Jacobs turns down Stormers
9 Dec 2011
Adi Jacobs has declined an invitation to join the Stormers’ training squad and won’t play for the Cape franchise in 2012.
After Jacobs was released from his Sharks contract, he moved to the Western Cape with the hope of representing the Stormers or Boland. Coach Allister Coetzee said at the time that Jacobs would be welcome to trial at the franchise, and given the Stormers had lost Jaque Fourie, Tim Whitehead and Johann Sadie, they could have used another experienced centre.
But on Friday, Coetzee told Die Burger that Jacobs had declined an invitation to train with the Cape team, and so has not been included in the initial training squad.
Coetzee will name a reduced squad of approximately 40 players following their training camp in Hermanus in January.
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9 Dec 2011, 11:21 am
@Upho-49:
hanging in….
this place is slow without real rugby.
but good to be back in the old r ess of ay.
how’s the mag doing ….. not running out of material yet?
9 Dec 2011, 11:22 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther-50:
hehehe
so where…?
i’m intrigued…
9 Dec 2011, 11:24 am
@charo-51:
cool… any chance of getting down here to see your boet…?
also hanging in… material is never the problem…. times are tough… business is hard…
but still having a great time and enjoying it…
9 Dec 2011, 11:34 am
@Upho-53:
unlikely before mid 2012 as we have a uk trip planned for march.
business is the opposite for us – we are on the acquisition trail here in sa..
looking for struggling companies
our core biz in w.africa is booming
9 Dec 2011, 11:47 am
Isn’t Adi a bit young to play for WP?
9 Dec 2011, 12:02 pm
@charo-54:
cool… enjoy it…!!
great news man…!! good to hear things are rocking for you…
you guys interested in any media business…?
9 Dec 2011, 12:26 pm
well done adi!
AC: uhm, come train with us and we will see if you are good enough for a contract. after all, we have sooooooo many options at centre here at wp nowadays.
we have uhm…jaqu…uhm..no ok but we have….tim white……ag nee man…..we have sadie! what a player…..ag nee man he is gone too.
well never mind, we have jdv and jdj, what a pair of distributors! trytime here we come, they can surely play the whole superrugby season and the 3n without injury?
nah, adi we are sorted man thanksanyway.
9 Dec 2011, 12:31 pm
@rangerman-57: Actually there’s probably more to this story,
The initial reports said that he did not respond to an invitation.
Besides it’s never a given that a player is signed without testing etc,
I’m just the moer-in that we are short in the depth in the first place.
I must be honest, if I were AC I’d be thinking peter grant for the standby 12, and Adi for 2nd 13.
That should cover it,
9 Dec 2011, 12:42 pm
@Upho-56: upho, what was your previous nic mate?
was it ufo?
@stormersboy-58: ja PG will be your standby 12 but the guy has played so much rugga he will start to break down this next year imo.
its strange though, maybe wp have some new talent coming through that we dont know about?
just quite amusing from a sharks prospective how quickly the wheel turns. just three months ago stormers fans were laughing at us as you guys had:
JdV
JF
JdJ
whitehead
sadie
Newman
and the sharks had a bunch of old men and journeymen (this hasnt really changed all that much though) but now we have:
bosman
joubert
whitehead
jordaan
possibly mjekevu
possibly newman
? life is funny like that i suppose.
9 Dec 2011, 12:46 pm
@rangerman-59:
yeah bud… still is… just was mucking around and put the ph in for the f… so people say the word as opposed to spelling it out…
how you doing ranger…? well i hope…?
9 Dec 2011, 12:49 pm
@rangerman-59: Yes it is.
The younger U 21 guys all show promise but the guys who were “ready to go” at senior level were guys like Sadie, Whitehead and that other Matie who went overseas (who’s name i forget) but that’s the way it goes I guess…..
Peter Grant is a better 12 than 10 IMO.
At 10 he is quite kuk actually.
9 Dec 2011, 12:57 pm
Jacobs is probably negotiates with some Japanese club,
no, he is not likely to go to Europe where the centres are used as ball carriers and 1st tacklers on the fringes, not his cup of tea and a short stay is a given for him
9 Dec 2011, 13:00 pm
@stormersboy-61:
paul bosch…??
agree with you about grant…
9 Dec 2011, 13:02 pm
@Upho-60: ah, was wondering ok cool. ja all good. gonna go for a beer now so chat laters mate.
@stormersboy-61: too true. he is a better 12 imo too. cheers man!
9 Dec 2011, 13:02 pm
The Sharks lost 3 reasonable, hard hitting centres in Barritt, Andrei Strauss and Riaan Swanepoel last 3 seasons, all indications were that Jacobs being a fixture at the Sharks forced them out
9 Dec 2011, 13:04 pm
@rangerman-64:
cheers bud… enjoy…
9 Dec 2011, 13:13 pm
@Upho-63: That’s the one. I always rated him but he had a couple of bad injury breaks.
9 Dec 2011, 13:17 pm
@rangerman-64: cheers bro also out
@Upho-66: have a good weekend boet!
9 Dec 2011, 13:24 pm
@stormersboy-67:
yeah… he played in that semi against the bulls and did really well…
i also rated him… great on defense… tough nut…
cheers bud… you too!!
