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.
89 Comments
9 Dec 2011, 09:30 am
Hope Adi gets a offer from a overseas club.
Go make some big cash Adi you deserve it.
9 Dec 2011, 09:34 am
looks like the stormers were hoping to get him cheap, cheap…
9 Dec 2011, 09:43 am
Why no article about the Lions imminent financial collapse?
According to Tank Lanning, the Lions only have money to pay their players up to December. And apparently all of the players are looking for other jobs now.
Or was this discussed under some other thread in the last couple of days?
9 Dec 2011, 09:49 am
@Tacitus-3: Because it’s a load of ****.
9 Dec 2011, 09:49 am
@Tacitus-3: Lions deny it. Tank won’t name his “reliable source”. No one doubts they are making losses, maybe a bit of exaggeration on Tank’s part.
9 Dec 2011, 09:54 am
If the Kings could actually win a Division 1 title there would be more pressure on the Lions.
9 Dec 2011, 09:57 am
Tank is not a journalist’s foreskin. Anyone who takes his “reporting” at face value deserves the disillusionment that’s no doubt in store.
9 Dec 2011, 10:00 am
@Simon-4:
Oh, ok.
But I still don’t get what disqualified it from being an article on this site then…
9 Dec 2011, 10:03 am
It seems the Lions imminent financial collapse is about as likely as Butch being a certain starter in the Bok World Cup team.
Not worthy article material for this blog. Oh wait…
9 Dec 2011, 10:06 am
@Puma-1:
hey puma…
hope you’re well bud… sorry about a week or so ago… when you posted to me but I had already left for a meeting…
wasn’t ignoring you…
i agree with you… adi does deserve a good ‘retirement’ package… he’s been loyal to the sharks… to a fault even…
@>^..^< katman-7:
he wasn’t a prop’s foreskin either…
he’s always punted as an “ex-wp prop”… but for the life of me i just can’t remember him or his name in terms of province rugby EVER…
does anyone know if and when he actually played for province…? and how many times he played…???
9 Dec 2011, 10:09 am
what I want to know is, who the **** is actually going to buy butch james’s book? i mean, what can he have to say that is actually of any interest?
9 Dec 2011, 10:09 am
@Upho-10:
Hehe.
Yeah. I’ve always taken Tank’s credentials paragraph on News24 as a bit of a personal insult. Because I tend to think I’m reasonably knowledgeable about SA rugby, but for the life of me I can not remember ever hearing about Tank Lanning prior to his face popping up on News24 as rugby columnist.
And yet he is apparently this legendary WP prop.
It’s been bothering me for a couple of years now. How could I have missed his entire career?
9 Dec 2011, 10:10 am
@the peanut gallery-11:
Search me. I hope they didn’t use expensive paper.
9 Dec 2011, 10:10 am
@>^..^< katman-7:
That reminds me.
President Zuma, as part of his Climate Change charm offensive visits a synagogue in Durbs to check on their recycling initiative.
The father of the nation sees a pile of empty kosher wine bottles and asks the rabbi what they do with them.
The rabbi replies – when we have enough we send them odd to recycling and we get new ones in return.
The pres then sees a alarge bin full of melted down candles as asks the rabbie what they do with them.
The rabbi replies – when we have enough we send them to recycling and they send us some new candles in return.
The pres then sees a large box marked foreskins that is empty and asks the rabbie what happened to the foreskins.
The rabbi replies that once they had enough foreskins they sent them off for recycling and they were sent a President in return.
9 Dec 2011, 10:12 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther-14:
Hey. Watch out with jokes like that. You’re probably on the NIA software tracking list now. As a potential enemy of the state.
9 Dec 2011, 10:12 am
@Upho-10:
he played a few times in the early nineties.
then got injured.
9 Dec 2011, 10:14 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther-14:
Today it’s just a sneering joke. Tomorrow, you might spill a drink on the man.
Gotta root these threats out early, before they escalate, you see.
9 Dec 2011, 10:17 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther-16:
thanks gunther…
must have been literally only a few times… cause i just don’t remember him… did you ever see him play…?
what’s this with your nic change…? and someone posting the other day about your resilience or not keeping a good man down or something like that…??
what have i missed…?
