Smit out of Euro tour
22 Sep 2010
John Smit has undergone successful surgery but won’t make the Grand Slam tour.
The Bok captain has been ruled out for three months after undergoing an operation to repair a chronic cervical disc.
‘The op will also ensure John’s availability for the Springboks and the Sharks for the 2011 season,’ said team doctor Craig Roberts. ‘The timing was right for John to undergo surgery as he will now have a prolonged period of recovery in advance of the new season.
‘This was not a career threatening injury.’
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22 Sep 2010, 16:49 pm
51. goyougoodthing2(goyougoodthing2): Seriously? Eish, sorry for Percy…
53. katman(katman): LOL, you guys are on a roll
22 Sep 2010, 16:49 pm
40 Transinkonyane: according to some, definitely not “prophet” Piet…
Its going to be a real quandary for Keo and other Jake the Snake minions who will get the credit for the grandslam if Smitty is an absentee coach…
However, Skype or Cisco videoconferencing from Umhlanga Hospital may be possible… Problem solved.
22 Sep 2010, 16:50 pm
This is crazy now. About 3 of my posts are awaiting moderation. For what?
22 Sep 2010, 16:51 pm
42. JustshaggedG10 – its because your comments are rubbish…
22 Sep 2010, 16:53 pm
i have tried to vloek HG about 10 times but keep on getting moderated.
HG consider yourself vloeked in your moer.
22 Sep 2010, 16:53 pm
Puma, don’t press the reply BUTTON!!!!!!
22 Sep 2010, 16:53 pm
its the rooi gevaar i tell you.
22 Sep 2010, 16:54 pm
keo…wat gaan aan?
22 Sep 2010, 16:54 pm
Keo: “Peter, is SARU moderating my website?”
PDV: “Ja Keo, I’m not saying I know anything, but you reap what you sow and maybe Malema has had enough.”
Keo: “Can Malema turn on a computer let alone moderate a forum?”
PDV: “You see, ja, thinking like a white man. Moses didn’t say I am not a stone mason and yet he carved the commandments. ja, you see, us, the men of this land, we know.”
Keo: “You know what?”
PDV: “Ja, again you see Keo, thinking in white man’s terms. Like you think about rugby. Not having any knowledge is no hinderance in our culture, we are winners, we achieve beyond our abilities.”
Keo: “Moderation is an achievement?”
PDV: “Ja, you see Keo, you have much to learn. Julius has a standard 4 in woodwork and now he monitors words. you see the power of our ways, achieving beyond our means. The glory of the Prophets of Abraham. We are chosen. Ja.
22 Sep 2010, 16:54 pm
49. Pussyman – LOL. you speak truth
22 Sep 2010, 16:55 pm
1. THEBokFan(bokfan1) Seriously yep. Tightest bod in SA… over 40s I think. Pretty good stuff.
22 Sep 2010, 16:56 pm
56 Grabbed10Moffies – vloek yourself, man
22 Sep 2010, 16:56 pm
wiesjoufokkenpussyman?
>^..^<
22 Sep 2010, 16:56 pm
so plod back doing what he does best….f all….
3 months….at least he will be fit for xmas pudding.
22 Sep 2010, 16:56 pm
59 – Transie thanks.
It also logged me out…….hahahahaha. Had to log back in. Think it is taking toooooooooooo much time just to post one post here. Will be back later once it is working proper.
22 Sep 2010, 16:56 pm
smit should go along to escort and provide the necessary aura
22 Sep 2010, 16:58 pm
PA – I reckon this is a blessing in disguise. Juan Smiths long rest was very evident and hopefully so will JSmits. Is MatField touring? I hope he gets a rest too and probably Morne Steyn but with no flyhalf i think MSteyn will be touring!!!
22 Sep 2010, 16:58 pm
Mama Luciano’s may lose some profit over the next 3 months…
22 Sep 2010, 17:00 pm
The rest of the site is well fcked, but at least the poll is spot-on.
22 Sep 2010, 17:04 pm
@katman
Yes, the Lions will win!
22 Sep 2010, 17:04 pm
70. Pussyman – The poll indicates the collective intelligence of Lions supporters on Keo – IQ of 136 and counting divided by the total number of votes…
22 Sep 2010, 17:05 pm
so what the F is afriboredom doing about rhino poaching
22 Sep 2010, 17:07 pm
You guys who think the Lions will win probably also think WP will win the Cup. Bwah ha ha ha ha. Like Percy you’ve shot your bolts for the last time.
And the kitties look better, but the Sharks are gonna get ya.
22 Sep 2010, 17:07 pm
71. We Poep-Forever. Yes, and their are no quotas in rugby… get a grip… catch a wakeup
22 Sep 2010, 17:08 pm
72. Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua) YOu mean Cheetah Poaching? Harold sent them a letter but he didn’t pay enough for postage.
22 Sep 2010, 17:09 pm
lions will easily beat the player stealing cheetah team
22 Sep 2010, 17:10 pm
73. Mighty ***** – WTF do you care other than using the poached rhino for bushmeat after you’ve sold the horn to the local colonising chinaman
22 Sep 2010, 17:11 pm
73 Might Wh.ore – play it again… WTF do you care other than using the poached rhino for bushmeat after you’ve sold the horn to the local colonising chinaman
22 Sep 2010, 17:15 pm
HG .Will you join my facebook page to stop the poaching
22 Sep 2010, 17:16 pm
76. Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua) True, how dare those Sharks offer to pay a guy 20 times more. Awful we are, not a standup chap among us. Filthy as fannies in a house of ill-repute.
