if you take:

BJ Botha
CJ Botha
Joe van Niekerk
Butch James
Fans Steyn
Jean de Villiers, etc

How much do you think it will cost to fly them in and out of SA. How will you track their progress? These guys as much as they earn will not pay for their own tickets. I think it makes sense while we are still doing good as a team to stick to local players.

Just get Frans out first.

Are my feelings clear enough?

@Slumtown: Ebersohn was pointe dout by a kiwi Reunions commentator as having come out fo line a few times against the Canes, and was criticising teh canes fro not going down his channel. He needs to watch hmself and his enthusiasm. This is not sevens – this is the 15 man game and teamwork is all important.

Killer combos whichever way you look at it. Just need another really solid 13.
Perhaps Ebersohn will step up this year. His size worries me though. We always have old Adi to fall back on. But he´s getting a bit long in the tooth.

Although is seems he would’ve left anyway, the Sharks haven’t done themselves any favours in the event he decides to come back to SA.
It will be sad if he doesn’t play for the Boks in the WC. His performances in the 3N last year totally demoralized the opposition.

I think he would flourish under the current laws in S14.

For the Boks 15 as i would have JVD at 12. In time he could become the incubent 12.

At the last WC he was absolutely superb at 12. Solid defense and some lovely breaks.

Agree the boks need him. The man is born to play rugby.

But it seems this Wunderkind doesnt know what he wants really.

He really prefers the position “he is doing well at that time”.Because last yr after Tri-Nations he was stating that he prefers playing 15 as it gives him more freedom etc etc(note: e had just kicked 2 50m penalties and was playing well there)

During 2009 prior ro being named starting 15 for Boks,having not had the best season at 12 for Sharks,he rescinded back to the “I want to play flyhalf” rhetoric..

Now its…I want to play 12 etc..

IMHO he is a 15

And the decision to go to France was one made out of petulance and not being favoured/darling at the time.Then he had a successful 2nd half of Tri Nations-rhetoric changed…

LOL

OMG i can’t stop laughing…

Other than that I saw him playing against Montpelier the other day and “Francois Schtun” as the French pronounce it didn’t really have the greatest game – he was running around like a bit of a headless chicken at times. In previous games he has looked quite good and he still has his massive boot.