Bekker to miss Reds clash
16 Apr 2012
Stormers lock Andries Bekker has been ruled out of Friday’s match against the Reds with a lower back injury.
Bekker went off during the first half of last Saturday’s game against the Crusaders. The Stormers management has confirmed that while the No 5 won’t feature this week, he will be assessed by the medical staff. At this stage there is no talk of Bekker coming home.
Meanwhile, the Stormers are confident that Eben Etzebeth will recover from a shoulder injury to start against the Reds. Etzebeth was also sidelined in the first half of last week’s game.
If further medical testing reveals that one of the Stormers starting locks is seriously injured and cannot complete the tour, Quinn Roux will join the side in Australia. At present, the Stormers have two good second-row alternatives, De Kock Steenkamp and Rynhardt Elstadt, in their touring squad.
12 Comments
16 Apr 2012, 09:58 am
the reds will fancy this one i think, personally wouldn’t have given them any price a couple of weeks ago. reds will also be fighting to get back into the ozzie conference rekoning
16 Apr 2012, 09:59 am
Hindsight is twenty twenty vision etc etc, but just about everyoned felt that Bekker should have been rested for this match. Surely the Super 15 is a marathon and not a sprint. Anyhow, get weel soon “Anneries” – we will need you against England and later in Super Rugby campaign.
16 Apr 2012, 10:20 am
@Loki(Loki)-2: Correct,Bekker needs a break.Steenkamp and Elstadt good enough to fill the void.
16 Apr 2012, 10:25 am
Great news that they are not seriously injured! I would also give Etzebeth a rest and play him off the bench. He has played 7 straight games. Elstadt and De Kock did well against the Crusaders let them have some more time together.
16 Apr 2012, 10:30 am
My Team for Saturday will be
1. Kitshoff
2. Fourie
3. Brok
4. Elstadt
5. De Kock
6. Kolisi
7. Vermeulen
8. Koster (if fit)
9. Duvenage
10. Grant
11. Habana
12. JDV
13. De Jongh
14. Aplon
15. Joe Pietersen
16. Tiaan
17. Malherbe
18. Etzebeth
19. Carr
20. Schreuder
21. Francis
22. Van Den Heever
16 Apr 2012, 10:38 am
Against the Force I would play this team
1. Deon Carstens
2. Tiaan
3. Malherbe
4. Etzebeth
5. De Kock
6. Koster
7. Elstadt
8. Vermeulen
9. Duvenage
10. Francis
11. Habana
12. JDV
13. de Jongh
14. Van Den Heever
15. Aplon
16. Skarra Ntubeni
17. Brok
18. Bekker
19. Kolisi
20. Schreuder
21. Grant
22. JP du Plessis
16 Apr 2012, 15:01 pm
Bekker is fast becoming the new Andre Pretorius,play one game sit out three.
Shouldn’t have taken all those roids a few years ago ,it has a habit of catching up on you.
Anyway what are the Stormers winging about they started this game with three locks on the park and one on the bench.
So they played the whole game with two first class locks,except when that bonehead was yellow carded and who’s to blame for that.
Stormer’s problem are not in the front row but in the back row that is full of little Robbie Fleck clones that just can’t pass.
They should spend more time practising passing skills and less time on idiotic dance routines
16 Apr 2012, 15:41 pm
It’s posters like you who give uninformed idiots a bad name.
16 Apr 2012, 16:12 pm
Please point out the flaws in my post.
A lock with a bad back is about as good as a kicker with ankle problems , and when was the last time that de Jong passed a ball.
Next thing you’ll be telling me that Proudfoot is an advert for the type of physical conditioning you’d expect from a man who coaches professional athletes.
16 Apr 2012, 22:19 pm
@mad eye(mad eye)-9:
What is the gain, in calling him a bonehead. Have you met the man. Please: a little culture please. We are South Africans.
16 Apr 2012, 23:36 pm
Bekker will always have back problems, the mans just to tall and skinny. Very good line out player but idk how long he’ll last …seems to be injured all the time.
17 Apr 2012, 12:32 pm
Reds in the next few weeks will get their tegular players back.
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