckon he has the makings of a fine inside center or even fly half down the line.
29 Jan 2009, 00:14 am
#477 wooden spoon: Is it your nose?
29 Jan 2009, 00:14 am
#470 yliad: I hope that someone isn’t cut and pasting your posts re The Bulls. They might surprise everyone.
I like Rassie, as I tend to like innovative thinkers, but he seems to have made a monumental error in terms of his front row.
#472 charo: Bye bud
29 Jan 2009, 00:15 am
#474 carol: OK, cheers… damn, I’m going to hurt a bed now……… loooooooooooong day….
Yeah, tomorrow’s another day… and night !
29 Jan 2009, 00:16 am
#481 grootblousmile: Yep, see you…….
29 Jan 2009, 00:16 am
#472 charo: Night…..
29 Jan 2009, 00:17 am
#480 SodaJoe: The front row was the glaring problem and it still hasn’t been fixed.
Lol, did you hear Eddie Jones’ comments – he was going to text Plumtree and tell him not to worry about the Stormers’ scrum…
29 Jan 2009, 00:18 am
skoppie – who is this “grandized by first world imbeciles” who logs on at 2am to tell Roy how to run the show?
29 Jan 2009, 00:18 am
I should go now, nice to catch up all…..
Soda, Ciao my duck,
Skop and Spooner best behaviour my dears XX
29 Jan 2009, 00:19 am
OK I have to go to another meeting. See you through the window.
29 Jan 2009, 00:20 am
#486 carol: Night duck.
29 Jan 2009, 00:20 am
#486 carol: Bye #487 SodaJoe: my windows are dirty.
29 Jan 2009, 00:21 am
And that’s my cue too. Cheers skoppie and GBS Mafioso.
29 Jan 2009, 00:22 am
#480 SodaJoe:
I just like giving them some gas, I reckon they need it or deserve it, they far too insular and reliant on past performance parameters, they seriously have to try turn over a new leaf and get with the Elv program.
2007 is long past dead and buried, even if it was only just a fluke.
29 Jan 2009, 00:23 am
#478 yliad: H captained the emerging springbok team at the IRB tournament in Romania. Seem to kick well too. Mallet was quite impressed with him until he found out that he was not white
29 Jan 2009, 00:25 am
cheerio
sorry couldn’t keep ya’all entertained, not that I really tried, pretty dull and listless myself over here, must be cause I’m love sick or something stupid.
so long
29 Jan 2009, 00:27 am
OK, I am going off also…cheers and remember luke is king
29 Jan 2009, 00:28 am
#492 Cuito Carnivale:
Was that the PdV team or the Loffie team
PdV 2007 team had Grant at fly half, maybe Morgan was playing in the team the time before.
29 Jan 2009, 01:47 am
#494 Cuito Carnivale: Yes, Luke for President!!!
29 Jan 2009, 12:03 pm
#470 yliad:
I think they have the potential. The Springboks were the same and seem to be adjusting their mindset in a positive way. The Bulls still have the core of their player base that they had under Heyneke and I think Heyneke is astute enough to tweak his wn style to ensure he remains on top of his own game as coach.
29 Jan 2009, 21:38 pm
#495 yliad: Chesters team…last year with Dollie playing FH
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