9 Dec 2011, 10:18 am
Golf fence
A little old lady was walking down the street dragging two large plastic garbage bags behind her. One of the bags was ripped and every once
in a while a $20 fell out onto the sidewalk.
Noticing this, a policeman stopped her, and said, “Ma’am, there are $20
bills falling out of that bag.”
“Oh, really? Darn it!” said the little old lady. “I’d better go back and see if I can find them. Thanks for telling me officer.”
Well, now, not so fast,” said the cop. Where did you get all that money? You didn’t steal it, did you?”
“Oh, no, no”, said the old lady. “You see, my back yard is right next to a golf course.
A lot of golfers come and pee through a knot hole in my fence, right into my flower garden. It used to really tick me off. Kills the flowers, you know. Then I thought, ‘why not make the best of it?
So, now, I stand behind the fence by the knot hole, real quiet, with my hedge clippers. Every time some guy sticks his thing through my fence, I surprise him, grab hold of it and say, ‘O.K., buddy! Give me $20, or off it comes.’
“Well, that seems only fair,” said the cop, laughing. “OK. Good luck! Oh, by the way, what’s in the other bag?”
“Not everybody pays.”
9 Dec 2011, 10:18 am
@Tacitus-8: @Tacitus-9: LOL Give that man a Bells!
9 Dec 2011, 10:20 am
@Tacitus-13: he might have some interesting chapters though, like “the illustrated guide to the late shoulder charge” and “stiff arm tackles for dummies”.
9 Dec 2011, 10:21 am
@the peanut gallery-11: @Tacitus-13:
I’ll probably get it as a Christmas present from my sister.
Last year I got Herschelle’s book.
Still haven’t read it.
9 Dec 2011, 10:22 am
@Tacitus-17:
I wouldn’t waste my dop like that.
@Upho-18:
I knew him at UCT he was a decent prospect but had a career ending injury at the age of 22 or so.
9 Dec 2011, 10:23 am
@Kietzphat-22: ya, it’s in the same xmas present category as undies and socks.
9 Dec 2011, 10:26 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther-23: that oke that spilled his dop on jz was probably drinking bells or j&b. if it was blue label they wouldn’t have arrested him.
9 Dec 2011, 10:27 am
@Tacitus-12:
hehehe…
pretty much my take on it too…
and, exactly like you, the first time I recall ever hearing of him was on news24 and that intro para…
9 Dec 2011, 10:27 am
@Kietzphat-22: Neither has Hershel.
9 Dec 2011, 10:28 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther-23:
oh okay… pity for him… (seriously)
is he over his injury…? maybe stormers could use him now…??
9 Dec 2011, 10:30 am
@Upho-28: I was thinking the same thing.
9 Dec 2011, 10:32 am
@stormersboy-29:
9 Dec 2011, 10:33 am
@Treehugger-19:
An Englishman, Irishman and a Scotsman play a r ound of golf with.
Because they are so cheap they take their wives with them to caddy.
On the first , the Englishman’s wife bends over to tee up her husband’s ball only to display a magnificent blonde bush.
My word, says the Pom, you aren’t wearing any knickers.
That’s because you are so cheap I don’t have money for any she replies.
Well, here is a fiver go and sort yourself out he says.
Next up the Irishman’s wife bends down to tee her hasbands ball up only to display a gleaming dark brown bush.
Begorrah says Paddy you aren’t wearing any panties.
That’s because you are so cheap I have no money for them she replies.
Well for the love of Mary here’s a fiver go and buy some immediately he says.
Next the Scotsman’s wife bends down to tee her husband’s ball up only to display a rampant ginger minge.
Why are you nae wearing any panties woman exclaims the Scot.
Because you are too cheap to buy me any replies his wife furiously.
Well don’t just stand there, the Scot says, her’s a comb go tidy yourself up a bit.
