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, 18:05 pm
99 I wonder if absa is following “the spirit and goals of transformation”…
Lets apply the same standards of counting black representatives on the absa board of directors (excluding foreign and only “ethnic”):
D C (Des) Arnold Independent
C (Colin) Beggs Independent director
D C (Dave) Brink Interim Chairperson
B P (Brian) Connellan Independent
Y Z (Yolanda) Cuba Non-executive
BCMM de Vitry d’Avaucourt (French) Non-executive director
S A (Shauket) Fakie Independent
G (Garth) Griffin Independent
M W (Monhla) Hlahla Independent
M J Husain Independent director
A (Antony) Jenkins Non-executive director
R (Robert) Le Blanc Non-executive, British
TM Mokgosi-Mwantembe Independent director
E C (Eduardo) Mondlane, Jr. Non-executive, Mozambican
T S (Trevor) Munday Independent
SG (Brand) Pretorius Independent
M (Maria) Ramos Group Executive Director, Group Chief Exec
D W P (David) Hodnett Group Financial Director
L L (Louis) von Zeuner Group Executive Director
B J (Johan) Willemse Independent
I can only count 2: So by Fatty Von Zeuners own standards, absa “are not respecting the spirit and goals of transformation”…
22 Sep 2010, 18:13 pm
@Puma 53: Want jy wil net kak praat. No only joking, they did the same to some of my posts earlier and I didn’t use any dirty words or anything.
22 Sep 2010, 18:15 pm
Am i missing something, why are the Lions favourites this weekend?
22 Sep 2010, 18:15 pm
HG, it’s like the story about glass houses, how did Snor put it? “Ja those in glass houses with stones must never throw the baby out with the bathwater. Even if it is Ritchie McCaw. Ja. That’s all I am saying ja.”
ABSA, plonkers.
22 Sep 2010, 18:16 pm
So if i reply to someone my comment gets moderated???
22 Sep 2010, 18:17 pm
103. Oxy moron(cjgrove) Why is Snor our coach. Mysteries of the unexplained.
Others to ponder:
Why WP are unbeatable and yet they have been beaten.
The Bulls are CCup favourites.
How Malema managed to get to actually handle a saw at all, even if he failed.
22 Sep 2010, 18:18 pm
Yes you can’t reply to someone by using the reply button.
22 Sep 2010, 18:26 pm
hg… Cuba, Hlahla, Mondlane, Mokgosi- Mwantembe how many is that arsewipe?!
22 Sep 2010, 18:30 pm
109. GOYOUGOODTHING2(GOYOUGOODTHING2)
Not even the Sharks beating the Stormers in the Super 14 stopped them from claiming the entire bok side should be swamped with WP players.
Bit of a shame to hear about Keos Jake White Venture, it was a good idea but unfortunately gone about with money as the priority and not rugby…
22 Sep 2010, 18:32 pm
109 Transumfana – Mondlane is from Mozambique, arselick…
22 Sep 2010, 18:34 pm
Banshee’s Bum: and you’re still left with how many?
22 Sep 2010, 18:48 pm
111. Transformation(Transformation) about the same representation as a current Super Squad
22 Sep 2010, 18:52 pm
109. Oxy moron(cjgrove) That venture sounded dodgy. Not in terms of rugby but can you imagine JW shaping all future Boks, he’d be another Danie Craven. Mwa ha ha ha ha he laughs from his lair under Table Mountain.
22 Sep 2010, 19:08 pm
112. Transumf: gygt2 has answered nicely in 113… catch a wakeup my boy…
22 Sep 2010, 19:11 pm
112. Transumf – you argue like a farking union leader… no sense, bloody nonsense…
22 Sep 2010, 19:16 pm
Has Keo.co.za been sent in for a service? Thought they needed a new oil filter!
22 Sep 2010, 19:24 pm
The bleddy agents have hijacked keo.
11% and R1000 housing allowance.
22 Sep 2010, 19:29 pm
Barney will be fine.
As long as grantie and the rest of the keo youth league don’t infiltrate the hospital.
22 Sep 2010, 19:34 pm
Heavens Shame: you said you coulf count how many kehla le mbamba?
22 Sep 2010, 19:35 pm
classic at 119….
22 Sep 2010, 19:50 pm
I am going to suggest to Barney the following strategy:
Take a total break from rugby till january.
Embark on a rigorous conditioning programme for the first 3 months of 2011.
Play the second half of the duper 15 of the bench.
Approach total awesomeness for the shortened 3 nations and world cup.
22 Sep 2010, 20:18 pm
Go you mighty warriors.
