SA return on cards for Steyn?
18 Mar 2012
Frans Steyn is considering returning to play in South Africa.
This according to his agent Gerrie Swart, who told Rapport that Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer has already made contact with him. Steyn’s contract with French club Racing Metro expires at the end of the season (May) and Swart says he has a big decision to make to either extend the deal or return to South Africa.
‘His primary consideration isn’t money. He has goals going forward in his career. An important one is to win titles with his team-mates and coaches. That includes the 2015 World Cup and a Super Rugby title. But the main priority at this stage is to win the Top 14 with Racing,’ Swart said.
Meyer is known to have a high regard for Steyn. He told this website last year that he feels he is best suited to inside centre. Meyer intimated at his first press conference as coach that he would pick foreign-based players if allowed to but stressed that first prize would be selecting from a pool of players in South Africa.
‘Frans wants to play for the Springboks and Heyneke has already contacted him and briefed him on what would be expected of him in the future for that to happen. He is prepared to sacrifice money [from a lucrative deal with a European club] to make that a reality.’
Steyn is reportedly keen to rejoin the Sharks if he opts to return to South Africa.
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18 Mar 2012, 23:11 pm
Ernie missing a short putt on the 16th for a 2-shot lead.
Come on Ernie!!!
18 Mar 2012, 23:16 pm
Sharks would do better too spend some money on locks, but i’d certainly look at getting frans steyn back on his old package, he’s not worth more than what he was when he left, in fact he’s worth less, and i’d be very weary of overvaluing him when they have decent centre and fullback depth, but not so much at lock.
If Stormers want to keep playing JdV at 12, they going to continue to have no penetration, get de jong in their quicksmart i reckon, jdv is better at 13 even was the case when dewet barry was there, frans steyn moved the bok backline on a quantum leap whenevers he’s played at 12 and including 6 months ago in the RWC before he was injured the boks were looking ominous with him there even with the pie&baguette ***.
18 Mar 2012, 23:20 pm
Once these agents fck up these players heads they’re history .. all these overrated ego’s, Frans Steyn included, should keep chasing the money trail because that is all they good for after they sullied their best intentions with all their greed being the core of their one track motive
Sharks can have Frans Steyn with sugar candy icing on top of the cookie.. that cookie has already crumbled.. he no way near as big a deal as he or his agent or his pappie thinks he is.. Sharks would do far worse losing Whitehead than securing Steyn.. unless they wanna follow Stormers example chasing the big names like Jaque Fourie who when push comes to shove got f’all allegiance to anyone.. only to himself and his bank balance..
18 Mar 2012, 23:24 pm
yeah this agent in particular seems to be an awful lot in the news, its fine thats their job, but steyn is not conditioned in the sense he should be in as a pro sportsman, he’s still young as well, if he gets his head right and goes and plays in SA without the booze and baguettes and gets lean and mean i think he could be a legend centre of SA rugby, just not sure his hearts in it anymore, natural talent can only take you so far..
whitehead is one to watch as i thought, he could develop nicely, he’s got elusiveness and alot stronger than he looks, there;s also bosman and jlp and lambie who can all play 12.
18 Mar 2012, 23:25 pm
JdV as old as his legs may be is still 1000 times a more together and conducive contributory factor to Frans Steyn who is all about himself and nobody else… and he’s just proved it this past weekend leading his team to a resounding win..
JdV should go to 13 and move de Jongh to 12.. but beside this JdV has got a good sound motivated and one pointed principled patriotic head on his shoulders.. unlike Frans Steyn who don’t have a rugby franchise he could ever possibly call his ‘own’..
18 Mar 2012, 23:27 pm
@cab(cab)-252:
Having only played against 2nd tier teams at 12, apart from England in the final of 2007, I’ll withold judgement of him as our answer at 12.
Way easier for a 12 to perform well if his forwards dominate, something our forwards will always do against the smaller nations.
What do you make of the fact that Mayer literally said, according to the reports, that Steyn is his man at 12? Where does that fit in with his stance that everybody hs an equal opportunity to make the bok team if he performs well enough?
18 Mar 2012, 23:28 pm
de jong and fourie were a potentially devastating partnership, there were glimpses of it last year with some of the games including the home game vs the waratahs. stormers aint gonna score diddle **** special tries with JdV at 12 go right ahead and see what happens…
what the stormers got at the moment…quite unbelievably…is a decent pack for the first time in a very long time…in fact i think they quite capable of bullying the bully boys if they get stuck in.
18 Mar 2012, 23:31 pm
@nama1(nama1)-256:
maybe, but u agree there was a change? he did the same thing in 2007 when jdv pulled out with bicep injury, its steyns position. hes got the size and tackle as well. that said i think jdj could be fantastic, he hits the gainline at great pace like a human cannonball, can step off both feet and has low centre of gravity like tim horan.. myself personally, i;d def want a conditioned frans steyn back in the Bok squad, with he and jdj competing for 12 its a very powerful setup
18 Mar 2012, 23:32 pm
Stormers scored a devastating try this last weekend or perhaps you weren’t watching when it was JdV the donkey himself who scored it…
18 Mar 2012, 23:36 pm
no missed the game, this i wanna see..mustve been an intercept..
he reads the game very well, but i dont want mr cerebral as a 12, here is where u do want the unthinking dyanmism balls to the wall injection..
