Massive blow for Boks
18 Aug 2011
Juan Smith is out of the World Cup.
Smith sustained an Achilles injury during the Cheetahs’ Super Rugby campaign and has been in a race to regain fitness ever since. However, on Wednesday an emotional Smith confirmed to the Volksblad that he was withdrawing himself from the squad.
‘I am not 100%,’ Smith said. ‘I won’t be able to give everything and realise I should put my team, team-mates and the Bok fans first. I must stop lying to myself – what I’ve been doing these last three weeks – and realise that I’m not ready.’
The 30-year-old flank conceded that he has trained through considerable pain in recent weeks in the hope of representing the Springboks at his third World Cup. ‘The pain level that I have been practising with was seven out of ten,’ he explained. ‘I really cannot describe how disappointed I am…immensely.’
Smith has been central to the Springboks’ success in the last eight years, his powerful ball carrying and physical defence lending immense impetus to their cause. Springboks coach Peter de Villiers has consistently expressed fears about losing him and now has to attempt to fill the huge void he leaves.
De Villiers has intimated that Danie Rossouw will be the player to step in in the event of Smith’s unavailability. He isn’t short of talented options outside of the Bulls man, with Willem Alberts and Jean Deysel competent replacements. He could also opt to use Schalk Burger in the position, combining him with Heinrich Brussow and Pierre Spies in the back row.
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18 Aug 2011, 15:23 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-318: Thank you, Prawnie
18 Aug 2011, 15:23 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-346:
He is a 1st class knobber. (I think, not sure what a knobber is, but it sounds about right).
He is hardly even SA anymore.
18 Aug 2011, 15:24 pm
@cane(cane)-352:
bellend.
bluenose.
18 Aug 2011, 15:25 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-350:
yep, the gardener and the maid, the gardener also took the oldman’s merc for a spin and drove it straight into the fkn wall after taking out the intercom while pissed as a coot, i still aint stopped laughing about that one, good bloke i thought, but apparently he’s doing a stretch down in a pe prison for mishandling a tannie, so obviously not that good.
18 Aug 2011, 15:28 pm
the All Blacks are to have a training session in Gelvandale Sports Ground this afternoon, in the heartland of their ardent fans, the so-called “coloured” community.
i’ve been trying to get hold of rosso to no avail.
18 Aug 2011, 15:29 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-348:
Three days of it. Stopped today.
I’m exaggerating about the testicular level.
But worst snow storm in 30 to 40 years, almost the length and breath of the Nation.
First snow in Wellington, at sea level since 76.
18 Aug 2011, 15:29 pm
@cab(cab)-354: bwahahahahahaha on the merc
18 Aug 2011, 15:31 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-355:
she’s probably ironing her new all black jersey.
maybe she is worried about getting mobbed by extraball’s PE struggle connections.
18 Aug 2011, 15:32 pm
@cane(cane)-356: According to my theories of climate change, it was expected… The Chilean ashcloud reduced solar radiation and cooled down the southern hemisphere
18 Aug 2011, 15:34 pm
Ah ET, you have moved the katman to penning a limerick. Hope you like it (you can use it as your email signature – I’m not holy about my work).
Our phony ex-pat racist “Doc”
is no more than an ape in a frock
Mopping lab floors in Philly
while fondling his willy
(that’s three balls with one tiny ****)
18 Aug 2011, 15:34 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-355:
She’ll be there already, but it’s hard to answer your cell phone when you are scaling a wall
18 Aug 2011, 15:34 pm
same old immature **** blah blah blah
18 Aug 2011, 15:36 pm
@cab(cab)-354:
How so proud of your colonial ” maid ” and ” gardener ” even for the original ‘boer’ that is you.
The question is do you consider them someone’s mother or father and pay them a living wage?
Your Xhosa ‘speak’ is laughable whitie.
18 Aug 2011, 15:37 pm
@President_of_the_Sharks_rugby_experts(sharks_lover)-362:
sorry about that SL, just figured since ET was on, might as well have some sports.
u just cant take certain things seriously.
i will try raise my level of maturity.
18 Aug 2011, 15:38 pm
@cab(cab)-354:
And the maid, Cab, the maid?
18 Aug 2011, 15:38 pm
@youknowwho(youknowwho)-359:
Your theories on climate change?!
Sweet tits.
I have no words.
Too.Many.Jokes.
18 Aug 2011, 15:39 pm
@cab(cab)-364: lol np cabby
but it makes one understand why this country will never come right
18 Aug 2011, 15:39 pm
@ET.(ET.)-339: Yup, they have playmakers in abundance.
18 Aug 2011, 15:39 pm
@ET.(ET.)-363:
yes, we also had a little ousie.
its not xhosa, shows u what you know. mkonto lilsizeye.
18 Aug 2011, 15:39 pm
as for rugby matters??
all we can do is wait and see
18 Aug 2011, 15:40 pm
@David(David)-365:
got to give them what they want Davey…
18 Aug 2011, 15:40 pm
@youknowwho(youknowwho)-359:
You could have told me that last week Shaun.
