Smit, Joubert complete Sarries rout

Smit, Joubert complete Sarries rout

14 Nov 2011

GARETH DUNCAN reports on the Saffas who impressed in Europe over the weekend.

The English Premiership, French Top 14 and Pro12 were all on break as the top northern hemisphere clubs competed in the European Cup.

Retired Springbok captain John Smit came off the bench in the 58th minute to make his debut for new club Saracens in a 42-17 mauling of Italian outfit Treviso. The reserve hooker featured alongside fellow Saffas centre Brad Barritt, scrumhalf Neil de Kock, SA-born English prop Matt Stevens, starting hooker Schalk Brits, No 8 Ernst Joubert, Stromers-bound prop Deon Carstens and flanker Justin Melck in the match 22.

Smit and Joubert scored tries in the final quarter to seal the convincing win for the English champions. Former Cheetahs and Stormers flyhalf Willem de Waal added two conversions and a penalty for Treviso.

Lock Johann Muller and No 8 Pedrie Wannenburg were key in Ulster’s 16-11 win over flanker Gerhard Vosloo’s Clermont. Especially Muller, who made the most tackles in the match (12) and won eight throws in the lineouts.

Front rowers Wian du Preez and BJ Botha packed down in Munster’s 23-21 win over prop Brian Mujati’s Northampton Saints. It was a major win for the former, who edged ahead three minutes into injury time as flyhalf Ronan O’Gara slotted a late drop goal.

Prop Heinke van der Merwe and hooker Richardt Strauss featured in Leinster’s comeback as they drew 16-16 with Montepellier after trailing 13-3 at the break. A last-minute penalty from pivot Jonny Sexton forced the stalemate.

Bok flanker Francois Louw delivered an impressive individual display in Bath’s 26-21 defeat to Glasgow. The 26-year-old Louw gained 44m in his five ball carries, made the most turnovers in the match (3) and made 11 tackles, not missing one.


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  • 1.Staal: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 07:26 am

    Barney the Dragon!

  • 2.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 07:27 am

    The slower pace up North will really suit John I think.

  • 3.ufo: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 07:27 am

    @Staal(Staal)-1:

    Barney the Purple Dragon… :wink:

  • 4.Staal: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 07:27 am

    Hmmm… F Louw… good player.. imo will play for the boks again.

  • 5.Tacitus: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 07:29 am

    The extracts I’ve read from Victor’s book has softened my view on Smit somewhat. I now see him as merely misguided in his estimation of his remaining physical abilities, rather than someone who stuck around out of purely selfish reasons, despite knowing he wasn’t good enough anymore.

    He was a good captain. Victor himself says so. And that’s good enough for me.

  • 6.Roar my Lions .... Currie Cup Champions 2011: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 07:37 am

    FLO had a good match for Bath, pity his team lost though …. brokebacks will miss him big time especially if bonehead finds himself playing as the fetcher.

    As for Plod scoring against the weak Italians … well done!

  • 7.grant10: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 07:37 am

    F Louw will be so missed by Stormers….a crucial loss…

  • 8.Craven: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 07:49 am

    Wian du Preez and BJ Botha, there’s two props the Stormers should’ve bought. They kept Mujati honest in the scrums.

  • 9.BULLET: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 07:50 am

    We should create a rule in SA, if you become a Bok before 28, you are unable to play oversee still you are 28 again.

    Tired of good young Boks leaving for money, or cause they are not the number 1 in their position anymore.

    I also feel that if you leave to play oversees, then you are not eligible for Boks anymore.

  • 10.Roar my Lions .... Currie Cup Champions 2011: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 07:51 am

    Plod scoring against minnow team is really big news ….. hell Keo had to go and post a picture of him scoring a try just to convince everyone that it was real, hell.

  • 11.grant10: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 07:53 am

    @Craven(Craven)-8: agreed

  • 12.rangerman: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 07:58 am

    @Roar my Lions …. Currie Cup Champions 2011(RL)-10: ja, it would be better if h hadnt scored eh?

