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
625 Comments
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15 Apr 2009, 16:20 pm
#242 Hier kom groot k..: He was bouht as a lock, suppose that’s not a good enough reason for you.
#243 bokfan1: he has been quite but I think he was tired of being moaned at. Have always enjoyed his posts on here.
15 Apr 2009, 16:22 pm
#241 cab: I will say it here and now…i try and only do the rugby stuff on Keo….cant stand the fighting…makes me worry about this great land i love so much….truth is i read a lot as opposed to venting…seriously have seen CC provoked a lot …yes he then reacts like a nuclear reactor of note…but deep down i think he is a decent chap…i like him, skop ,hater as well as soda,robzim,gbs and a lot of bloggers from across the spectrum…personally o hate being put into a ‘camp’….i am a proud saffa …
15 Apr 2009, 16:24 pm
#249 Sheriff:
whos they?
what they protesting against?
sounds like you think you know what they think?
15 Apr 2009, 16:24 pm
#251 grant10:
you are right, and its time for me to step off this soapbox before yet another threads gets ingulfed in shite, but this time there was a very clear person who started this off and it was not CC.
15 Apr 2009, 16:24 pm
#244 grootblousmile: O, didn’t know he had to be lured – there was just no way I saw him playing for the Bulls again anyway. He cost them that match against Province last year when the Bulls were leading comfortably until Lobberts came on and got red-carded almost immediatly with the match lost in the end. In retrospect that red-card probably cost them the CurrieCup (what a difference a home final would have made??) And it cost me a dinner-bet with my Sharks-friend!
15 Apr 2009, 16:24 pm
#246 Sheriff: Hater intimidated me a bit but once i engaged with her i found a decent person..
15 Apr 2009, 16:26 pm
Ag nee man watse krokodilbollie praat die manne weer hier.
Word nounet wakker van my mirragslapie en opgewonde om rugby te praat – en nou hierie gemors. Nee ek gaan sommer weer.
15 Apr 2009, 16:27 pm
Did any of you expats vote today?
15 Apr 2009, 16:28 pm
#192 Ashley, “die ballerinas”-supporter: Sê jy wat tanne het. Ek kon dit self nie beter gestel het nie.
15 Apr 2009, 16:29 pm
#252 bokfan1:
3 questions there mate!
1st Q: stick around for a while and you’ll see
2nd Q: not sure what the official complaint is, but probably to do with perceived unfairness (based on a prev similar)
3rd Q: no mate, but patterns/trends influence our expectations.
15 Apr 2009, 16:29 pm
#253 cab: Sherrif i saw…yes…i dont want to break my own rules…suffice to say i have had very good discussions with CC and Hater and believe the site would be poorer without them…
15 Apr 2009, 16:30 pm
#207 grootblousmile: een hang bietjie laer.
15 Apr 2009, 16:30 pm
#256 Ou Ballie:
Jisjong!
Is ek BLY om JOU te sien!
Ons moet gesels oor CCK.
Kom jy dikwels op die dorp?
Dan moet jy kom ietsie drink daar by my.
15 Apr 2009, 16:31 pm
going to the beach…cheers all…till later..
15 Apr 2009, 16:32 pm
#255 grant10:
Ja she can be annoying at times, actually most of the time.
Do you agree?
15 Apr 2009, 16:32 pm
#260 grant10:
We could do without the ‘f’ word tho…
15 Apr 2009, 16:33 pm
#256 Ou Ballie: Nee moenie gaan nie…
Hier’s paar van ons wat wag vir ordintlike geselskap…
15 Apr 2009, 16:36 pm
#253 cab:
Have I denied at any point that I raised the point of discussion? I even explained why I did.
Surely it was done with integrity?
15 Apr 2009, 16:36 pm
I raised the stormers defensive stats as a conversation topic earlier but got no biters. That indicates that Rassie has got the defensive side of things right, pity they can’t attack for sh*t.
