Meyer shock for Sharks
11 Feb 2010
Steve Meyer, the Sharks’ great hope at flyhalf, has announced his retirement from rugby with immediate effect.
The Perpignan recruit was expected to be named as the starting No 10 for Saturday’s match against the Chiefs. Monty Dumond was supposed to ride the bench, but coach John Plumtree has been forced to promote the utility player and name Ruan Pienaar as cover.
Sharks CEO Brian van Zyl has confirmed that Meyer has retired for personal reasons and been released from his contract. ‘Whilst this has come at an inopportune time, we respect his decision and have agreed to release him. It is fortunate that we have a number of players who can fill this position until such time as alternative arrangements can be made.’
Meyer looked the Sharks’ best bet in the pre-season match against the Stormers. The Durban side are already short on depth, and this news will be yet another blow to their depleted stocks.
John Smit will captain the side against the Chiefs and forms part of an all-Bok front row. Ryan Kankowski is down to start at No 8 while Willem Alberts, the subject of much controversy, is among the reserves.
Sharks – 15. Stefan Terblanche, 14. Odwa Ndungane, 13. Waylon Murray, 12. Andries Strauss, 11. JP Pietersen, 10. Monty Dumond, 9. Rory Kockott, 8. Ryan Kankowski, 7. Jean Deysel, 6. Keegan Daniel, 5. Johann Muller, 4. Steven Sykes, 3. John Smit (c), 2. Bismarck du Plessis, 1. Tendai Mtawarira.
Subs: 16. Craig Burden, 17. Jannie du Plessis, 18. Gerhard Mostert, 19. Willem Alberts, 20. Jacques Botes, 21. Ruan Pienaar, 22. Adrian Jacobs
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12 Feb 2010, 08:51 am
Jaco Pretorius peeps. His dad is Brand Pretorius. Probably one of the 10 richest South-Africans. Owns McCarthy Motors; has a massive share in Bidvest and Toyota.
Harry Viljoen also loaded, but not like Brand. Also filthy rich was Guy Kebble’s family, but they’ve lost a lot.
12 Feb 2010, 09:03 am
Brand Pretorius (Jaco’s dad) also partly owns Yamaha SA, Budget-rent-a-car & tiger wheels. His annual turn-over is – wait for it – R15bn!!!
12 Feb 2010, 09:05 am
Thing is…
It sounds like the guy knows Staal… and asked him not to say anything… so… much as I respect Staal… this is hardly a scientific conclusion… just one man’s opinion on his personal wealth passed on to Staal…
How does the player know he is richer than anybody else…? There are some super rich ex-players for sure… but I don’t think too many splash the numbers on the front pages…
anyway… just for fun…
I reckon it is Francois Pienaar… the guy is super sharp…
we know he marketed the IPL last year and “apparently” (not a scientific conclusion either…) apparently he got a huge commission for doing so… something like 10 percent…
when you consider that, during the Hansie trial, it was said that over a billion dollars US is bet on each and every cricket match in India alone… (the betting in India alone… the matches every where in the world) the figures for the IPL must have been staggeringly massive…
but even so… if Francois is the player Staal reffered to what evidence is there that other players haven’t made similar amounts…??
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