    :lol:

  • 13.bryce_in_oz: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 07:59 am

    Two tries for Boks, one try for Sharks and now a debut try fir Sarries in 2011… Smitties a scoring machine,,,

  • 14.rangerman: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:00 am

    post 6 and 10 by redpussy saying the same thing?

    hehe, i sense a little chip.

    shampies :lol:

  • 15.rangerman: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:00 am

    @bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz)-13: top bok try scorer 2011 tri nations.

    thems the facts.

  • 16.Roar my Lions .... Currie Cup Champions 2011: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:04 am

    @rangerman(rangerman)-14: I’m just so happy he is now gone …….. for good :smile:

  • 17.rangerman: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:05 am

    after reading what Vic had to say regarding smitty’s feelings regarding the captaincy and being willing to step down or out of the team completely to benefit the team i think some people (gwant10mm and shampoop and redpussy notably but not confined to..) must feel like real c un ts.

    then again you have to have brains to know when you have been utterly, hopelessly and irretrievably wrong and these three have the brains of a rabid poodle between the three of them.

    oops forgot justknowsfokkolaboutwugby too! sorry J(kfa)R!

    the fact that Vic asked Smitty to say on just seals the whole issue with a big glass of stfu.

    smitty you legend, thanks for all the memories and congrats on your debut ry for sarries!

  • 18.rangerman: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:06 am

    @Roar my Lions …. Currie Cup Champions 2011(RL)-16: of course you are.

    the relevance to the universe is rather miniscule though i am sure you agree?

  • 19.Roar my Lions .... Currie Cup Champions 2011: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:09 am

    @Tacitus(Deucalion)-5: it seems that the folks at Keo are ignoring Matfields books, they deny it’s existence!

    I wonder if Vic said something not so complimentary about Butch cause as we all know that would be bad for book sales.

  • 20.grant10: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:17 am

    If I want total objectivity I dont go to my best friend asking whether I am the best for my position……

    All Vics book does is vindicate the FACT that the Bok team became a closed shop lead by the Fat Boys Club…..

    A damning inditement of a spineless coach…..

    Who the fark was Plod and Matfield to decide whether Plod should of played or stepped down?

    Player power dominated to the detriment of the Bok team and left us with a worse ever finish…..same as in 2003.

    Well done Plod…..if you wanted to know whether you were better than Bissy why did you not just watch the replays …….why the fark ask Your fat boy mate Matfield?

    A joke ….2010 and 2011 will go down as 2 of the worst years in bok history…..disably lead by the Fat Boy….

  • 21.Jeez: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:17 am

    What Joubert??

  • 22.HongKongSlong: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:17 am

    The 2 best South African hookers playing for the same club in England. Good for the club, bad for South Africa…

  • 23.Grizz: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:18 am

    Quality shows!

  • 24.justrugby: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:18 am

    @rangerman(rangerman)-17:

    Your continual masturbating to JS is a bit ott you cnut.

    You continue to fool yourself, Smit in reality had no right to be anywhere near the Bok squad , his pathetic form, fitness and shape was not what was required of a Bok captain, hell it was Vodocam cup form………………………….. at a stretch .

    You along with the rest of the masturbating brigade were conned and the sad fact is that you to dumb to realise it.

    We all know Matfield was a big part of the fat-boy club, so no surprises about what he has to say re his “leader of the club” !!! At least Matfield still produced on the field !!

    But continue to be conned…………………………….. you farken ***** !!

  • 25.Jeez: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:19 am

    Which Joubert is this article referring too?

  • 26.grant10: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:24 am

    @justrugby(justrugby)-24: LOL

    Farken hell….sommer double barrells?

    That little farker just needs a snotklap……I think you have mortally scarred the squirrel hunter……

    What a whinging littkle lady that fark is…..

