Currie Cup latest – Elstadt crocked
11 Jul 2011
Keo.co.za brings you news from the Currie Cup.
Elstadt crocked – Rynhardt Elstadt has sustained a serious knee injury that will rule him out of action for three months.
The news is a blow to Western Province ahead of their Currie Cup campaign, as they’ve already lost Andries Bekker to the Springboks and Anton van Zyl has signed with French club Stade Francais. Coach Allister Coetzee will be forced to back a new combination for the opening game against Griquas on Saturday.
Flyhalf Peter Grant has returned to Japan for another season and WP are fortunate that Gary van Aswegen may be ready to return from injury. Lionel Cronje will be unavailable until September.
WP will also announce their new captain this week. Dewaldt Duvenage is a strong candidate having served as vice-captain under Van Zyl in 2010.
Bulls to pick new skipper – The Blue Bulls will confirm their captain for the upcoming Currie Cup on Monday.
Gary Botha, Derick Kuün, Juandré Kruger and Dewald Potgieter are the candidates to lead the Pretoria side. The Bulls are also looking for somebody to captain the team in 2012 Super Rugby tournament, as regular captain Victor Matfield will have retired.
The Bulls will play the Sharks this Saturday in Durban.
Super Rugby hurts Currie Cup – Saru CEO Jurie Roux has admitted that the new Super Rugby format will have a negative impact on the Currie Cup.
‘The length of the Super Rugby competition has affected our local competitions and that is something we have to address,’ Roux told City Press. ‘But it’s unlikely two-versus-one [South Africa and New Zealand against Australia] will work; at Sanzar level we need consensus.’
However, Australia is highly unlikely to want to tamper with a format that is heavily weighted in its favour, both in terms of the conference system and in giving them the prestigious domestic tournament they have never had.
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11 Jul 2011, 12:11 pm
I can’t believe they have let Sadie go…He is the future. Best SA S15 player on the back of 100min rugby….
11 Jul 2011, 12:13 pm
He should be in the Tri squad. Better than both Jacobs and Olivier together..
11 Jul 2011, 12:18 pm
It was tough to keep him. He wanted to start somewhere in the 1st team. I think they could of accomodated him on the wing.
11 Jul 2011, 12:33 pm
I don’t think Johann Sadie is such a loss. There’s a lot of talent in Cape Town. I’d rather make a few million off the junior players. The Stormers are on the right track, they need money to buy forwards not keep backs.
11 Jul 2011, 12:45 pm
@RugbyStudent(RugbyStudent)-54: Agreed. I said something similar earlier on. Did WP make money off Sadie?
11 Jul 2011, 13:53 pm
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-55:
Yeah, he was contracted to them.
11 Jul 2011, 14:05 pm
@RugbyStudent(RugbyStudent)-56: But until what year was he contracted? If he was just contracted until the end of this year then the Stormers would have made no money on him. But if he was contracted beyond this year, then the Bulls would have had to pay a transfer fee.
11 Jul 2011, 15:03 pm
Sadie has only played…what?… 200 minutes of top level rugby.
And sure, in that 200 minutes he scored 2 tries and created another, but is that enough to label him a sensation or the second best outside center in SA? It’s very possible that he got lucky a few times.
We will only see how good a player he really is after he’s played a whole tournament of rugby. WP will only know how big their loss is after the Currie Cup.
Maybe he’s the real deal. I think he’s exciting and I was looking forward to a JdJ-Sadie combination within the next few years or at least a good wing for the Stormers. But I’m surprised at how everyone (especially on this website) have decided that 200 minutes and 3 line breaks is enough to make him the next Bok outside center. Only time will tell whether he’s the real deal.
11 Jul 2011, 15:07 pm
@Caper(Caper)-58: Looks like its a Whitehead Sadie combination for WP vs Griquas this Saturday, that should be exciting.
11 Jul 2011, 15:08 pm
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-57: His contract was up this year, so the Stormers made no money off of him.
11 Jul 2011, 15:10 pm
@Caper(Caper)-58:
Very true.
Boy has talent,Sadie but easy with the hyperbole’s
11 Jul 2011, 15:20 pm
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-60: Pity.
11 Jul 2011, 15:22 pm
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-62: Don’t think he was on a big contract anyway. Pity as you say.
Good signing by the Bulls
11 Jul 2011, 15:27 pm
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-63: Doesnt matter if he had one year left on his contract and Bulls desperately wanted him the Stormers could of put a exorbitant value on him to either keep him or cash in on him.
11 Jul 2011, 15:30 pm
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-64: Sure, if he wanted to go earlier we could have done that for sure. Pity he’s signed from when his contract expires, but them’s the breaks.
11 Jul 2011, 15:38 pm
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-65: Ja thats life. I wonder how much the Bulls are paying him?
11 Jul 2011, 17:25 pm
@Provincejoulekkading(Provincejoulekkading)-59: Saw Whitehead play Varsity Cup this year. I hope he’s up for Currie Cup. We’re losing almost all of our backs to the Boks and we need not average, but good, replacements.
My WP Currie Cup team would be:
1. Blaauw
2. Tiaan Liebenberg
3. Brok
4. De Kock Steenkamp (seeing that Elstadt is injured)
5. Van Zyl
6. Pieter Louw
7. Siya Kolisi (the guy who was mugged)
8. Nick Koster
9. Duvenage
10. Lionel Cronje
11. JJ Engelbrecht
12. Whitehead
13. Sadie
14. Danie Poolman
15. C Jantjies
And I’d like to see AC and Rassie deploy a more attacking game. The Stormers and WP, although awesome on defense, have been rather pathetic on attack. It’s time to get that part of our game back on track. Use Sadie, Poolman, Cronje, Koster.
12 Jul 2011, 07:26 am
@Caper(Caper)-67:
Both Sadie and Englebrecht have signed for Bulls and van Zyl is off to to France so id this team a fantasy team or what?
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