Rassie ‘rests’ Ricky
15 Apr 2009
Dewaldt Duvenhage has replaced Ricky Januarie in the Stormers’ starting line-up named to face the Hurricanes.
A series of sub-standard performances has seen the axe fall on the Springbok scrumhalf. To date, Duvenhage has brought more to the Stormers from an attacking perspective and this may be why Rassie Erasmus has given the youngster an extended opportunity.
But when speaking to keo.co.za, Erasmus said a number of this weekend’s selections are down to player rotation.
‘We’ve been wanting to make a few changes since round three or four but because of a few results and the bye that hasn’t been possible. We beat the Lions but then we had a break, so we didn’t want to change much and risk losing momentum.
‘We then played and lost three close games so were reluctant to make changes again. But at this point, we thought it necessary to give a few of the other guys a chance.’
Erasmus said Januarie is a valuable member of the squad but Duvenhage’s strengths will be suited to this particular clash.
‘He’s particularly good with clearing the ball from the ruck and has a good kicking game. He’s played well off the bench and deserves this opportunity.’
Erasmus has made a few changes to the pack with Hilton Lobberts coming into the second row. Tiaan Liebenberg replaces Schalk Brits at hooker while Brian Mujati has been bracketed with Wicus Blaauw at tighthead due to a head injury. If Mujati is cleared of concussion on Friday, he will start.
Brok Harris, who returns from a pre-season leg injury, is named on the bench but will only feature if he passes a late fitness test. Bok lock Andries Bekker joined the squad on Sunday but has not cracked the match 22.
‘Brok’s arriving soon and will hopefully train with us on Thursday. We want to see how he will slot in at the scrums and at the lineout before making any final calls. Brian’s availability will also impact on our use of Brok at the weekend.
‘Having a guy like Tiaan in the mix will help, as scrumming is one of his strengths. With all the injuries we need a player like Tiaan to aid the tighthead,’ said Erasmus.
Stormers – 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Wylie Human, 13 Gcobani Bobo, 12 Jean De Villiers (c), 11 Sireli Naqelevuki, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenhage, 8 Luke Watson, 7 Duane Vermeulen, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Adriaan Fondse, 4 Hilton Lobberts, 3 Brian Mujati/ Wicus Blaauw, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 JD Moller.
Subs: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Brok Harris, 18 AJ Venter, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Willem De Waal, 22 Dylan Des Fountain.
By Jon Cardinelli
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15 Apr 2009, 22:15 pm
#595 grant10: Your calls for Saturday?
15 Apr 2009, 22:15 pm
#592 grant10: You will improve again this week, you see..
#594 grant10: But it was such fun discovering this is the case I imagine??
15 Apr 2009, 22:16 pm
going to watch my man u now…Princess….***…i nailed a full house by the way…LOL..soda, rob and other s…cool bananas…outta here!
15 Apr 2009, 22:16 pm
Game 58: Blues v Highlanders: Blues by 13
Game 59: Brumbies v Bulls: Brumbies by 8
Game 60: Hurricanes v Stormers: Hurricanes by 17
Game 61: Reds v Lions: Lions by 6
Game 62: Waratahs v Force: Waratahs by 17
Game 63: Cheetahs v Chiefs: Chiefs by 12
Game 64: Sharks v Crusaders: Crusaders by 7
15 Apr 2009, 22:18 pm
#590 GrootRooiSmile: Hehehehe
Hey, moenie kuk aanjaag met hierdie nick nie…. netnou kry ek die beskuldigings my kant toe, Cartoonman !
15 Apr 2009, 22:18 pm
#601 grant10: Gorgeous, have fun, are they still 1 nil up?
See you soon ***
15 Apr 2009, 22:19 pm
#603 grootblousmile: Nee, as ek wou kuk aanjaag sou ek myself K9 of destroyer genoem het.
15 Apr 2009, 22:22 pm
#605 GrootRooiSmile: Who are you btw?
15 Apr 2009, 22:23 pm
Soda, Rob and anyone else still here, goodnight ***
15 Apr 2009, 22:24 pm
#603 GrootRooiSmile:
Well I diasgree:
Game 58: Blues v Highlanders: Blues by 4
Game 59: Brumbies v Bulls:Bulls by 9
Game 60: Hurricanes v Stormers: Hurricanes by 17
Game 61: Reds v Lions: Reds by 6
Game 62: Waratahs v Force: Waratahs by 7
Game 63: Cheetahs v Chiefs: Chiefs by 15
Game 64: Sharks v Crusaders: Sharks by 10
15 Apr 2009, 22:25 pm
#608 carol: Good night Ms Cheltenham.
