Return of the king
7 Feb 2011
Fourie du Preez will be the Boks’ key player this year as they seek to defend the World Cup.
In his most revealing interview yet, Du Preez talks to SA Rugby magazine about why the Springboks struggled in 2010, his big-match temperament, who should replace him as Bok scrumhalf when he retires from international rugby, why he wants to play in Japan, and who he thinks should be the next Bok coach.
We also speak to Heyneke Meyer and Bryan Habana about what makes Du Preez the best scrumhalf in the world.
‘If he doesn’t play the Boks are in serious trouble and the Bulls wouldn’t be the side they have been in the past couple of years, says Meyer. ‘People point out that he is integral to their game plan, which is true. There isn’t a better box-kicking scrumhalf in world rugby. But that doesn’t take into account his full value.
‘As the link between the forwards and the backs he is the most influential player on the park. Your decision-making has to be so sharp there, especially at international level where space and time are at a premium. No player can match his decision-making under pressure.’
Also in the new issue, on sale this week:
– Bryan Habana needs creative players around him if he’s to start scoring tries at Test level again
– Francois Louw refuses to believe that his World Cup dream is over
– Local businessman Robert Gumede on why he’s invested in the Lions, transforming the game, and the players he’d like to bring to Joburg
– Stirling Mortlock on what the Rebels hope to achieve in their debut Super Rugby season, why Danny Cipriani will excel, and his desire to get back into the Wallabies squad
– Alcohol addiction and excessive partying cost kiwi referee Steve Walsh his job in 2008. SA Rugby magazine finds out how he turned his life around
– JP Pietersen is confident he can regain the form that made him one of the world’s best wingers in 2007
– While the Test nations up north are coming to terms with the new law interpretations, the club structures and mentality will forever contrast the philosophy down south
– It’s been just over a year since Gareth Thomas became the first openly gay professional rugby player. In this candid interview, the former Wales captain talks about his new life, changing perceptions, and being portrayed by Mickey Rourke in an upcoming Hollywood movie
– The Olympic Games will transform sevens rugby
– Referees must stop interpreting the laws and start applying them consistently
– The three Pacific Island rugby nations will never be able to compete with the world’s best
– Jacques Cronjé on his World Cup snub, maturing, and going head-to-head with Sébastien Chabal at Racing Métro
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603 Comments
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8 Feb 2011, 09:43 am
@Taahirah(Taahirah)-395:
Spain
8 Feb 2011, 09:44 am
@Taahirah(Taahirah)-395: i have no idea, it’s one of Gunther’s inventions, i asked him why not Cape Greek, Cape Portuguese and i never got a straight answer.
8 Feb 2011, 09:45 am
@gunther(gunther)-401:
8 Feb 2011, 09:47 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-402: Yep, I knew I wouldnt get a straight answer from him, that’s why I never bothered asking him.
Maybe itz coz of the sporting prowess of the Spanish people? Nadal, SWC champs, etc.
Maybe he’s just saying we are very gifted sportsmen?
8 Feb 2011, 09:47 am
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-398: Oh ya back in the good old days of apartheid, when WP and Bull rugby were funded by the government! Finding life harder in a free and fair South Africa?
Oops getting a bit political again!
@Transformation(Transformation)-396: Its been a lonf off-season. Can I just say Mvovo is awesome, I wouldn’t swap him for Habanna.
8 Feb 2011, 09:48 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-402:
I’m not coloured.
I’m Spanish.
8 Feb 2011, 09:49 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-396: To which Ratel must reply….”How did you find me? Here…in the wilderness” ….(said in Nacho Libre voice).
Incarnasio! Incarnasio!
8 Feb 2011, 09:52 am
@rossoneri(rossoneri)-407:
Lilly
how can you be so happy when ritchies foot is broken?
8 Feb 2011, 09:53 am
I remember working with Transformation … the boss once asked him : Sipho, hoe kry jy dit reg om so baie dinge in 1 dag op te f0k?? so Transformation replies … eish baas, ek staan vroeg op in die oggend!
8 Feb 2011, 09:54 am
@gunther(gunther)-400: no ways, charo himself takes that crown.
8 Feb 2011, 09:55 am
@gunther(gunther)-406: i realise
8 Feb 2011, 09:56 am
I heard, that despite the recent financial problems, Hellen Zille is still pushing for Cape Town to adopt the Euro.
8 Feb 2011, 09:57 am
@Boo_Habana(suffer_guy)-409: if you’re going to mock me, do it in a languege i care to understand
8 Feb 2011, 09:58 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-413: language..
8 Feb 2011, 09:59 am
@Boo_Habana(suffer_guy)-409: When comparing the writing skills of Transie’s with yours it becomes abundantly clear that you were the janitor leaning on his mop in the corner, tasting the dirty water in the bucket while dining on your own mucus.
