SA latest – Coetzee sticks with winning combo
6 Apr 2011
Keo.co.za brings you news from South Africa’s Super Rugby franchises.
Coetzee sticks with winning combo – Allister Coetzee has made no changes to the Stormers team that beat the Sharks last Saturday.
The Stormers host the Reds at Newlands in what should be a closely contested match, especially up front. Coetzee has resisted the temptation to pick an extra forward on the bench.
Stormers – 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Danie Poolman, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (c), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Rynhardt Elstadt, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Deon Fourie, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Subs: 16 Ethienne Reynecke, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 De Kock Steenkamp, 19 Nick Koster, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Gary van Aswegen, 22 Juan de Jongh.
Drotske turns to Johnson – The injury to Philip van der Walt has prompted the Cheetahs to select Ashley Johnson at No 8.
Van der Walt tore cruciate ligaments in the game against the Blues, and has flown home to Bloemfontein. Davon Raubenheimer takes his place at No 7, while Johnson comes off the bench to start at No 8.
Coach Naka Drotske has rushed Leon Karemaker onto the bench, while Martin Muller and Riaan Smit are also promoted to the matchday 22.
Cheetahs – 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Philip Burger, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Corne Uys, 11 Wilmaure Louw, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Davon Raubenheimer, 6 Kabamba Floors, 5 Wilhelm Steenkamp (c), 4 Francois Uys, 3 WP Nel, 2 Ryno Barnes, 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Subs: 16 Skipper Badenhorst 17 Lourens Adriaanse, 18 Martin Muller, 19 Leon Karemaker, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Naas Olivier, 22 Riaan Smit.
Lions get a kick out of Braam – Former Springbok flyhalf Braam van Straaten will help the Lions with their goal-kicking problems.
Van Straaten worked with the Wallabies during the Tri-Nations last year, and has also been helping various players during the 2011 Super Rugby competition. Pat Lambie, James O’Connor and most recently Quade Cooper have all been sent to Van Straaten for assistance.
The former Stormers and Bok goal-kicker should help Andre Pretorius, Burton Francis and Elton Jantjies with their place-kicking. The Lions’ record in this department has been woeful to date.
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6 Apr 2011, 21:59 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-48:
6 Apr 2011, 22:05 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-68:
6 Apr 2011, 22:19 pm
@justrugby(justrugby)-56:
Yea, it’s always best to surrender when you have run out of ammo.
It’s no disgrace, HG is twice as smart as you, having two brain cells to your one.
6 Apr 2011, 22:51 pm
@HongKongSlong(HongKongSlong)-99:
How wrong can you be?
A few years ago SARU (with all their millions) were embarrassed by the revelation that Australia was spending way more than them on rugby development amongst the poor communities in South Africa.
About the Active Community Club (ACC)
The Active Commuunity Club (ACC) initiative, funded by AusAID and implemented by the Australian Sports Commission, is the flagship project of the Australia Africa 2006 Sports Development Programme (AA2006), designed to improve the physical and social health of community members through participation in physical activities.
The region now has five clubs with some 2,000 members and this number is growing daily. The ACC actively targets all people living in the Buffalo City Council areas (East London) who are able to actively participate in sport, community recreation, fitness, outdoor recreation and other physical activities.
The ACC is designed and driven at community level and supported by stakeholders such as the Buffalo City Municipality, Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, South African Police Services, Department of Health, Education and Social Welfare, Sports Federation, SA Sports Commission and members of the private sector.
About the Australia Africa 2006 Sport Development Programme (AA2006)
In 1997, the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon John Howard MP announced a package of sport development assistance to Commonwealth countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the South Pacific regions. The African component of which South Africa is a major beneficiary country, known as the Australia Africa 2006 Sports Development Programme, focuses on………
7 Apr 2011, 07:21 am
@Taahirah(Taahirah)-187: lol Maybe he never got it.
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