9 Dec 2011, 14:21 pm
Hmmm, he’s probably looking for a more chilled gig with Boland and know’s he’ll have to put himself on the line every weekend with the Stormers. The dude is getting on, and we don’t know why he’s moved back to the Western Cape – most likely its a family or business situation.
At the same time, I’m quite excited about the lighties we’ll be using next season – think about those guys, getting amped knowing they stand a really good chance to crack the Stormers side.
9 Dec 2011, 15:19 pm
Thank GOD we did not buy him- held my breath for a while
9 Dec 2011, 16:01 pm
@Vundu-70: He is a born and bred CT boy, his entire family is here , I think even his wife and kids stayed in CT .
10 Dec 2011, 01:40 am
Good on Adi to show WP/Stormers the finger. They did not recognize his talent when he was a youngster.
Players like Gurthro, JPP, Ashley Johnson, should do the same if/when WP/Stormers approach them.
Pity guys like Ricky, Hanyany Shimange and Bobo did not tell them to vokkof after they were overlooked in the first place by WP/Stormers.
10 Dec 2011, 02:27 am
@nama1-73:
WP gave those latter three extended careers they arguably did not deserve at top dollar…
Calling Gurthro who debuted in CC rugby for the Cheetahs at 19 ‘over-looked’ is a bit rich…
Calling JPP, who followed his uncle and cousins over to the Sharks as an 18 yr ‘over-looked’ is a bit rich…
Or you going to name every POC teenager born in the Cape over the last two decades ‘hard-done by’ for not being given a WP jumper?
Complex much?
10 Dec 2011, 02:52 am
Might be wrong but I believe Tank played a few games for WP after Gary Pagel left.
He was not too bad. Good scrummer but not your Beast/Gurthro type frontrower around the park. More a Tommy Laubscher type.
10 Dec 2011, 07:23 am
@bryce_in_oz-74:
So WP contracted Ricky, Bobo and Shimange at the wrong end of their careers. Why did they not see their potential when they were younger? Remember how JW pleaded with unions to give Ricky and Ashwin (forgot about him) contracts? WP flatly refused. Why?
“Complex much?”
Every time I see one of these (“chip on your shoulder/over sensitive are some others) I know that I scratch at some place where it probably did not itch.
Get another line.
10 Dec 2011, 09:12 am
@nama1-75:
tommy laubscher was a monster…!!
more like him and wp and the boks front row problems would be over…
10 Dec 2011, 09:15 am
@Upho-77:
what was the story that tommy used to carry a full grown sheep on his shoulders… or was it one on each shoulder…???
not the fittest prop ever but one of the few men who made chuck norris back down…
10 Dec 2011, 10:03 am
If Stormers are really interested they should have offered Jacobs a contract, why wanting him to join without a guaranteed contract, his track record surely prove that he is quite loyal and not a money chaser
10 Dec 2011, 12:29 pm
@Upho-78:
I watched a match where Tommy was up against Heinrich Rogers at Newlands in 1994 once. Never saw such a straight back from a TH. Every scrum was cheered by the crowd as if a try had been scored.
You know how he became a Bok despite him not having all the skills and not being the fittest player around?
Apparently Kitch Christie sent a questionaire to all the LH playing at that stage in which he asked them who the strongest TH was that they’ve ever encountered. The unanimous answer was Tommy Laubscher.
He promptly drafted him into his Bok squad.
Pity we don’t breed them strong like that anymore.
11 Dec 2011, 00:02 am
@nama1-80:
Steenkamp is injured once again, the story of his career, too often he breaks something
A prop In the mold of Krizinger, did Toulouse buy a dud car?
Watch Gary B there, he was devastating tody
11 Dec 2011, 09:45 am
Gary Botha the most useless arse of a hooker ever to leave or return to these shores Bulls dumb fak sugar coated racist policies clearly exposed when they played Botha and Kuhn over Chili and Maku who since switching to Lions fak’d Botha up 6 love
11 Dec 2011, 10:31 am
Friend in medical rescue tells me a diver drowned at soetwater yesterday..,
sympathies to family and friends
12 Dec 2011, 06:00 am
No loss
12 Dec 2011, 09:00 am
Allister spoke to Adi once, telling him he is welcome to join them at training. Rassie never picked up the phone to find out what his plans are, or whether he is interested.
Surely you should do more than just ask a guy to come train with you given the **** WP is in at center?
12 Dec 2011, 09:09 am
@PissAnt-85: Yes that sounds a bit “slapgat” to me.
Agree with your post 100%.
Unless they don’t think that they are in that muck poo at centre after all……
12 Dec 2011, 09:40 am
@stormersboy-86:
Like him or not, Adi is an experienced Bok center, not some club player or youngster you ‘invite’ to a training session.
Sit down and discuss details with him. If he has to play himself into a contract at least communicate the deliverables to the guy and what is expected?
WP are a bunch of morons, 2012 is not going to be a very good year.
12 Dec 2011, 12:08 pm
@PissAnt-87:
Exactly PA
A 20 sumthin test veteran & a 2011 Bok even isnt a “invitee”
Frikkie Welsh even got a contract with Wp a few years ago without “invite” to get a place rubbish.
13 Dec 2011, 12:09 pm
I wish Adi could`ve joined the Stormers.
Sure he might not have gotten a lot of game time, but he missed the opportunity to show Plumtree how big a mistake it was to stick with those cart horses instead of giving him an opportunity.
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