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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  • 101.bryce_in_oz: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 10:56 am

    @grant10(grant10)-96:

    Not another good start to the week for you eh…

  • 102.Helen: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 10:56 am

    @Gunther(gunther)-92:

    Grantie reminds me of someone who’s just had an especially messy dump in a mall loo only to realise there is no loo paper and is forced to use his bomber jacket sleeve.

  • 103.Bod: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 10:59 am

    Dawn

    I too also checked out a movie this weekend. Tintin…. in 3D… in Spanish

    Every time I saw Tintin I couldnt help but to think of Katman

    Strange

  • 104.Gunther: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:01 am

    @justrugby(justrugby)-97:

    Talk less and listen more?

    Have you been opening your Christmas crackers early you old buggerer?

    Next you are going to tell me about your unique insight for the game gleaned whilst warming the bench for Natal B.

    And the fact that Grantie has been watching western province play since 1976.

    and and and.

    :lol:

  • 105.justrugby: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:02 am

    @Helen(Helen)-102:

    Seems you speaking from experience ??

  • 106.cab: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:03 am

    there’s some bladdy good SA players in europe, pity lions cant lure a few back.

  • 107.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:03 am

    @Bod(bod)-103: What a coincidence then. Because you remind me of Noddy’s “friend”, Big Ears. See if you can get that in Spanish 3D.

  • 108.justrugby: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:04 am

    @Gunther(gunther)-104:

    LOl

    No………. ………. any wisdom on the game will be wasted on you !! :)

  • 109.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:05 am

    @Bod(bod)-103:

    Naah

    There was a particularly rubbish movie on TV last night

    The only saving grace was Timothy

    Then he got killed off

    Fecked off I was

  • 110.Bod: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:07 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-107:

    Its just come to me…. in Spanish

    Its Tintins cowlick and kuif.

    Este!!!!!!

  • 111.Bod: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:10 am

    @Dawn(Dawn)-109:

    Cant be worse than here.

    There are only 3 things you can pick up on Sunday night TV… Spaghetti Westerns, Soccer and Porn

  • 112.Gunther: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:16 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-107:

    I think el grande oros has been banned under the protection of children act.

  • 113.au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir...: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:16 am

    is it just me or does black and red actually look good on john’s figure? or perhaps its the vertical direction of the colours? he really seems a lot more trim and lean in that pic.

  • 114.Gunther: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:17 am

    @Bod(bod)-111:

    **** Eastwood?

  • 115.ufo: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:25 am

    From news24… Sorry for Mr Els… But…

    Only in Africa… :roll:

    Bloemfontein – An army major was killed by his pet hippopotamus, named Humphrey, on his farm in the Free State on Saturday, Volksblad reported on Monday.

    Marius Els, 40, who was pictured balancing on the hippo’s back, had been repeatedly warned that although friendly, Humphrey was still a wild animal and had to be treated as such.

    The hippo was rescued as a calf during a flood of the Vaal River, which passes the land where Els farmed part-time.

    Humphrey, estimated at around five-and-a-half years old, had been treated as a pet, and had learned to swim with humans.

    The animal found a home with Els when it became too big for the people who had initially adopted it.

  • 116.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:28 am

    These are the same rumours (leading candidate) I heard on the next possible Bok coach (by Gavin Rich)

    http://www.supersport.com/rugby/blogs/gavin-rich/What_about_Gert_Smal

  • 117.ufo: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:30 am

    What did Mr Els expect…

    Should’ve taken the Hippocratic oath…!!

  • 118.Bod: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:33 am

    @Gunther(gunther)-114:

    No… Victoria Principle

  • 119.Helen: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:36 am

    Zac Guildford…. what a chop!

    Walks into a bar, naked, drunk and bleeding.
    Then proceeds to assault 2 customers.

    How many crimes can one man commit in a single night??

  • 120.Helen: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:37 am

    @Helen(Helen)-119:

    Pity that Umaga wasn’t there with his handbag… he would’ve sorted Zac out with a single swing of his sequened croc skin long strap

  • 121.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:43 am

    A naked Kiwi rugby player walks into a bar…

    What a joke.

  • 122.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:45 am

    @PissAnt(PissAnt)-116: hehehe i hope Tacitus reads the article linked here and realise that my objection to Ludeke has nothing to do with his mumbo jumbo pseudo psycho-analysis of the other day. Other people seem not to rate Ludeke at all even though he has not 1 but 2 Super Rugby titles.

    where else in the world will a coach with 2 titles be COMPLETELY ignored when it comes to national duty? :D

  • 123.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:46 am

    @Helen(Helen)-119:

    Old news

  • 124.Helen: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:47 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-121:

    Ja, just imagine a Saffa doing this???

    Someone I can’t see Schalk Burger or Pierre Spies walking naked into a News Cafe and assaulting customers.

  • 125.au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir...: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:47 am

    @ufo(ufo)-115:
    i mean honestly? a hippo as a pet? people do this sirt of thing all the time. its a wonder more people aren’t killed by their ‘pets’…as you say…only in africa…

    reminds me of the story about the varsisty player who tried to ‘borrow’ a lion from the groote schuur zoo…i mean really now?…at least he got out of it alive.