9 Dec 2011, 10:34 am
Hi guys, I’m back on my own blog for now after my stint with Vodacom. So feel free to check out my new post called Wake Up Call where I talk about why the Stormers need to change their mindsets should they want to progress. Feedback welcomed and appreciated
http:// wp.me/p1diZW-3z (don’t forget to remove the space)
9 Dec 2011, 10:36 am
@the peanut gallery-24:
I’m hoping she at least chooses Victor’s book this year.
@stormersboy-27:
9 Dec 2011, 10:37 am
@SpringbokSarah-32:
hey sarah… long time…?
trust you’re well… will check it out…
9 Dec 2011, 10:37 am
Tank graduated from UCT in Social Science, majoring in Economics, with a post-graduate diploma in Marketing Management, this former Ikeys student and first team star is no stranger to the media, as he is the editor of one of SA’s leading sport news source – Sport24.
Rugby, as one would expect, has always been Tank’s first love.
After many happy amateur years at UCT, he made his Western Province debut in the late 1990s; however, a serious neck injury cut short a promising first-class rugby career.
“It was difficult having to deal with that, but I’ve been fortunate enough to be involved (with rugby) on the media side,” says Tank, who describes himself as a “once diabolic student, with nothing but rugby and a good old beer on my mind”.
Tank has made peace with his past and his present, however, adding in conversation with varsitycup.co.za: “I love writing, enjoy the commercial side of things and generally love my job.”
He started as a picture researcher and marketing novice in the sports and lifestyle publishing industry, followed by heading up their sports photo agency, before starting the online division. Later he became part of the Touchline Media family before switching across to sport24.co.za. Lanning covered his media bases through a Media and Management course he completed from Stellenbosch Business School, as well as a ‘Publishing on the Web’ course at Stanford University in California.
Source: wwwdotvarsitycupdotcodotza
9 Dec 2011, 10:40 am
@Upho-34: definitely! The SA Rugby mag’s fan page keeps me updated on all the news so I haven’t logged on in a while
9 Dec 2011, 10:42 am
@SpringbokSarah-32:
good article…
good luck with the blog…!
9 Dec 2011, 10:44 am
@Upho-37: thanks man!
9 Dec 2011, 10:45 am
@Robzim-35:
thanks rob…!!
interesting stuff… great for him that he’s succeeded despite that setback… good on him…!
9 Dec 2011, 10:45 am
@Robzim-35: There was something else about being part of the “Cheerful Chubies” club, which does stuff like triathlons just for the beer afterwards,
I like his attitude.
9 Dec 2011, 10:56 am
@Upho-10: No problems ufo. How you doing buddy? Hope well.
Yeah I really hope Adi picks up a nice contract with a overseas club. The way to go in your last years of playing rugby. Need to earn as much as you can.
He was very loyal to the Sharks. So wishing him all the best,
9 Dec 2011, 11:00 am
@Upho-39:
I also do not remember him as a rugby player but ,yes, he seems to be doing well and has also covered the basis with a few nice qualifications.
@stormersboy-40:
Lol, yes, some of those chubies have astonished me- like Rob Kempson who completed the Cape Epic- i think he finished second last and spent about 8 hours in the saddle each day suffering like hell but he did it.
Enjoy the cricket- hope the south easter does not pump like yesterday afternoon.
9 Dec 2011, 11:03 am
@Robzim-42: Thanks boet. I hope so too.
The wind just helps to keep the beer cold
9 Dec 2011, 11:06 am
@Puma-41:
cool buddy…
always well… the grass is greener on my side of the fence…!!
no rugby is really starting to get boring now… shows you how spoilt we’ve become… rugby used to last a few months in winter… now it is virtually year round and despite rugby overload during the world cup… am really keen to see the s15 start again…
how do you see the sharks doing this season…?
9 Dec 2011, 11:08 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther-14: keep your jokes to yourself mate. They are not even funny.
9 Dec 2011, 11:09 am
@stormersboy-40:
he also does a mean popcorn trick.
9 Dec 2011, 11:12 am
@XV-45:
the old ones are the best ones.
9 Dec 2011, 11:13 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther-46:
well…??
out with it…
9 Dec 2011, 11:13 am
@charo-47:
hey charo… how you doing bud..?
9 Dec 2011, 11:14 am
@Upho-48:
not here.
we might upset number XV.
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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