Aplon in, Bismarck out
20 Sep 2011
The Springboks have made five changes to their starting line-up to face Namibia at the North Habour Stadium in Auckland on Thursday.
In the back division Bryan Habana and Gio Aplon replace JP Pietersen and Odwa Ndungane on the wings. The latter duo are dropped from the squad completely. Francois Hougaard gets a start at his preferred position of scrumhalf, with Fourie du Preez playing off the wood.
Among the heavies, Willem Alberts starts at openside flank in place of Heinrich Brussow, whose is named among the reserves alongside another specialist fetcher, Francois Louw. CJ van der Linde earns his first start at the tournament at tighthead prop in place of Jannie du Plessis, who’ll watch from the stands.
Chiliboy Ralepelle, omitted from the 22 for the first two Tests, will get game time off the bench, while Ruan Pienaar and Juan de Jongh’s versatility means the back division are well covered.
After the victory over Fiji in Wellington coach Peter de Villiers said that he valued continuity in selection, but on Tuesday explained that he needed to rotate with a view of having a full fit squad.
‘The biggest challenge for us it to manage the players. We’ve had two bruising encounters and we have to be sensible if we want to have 30 players fit throughout the tournament. We’re getting thin in some areas, injuries are our biggest concern at this point,’ he said.
Captain John Smit acknowledged the difficulty of preparing for a match just five days after their victory in Wellington, but stressed complacency wouldn’t be a factor.
‘There are challenges every weekend, but motivation isn’t one of those. It is important for us to be ruthless. There are still a lot of areas we want to improve and if we don’t have the proper focus we won’t get what we want out of this match,’ he said. ‘This is an opportunity to carry on the journey to where we want to be and improve our standards. Having played two games here and a couple before some guys have had enough game to move towards their best form. That needs to continue.
‘In a week like this with as short a turnaround you don’t get that much field time to prepare. So the challenge is achieving perfection in the base areas of our game, the set piece and so on.’
The Springboks are expected to beat Namibia comfortably and should negotiate Samoa’s challenge without too much problems, setting up a quarter-final against Australia. Asked whether he had cast his mind ahead to that epic tussle Smit said: ‘One thing about the World Cup is that at this stage there are so many permutations floating about. If you get wrapped up in what lies ahead you may lose sight of what you want to achieve at present. We have to think a week at a time and not worry about what lies ahead.’
De Villiers was bullish when probed on the issue of Habana’s form, arguing that the former IRB Player of the Year wouldn’t have breaking the South African try-scoring record (he is the joint-highest scorer) as a central focus.
‘I don’t think people understand the ethos of this team. If you can point out one player that puts his personal interests above those of the team’s I’ll send them home immediately. There are personal goals we achieve in life and if Bryan breaks the record it will be a wonderful achievement. But what if he scores and we lose? That ultimately is no good.’
Springboks – 15 Pat Lambie, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Willem Alberts, 5 Danie Rossouw, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 John Smit (c), Gurthro Steenkamp.
Subs: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Tendai Mtawarira, 18 Francois Louw, 19 Heinrich Brüssow, 20 Fourie du Preez, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Juan de Jongh.
608 Comments
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20 Sep 2011, 13:24 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-286: Jake White just can’t stop, what’s wrong with that character?
20 Sep 2011, 13:24 pm
@President_of_the_Sharks_rugby_experts(sharks_lover)-295: Fark I even contemplated faking a business trip to Capetown so I could stay with the old man and watch the rugga in piece for the semis and final but cant get through two weeks without seeing my little girl so not gonna happen, just have to manage my daily dose of fricken Kardashian and co the best I can
20 Sep 2011, 13:27 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-286:
Sbali,F*ck Jake.He and Keo suck from the same wretched ***.Self serving bile.Thats why they didnt like each other much,was like looking in the mirror
20 Sep 2011, 13:29 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-299: lol nope bro my wife loves rugby too , so i dont have to beg to watch
20 Sep 2011, 13:30 pm
@francois93(francois93)-302:
20 Sep 2011, 13:31 pm
@francois93(francois93)-302: I had to make a stand, no Kardashians, no Private Practice, no Fashion Police, no Entertainment News, No High Society, and definitely no bloody Project Runway and Models of the Runway!!!!!! This is my time, I manage the remote.
20 Sep 2011, 13:31 pm
Swear if this bet comes off PVR and dual screen oh yeah baby,
20 Sep 2011, 13:33 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-303: Mallet and Solomons could not stand Jake when he was Technical assistant for the Boks, Mallet said he was bloody useless.
20 Sep 2011, 13:36 pm
@mpundulu(mpundulu)-306: I hear ya guy, I swear if ever there was a channel invented to be the wreck of men it must be the E entertainment channel, I would sell shares in my soul if it busted and I never had to watch it again.