8)
18 Aug 2011, 15:40 pm
@cane(cane)-347: Don’t forget to squeeze a few pimples…
18 Aug 2011, 15:41 pm
@cane(cane)-356:
it reminds me of the midget cowboy who went to the doctor complaining of testicular discomfort whenever he walked.
the doc lifts him up to have a gander, whips out a pair of scissors and cuts away for a minute.
he then plonks the little fella on the ground and tells him to walk around.
amazed at being able to walk without hurting his nuts, he asks the doc what he did.
simple, replied the doc, I took two inches off the tops of your cowboy boots.
18 Aug 2011, 15:42 pm
@cab(cab)-354: :LOL:
18 Aug 2011, 15:42 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-360:
superb.
18 Aug 2011, 15:42 pm
@cab(cab)-369:
Of course it is. He’s got skype you know…
18 Aug 2011, 15:43 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-374:
18 Aug 2011, 15:43 pm
@cane(cane)-343:
I could give you much more. Did you see Kahui score a good try against Canterbury about 10 days ago?
I see some of those ITM games when they come on at about 10pm EST
@cane(cane)-347:
That is all the more reason to sleep though.
My time for snow lies ahead by months and I have to admit I love watching the snow fall early season and in the lights of the night.
18 Aug 2011, 15:43 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-374:
18 Aug 2011, 15:44 pm
@cab(cab)-364: cab, SL’s zulu is also rubbish – at least the written word. i haven’t heard him speak any of ot, he claims to be be proficient.
18 Aug 2011, 15:45 pm
@cab(cab)-371
You got a gardener and a maid cab?
Phark me that must be expensive in France!!!
18 Aug 2011, 15:45 pm
Sorry, totally off topic, which is the nicer wine, by that I mean not to woody and heavy and stuff.
Backsberg – Klein Babylons Toren—- Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2005
or
Backsberg- Pinotage 2008
Want it now so which one ??????
18 Aug 2011, 15:45 pm
@John Galt(John Galt)-366: Its all on my website.. Always good to a record of what you said in the past.. As for you, all we got is your imbecilic posts confirming your imbecilic status resulting from your imbecilic nurturing..
18 Aug 2011, 15:46 pm
@ET.(ET.)-363:
incidentally, there was some oke from your old organization, you know that SACOS rugby or whatever u keep banging on about? the one with all the ordinary players that probably would not have amounted to much. anyway he was my aunt’s boyfriend at the time, he came accross for teas and schones, hell could’ve been you. this oke liked to talk alot of ****. after a while i figured ditch the tea and schones and just ply him with castles, great value.
18 Aug 2011, 15:47 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-381:
So let me get this straight. ET is laughing at Cab’s Xhosa, but it’s actually Zulu?
18 Aug 2011, 15:48 pm
@cane(cane)-372: I told you last year.. you were not listening/grasping my rants
18 Aug 2011, 15:48 pm
@David(David)-365:
He obviously will not tell us he learnt, on his bullying instincts and instigation, quite a few tricks from her.
That is the only part of him that comes across wisely, for rugby it clearly is not so as judged by his hero-worship of the likes of Burger, Bakkies Botha and John Smit.
18 Aug 2011, 15:48 pm
Where’s charo? The last time I laughed my head off was when he told a story about his financial chaps miscalculating a few things for four years and him having to suggest something to his board about dividends not being as generous as they thought they would be….
Is the oke still around…?
18 Aug 2011, 15:49 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-381:
lol, oh really, i thought he’d be ok coming from sharks country.
@cane(cane)-382:
nope, not me caner, never ever.
18 Aug 2011, 15:49 pm
@JockBok(JockBok)-386: yes.
18 Aug 2011, 15:49 pm
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-383:
The Cab Sav Merlot.
Never go for a pinotage unless it’s 25 years old.
I’ll bring two glasses and some bubblebath.
18 Aug 2011, 15:50 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-389:
He was on at the weekend. Where have you been hiding? Or do you only post when you are being paid to do something else?
18 Aug 2011, 15:51 pm
@cane(cane)-382:
not really.
algerians can be very reasonable.
especially if you buy in bulk.
18 Aug 2011, 15:51 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-391:
Lol. There’s no need to prove this guy is an idiot. Just sit back and wait
18 Aug 2011, 15:51 pm
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-383: They’re both very good, but I have a particular soft spot for the Klein Babylons Toren.
Also, their Pumphouse Shiraz is worth every cent.
18 Aug 2011, 15:52 pm
@ET.(ET.)-379:
A snowflake,
A thing of such beauty.
I agree 100% ET.
However it is best to visit such places, and leave the cleaning up to the locals.
18 Aug 2011, 15:52 pm
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-383: Showing off again.. did you fix the hole in the fence yet
.. Get some Spanish Cava, goes with any occassion unless you are rich enough to drink Moet.. but sort the hole out first. Those pesky poachers are hungry
18 Aug 2011, 15:52 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-389: he said he’ll be in SA in 2 weeks.
18 Aug 2011, 15:53 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-392: lol ;-0 thanks, but just us 2 girls here in Zimbali tonight.
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