  • 27.bryce_in_oz: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:25 am

    @justrugby(justrugby)-24:

    Not the best start to the week then for you either… perhaps you should think of a life change… change of job, maybe scenery… it cannot be healthy to wake up next to Grant10 with all this angst and pent-up anger…

  • 28.Roar my Lions .... Currie Cup Champions 2011: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:26 am

    @Jeez(Jeez)-25: jeez man can’t you read ….. the article says Ernst, as in Minki’s new lover …. lucky guy he is.

  • 29.rangerman: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:26 am

    @justrugby(justrugby)-24: :lol:

    ooooh i caught one!

    yes yes, my “continual masturbating” lmfao!

    you and your tub buddy have accumulated 13000 posts re john smit to every one of mine.

    and everybody knows……. :lol:

    Vic made the lot f you look like what you are and i am lovng it!

  • 30.justrugby: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:26 am

    @grant10(grant10)-26:

    LOL

    The scary thing is he actually believes the drivel he writes, sad , sad, sad !!!!

  • 31.grant10: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:27 am

    sharkies in a mas turbation frenzy…..

    LOL

    Wallys….

  • 32.rangerman: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:29 am

    @grant10(grant10)-26: haha, ja i am the one who is scarred :lol:

    but i still adress you and every other poster on here even if i think you talka load of poo all the time lol.

  • 33.grant10: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:29 am

    @justrugby(justrugby)-30: the oke is not worthy of your attention….do as I do….own him by simply ignoring the little gal…..

    The non entity remains the biggest cnut ever…..

    P ussy of note

  • 34.justrugby: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:30 am

    @rangerman(rangerman)-29:

    All Vic has done is added ammo to what we have been saying………………….. Really ……………………………..do you not get it ???

  • 35.rangerman: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:31 am

    anyway, i must do some work but i just want to congratulate Smitty you LEGEND one More TiMe on yOur TRY on deBuT for sarries.

    what a man what a legend!

  • 36.justrugby: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:32 am

    @grant10(grant10)-33:

    Probably the best thing to do !!

  • 37.grant10: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:32 am

    owned

    absolutely 100% owned

    LOL

  • 38.rangerman: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:34 am

    @justrugby(justrugby)-34: ag bs man you wish pal.

    he bent you over and gave you wha you like is all.

  • 39.rangerman: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:36 am

    :lol:

    owned hahaha.

  • 40.justrugby: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:37 am

    @bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz)-27:

    Somebody rattle your cage ??????????……………………….as you were………… mr “small change” !!

  • 41.justrugby: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:38 am

    @rangerman(rangerman)-39:

    Off to work you go………..those moles need sorting out !!!!

  • 42.WP Till I Die: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:49 am

    Honestly, you guys are all better than this.

    You’re coming across as a bunch of juvenile delinquents.

  • 43.grant10: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:51 am

    @WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-42: you right…

  • 44.bryce_in_oz: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:52 am

    @justrugby(justrugby)-40:

    Rattled… hmmm nope not this felllow… breeze is blowing, doors unlocked, kids playing footy in the street, business is booming and the most successful captain in Bok history is doing what he’s paid to do… make an impact off the bench… nice one Smitty…

  • 45.grant10: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:53 am

    @bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz)-44: pity boks didnt have fatty on the bench

  • 46.charo: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:54 am

    @WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-42:

    worse.

    primary school playground taunts.

    and the one oke has had his 50th already 8)

  • 47.grant10: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 08:55 am

    @charo(charo)-46: another fat boy sharkie has to enter the fray I see

  • 48.grant10: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 09:03 am

    Wassup with this Zac Guildford oke?

    Jeepers….he has some serious booze issues….

  • 49.charo: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 09:05 am

    @grant10(grant10)-47:

    do i have to ask permission?

  • 50.grant10: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 09:06 am

    @charo(charo)-49: sharkie….do as you please…..as is your style…

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