Think that freackin Satan must be behind it and if I ever go to hell I know what I have in store an eternity of watching Chloe and Lamar and Holly and Kendra which is not that bad but then bridalplasty noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooofaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkk
20 Sep 2011, 13:36 pm
@mpundulu(mpundulu)-306: LMFAO
20 Sep 2011, 13:37 pm
My biggest gripe is that women dont understand 3 things about RUGBY WATCHING:
1.I Like to watch the Highlights over and over and over again,Like to analyse play etc.Plus leave me with warm fuzzy feeling after watchinga brilliant try lol
2.I want to hear the post macth chats/interviews..especially watching OZ/ENG etc squirm when the lose
3.I want to chat to the blokes about the game after the game.Its one of the best parts!!!!
During the game,they know not to f*ck with me.LMAO
20 Sep 2011, 13:38 pm
@mpundulu(mpundulu)-308:
Really?Interesting.
20 Sep 2011, 13:38 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-311:
20 Sep 2011, 13:38 pm
It fast closing on a Dream Team!
The Boks are expected to do better against the ranked 19 Namibia than they did against Fiji who were ranked 15 on the IRB chart
All the top three Entertainers are in: Aplon, Chiliboi and The Beast , a lot of fun !
Habana might even break Chavanga’s record of 6 tries achieved against Uruguay, mark my word.
20 Sep 2011, 13:44 pm
@francois93(francois93)-309: Bridalpasty is one of the worst, I can sit through Fashion Police, the old chick is quite funny and vulgar. The Kardashians are just idiots, the modelling shows, I’d rather eat a pork sausage dunked into an ashtray filled with 30 Chesterfield butts!
20 Sep 2011, 13:46 pm
@President_of_the_Sharks_rugby_experts(sharks_lover)-310: I’m not clued up on the anacronyms, what does that mean?
20 Sep 2011, 13:47 pm
@mpundulu(mpundulu)-315: Dude I would rather watch repeats of the 49 to duck hiding by the wallabies it would be less painful.
20 Sep 2011, 13:53 pm
@mpundulu(mpundulu)-308:
actually mallet had no problem with him.
solly didn’t like jake and bugged mallet to get rid of him.
mallet would do anything to keep solly happy (one of the hardest jobs in rugby).
20 Sep 2011, 13:56 pm
@mpundulu(mpundulu)-316:
LMFAO = Lets Meet For An Orgy
I think that President chap fancies you, old sport. Looks like you’ve pulled.
20 Sep 2011, 13:56 pm
@Kitchener(Kitchener)-319:
20 Sep 2011, 14:00 pm
@francois93(francois93)-317: lol
20 Sep 2011, 14:02 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-318: I thought it was Mallet, Solomons, and Rob Valke the manager could not stand Jake, he’d be ignored when providing stats etc etc. One of the players told me it got quite bad.
20 Sep 2011, 14:03 pm
@Kitchener(Kitchener)-319: Fantasties
20 Sep 2011, 14:06 pm
@mpundulu(mpundulu)-322:
it did.
but it was solly who didn’t like white.
he later got rob valke knifed too.
tricky guy.
20 Sep 2011, 14:07 pm
@mpundulu(mpundulu)-323:
kitchen sink went to a minor public school.
you will have to forgive him.
20 Sep 2011, 14:14 pm
There are some seriously dysfunctional comics out here today:
20 Sep 2011, 14:20 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-324: Sounds spicy.
20 Sep 2011, 14:21 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-325: Ah yes those perhaps up north, at times termed private schools.
20 Sep 2011, 14:30 pm
@goyougoodthing2(goyougoodthing2)-110:
and thus speaketh a man.
20 Sep 2011, 14:31 pm
@Kitchener(Kitchener)-319: When used on a rugby forum like this, it’s usually the other meaning.
(LMFAO = Limeys Make Fcking Average Opponents)
20 Sep 2011, 14:33 pm
@scrumfan(scrumfan)-113:
90% ?
absolute lies.
contortionista !
next thing you’ll be saying theres Hakas on every street corner because of ONE ‘flash haka’ in a mall.
20 Sep 2011, 14:34 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-311: i see you refer to “WOMEN”, are you a polygamist?
unesiThembu s’bali?
20 Sep 2011, 14:41 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-332: Ngum Msholozi abadlali eKwaZulu.
20 Sep 2011, 14:44 pm
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-331:
“Maori backing for Div
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 8:49
A New Zealand Maori leader has backed controversial comments from South African coach Peter de Villiers that the haka is “overused”, saying the traditional war dance has been “hijacked by rugby people”.