They have only conceded 14 tries in 8 games, second best in the S14 behind the Crusaders, who funnily enough has scored fewer tries than the stormers as well
15 Apr 2009, 16:38 pm
#266 grootblousmile:
Ek wou hom nog beduie na ma toe, en na antie Sofie Treu toe…toe is hy weg…
Hy mis n lekker hoenderpastei en n melktert, vra vir Superbul en K9!
15 Apr 2009, 16:43 pm
Ek sien uit om vir Lobberts te sien speel, dit kan nie veel slegter met die stromers nie. Ten minste sal altwee slotte dalk vas speel. Hopelik gryp hy sy kans met altwee hande.
15 Apr 2009, 16:43 pm
#268 Corndog: Balance is key….
Balance in a front row…. balance in a lock pairing… balance in a loossie combo… balance in the halfbacks…. balance in the rest of the backline…
This is where the Stormers fail dramatically… in every one of these combinations…
Balance between defence and attack…
Balance in the sense of what the primary roll of players in their positions should fulfill…
If somebody tells me it is condusive to balance to have one hooker PLUS one lock PLUS one loossie permanently in the backline, mucking up ball for the real backline players, then the know didley squat about rugby….
15 Apr 2009, 16:43 pm
well,
what i cant understand
(and i’ve seen it happen on here quite a lot)
is that guys tell each other to “just scroll past a certain blogger’s name)
yes sure,
you have guys on here that seem to try there outmost best to unsettle other bloggers,
but
having that kind of viewpoint
actually means that you start thinking that everytime that person put something on here,
you definately deny yourself the oppertunity to learn something new
jeez, guys
if i’d have ignored the tackler everytime he comes on here
or guys like g13g etc etc
just because
i was de mo*r in with him sometime in the past,
i wouldve lost numerous oppertunities to learn!!
come-on, it doesnt mean because you couldnt agree with a certain blogger today
that tomorrow
will be same old – same old!!
15 Apr 2009, 16:43 pm
#269 Pietman: ek dink dit is hoog tyd Rassie veranderinge in daai span maak. Kan nie glo dit het hom so lank gevat nie.
15 Apr 2009, 16:48 pm
#272 Ashley, “die ballerinas”-supporter:
I have learned sweet blue f’ckall about rugby from Shaun Langenhoven’s post over the last two years on this site.
15 Apr 2009, 16:50 pm
#271 grootblousmile: Very true although I think the loose trio is balanced if Schalk regains form as Vermeulen does the Juan Smith type role and Watson can get stuck in in the loose (not at first receiver).
My biggest irritation with the stormers are that they have JdV at 12 probably the best attacking 12 in world rugby, but the ball has to get past 3 forwards for him to get it, the other one is that no one has told “Fiji” that running works better than jogging on the field.
15 Apr 2009, 16:51 pm
#272 Ashley, “die ballerinas”-supporter:
having that kind of viewpoint
actually means that you start thinking that everytime that person put something on here,
you definately deny yourself the oppertunity to learn something new
shouldve been
…..
having that kind of viewpoint
actually means that you may deny yourself the oppertunity to learn something new
(sorry i changed my wording a few times … and got it wrong in the end!!
)
15 Apr 2009, 16:52 pm
#272 Ashley, “die ballerinas”-supporter:
Ja Dominee, maar alles het perke
15 Apr 2009, 16:53 pm
#276 Ashley, “die ballerinas”-supporter: ek hoop nie jy drink op Woensdae nie..hehehehe
15 Apr 2009, 16:53 pm
#274 Pietman:
maybe tomorrow, oom piet, maybe tomorrow!!
15 Apr 2009, 16:54 pm
#277 Sheriff:
ag broeder, naasteliefde
#278 Ed_the_Lion:
15 Apr 2009, 16:54 pm
#276 Ashley, “die ballerinas”-supporter:
Ja, ek raak nou self deurmekaar, hehehehe!
Se maar net jy laaik die outjie, en ons moet bietjie luister wat hy se, en ons sal verstaan….
15 Apr 2009, 16:56 pm
#274 Pietman:
Stem saam.
