Currie Cup latest (Thurs)
23 Sep 2010
Keo.co.za brings you the news from the Currie Cup.
Smit snubs Lions
John Smit has committed to the Sharks after turning down a lucrative offer from the Lions.
Smith has re-signed for the coastal union and will play for them in the 2011 Super Rugby competition. Insiders say Smit was offered a large sum to join the Lions, but turned the offer down.
The Bok captain is currently recovering from an operation and will not feature in the Currie Cup play-offs or South Africa’s Grand Slam Tour.
Van Heerden lends Lions bite
Former Bok flanker Wikus van Heerden will start against the Sharks.
Josh Strauss moves to No 8 to accommodate Van Heerden while Warren Whiteley falls out of the match 22.
Lions – 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Jannie Boshoff, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Doppies La Grange, 11 Michael Killian, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Joshua Strauss, 7 Wikus van Heerden, 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco van der Merwe (c), 4 George Earle, 3 Ross Geldenhuys, 2 Martin Bezuidenhout, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
Subs: 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Wayne Swart, 18 Johan Snyman, 19 Trevor Hall, 20 JP Joubert, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Deon van Rensburg.
Sharks stay the same
John Plumtree has been afforded the luxury of maintaining the same 22 for the Sharks match against the Lions.
Without any injuries in the squad, Plumtree admitted it was the first time in a while he didn’t have to worry about making any changes for the contest at Ellis Park on Saturday.
Sharks – 15. Louis Ludik , 14. Odwa Ndungane, 13. Stefan Terblanche (c), 12. Andries Strauss, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Patrick Lambie, 9. Charl McLeod, 8. Ryan Kankowski, 7. Willem Alberts, 6. Keegan Daniel, 5. Alistair Hargreaves, 4. Steven Sykes, 3. Eugene van Staden, 2. Craig Burden, 1. Patric Cilliers
Subs: 16. Kyle Cooper, 17. Wiehahn Herbst, 18. Michael Rhodes, 19. Jacques Botes , 20. Rory Kockott, 21. Andre Pretorius, 22. Riaan Swanepoel.
Mapoe worth a million plus
The Cheetahs have put a R1.5 million price tag on Lionel Mapoe.
Despite losing the legal battle to the Cheetahs, Mapoe still refuses to return to Bloemfontein and the Sharks are willing to pay a transfer fee.
However, the Cheetahs, who initially said they won’t accept any transfer fees for the wing, have demanded R1.5 million. This is R500 000 more than what the Bulls paid for Griquas speedster Bjorn Basson.
Bulls did it by the book
The Bulls are confident that they signed wing Bjorn Basson legally from Griquas.
This was according to High Performance manager Ian Schwartz after the Cheetahs announced they will take legal action against Griquas as they were not communicated in the transfer process. The Cheetahs, who pay a part of Basson’s wages, want to keep the wing.
Schwartz believes there should be no reason why the transfer should be stopped as they did it legally. The Bulls paid R1 million for Basson, who will join them on 1 November.
Eagles threaten to strike…again
The SWD Eagles’ players have threatened to boycott Friday’s clash against the Valke unless they are paid.
The players are angry as Saru has stopped all its funding to the union until the political infighting is resolved. Without Saru’s funding, the Eagles can’t afford to pay all their players.
The Eagles are second on the First Division log and this weekend’s match in George is supposed to be broadcast on TV.
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23 Sep 2010, 07:46 am
It seems that the Mapoe/Cheeters case is going to court today.
23 Sep 2010, 07:54 am
the cheetahs are now simply being greedy.
they were exploiting mapoe by paying him a pittance in comparison to his market value and now they are trying to prevent him making a living where he will be better remunerated by putting a ridiculously high transfer cost on him.
i like the cheetahs, always have. but it seems harold is a k no b.
mapoe will be a shark. oh yes, it is true.
23 Sep 2010, 07:56 am
Mapoe is such a loser Solly nr 2
23 Sep 2010, 07:58 am
I bet the Sharks did not think that Mapoe would cost them 1M and more, is there no talent in their academy or club system.
23 Sep 2010, 08:02 am
@RedLion: their ‘academy’ is based in Bloemfontein…
23 Sep 2010, 08:05 am
redpussy
which gp(ussy)ru academy did waylon murray attend?
23 Sep 2010, 08:06 am
Cheetahs are greedy! Losers!
23 Sep 2010, 08:06 am
transie
dont forget the ec. in fact, the “kings” and cheetahs are our feeder unions. every bush wants to see the big city lights and the big dam.
23 Sep 2010, 08:07 am
@ 6 … RL said TALENT …
23 Sep 2010, 08:08 am
quotas
rl supports the lions. wtf does he know about talent?
23 Sep 2010, 08:11 am
Cheetahs are right, Mapoe deserves what he is getting now. R1.5 million is a lot of money for a disloyal ******* like Mapoe.
23 Sep 2010, 08:12 am
Hendro Scholtz? Against the spirit of
23 Sep 2010, 08:12 am
Hendro Scholtz? Against the spirit of ABSA
23 Sep 2010, 08:13 am
Two boys are playing cricket on a field in Durban, when one is attacked
by a vicious Rottweiler.