Peter Love, trustee of an organisation which administers Maori reserves, told Fairfax media that Maori culture was being “abused” and was especially unhappy with a wave of haka “flash mobs” surrounding the World Cup.
“I’m concerned our (Maori) culture is being abused by the overuse and inappropriateness of the haka when it is performed outside special occasions,” Love told Fairfax, in comments reported on Tuesay.
“The haka in our culture is something which is regarded as special and should not be bastardised by sport. Peter de Villiers is dead right when he says it is losing its respect.”
Love, whose uncle is a former New Zealand Maori Rugby Board chairman, added that haka flash mobs, including more than a dozen in recent weeks with one in Barcelona and another at the Sydney Opera House, were misguided.
“The haka is a challenge, not something which is performed as an expression of delight,” he said.
“Who told those people they could do that? The haka is an orchestrated representation of our culture when it is used in an appropriate place, but it is being abused,” added Love.
De Villiers courted controversy when he said the face-pulling, foot-stamping dance and chant performed before rugby games by New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa to intimidate opponents was becoming over-exposed.
“For me, about the World Cup especially, there is too many haka around,” de Villiers told the Dominion Post newspaper. “It is unique, to me, and is losing its intensity, but that is only me.
“People are becoming so used to it. It is not a novelty any more and they don’t respect it.”
De Villiers’ comments prompted an immediate response from the All Blacks, with centre Ma’a Nonu saying, “it’s part of our history, our tradition.
“We’re proud of it. I don’t really care what he thinks,” Nonu said.”
20 Sep 2011, 14:44 pm
@mpundulu(mpundulu)-333: hey sugeza wena, ndibuza izinto ezibalulekileyo!
20 Sep 2011, 14:48 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-332: @mpundulu(mpundulu)-333:
Hahaha in this case I was refferring to women in my life in totality such as girlfriend,sista,cousins,nieces etc
But ngiqamuka kwisithembu mina,ekhaya sibangu14. Ubaba wayeyindoda emadodeni….
Not fckin with you neither.Seriously,had a awesome childhood.Ukuthi manje kuyabiza ukuba nezingane eziningi futhi kunamagciwane amaningi ngaphandle…Nabantu besifazane basile,balandela lesifebe oKim K etc abakumabonakude.Hehehe
But yeah thats me in a nutshell madoda,ningabasabi abafazi.Mina angikhulamga ngazi umndeni owodwa.Ngibazi bonke abafowethu,nodadebami. Ningalaleli abelungu kakhulu.LOL
20 Sep 2011, 14:48 pm
@mpundulu(mpundulu)-323: LMFAO= Laughing My F*cking A*ss off
20 Sep 2011, 14:49 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-330:
Lovesick Masturbator Fakes An ******
20 Sep 2011, 14:50 pm
@WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-334:
Nice one, Ma’a.
And too bl**dy right.
20 Sep 2011, 14:51 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-335: Mfodini waye i-tighthead prop umfowethu, uyaba yindoda enjani yakaZulu engazekanga iqhela, he? Hayi maaaaaaaaaaan, usemfudweni lomntu fekha umhloniphe, dammit!
20 Sep 2011, 14:53 pm
@Kitchener(Kitchener)-338: SPeak for yourself ******
20 Sep 2011, 14:53 pm
@WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-334: BP will have to be a pretty good contortionist himself to get around this one
20 Sep 2011, 14:53 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-336: hehehehehehe! Ndinawe mfowethu.
20 Sep 2011, 14:54 pm
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-339: looks like you’re just picking the parts you agree with again BP… i believe we talked about this yesterday
20 Sep 2011, 14:54 pm
@President_of_the_Sharks_rugby_experts(sharks_lover)-337: lol
20 Sep 2011, 14:55 pm
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-339:
Panther, howz it hanging?
Is the buzz in NZ in a bit of a lull or being sustained?
What are the NZ journalists saying about the SA victory?
20 Sep 2011, 14:55 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-336: ngiyakuzwa s’bali uyayibeka! respect.
20 Sep 2011, 14:55 pm
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-331:
“more than a dozen in recent weeks with one in Barcelona and another at the Sydney Opera House”
20 Sep 2011, 14:56 pm
@francois93(francois93)-309:
Hahahahahahahaha WITH YOU THERE….And that Jerseylicious bile!!!! yo!!!!!
But yeah Bridalplasty…FCK that is nonsense,feel like saying FAT B*TCH go on a diet and gym if u wana fit in your dress etc no one said manhandle ice cream,doughnuts,chocs etc
20 Sep 2011, 14:57 pm
@mpundulu(mpundulu)-340: hayi wayeyi-loosehead so siyamazi ukuba waye-weak! LOL
haha nangoku ubunzima bakhe bupha ko-112kg so his BMI is in it’s moer
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