22 Sep 2010, 20:41 pm
Mapoe gets Bok blocked
2010-09-22 19:04
Bloemfontein – Springbok Sevens coach
Paul Treu requested the use of rogue
winger Lionel Mapoe for the upcoming
Commonwealth Sevens tournament, but
was refused by the Free State Rugby Union.
SuperSport.com can reveal that Treu had
accredited Mapoe on request of his agent
and the national selectors to be part of the
South African team for the tournament in
New Delhi, India, but the request was
turned down by the Cheetahs.
Mapoe has been in a contractual dispute
with the Cheetahs for six months now, and
will head to the High Court in Bloemfontein
on Thursday after he hasn ’t returned to the
city since losing the arbitration case in his
favour.
Treu confirmed the request, saying he
didn ’t want to get involved in the dispute,
but was looking to help the player get
some playing time while he was in limbo.
Mapoe is a Sevens Springbok and knows
both the structures and game plan of the
Sevens squad, and would have been a
welcome boost to South Africa ’s hopes of
getting a medal at the Commonwealth
Games.
“I just thought it would be the ideal chance
for him to get some time on the field,
which is valuable for a player like him who
hasn ’t played for some months. Naturally it
would also have aided us in our quest for a
medal in the competition, ” Treu told
SuperSport.com
“I have to say that I am
disappointed, not only for ourselves but
also for Lionel, who needs to put this
behind him and get back onto the field
again. ”
Mapoe lost the arbitration dispute almost
two months ago, but has still been training
in Durban with the Sharks since declaring
his contract with the Cheetahs invalid. The
Cheetahs are disputing this and have asked
for a court interdict to compel Mapoe to
head back to Bloemfontein and join up
with his former province.
22 Sep 2010, 21:11 pm
Transformation(Transformation Even more disgusting of the Cheetahs. Were once a fav team of mine but until they lose Harold and his crew they are below the lowest.
22 Sep 2010, 22:30 pm
Au Revoir John…I hope while you are on your break you will realize that the standards needed to be a Bok hooker are not reachable by yourself. I want Du Plessis and Liebenberg to go to the RWC. Finish and klaar
22 Sep 2010, 22:56 pm
liebenberg?
he is smitty’s little dutchie beyatch. what an overrated player, he will never be a bok.
smitty has 100 caps.
never forget.
23 Sep 2010, 00:15 am
Rangerman
Liebenberg was really good in the Super 14. If not him than Gary Botha is a good option. Chilliboy however has the inside running though as he is one of PDV’s favourite!
23 Sep 2010, 00:31 am
don’t mention any wp player in Rangerman’s face, YOU WILL NOT WIN…
23 Sep 2010, 00:36 am
oh, unless it is Juan de Jongh. Ranger, Banshee’s toy, Sharks_lover, Puma, John Galt, GoYouGoodThing, BananaBoy would give you fellatio for him
hahahahahaha
23 Sep 2010, 01:36 am
how is promoting the transformation of rugby ‘neglecting afrikaners’?
Stop meddling, Absa warned
2010-09-22 23:06
Daniëlla du Plooy
Johannesburg – Trade union Solidarity
want to ensure that R18bn worth of
business – a portion of the money that
approximately 100 000 of its members
invest at Absa – is taken away from the
bank unless Absa provides the assurance
that it will not continue to interfere
politically in sport.
This follows Absa’s stance on Wednesday
that they have a right to have an opinion
about the issue. Absa are one of the South
African Rugby Union ’s (SARU) biggest
sponsors.
A controversial SMS also surfaced in which
Absa deputy chief executive Louis von
Zeuner apparently requested that SARU
president Oregan Hoskins looks into the
number of black players in rugby.
According to the Solidarity Movement
(which includes Solidarity, AfriForum and
Helping Hand) about 65% of its members
have Absa accounts, with an annual
turnover of R18bn that flows through the
bank.
Prior to Solidarity’s ultimatum, Absa hit back
at critics saying that transformation is an
important consideration for it as a major
sponsor.
Chief executive Maria Ramos admitted that
Absa had raised questions about
transformation.
“Not only does it mirror our values as an
organisation, but also part of the
commitment that rugby has made to Absa
as a sponsor, ” the statement said.
“It is therefore appropriate that Absa, as a
sponsor, raise questions and issues related
to it. ”
Solidarity chief executive Flip Buys wrote
to Ramos saying that they (Solidarity) are
“ perturbed about the manner in which
Absa is neglecting its traditional support
base and Afrikaans speakers in particular”.