15 Apr 2009, 22:26 pm
#608 GrootSodaJoeSmile: bwahaahahahahaha, I changed my name back now.
15 Apr 2009, 22:26 pm
#610 GrootSodaJoeSmile: Well it wasn’t as much fun as I thought.
15 Apr 2009, 22:28 pm
#611 SodaJoe: It was funny when I saw that. BTW, stay away from Dominos pizza, did you see what the workers are doing?
15 Apr 2009, 22:28 pm
#611 Ed_the_Lion: I knew it was you, and I did laugh Eddie. Everyone has a recognizable style, but you carried it off well.
Lions could have beaten the Reds easily with Jacques and Baywatch, without them, fk.
15 Apr 2009, 22:29 pm
#613 Ed_the_Lion: Yes I watched it. How stupid can you be. I think they’re in deep kak now.
15 Apr 2009, 22:29 pm
#613 SodaJoe: hehehe, my grammer is very recognisable, because it is so bad. hehehehe.
I think we will take this one. Did you read what Anton v Zyl said?
15 Apr 2009, 22:30 pm
#614 SodaJoe: in very deep kak, just ordered a domino pizza last night, never again.
15 Apr 2009, 22:40 pm
Whats going on at dominos pizza?
15 Apr 2009, 22:45 pm
#617 SjamBok: the gassing on the pepperoni and putting the cheese in their noses.
15 Apr 2009, 23:14 pm
Game 58: Blues v Highlanders: Blues by 6
Game 59: Brumbies v Bulls: Bulls by 8
Game 60: Hurricanes v Stormers: Hurricanes by 8
Game 61: Reds v Lions: Reds by 11
Game 62: Waratahs v Force: Waratahs by 7
Game 63: Cheetahs v Chiefs: Chiefs by 35
Game 64: Sharks v Crusaders: Sharks by 12
15 Apr 2009, 23:21 pm
#458 SpringbokSarah: Jake White is the best coach SA has to offer the Stormers. Hope he gets the job. First thing he will do is get rid of the poisonous troublemaker. Stormers’ biggest problem solved, no fuss.
15 Apr 2009, 23:30 pm
This has been a very pleasant blog. No fighting.
15 Apr 2009, 23:34 pm
Welkom – A well-known Northern Free State rugby player has been arrested after the alleged rape of his 12-year-old cousin this past weekend at a house in the suburb of Bronville.
The 23-year-old wing is out on bail of R2 000 after his first court appearance in the magistrate’s court. He is set to appear in court again on May 6.
16 Apr 2009, 00:13 am
The DA has produced the greatest statesman/woman in SA since Mandela.
Viva Tony Leon!
Viva Helen Zille!
It’s just a pity the DA are unfortunately too pale to get the recognition they deserve…
“Largely chronological, Mr Leon’s autobiography is also partly thematic. He describes his involvement in, and shares his thoughts on, some of the country’s biggest challenges: AIDS, Zimbabwe, the erosion of parliament’s oversight role since 1994, and what he sees as the ruling party’s attempt to extend its tentacles into independent institutions such as the media and the courts.
He enjoyed a warm relationship with Mr Mandela, whose offer of a cabinet job Mr Leon nonetheless turned down in 1997. Later, when Mr Mandela accused the opposition parties of being “Mickey Mouse organisations”, Mr Leon retorted that he ran a “Goofy government”. A few weeks later, Mr Leon heard a knock on the door of his hospital room just before he was to undergo open-heart surgery. It was Mr Mandela, who called out, “Hullo, Mickey Mouse, this is Goofy, can I come in?”
This contrasted with the iciness that characterised Mr Leon’s relations with Thabo Mbeki, Mr Mandela’s successor as president. Mr Leon describes the battle for the leadership of the ANC last year between Mr Mbeki and Jacob Zuma as “the evil of two lessers”. Yet even Mr Mbeki has admitted that after believing Mr Leon to be a racist to the core, he came to realise he was a democrat to the bone.”
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