8 Feb 2011, 09:59 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-410:
hahahaha….
says the bloke who denigrates ghanaians..
look in the “mirrow”
8 Feb 2011, 10:02 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-413: What!? Afrikaans is the gateway language to the world!
8 Feb 2011, 10:05 am
@charo(charo)-416:
granties famous mirrow.
mirrow mirrow on the wall
who’s the biggest racist of them all?
8 Feb 2011, 10:07 am
@charo(charo)-416: YOU denigrate them but you don’t even see it! hahaha they’re placid and respectful aren’t they and very much to your liking because they know their place? unlike the tjatjarag amaXhosa
you better stay there ou toppie!
8 Feb 2011, 10:08 am
@charo(charo)-416: no “mirrows” needed here
8 Feb 2011, 10:09 am
@Ratel Brussow(Morne Steyn is under-rated)-417: ja, a gateway to a laager…
8 Feb 2011, 10:14 am
Well I’m out of here. It seems things are going downhill quickly.
Transie, it was funny when you mocked Boo-habanna with a clever (all be it – his level) comeback, but what are going on about Ghanians for? I’ve heard it is a wonderful country to visit (a rarity in West Africa), how much do you even know about them?
Anyway, I’m out of here before I make more culturally derogatory statements.
Can’t wait for some rugby blogging.
8 Feb 2011, 10:15 am
@gunther(gunther)-408: Because Ritchie was going to take a break this month anyway, and the longer rest may be exactly what he needs. And like he said, it’s not too serious. He’ll be fine G. Just fine.
@Boo_Habana(suffer_guy)-409: You just have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Hey? The cliche personified. Boo. Trans is so far above you intellectually your attempts at 409 are the equivalent of a quiet **** in the wind boytjie.
8 Feb 2011, 10:16 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-421:
I could do with a nice cold laager.
Es muy húmedo aquí en el cabo…
mis bolas son muy sudada
8 Feb 2011, 10:17 am
Cheers folks and remember, that whilst a vote for the ANC may get you into heaven, a vote for the DA will get you a penthouse in Camps Bay and there are no poor people in Camps Bay!
8 Feb 2011, 10:18 am
@Ratel Brussow(Morne Steyn is under-rated)-422: how much do i know about Ghanaians? hahahahaha let’s just say some of my best friends are Ghanaian!
8 Feb 2011, 10:19 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-419:
ooooh transie!!!!
just because these guys are more impressive specimens physically, intellectually and morally than most on the continent……
you have to get all hissey about it?
stop beating yourself up.
8 Feb 2011, 10:19 am
Lol, the speedo struggle continues!
8 Feb 2011, 10:21 am
@gunther(gunther)-424: espana?
8 Feb 2011, 10:21 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-419: You were right about what you posted about Charo the other day. I see it more and more in his posts. Comes off as a nice quiet chap, but is actually just a condescending piece of ****.
8 Feb 2011, 10:22 am
@Ratel Brussow(Morne Steyn is under-rated)-425:
classic
8 Feb 2011, 10:24 am
@charo(charo)-427: You don;t know Trans, this is actually funny. Considering who some of his best mates are.
8 Feb 2011, 10:25 am
this is Bad News for Capo, Boo Habana and their Entourages
Court bans man with low IQ from having ***
The 41 year-old had been in a relationship with a man whom he lived with and told officials “it would make me feel happy” for it to continue.
But his local council decided his “vigorous *** drive” was inappropriate and that with an IQ of 48 and a “moderate” learning disability, he did not understand what he was doing.
A psychiatrist involved in the case even tried to prevent the man being given *** education, on the grounds that it would leave him “confused”.
Mr Justice Mostyn said the case was “legally, intellectually and morally” complex as *** is “one of the most basic human functions” and the court must “tread especially carefully” when the state tries to curtail it.
But he agreed that the man, known only as Alan, should not be allowed to have *** with anyone on the grounds that he did not have the mental capacity to understand the health risks associated with his actions.
Under the judge’s order, the man is now subject to “close supervision” by the local authority that provides his accommodation, in order to ensure he does not break the highly unusual order.
The judge concluded: “I therefore make a declaration that at the present time Alan does not have the capacity to consent to and engage in sexual relations.
“In such circumstances it is agreed that the present régime for Alan’s supervision and for the prevention of future sexual activity is in his best interests.”
It is the latest controversial case to come before the Court of Protection, a little-known authority whose proceedings are held behind closed doors.
Under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, its judges have the power to make life or death decisions for people deemed to lack the intelligence to make them for themselves – such as ordering that they undergo surgery, have forced abortions, have life-support switched off or be forced to use contraception.
