Currie Cup latest (Tues)
21 Sep 2010
Keo.co.za brings you the news from the Currie Cup.
Cheetahs change two
Naka Drotske has opted to start Riaan Smit at fullback and WP Nel at prop against the Pumas.
Nel replaces Kobus Calldo while Smit comes in for Hennie Daniller. Daniller is being rested after playing every Currie Cup game to date.
Cheetahs – 15 Riaan Smit, 14 Philip Snyman, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Louis Strydom, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Philip Van der Walt, 6 Hendro Scholtz, 5 David de Villiers, 4 Francois Uys, 3 WP Nel , 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Subs: 16 Skipper Badenhorst, 17 Kobus Calldo, 18 Izak van der Westhuizen, 19 Kabamba Floors, 20 Tertius Carse, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Corné Uys.
Basson’s a Bull
Bjorn Basson has signed a new deal with the Bulls which starts from 1 November.
The Springbok wing was committed to Griquas and the Cheetahs until the end of 2011 but the Bulls paid a transfer fee to get the player released from his contract. Griquas CEO Arni van Rooyen confirmed the move on Tuesday but refused to reveal the amount paid for the player.
Botha ready to rumble
Gary Botha has recovered from a head knock and will be available for the Bulls this weekend.
The Bulls skipper as well as lock Fudge Mabeta have been cleared for the game against the Leopards. Flank Deon Stegmann will undergo a fitness test on Tuesday, and could well feature in Potchefstroom.
Province lose Liebenberg
Tiaan Liebenberg will play no further part in the Currie Cup.
The WP hooker injured his ankle against the Cheetahs three weeks ago and coach Allister Coetzee is not expecting him back any time soon. Liebenberg’s injury was supposed to sideline him for six weeks, but WP management have confirmed he won’t be fit for the play-offs.
Back-up flyhalf Lionel Cronje missed last week’s game with a hamstring problem, and won’t be risked against Griquas this Friday.
Black players don’t want quotas
Sarpa chief executive Piet Heymans says Saru should consider changes to its competition structures to ensure that promising black players don’t disappear between U21 and senior level.
‘The players’ position is that they want equal opportunities. If they are good enough, they want to play. No player wants to be viewed as a quota player and everybody wants to be there on merit. Black players are not in favour of quotas. Their plea is for equal playing opportunities and game time,’ said Heymans.
‘Saru should be creative with the competition structures and see if there is a way of making the transition from junior to senior level easier. The bigger provinces should also be more willing to loan players they aren’t using to smaller provinces. It is happening already, but the system can be utilised even better.’
The Vodacom Cup will still be played next year, but an age limit may be applied from 2012 onwards. One possibility is to make it an U23 competition, while there is also a school of thought that it should make way for a super club competition.
Heymans said it is wrong for Saru to criticise the provinces without doing something about it.
‘As governing body of rugby, Saru have the ability to do something about the [transformation] issue. The question is just whether the leadership is strong enough to really do something about it.’
WP’s timing spot on
Allister Coetzee believes Western Province are building momentum at the perfect time.
Province suffered a mid-season slump when they lost three consecutive matches against the Sharks, Cheetahs and Lions.
However, with three rounds remaining before the play-offs, WP have won their last two games against the Leopards (59-17) and Pumas (62-10) comfortably and displayed the kind of form they had during their six-match winning streak at the start of the season. They are currently second on the log with 38 points.
‘Things are coming together nicely for us and it is especially important at this time of the season,’ said Coetzee. ‘This is the period when you want to be playing well and putting good performances together.
‘We face three tough games now [against Griquas, the Bulls and Sharks] before hopefully we go into the play-offs, so this is the time when we need to step up our performance.’
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21 Sep 2010, 09:43 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-131: Yeah I know, I’m just saying that I think Basson may be the new star. I wonder of he’ll play 11 or 14. Doesn’t he play 14 for Grikwas?
21 Sep 2010, 09:44 am
@sparticus(sparticus)-147:
Mapoe doesn’t have the pace for an international wing. Didn’t you see, even the Cheetahs moved him to centre in his last season in Bloem.
That’s where his future lies.