22 Sep 2010, 17:17 pm
?
22 Sep 2010, 17:17 pm
79 Hoerewa: Your face is too ugly for facebook!
22 Sep 2010, 17:20 pm
80 Might *****… Fark that, the masses need bushmeat…
22 Sep 2010, 17:22 pm
77 Who have the Cheetahs stolen… Not right in the professional era…
22 Sep 2010, 17:24 pm
in comparison with the sharks, cosatu looks like imams
22 Sep 2010, 17:27 pm
82. Thats why we’ll use the absa logo. So are you joining the anti poaching fan page
22 Sep 2010, 17:30 pm
we can give the bushmeat to zimbos and porras cause the masses wil get an increasd social grant from the tax of the elite
22 Sep 2010, 17:30 pm
LOL, Afriforum made ABSA change there tune very quickly. Soos in die ou dae is die afrikaner baas.
22 Sep 2010, 17:31 pm
87 Dont use tracebook
22 Sep 2010, 17:33 pm
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22 Sep 2010, 17:37 pm
Its ok HG
22 Sep 2010, 17:40 pm
Sport 24
Absa: No quotas for Currie Cup
2010-09-21 22:31Email | Print
Johannesburg – Absa did not threaten to withdraw sponsorship money or suggest quotas be instituted, Absa and SA Rugby Union (SARU) said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
“SA Rugby confirms that at no time did Absa threaten to withdraw sponsorship money or suggested that quotas be instituted or was in any way prescriptive about the composition of the teams,” SARU president Oregan Hoskins said.
Last week, reports surfaced that Currie Cup sponsor Absa had expressed concern over a lack of transformation in rugby.
This caused civil rights group AfriForum to launch a “Stop Absa Quotas” campaign, with many people threatening to close their Absa bank accounts.
Absa responded in a Rapport article on Sunday, with deputy chief executive Louis von Zeuner saying: “We have never said a team should include a certain number of players of colour.”
But on Tuesday, Afriforum’s executive director Kallie Kriel said the organisation had found an SMS from Von Zeuner to Hoskins, apparently contradicting Von Zeuner’s weekend statement.
It was sent after the Currie Cup matches played on September 11.
According to AfriForum it reads: “Regan, I think you should write to the major unions on black players -judging from today’s games Lions 2, Bulls 1, Cheetahs 2 – they are not respecting the spirit and goals of transformation. Louis.”
According to SARU and Absa’s statement: “quotas no longer apply to the Currie Cup Competition.
“However, it is expected of each province to take serious cognisance of the issue of representivity of players on the field of play, to support our broader transformation objectives.”
They quoted a provision in the competition rules: “SA Rugby has adopted a comprehensive transformation charter that will guide SA Rugby and its provinces on the critical aspect of the game”.
Von Zeuner said Absa’s request to SARU was that the tournament “be presented in such a way that it ensures that the Currie Cup competition gives the opportunity to all players to develop their potential”.
He said spectator numbers “are not always satisfactory” and had told SARU that “all aspects of the agreement are not always adhered to”.
“Currie Cup matches must generate the same excitement as was the case with certain sporting events earlier this year.”
22 Sep 2010, 17:44 pm
93 “However, it is expected of each province to take serious cognisance of the issue of representivity of players on the field of play, to support our broader transformation objectives.” – jeez, that is a long way to say that there are quotas…
Ironic all this quota imperative coming from Fatty von Zeuner: a middle aged mlungu…
22 Sep 2010, 17:45 pm
this op is really fishy! It’s okay to just say Plod is dropped.
22 Sep 2010, 17:48 pm
93. I wonder what mlungu Fatty von Zeuner’s interpretation is of “the spirit and goals of transformation”?
22 Sep 2010, 17:49 pm
I had no idea it was SARU’s and the Unions jobs to go into schools and beat black kids with sticks until they like rugby more than soccer. Likewise with the teachers, the ones that actually teach or do sports, that they should teach a game they have no idea about.
Surely that is governmemnts’ job through the board of education or sport or something?
What are the Bulls, Sharks, Stormers etc to do? Demand black people like rugby. It’s like demanding me to like soccer, a game I find so boring I felt like crying during the world cup.
22 Sep 2010, 17:50 pm
94. Transformation(Transformation) No its been on the cards for about a year, his neck has been stuffed for a while.
22 Sep 2010, 17:53 pm
97. Goyou – maybe thats what fatty von Zeuner wants… When are the Sharks going to take down the absa banners from Kings Park and get another sponsor who is actually interested in rugger… and not in trying to do transformation by colouring-in book…
22 Sep 2010, 17:55 pm
What does transformation really mean? Fair go is fair go, but what if I don’t like chess or badmington or squash or curling?
We don’t have any black skiers either I think, is that a problem? What about black golfers? Why are so many Indians good at Matric finals, should there be a limit on their numbers so whiteys and blacks can match them? It’s a load of hogwash that has no bearing on the realisties of life.
There are more black people in SA and yet the majority of them like another sport. Is that a hard thing to grasp?
22 Sep 2010, 17:57 pm
98. Heavens Game(Heavens Game) Ironic that ABSA, of all banks talks this, given their past.
But their CEO is as fishy as a fish stick in a fish hoek summer.
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