18 Mar 2012, 23:43 pm
@cab(cab)-258:
His instinct to step of his left foot is still a bit of a concern for me wrt JdJ. He needs to have better vision and decision making skills.
JdV has been quite good so far this season. He’s had a few line breaks and set up play beautifully in the middle of the park on a few occasions. Plus, he is the captain at this stage. Don’t know if JdJ will get a chance at inside centre during the tournament.
18 Mar 2012, 23:45 pm
http://www.supersport.com/video/play.aspx?id=137941
18 Mar 2012, 23:45 pm
@nama1(nama1)-261:
i thought his step of the left foot is one of the best i have ever seen, wasnt sure about off right foot, but he, iaone and benson stanley got twinkle toes from hell ..aplon not too shabby either …but dont have their dynamic power to bust the gap.
18 Mar 2012, 23:46 pm
@cab(cab)-260:
You mean you still want us to play the boom-boom, crash ball style of rugby?
18 Mar 2012, 23:49 pm
@cab(cab)-263:
Yeah, he has a brilliant step. It’s just that it seems that it is the 1st thing that he does (or wants to do) every time he receives the ball.
O’Connor not too shabby in the step stakes. Stepped twice of his left foot today to score under the post.
18 Mar 2012, 23:58 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-262:
that was a poor missed tackle by the blues centre.
@nama1(nama1)-264:
hey if it works thats what u play. look at the first game your pack was all over the hurricanes and they still did not cotton on to drive it up and maul for like 60mins, should shut them down at source, stormers are lucky cos they always got the natural ability to create some magic, but never had any power upfront for decades now, up until now..
yeah oconnor also steps well and powers off strong thru the tackle, v hard to bring down.
19 Mar 2012, 00:02 am
dunno where they got kitshoff from must be some sort of ginger mutant gorilla breeding program down their in the cape .. sounds engels too, even the boere wanted him up north at 19, then u must know they see something.
19 Mar 2012, 00:20 am
young Malherbe is even more devastating powerful than Kitschoff
at one stage Stormers pack punished Blues with 4 tight heads in succession after Malherbe came on with Kitschoff and Blues were down to their reserve loose head by then.. all the stuffing knocked out of Mealamu and his front row.
19 Mar 2012, 00:27 am
thats unheard of, 4 THs in succession, i think u telling u ‘groot vis’ stories again oupa ou doos…
19 Mar 2012, 04:38 am
@cab(cab)-269:
Of course it is… take what Ou Doos says with a pinch of salt…
Stormers won only one of their opposition’s scrum and more telling 5 of their oppositions line-out… Kollisi made the most tackles missing none along with JDV, Harris, Etzabeth with only Koster, Bekker and Carr missing tackles out of the pack and Peter Grant missing 4 from 6…
Both JDV and JDJ made the most metres with the most runs ball-in hand, with only JDV making a line-break out of the two…
Ou Doos is as Ou Doos does…
19 Mar 2012, 07:40 am
Sharks will have him with open arms.
McCleod, Lambie, Steyn, Whitehead, JPP, Mvovo and Viljoen is not too bad.
Would love to see Whitehead running off Steyn.
19 Mar 2012, 07:40 am
Let me caveat my previous comment – would love to see Whitehead running off a fit Steyn with short hair, no pies on the gut & rse, and hungry for Bok selection.
19 Mar 2012, 09:43 am
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-143: i don’t remember who the lions beat in the semi-finals. whoever it was they must have been p0e$k^k!
19 Mar 2012, 16:30 pm
9.McCleod
10.Lambie
11.Mvovo
12,Steyn
13.JPP
14.Sithole
15.Viljoen
1.Beast
2.Bismark
3.Du Plessis
4.Sykes
5.Hargreaves
6.Daniel
7.Alberts
8.Kankowski
In that starting XV there are 12 players who went through Sharks Academy system-from age 18.
With only Alberts,McCleod,Du Plessis recruited as senior players.
That is good enough for me.
With KZN region not having a dominant/vibrant traditional rugby tertiary institution in its midst-the Academy is the only drawing card.If that makes them breeding ground for “mercenaries” so be it. You use what you have at your disposal.
And for all their rich “traditional” recruiting methods,schools etc the Western Cape hasnt had any silverware of any kind for longer than a decade.And still has the most amateurish run union/spaza shop Council which leaks the most talent throughout country every year.(ie:Frans Hougaard)
At the end of the day it doesnt matter really,the Bulls empire under Meyer was BUILT on recruiting players from other provinces then indoctrinating them in the Bulls system and culture-RESULT: most dominant franchise in pro era.
This is pro sport so it must be run like it,
19 Mar 2012, 16:33 pm
1 mTwarira
2 Du Plessis
3 Du Plessis
4 Kruger
5 Bekker
6 Brussouw
7 Burger
8 Spies
9 Du Preez
10 Lambie
11 mVovo
12 Steyn
13 Pieterson
14 Aplon
15 Taute
16 Oosthuizen
17 Ralepelle
18 Kitshoff
19 Etsebeth
20 Vermeulen
21 Hougaard
22 De Villiers
19 Mar 2012, 16:34 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-268:
Kitshoff is one hell of an athlete though.Malherbe more of a set piece guy-ie like Faan Rautenbach,Kitshoff is all round hybrid-ie: Guthro Steenkamp type.
Both have massive futures
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