Thinking quickly, the other boy took his cricket bat and managed to
wedge it down the dog’s collar and twist, luckily breaking the dog’s
neck and stopping its attack.
A reporter who was strolling by sees the incident, and rushes over to
interview the boy.
“Young Sharks Fan Saves Friend From Vicious Animal,” he starts writing
in his notebook.
“But I’m not a Sharks fan,” the little hero replied.
“Sorry, since we are in Durban , I just assumed you were,” said the
reporter and starts again.
“Stormers Fan Rescues Friend from Horrific Attack,…” he continued
writing in his notebook.
“I’m not a Stormers fan either!”, the boy said.”
“I assumed everyone in Durban was either for the Sharks or Stormers. So
what team DO you root for?” the reporter asked.
“I’m a Blue Bulls fan”, the child beamed.
The reporter starts a new sheet in his notebook and writes:
“Little F*cker from Pretoria Kills Beloved Family Pet.”
23 Sep 2010, 08:13 am
Ranger
Where does Jean Deysel/Louis Ludik/Willem Alberts hail from?
23 Sep 2010, 08:17 am
I hope the Cheeters saw how a player transfer agreement SHOULD be handled.
23 Sep 2010, 08:19 am
My Stormers team for last game against Sharks and semi’s
1. Blaauw
2. Fourie
3. Harris
4. Fondse
5. Van Zyl
6. Burger
7. P. Louw
8. Vermeleun
9. Dewaldt
10. de Waal
11. Habana
12. JDV
13. JdJ
14. Aplon
15. Jantjes
16. Shimange
17. Kritzinger
18. De Kock
19. F. Louw
20. Ricky
21. Cronje
22. Jaque Fourie
23 Sep 2010, 08:20 am
If Bees is on a 850k contract then the 1Mil contract of Bjorn is way to little!
23 Sep 2010, 08:21 am
9 Dewaldt
10 Cronje
11 Habana
12 JDV
13 JdJ
14 Aplon
15 Jaque Fourie
23 Sep 2010, 08:23 am
Frankly
good question.
is deysel not a vrystaater?
point being, we actually have an academy but actively recruit.
the lions have….well….fokkol really.
but it sounds like they may have finally woken up to the pro era judging by their attempts to buy everyone and their dog.
or maybe they have simply gone back to their original poaching ways…louis luyt ring a bell?
shamepies! it must have been so much easier when doc could use maties and the bulls and lions could use army as a recruiting platform.
ho ho ho.
23 Sep 2010, 08:29 am
@ Frankly Speaking 15 and RedLion 4. I’m glad you brought this up.
Sharks have 7 players in their current side that are homegrown…..
Lwazi Mvovo
Pat Lambie
Ryan Kankowski
Keegan Daniel
Alastair Hargreaves
Craig Burden
Pat Cillier
Your “Lions” have only THREE…..
Elton Jantjies
Jaco Taute
Derrick Minnie
Also – I did a little research…..and it makes for interesting reading –
By far the largest amount of players that have been “pilfered” by your Lions are from KZN (is this not a beautiful case of the pot calling the kettle black?)
Jannie Boshoff
Waylon Murray
Doppies La Grange
Warren Whiteley
George Earl
This is followed closely by WP
Josh Strauss
Franco vd Merwe
Ross Geldenhuys
JC Janse Van Rensburg
Then you have two boys from Eastern Cape
Jano Vermaak
Michael Killian
Lastly – a lone representative from the Free State (who obviously wasn’t good enough for the Sharks…lol)
Martin Bezuidenhout
23 Sep 2010, 08:30 am
Ranger
Even of it is as you say, that the lions have fokkol, it still a lot more than the Sharks have as you’ve bought a whole host of their players lately, and they’ve bought how many of yours? 1
You may as close the academy, save the cash, and put in a bid to rename Grey College to the Sharks Rugby Development Academy
23 Sep 2010, 08:30 am
These Transfer fee’s are great. They will most definetly help the smaller unions like Griquas and Cheetahs. Griquas just received R1 million for a player they paid nothing for and now the Cheetahs are going to receive R1.5 million for a player they brought up through the ranks. This will help them to develop more youngsters and sell them to the bigger unions for large sums of money. It will strengthen the smaller unions financially which in turn will strengthen their structures which in turn will strengthen their quality of players.
23 Sep 2010, 08:33 am
Ok, so I stole that post of mine from a blogger on a different site, this is SA after all. It still proves a point.
23 Sep 2010, 08:37 am
21. John Galt
Mvovo, Daniel, Kankowski went to school in the EC, in fact they all played craven week for Border.
Ross Geldenhuys is from PE, played EP craven week in 2001.