Ek moet sê iemand wat ek rerig geniet, jammer hy is nou weg, is Ou Ballie.
15 Apr 2009, 16:57 pm
#279 Ashley, “die ballerinas”-supporter:
Nee, ek is te oud om te wag ou seun…hy moet vinnig sy se se, hy is darem te langdradig, daai Shaun…kom altyd met n draaitjie en swaaitjie…
15 Apr 2009, 16:58 pm
#275 Corndog: Where’s the balance in the Stormers loossie combo ??
You have arguably one the best no 8′s in the country… Vermeulen… playing no 7 (blindside flank)
You have potentially one of the best No 7′s in the country…. Schalla…. playing at openside No 6 (yip, that’s right, I rate him as a No 7, not as a opensider…
You have Lulu playing at No 8 whereas the short **** should play openside flank…. and to be optimally effective to concentrate on the ground ball battle and not hang around the No 10 channel.
PS ! This post might confuse NZ readers… seeing as we in SA use No 6 as openside and No 7 as blindside, whereas they swap it around….
15 Apr 2009, 16:58 pm
#280 Ashley, “die ballerinas”-supporter:
Dominee, daai man preek teen presies dit wat dominee elke Sondag preek
Hoes dominee dan nou so deurmekaar?
Dominee moet kant kies, breë weg lei na die verderf
15 Apr 2009, 16:58 pm
#282 Sheriff:
OuBalie is nou terug, hy steek net gou vuur op, hy gaan braai want hy het nie lekker geeet in Hermanus by die kafee nie!
15 Apr 2009, 16:59 pm
#281 Pietman:
anyway guys
i’m out of here
enjoy!!
15 Apr 2009, 17:00 pm
#284 grootblousmile: I still think Lulu’s best position is on the bench or waterboy.
15 Apr 2009, 17:00 pm
#287 Ashley, “die ballerinas”-supporter:
Tjorts!
Groente in CN.
15 Apr 2009, 17:01 pm
#285 Sheriff:
komaan ouens, ek moet rerig nou waai
sien more!!
15 Apr 2009, 17:01 pm
#287 Ashley, “die ballerinas”-supporter: Bye Ashley, “die ballet dansers” ondersteuner.
15 Apr 2009, 17:02 pm
#271 grootblousmile: Know what you mean but you can balance that “front row” any way you like, and they will still “scrum” backwards.
15 Apr 2009, 17:02 pm
#286 Pietman:
Hy herinner my kol-kol aan jou Pieter.
Nie die “ou” gedeelte nie, maar klink my hy is so reguit soos en jy en GBS
15 Apr 2009, 17:03 pm
#284 grootblousmile: If they play like you suggest then there will be balance. it’s not working at the moment. They probably have the roles defined as you have stated in your post. The problem is Schalk is off form and Luke is not in all the rucks.
15 Apr 2009, 17:04 pm
#288 Ed_the_Lion: Wel, as hy in die No 10 channel wil rondhang, kan hy maar netsowel op die bench sit…. want sy werk is daar oppie vloer, nie in Grant se pad nie….
15 Apr 2009, 17:05 pm
#295 grootblousmile: Presies. WP het een musa lang agterlyn. Nou kort hulle net voorspelers.
15 Apr 2009, 17:06 pm
#292 SA Barbarians: And look like contortionists in the process
15 Apr 2009, 17:07 pm
Party mense laaik dit nie as jy ‘n reguit persoon is nie.
Ek is dus nie verbaas as mense soms soos bv Grant10 sê:” That guy can be annoying at times”
Trouens ek verwag dit alhoewel ek dit nie uitlok nie.
Ek het ‘n vaste geloof dat jy dinge moet sê soos jy dit sien.
Sê dit soos jy dit sien en sê jammer as jy later sien jy is/was verkeerd.
15 Apr 2009, 17:08 pm
#296 Ed_the_Lion: Een van die dae is Bekker terug – dink net hoe lang gaan daai agterlyn dan wees! Lulu maak darem die gemiddelde lengte van die agterlyn laer
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