21 Sep 2010, 09:44 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-135: so what is Jaco Pretorius’ official time?
bwahahahahaha
21 Sep 2010, 09:45 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-107: Brian was tired pf chasing Burglars in Gauteng. Wanted a quieter life in the Cape. Pity that it carried over into his game…
21 Sep 2010, 09:45 am
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-151:
Basson is a more lethal attacker at this stage of his career than vd Heever is at the moment.
But I think he is a year or so older than Gerhard.
In a couple of years time, the Bulls could have one of the top international wing pairs running out for them.
21 Sep 2010, 09:45 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-149: Was Fabian. But Mapoe man-handled Shadow pretty badly in that game.
21 Sep 2010, 09:46 am
Basson is an excellent signing. He’s got fantastic pace and I’ve seen him take some phenomenal catches of high kicks, that he chased. I don’t really know why he wasn’t picked for the Boks in the Tri Nations when the tittle was gone and the incumbent players where totally off form?
21 Sep 2010, 09:46 am
@Frankly speaking(Frankly speaking)-137: Who needs Whitehead and Newman when you’ve got Bosman and Uys?…
BTW… Waylon Murray is my dark horse for a bolter selection on the EOYT. Playing some awesome rugby.
21 Sep 2010, 09:47 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-142: That is only a small part of it.
21 Sep 2010, 09:47 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-145: Big and strong. His partnership with Danie van Schalkwyk was special although Danie’s debut against the AllBlacks at Loftus was piss poor
21 Sep 2010, 09:47 am
@HongKongSlong(HongKongSlong)-157: Like a number of other players also.
21 Sep 2010, 09:47 am
So Keo and Jake are getting a divorce.
I wonder, who gets custody of Eddie?
How much child support will they have to pay?
living in Japan is expensive.
21 Sep 2010, 09:48 am
@Boks should grow moustaches for RWC(Kid_Senekal)-158: Although Bosman is at the Sharkies next year!
21 Sep 2010, 09:48 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-153: Basson + 2.5s.
21 Sep 2010, 09:49 am
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-163: That’s true.
21 Sep 2010, 09:49 am
Anybody got any contacts at Bulls or Griquas to find out how much the Bulls paid for Basson?
21 Sep 2010, 09:49 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-153:
Pretorius was originally a wing and a sevens player. Very fast, but he’s lost speed in the last couple of years, and it is time for him to hang up his boots soon, I reckon.
21 Sep 2010, 09:50 am
@gunther(gunther)-162:
Have to wait for the paternity test
21 Sep 2010, 09:51 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-167:
moreover pretorious seems to be the first rugby player to be made entirely of glass.
bulls need to buy de jongh.
21 Sep 2010, 09:52 am
So this means that Francois Hougaard is going to sit bench!
21 Sep 2010, 09:52 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-149: And now he finds himself on the WP bench at the best of times. So sad.
21 Sep 2010, 09:54 am
@iori Yagami(iori Yagami)-170:
Yes, as will Juandre Kruger and Flip vd Merwe, but after the 2011 S15, they will all be in the starting line up for the next 5 years or so.
So a little patience will go a long way, in this case.
21 Sep 2010, 09:55 am
@Horings(Horings)-150:
Actually, vd Heever may be the better option at fullback. He was a fullback at junior level.
21 Sep 2010, 09:56 am
@iori Yagami(iori Yagami)-170: Outside centre for the Zefmeister. He is too good not to play, the Bulls don’t have a decent 13, and Hougie has experience there.
21 Sep 2010, 09:57 am
@Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-168:
eddie looks more like keo than jake.
maybe he has a bit of Zuma in him.
He wouldn’t be the first.
21 Sep 2010, 09:57 am
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-174: Not sure how Stefan Dippenaar is going to feel about that… the 2 of them are dik tjommies apparantly.
21 Sep 2010, 10:00 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-152: Dont agree , Mapoe was moved to centre due to lack of better replacements. He has buckets of speed
21 Sep 2010, 10:01 am
got to say that i am very impressed with Juandre Kruger…..the hype was justified….a magnificent lock….will be a bok soon.
