Jano snubs Sharks move
25 Jun 2010
Jano Vermaak says he will stay with the Lions and won’t be signing with the Sharks.
According to media reports, Lions scrumhalf Vermaak and centre Doppies la Grange have clauses in their contracts that allow them to be released and sign for another union. Vermaak is contracted with the Lions until 2011 but it was reported that he could decide to sign for the Sharks in the next week.
However, Vermaak denied this.
‘I’m not going to sign with the Sharks and I’m staying with the Lions,’ Vermaak told keo.co.za. ‘I don’t know where these rumours come from but I’m not leaving.’
La Grange was also linked with a move to the Sharks, but Lions CEO Manie Reyneke dismissed this by announcing that the centre has signed a contract extension. The move was always unlikely as Cheetahs centre Meyer Bosman is expected to transfer to Durban once his current contract expires in October.
‘There have been rumors circulating in the media for the past week or so that both Doppies and Jano are leaving the Lions,’ Reyneke told the Lions website.
‘I would like to now put the rumors to rest. Doppies has just signed an extension on his current contract and we are currently in discussions with Jano, who will in all likelihood also sign within the next few days.’
Meanwhile, Vermaak said he feels ’100%’ as the Lions prepare for the Currie Cup.
‘I feel much better and there’s no pain in my ankle,’ said Vermaak. ‘There was still some pain during the Super 14 and I believe that I did come back a bit too early. But I’m fitter now and looking forward to the season with the Lions.
‘[New head coach] John Mitchell has really made an improvement so far. He has great rugby knowledge and reads the game very well. I’m sure the Lions will do very well in the Currie Cup this season.’
By Gareth Duncan
23 Comments
25 Jun 2010, 09:15 am
i dont eat fish dragon?
25 Jun 2010, 09:17 am
Could this mean Pienaar is staying at the Sharks?
25 Jun 2010, 09:23 am
Vermaak to the Force
25 Jun 2010, 09:25 am
I wonder if Mitchell is actually on a recruiting mission.
25 Jun 2010, 09:36 am
If Mitchell has made an improvement, does that mean Vermaak rates him higher as D.Muir?
25 Jun 2010, 10:06 am
any coach, even jose mourinho would make an improvement @ the lions
25 Jun 2010, 10:17 am
Transie
I Can see the special one now, illustrating the finer points of the Barcelona off side trap to the lions backs…
25 Jun 2010, 10:36 am
Silly boy
25 Jun 2010, 10:47 am
And I see that Doppies has signed an extension according to Manie as well. Thanks god, that was a close one. Now we just have to get the Lions to take Pretoors and we will be okay.
25 Jun 2010, 10:55 am
@gunther(gunther)-7: especially with pique, puyol, marquez & yaya toure in the country, easyn to call them up for a demo…
25 Jun 2010, 10:58 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-6: Agreed
25 Jun 2010, 12:20 pm
Good to see the two of them committing to the Lions – they need an influx of players not a migration. Why are the Sharks on a mission to buy everyone and everything? Yes we had a shortage of quality in the S14 – but Doppie and Pretorious are not the players we should be approaching… Vermaak would have been quality, but we dont have a problem at 9 (kockott and mcloed fill the gaps nicely)
25 Jun 2010, 12:31 pm
What a boykie, still a proud Lion! The wheel turns, if ever so slowly for the Lions. Keep the faith.
25 Jun 2010, 12:38 pm
How could John M. have made a difference, when they haven’t played any games yet??
25 Jun 2010, 12:41 pm
@WTF?!?(bofh)-14: he’s teaching them how to tackle
25 Jun 2010, 13:13 pm
@ali(ali)-15: That is all on paper stuff, I will wait for the first game to see if anything has changed. Luckily for them they are playing the Leopards in their first game.
25 Jun 2010, 13:14 pm
Interesting that an article on sport24 states than he is still deciding on the move….I wonder which site told the truth and nothing but the truth????Could it be Keo
25 Jun 2010, 13:42 pm
@Jack Parow(Jack Parow)-13: jack parow in jou moeder se huisie….
25 Jun 2010, 15:15 pm
No biggie, we have Kockett and Mcleod and they both excellent.
25 Jun 2010, 16:42 pm
Give the man a raise.
I hate how the Sharks refuse to develop their own players and just spend all their tourism money on pillaging the real rugby provinces.
26 Jun 2010, 11:51 am
Sharks = Player Sharks – similar to loan sharks. Breed your own players and stop stealing from other franchises you bunch of XYZs!
26 Jun 2010, 11:59 am
Recon its time to give Mnr Staal Draad the red card!
28 Jun 2010, 13:17 pm
Eina – and then the Lions go and lose their warm up match to the Pumas, while the Sharks crush the Valke by 80 points to 3 ! And they are both sure to enjoy another fruitless Currie Cup and Super rugby season again and again.
Daar is nie pille vir ‘dom’ nie.
Good luck Jano and Doppies. The Lions and you deserve each other.
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