In the latest case, the man known as Alan was described as “sociable” and “presented as an able man” but who was “seriously challenged in all aspects of his mental functionality”.
He lived in a home provided by the council, where he developed a sexual relationship with a man called Kieron by the court. Alan was also accused of making lewd gestures at children in a dentists’ surgery and on a bus, although no police action was taken.
In June 2009 the town hall began court proceedings to restrict his contact with Kieron on the grounds that he lacked mental capacity, and an interim order was made to that effect.
“Since then Alan has been subjected to close supervision to prevent any further sexual activity on his part,” except when he is alone in his bedroom.
However he told representatives of the Official Solicitor, who acts in the Court of Protection, to tell the judge “I want to kiss them again”.
Mr Justice Mostyn highlighted the fact that the court cannot prevent people from merely making “unwise” decisions, and that a simple test can be carried out to see if a person is capable of consenting to *** based on the act itself rather than the proposed partner.
The judge said it requires an understanding and awareness of the “mechanics of the act”, “that there are health risks involved” and that *** between a man and a woman may lead to pregnancy.
He said that the psychiatrist thought Alan “believed that babies were delivered by a stork or found under a bush”, and that “sex could give you spots or measles”.
On that basis the judge ruled that Alan did not have the capacity to consent to ***, but also ordered that the council should provide him with *** education “in the hope that he thereby gains that capacity”.
8 Feb 2011, 10:26 am
Which racist scumbag are we going to vilify next? Oh no…
… better watch out… Bossy-Rossi and Tranny have chosen their next victim 
8 Feb 2011, 10:26 am
@gunther(gunther)-418: There is nothing wrong with Grant and you know it. You’re way smarter than the Heavensgames and Charo’s of the world G.
8 Feb 2011, 10:28 am
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-434: Are you commenting as a blogger, or are you doing a Teddy Atlas as a boxing match? Commenting on the other people actually participating on the blog, or are you send by the RT crew to piss on my lovely day?
Oh and G, you are lightyears smarter than this f8ck face Spooner.
8 Feb 2011, 10:29 am
how does it go?
oh yes…
work to do
outta here
8 Feb 2011, 10:29 am
@charo(charo)-427: hahaha hissy? you’ve got it wrong old man, i have nothing but admiration for the likes of kwame nkrumah – the father of pan africanism! kofi annan, kwame kwesi armah – one of my favourite authors – 2000 seasons, etc. and like i told you before having interacted with ghanaians here in SA all my life i got to learn about their country – remember i told of a friend of mine who hails from wineba(sp)?
the fact that you choose to twist your subtle condescension towards them to “transie dislikes ghanaians” betrays everything i’ve suspected about you.
snivelling swine
8 Feb 2011, 10:30 am
@Ratel Brussow(Morne Steyn is under-rated)-422:
I’m betting any whitey can walk around Ghana and not be shot in the face for your takkies…..and Ghana is nowhere near as modern a country as South Africa…
8 Feb 2011, 10:31 am
@rossoneri(rossoneri)-436:bwahaha Bossi, where do you get that I’m part of the “RT crew”? Bwahaha assumptions are the mother of all Rossi’s!
You’re soooo predictable.
8 Feb 2011, 10:31 am
@charo(charo)-437:
Have a nice day a$$hole.
8 Feb 2011, 10:34 am
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-440: Please don’t lie. We both know how far up certain arses you were creeping in the bad ol days on this blog. You will always be someone elses toilet paper, but that is your tragedy.
8 Feb 2011, 10:35 am
I’m betting any whitey can walk around Ghana and not be shot in the face for your takkies…..and Ghana is nowhere near as modern a country as South Africa…
true … ghana ppl can’t afford guns … they’ll rape and lem you!
8 Feb 2011, 10:37 am
@rossoneri(rossoneri)-442: bwahahaha and we will always remember the vile racist miscreant anti social Hater and Lilith, no matter how much you try airbrush those leopard spots
8 Feb 2011, 10:37 am
@rossoneri(rossoneri)-435:
lilly your pals don’t have to be my pals.
grantie is as sanctimonious and judgemental as it gets on keo.
and you sould know that Gunther has no crew.
he rides alone
8 Feb 2011, 10:39 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-429:
si espana!
8 Feb 2011, 10:45 am
@gunther(gunther)-445: You old romantic you.
8 Feb 2011, 10:50 am
@gunther(gunther)-445: No no Gunther, you have it wrong… if you are not in Bossi-Rossi’s crew then you are on the side of evil racism. You will apparently be given honorary status of the “RT crew”. Better change your tune while you still can or else face the tar brush will come out!
8 Feb 2011, 10:50 am
@gunther(gunther)-446: es un poco pronto para estar pensando en alcohol
8 Feb 2011, 10:51 am
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-448: lame…
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