Six Nations latest – Poms bench Fourie
10 Feb 2011
Keo.co.za brings you news from the Six Nations.
Poms bench Fourie – Hendre Fourie features on the bench as Martin Johnson named an unchanged England starting line-up for the clash against Italy on Saturday.
South African-born flanker Fourie was called up to the squad to replace Joe Worsley and will now play from the wood at Twickenham.
Centre Mike Tindall retains the captaincy.
England – 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Mike Tindall (c), 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nick Easter, 7 James Haskell, 6 Tom Wood, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Andrew Sheridan.
Subs: 16 Steve Thompson, 17 David Wilson, 18 Simon Shaw, 19 Henre Fourie, 20 Danny Care, 21 Jonny Wilkinson, 22 Matt Banahan.
Mallet banks on Orquera – Luciano Orquera willl start at flyhalf in one of four changes to the Italy side for the Test at Twickenham.
Scrumhalf Edoardo Gori and flank Josh Sole are unavailable due to injury and will be replaced by Pablo Canavosio and Valerio Bernabo respectively. South African-born lock Carlo Del Fava comes in for Santiago Dellape.
Italy – 15 Luke McLean, 14 Andrea Masi, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Pablo Canavosio, 8 Sergio Parisse (c), 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Valerio Bernabo, 5 Quintin Geldenhuys, 4 Carlo Antonio Del Fava, 3 Martin Castrogiovann, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Subs: 16 Fabio Ongaro, 17 Andrea Lo Cicero, 18 Santiago Dellape, 19 Robert Barbieri, 20 Fabio Semenzato, 21 Kristopher Burton, 22 Gonzalo Garcia.
14 Comments
10 Feb 2011, 15:17 pm
Poaching Dragons?
10 Feb 2011, 15:25 pm
i guess we should’ve capped him too before the poms got their little grubby hands on him.
10 Feb 2011, 15:35 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-2:
Big difference between ‘capping’ talented players and keeping them in the loop with ‘A’ games or the farce that is the Emerging Boks and mid-weekers…
Boks are short quality open-siders and Fourie fits the bill…
10 Feb 2011, 15:48 pm
@bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz)-3: where did Hendre Fourie excel, high school, age group level, Vodacom Cup, when was he ever outstanding?
10 Feb 2011, 16:09 pm
Isn’t he like 31 already?
10 Feb 2011, 16:15 pm
It is only in the last 2 years that SA discovered openside play – that is the reason for the lack of talent at openside.
10 Feb 2011, 16:23 pm
Along with that Mafiosi, Quintin Geldenhuys
10 Feb 2011, 16:25 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-4: Totally. Not relevant in SA Rugby as far as the national picture is concerned.
10 Feb 2011, 16:26 pm
@stew(stew)-6: you must be smoking your socks, what was luke watson doing in 2006?
10 Feb 2011, 16:27 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-9: Or Ruben Kruger for like ever!
10 Feb 2011, 16:32 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-4:
He was solid at the Cheetahs back then not much more…
Comment was more heading towards the Bok’s inability to use their ‘A’ team more effectively rather than the farce it was on the EOYT mid-weekers last year…
Keeping their ‘next best’ 22 ‘in-the-loop’ within Bok structures, game-plans etc and ready to step-up if needed…
Just as the Aussies and Kiwi’s do each year with solid games for their ‘A’ teams…
10 Feb 2011, 16:36 pm
@bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz)-11:
No need for some of the constant ‘capping’ then… and let’s a fringe player know where he stands…
Anyways works over… outa here all..
10 Feb 2011, 16:44 pm
@bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz)-11: well nobody really much cares about “promising players” in SA, its all about the 22 and if you’re not in there, the first thing the papers say “de Villiers Snubs Money_Man”
10 Feb 2011, 16:51 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-13:
You can call me Bryce…
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