“The expansion of Absa’s client base to
other communities does not mean that
Absa should turn its back on its origin and
clients that have supported the bank loyally
for many years, ” wrote Buys.
“The unusually hefty reaction that
AfriForum’s campaign has elicited, shows
the high level of public frustration.”
On Tuesday an SMS surfaced in which Von
Zeuner apparently wrote to Hoskins:
“ Regan, I think you should write to 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. ”
Beeld last week reported on a letter by
Hoskins to provincial unions about the lack
of transformation. It was apparently
written two days after von Zeuner ’s SMS.
AfriForum then started the campaign
against Absa.
23 Sep 2010, 02:09 am
Yeah, butt out Absa……..select on merit only not on friggn % colour in a team FFS. Apartheid ended when?
Would it not be great if we had a profesional coach, not a clown, a captain who was fit and within the weight limit, politicials who sorted out their own mess and left rugger alone, selections purely on merit, sponors who butted out of selections…. dreamworld I guess?? Well not really….that’s how it is elsewhere in the rugby world……..
23 Sep 2010, 08:05 am
Yes great news for Smit. I hope you recover fully and lead the Boks to a 2nd successive World Cup Title and a Third Title overall.
23 Sep 2010, 08:17 am
Holidarity and Afriboredom should concern themselves with the issues of the minority
23 Sep 2010, 08:36 am
surely time for Plod to call it a day now…..out for 3 months after a neck op…..then into training……with a suspect neck?
He has fallen far behind, he will never make up the backlog….the young guns will increase the gap exponentially.
Smitty, walk away my man….it was great,
maar dis nou klaar.
23 Sep 2010, 08:42 am
“perturbed about the manner in which
Absa is neglecting its traditional support
base and Afrikaans speakers in particular”
23 Sep 2010, 10:02 am
@ Mighty H: Teh Afrikaner client base built the bank to what it is today, ABSA wouldn’t exist in it’s present form if it weren’t for them, which is why they are reacting to this.
Like lets say you and your family and friends supported a new restaurant, where loyal to them for 20 years and due to your patronage they grew and became one of the top places around…then one day they institute a policy of segregation whereby you would only be allowed to use the establishment once all white customers had been accepted first – might hack you off somewhat, no?
Oh wait, I forgot, you believe in some god-given right to step in and take something for yourself once someone else has done all the hard work and made it a success….
23 Sep 2010, 10:03 am
they are not talking about cape spanish afrikaans speakers.
23 Sep 2010, 10:06 am
@GUNTHER
We call them “Woodstock Spanish”.
23 Sep 2010, 10:06 am
Grunter
I forgot: Hardenthefuckup!
23 Sep 2010, 10:08 am
@ g10
Smit won’t retire until after the World Cup next like Matfield and one or two others, pleading online will not change that. Rather get behind your legendary captain
23 Sep 2010, 10:12 am
@ Don’t click on the reply button or you will be moderated
Woodstock of Gibraltar?
23 Sep 2010, 10:13 am
Now that Smit is on enforced rest with his kneck operation, he can start his re-hab propertly with a conditioning program that will have him in tip-top shape for next year.
Hopefully.
They should drip feed him for the next 3 months, that will sort out his extra few “tighthead” kilos….
23 Sep 2010, 10:16 am
Biggie
The only time Grantie and the Budgieforum would get behind Barney is if the great man were standing on the edge of a cliff contemplating the meaning of life.
Which of course he understands completely, being a great man and a wolrd cup winning captain.
23 Sep 2010, 10:17 am
@gunther
Nope. Not the one. The Costwolds are a very nice summer spot, but not the one i was thinking of…
23 Sep 2010, 10:17 am
Atreides(Atreides): No it wont hack me off! I’ll rather just go to the next restuarant or just buy Fish, chips and kuite from the Porras! Over the toonbank works much better!
And “you believe in some god-given right to step in and take something for yourself”
Sound like the Hollanders!
23 Sep 2010, 10:19 am
134. WHATEVER(WHATEVER)
and this is the only reason im jealous of the all blacks and wallabies…
23 Sep 2010, 10:20 am
I see the moderation **** is still on
23 Sep 2010, 10:21 am
Don’t click on the reply button or you will be moderated
I don’t think the operation was on his Kneck.
I think it was a neck op.
I have already epossed Barney with my rehab programme as layed out in post 121.
23 Sep 2010, 10:23 am
@Grunter
Good plan. What did he say?
23 Sep 2010, 10:26 am
lol @ the Kneck. I Knever proof-read my posts.
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