  • 126.Helen: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:50 am

    @Dawn(Dawn)-123:

    Sorry, I am a bit behind this morning….
    Must’ve missed the earlier thread when I changed tampons. :-)

  • 127.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:51 am

    @Helen(Helen)-124: Keep in mind this was a town called Rarotonga, in the Cook Islands.

    I guess that’s more like Danie Rossouw donnering someone in a pub in Brits. And this happens often.

    Not naked though.

  • 128.Helen: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:52 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-127:

    Manrule Number 1

    “Never fight naked, unless you’re in prison”

  • 129.willievz: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:54 am

    @PissAnt(PissAnt)-116:

    He would not be a bad choice at all. A very good coach with an impressive CV and the right passport colour.

    But the Springboks don’t need a good coach.

    They need the best coach. They deserve the best coach.

    Is he the very best option?

  • 130.willievz: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:55 am

    @Helen(Helen)-124: What about James Dalton or James Small?

  • 131.au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir...: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 11:58 am

    @Helen(Helen)-128:
    why would you fight naked in prison?
    honestly, i dont know where you get all these wisdoms of yours?
    i dont think that one will hold up to scrutiny on the interweb either.
    i will let you know.

  • 132.Gunther: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:02 pm

    @willievz(willievz)-130:

    I don’t think either of them used to hang out with their wang out.

  • 133.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:08 pm

    @willievz(willievz)-129:

    I believe both Heyneke and Gert are capable head coaches. I did however mention before my interest is more towards the fact that we need a DOR, and there I can only see one person.

    Just considering the head coach role however I have faith in both mentioned above, but I would be more interested in who would assist them. Great men surround themselves with great people. I know if Gert is to be the man there is likely to be a Bulls individual included in an assistant capacity.

  • 134.garth: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:09 pm

    Hey, hey, listen up. This guy walks into a bar…….

  • 135.au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir...: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:14 pm

    @Helen(Helen)-128:
    i apologise.
    it seems this is a rule on a lot on man-rule lists compiled on many websites.
    why ever would you choose to fight naked though? especially considering you’re in a prison. it must be a real macho thing i’m guessing.

    also on the list of man-rules at number 14 was never ever allow your friends to wear speedos. this must mean a lot of grant’s friends are letting their manhood down hehe.

  • 136.ufo: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:16 pm

    @au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-125:

    and somehow I always feel sorry for the animal because it get shot because some person tried to ascribe human emotions to it… or prove that he or she could subdue it’s wild instinct… :roll:

    @PissAnt(PissAnt)-116:

    I would be happy with gert getting the job…

  • 137.Kritik: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:17 pm

    Taken from rugby365

    Pieter Rossouw has just completed the IRB Level III coaching course in Stellenbosch together with a number of top provincial coaches and will return to the Bulls with some new ideas.

    “I have really enjoyed the course and feel like I’ve learnt a lot to take back with me to the Bulls,” he said.

    “A lot of coaches are happy to share their ideas [in the professional era] and we can learn from each other about how best to interact with players so that we don’t always just tell them what to do, but rather involve them in decisions and approach problems in the right way.”

  • 138.Roar my Lions .... Currie Cup Champions 2011: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:18 pm

    @PissAnt(PissAnt)-133: read somewhere that Gert is not interested in the position of head coach.

    My money is still on Loffie getting it, now that would be bloter! as he seems to be the only one on the list still available.

  • 139.willievz: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:19 pm

    @PissAnt(PissAnt)-133: Who is your choice for DOR?

  • 140.Kritik: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:20 pm

    Pieter Rossouw has just completed the IRB Level III coaching course in Stellenbosch together with a number of top provincial coaches and will return to the Bulls with some new ideas.

    “I have really enjoyed the course and feel like I’ve learnt a lot to take back with me to the Bulls,” he said.

    “A lot of coaches are happy to share their ideas [in the professional era] and we can learn from each other about how best to interact with players so that we don’t always just tell them what to do, but rather involve them in decisions and approach problems in the right way.”

  • 141.Kritik: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:21 pm

    Oooops!

  • 142.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:24 pm

    @willievz(willievz)-139:

    Meyer.

  • 143.ufo: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:29 pm

    Cardiff – England, still reeling from the fallout of a dismal Rugby World Cup campaign, suffered a fresh setback on Sunday when Shaun Edwards rejected their approaches and opted to remain a member of Wales’s coaching staff.

  • 144.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:34 pm

    @ufo(ufo)-143: that guy looks ans walks funny, what happened to him?

  • 145.Gunther: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:39 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-144:

    feisty ewe.

  • 146.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:46 pm

    @Gunther(gunther)-145: :lol:

  • 147.Gunther: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 12:50 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-146:

    A horn in the plums will do that to a fella.

  • 148.ufo: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 13:07 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-144:

    seems he obviously ignored the “Never fight naked, unless you’re in prison” advice a couple of times too often… :shock:

    :lol:

  • 149.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 13:10 pm

    @Gunther(gunther)-147: hehehe

  • 150.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    14 Nov 2011, 13:12 pm

    @ufo(ufo)-148: you okes are bad…

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