21 Sep 2010, 10:01 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-155: Tac, Sharks have too. With Mvovo and JPP. Two brilliant wings.
Once the Mapoe situation gets sorted out we have him too.
Bulls too with Basson have brilliant wings now.
SA are totally sorted with the Wings for many years to come. Huge talent we have there.
21 Sep 2010, 10:03 am
@sparticus(sparticus)-177: Agree, Mapoe it pure blitz. Plenty speed he has.
21 Sep 2010, 10:03 am
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-174: Ja for 1 game!
21 Sep 2010, 10:04 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-155: Yes, i’m a big fan. I think he’s a real class act as a player. I’m saddened at his move, because it means that 6 times a year I’ll be cheering for him to fail. The rest of the time I’ll be fully behind him.
21 Sep 2010, 10:05 am
@Falken(Falken)-181: Also spent his junior days there – played under 20s at 13 if I remember correctly. He barely had any experience on the wing before this year’s Super 14!
21 Sep 2010, 10:07 am
@grant10(grant10)-178: Yeah, he might have a future as a 7 – I think we can expect him to fill the role Rossouw played when he was younger – lock/backrower. Good pace and athleticism.
Plenty of decent locks coming through – although they are mostly at the Bulls!
21 Sep 2010, 10:07 am
@Puma(Puma)-180:
From Times live, 3 October 2009: 30 seconds with Lionel Mapoe:
Question: Which other sports did you participate in at school?
Answer: I did the 100m and 200m in athletics and played second-team cricket. I wasn’t that fast – my 100m time was about 11.4sec. I was a first-change bowler.
21 Sep 2010, 10:09 am
Been away for a while and come back and notice there are far too many group hugs, kissing and agreeing with each other
What is going on here??
How can anyone agree with Tac??
21 Sep 2010, 10:10 am
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-184: personally i would leave him as a 5 lock……but he is certainly an athlete of distinction…..that vital tackle he made vs the lions was a game saver.
21 Sep 2010, 10:10 am
@Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-141:
and through
the poms
at
twickenham
21 Sep 2010, 10:12 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-185: Now ask him how quick he is with a rugby ball under his arm, and the fullback and cover defence to beat. Its a different type of skill and a different type of pace.
21 Sep 2010, 10:13 am
I am so happy Basson a Bull, this made my week.
21 Sep 2010, 10:14 am
@grant10(grant10)-187: Yeah it was, and he isn’t an athlete in the Pierre Spies mold! His game is based on him having impressive bench pressing stats, but rather an excellent feel for the game, and the athleticism which ensures that he is in the right place at the right time.
I would like to see him tour at the end of the year, if we send over a young team. He has largely been a leader in a young Bulls pack and also has experience of playing in the Northern Hemisphere.
21 Sep 2010, 10:14 am
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-189:
Weren’t you the guy who argued yesterday that the bulked up guys are now slower than their best matric 100m times?
21 Sep 2010, 10:14 am
Someone on this site has the worst poker face in the world.
He was obviously deeply concerned about the Bulls depth for next years S14. His relief over this signing is actually palpable.
Its like he had pocket aces in a poker game and instead of remaining calm, he’s got a massive smile accross his face.
21 Sep 2010, 10:14 am
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-191: should say “isn’t based…”
21 Sep 2010, 10:15 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-185: Interesting , I wonder if he got any faster , he certainly looks fast , also how fast that compare with Ven Der Heever ?
21 Sep 2010, 10:15 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus)-167: operative word ‘was’, between him and stephan ‘higginbotham left me’ dippenaar the bulls are kak @ centre.
21 Sep 2010, 10:17 am
@Bod(bod)-186:
fuckoff.
how’s that for a group hug.
21 Sep 2010, 10:18 am
@sparticus(sparticus)-195:
Almost a second difference in their top 100m times. 11.4 vs 10.5.
21 Sep 2010, 10:19 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-196:
Agreed. That’s why it’s time for him to look at bringing his career to a close.
As soon as the Bulls recruit another promising outside centre, that is.
21 Sep 2010, 10:19 am
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-191: ja
i would definitley include him, especially with A Bekker unavailable.
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