23 Sep 2010, 08:39 am
mighty, i think bees got a bonus from the bulls if you know what i mean
23 Sep 2010, 08:42 am
John Gout
I don’t know how reliable your “source” is where you did your research from, but I can assure you Jano Vermaak does not come from EC as we played against him when he was attendeing HTS Vereeninging
P.S. the place of birth of a player on his unions player profile is not where he previously applied his trade
23 Sep 2010, 08:42 am
Mapoe should be honouring his contract he signed himself and stop being a baby about it because he wont train. Its sad, he shouldnt be a bok either, he wasnt available half of the super 14 and just because PDV mentioned him in a press conference last year everyone has the perception that his inclusion will be imminent. Let the guy go to the sharks who already have odwa, mvovo, jp pietersen and louis ludik on the wing.
Enough said.
WP team for last game v sharks:
15 C Jantjes
14 Gio Aplon
13 Juan De Jongh
12 Jean De Villiers
11 Bryan Habana
10 Lionel Cronje
9 Ricky Januarie
8 Duane Vermeulen
7 Francois Louw
6 Schalk Burger
5 Anton Van Zyl
4 Adriaan Fondse
3 Brok Harris
2 Deon Fourie
1 Wikkus Blaauw
16 Hanyani Shimange
17 JC Kritzinger
18 De Kock Steenkamp
19 Pieter Louw
20 Dewaldt Duvenhage
21 Willem De Waal
22 Jaque Fourie
23 Sep 2010, 08:42 am
Mxhosa, yes I know. They were in the Sharks academy though. RL is trying to say that the Academy hasnt produced anyone of significance.
23 Sep 2010, 08:43 am
JOHN GOUT
23 Sep 2010, 08:48 am
Rangerwoman ‘we did it to save Mapoe’s life. We are humanitarians and greenpeace soldiers … we acted like poepholes.to.find.loopholes but alas the fee for a free Mapoe lets me say schoe’
I dont buy that rubbish coming from Dirtbin.
23 Sep 2010, 08:49 am
John Galt – nice try, but home town (place of birth) isn’t necessarily the same as a player’s rugby origins. Most of those players you mention played just about all their first class rugby in Joburg. A few exceptions, but all teams have some imports.
23 Sep 2010, 08:50 am
i see Solidariteit told ABSA that they will close their R18 Billion bank accounts if they don’t stop their k@k
23 Sep 2010, 08:51 am
Is there any thread here on keo that doesn’t involve these gold-digging cheaters? Harold must have gone through a bitter and expensive divorce recently.
23 Sep 2010, 08:52 am
now thats more fighting spirit than the lions entire s14 campaign!
bravo redpussy!
die leeus is kak
jy is ‘n brak
sit dit in jou sak
of vind ‘n nuwe dak
23 Sep 2010, 08:52 am
quotas – I bet you R18 billion rand they don’t have the balls to go through with it.
23 Sep 2010, 08:59 am
@33 Quotas: Naka’s probably got something to do with it?
23 Sep 2010, 09:00 am
John Gout
That’s what happens when you copy someone else’s work…you make your name g@t.
Get your facts straight
Ranger
You must have gotten an A for Afrikaans at Dirtbin High School for that first grade poetry
23 Sep 2010, 09:04 am
Frankly speaking
dit was bietjie swak
ok, i am outta here. no hard feelings lions fans. its the week of our matchup and the gloves are off.
tjorts.
23 Sep 2010, 09:04 am
@ KATMAN: Solidarity Bru!
23 Sep 2010, 09:05 am
@37 TEGEHO: Naka is net geworried oor Bloemfontein se meirre
23 Sep 2010, 09:09 am
why I’m I under moderation?
23 Sep 2010, 09:12 am
RedLion, they’re trying to silence our roar.
23 Sep 2010, 09:14 am
katman @ 32. Thats exactly the point I was trying to make. Every team in this comp has a large portion of players on their books that hail from different regions.
Frankly Squeakings question @15 was really naive considering how many players in the Lions side arent from there.
I personally have never had a problem with it, its the professional era and players will gravitate toward where
a) they get remunerated accordingly and
b) their skill will be most efficiently used.
Economics 101 lecture over.
23 Sep 2010, 09:15 am
Imagine the following scenario:
You’re strapped for cash and ask your neighbour to borrow you his lawnmower. You use it at no charge throughout the year. But when your neighbour decides to sell it, you ask him for compensation as you are without that luxury in future…
Isn’t that what the cheetahs are doing with Basson?
23 Sep 2010, 09:16 am
all I did was a lol smiley
23 Sep 2010, 09:17 am
Noooo
ROARRRRRR
23 Sep 2010, 09:19 am
No, that’s not the point you were trying to make. You were trying to make some point that all but 3 Lions players were “poached”. Thank god I put you straight. You still don’t seem to get it, though. Being born in, say Mosselbaai, but playing ALL your first class rugby in, say Witbank, doesn’t mean that the Pumas poached you from the Eagles. I’m not sure how to explain this in simpler language.
23 Sep 2010, 09:19 am
John G
The “Professional Era” notion and “remunerated accordingly” term are one’s often thrown around by Sharks supporters in particular as you try to justify your poaching
Logic 101 lecture just started
23 Sep 2010, 09:20 am
@REDLION: Don’t reply to any comments. That’s what starts the moderation. Not sure why, there’s no reason, but hey, it’s KEO.
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