Goosen crocked
29 Apr 2012
Flyhalf Johan Goosen will miss the rest of the Super Rugby campaign after dislocating his shoulder during the Cheetahs’ 36-33 defeat to the Highlanders on Saturday.
The 19-year-old pivot delivered a great performance against the Otago team in Bloemfontein, scoring 18 points via a 65m try, three penalties and two conversions. However, he dislocated his shoulder during the act of scoring the try early in the second half as Highlanders fullback Ben Smith made a covering tackle.
Goosen confirmed that he will be out of action for four months.
‘I just fell awkwardly after that last tackle came in,’ Goosen told keo.co.za. ‘It wasn’t the same shoulder that I hurt against the Lions three weeks ago [Goosen suffered bruising to the shoulder after a high tackle from Lions flyhalf Elton Jantjies], it was the other one. But I’ll need to undergo surgery early this week to start my recovery.
‘I’m obviously very disappointed, but injuries are part of the game.’
Goosen will also miss the 2012 Junior World Championship, that will be hosted in Cape Town from 4-22 June. The player was selected in the final Baby Boks squad last Wednesday. It would’ve been his second tournament appearance for the SA U20s.
There were also rumours that Goosen was being considered as surprise pick for Springbok head coach Heyneke Meyer’s squad to tackle England in June. Meyer is a big fan of Goosen, and the player’s impressive form during Super Rugby could’ve resulted in a senior national call-up.
By Gareth Duncan
347 Comments
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29 Apr 2012, 21:22 pm
Is someone about to cry?
29 Apr 2012, 21:25 pm
Ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo) seems like a real bell end. I don’t know the guy but reading his posts I would assume he is a rather small fellow trying to make his posts here make up for his deficiencies. May be wrong but this seems like a classic case of small man syndrome to me. So just how big are you Mr A. Poo?
29 Apr 2012, 21:27 pm
Who gonna cry?
29 Apr 2012, 21:28 pm
@TMWNN(TMWNN)-302: He an old lonely and mentally unwell oke playing God of Truth.
29 Apr 2012, 21:33 pm
yeah here come the self proclaimed psychoanalysts all in a row…
how exceptionally big are you Mr. tmwnn (or you gonna hide behind your psychoanalytical pseudonymous bullshit just the same as any)
29 Apr 2012, 21:33 pm
Tiny and insignificant in the real world clearly otherwise he’d not be quick to use foul language on a blog. Macho man behind the pseudonym and tiny grey man in the flesh…classic internet freako with a zillion issues.
29 Apr 2012, 21:45 pm
its these big breek great white pretenders that go out in the so called ‘real world’ to maim and extricate life from its source .. and hire their despicable inhuman selves out as so called ‘soldiers’ in the fake notion to scourge the world of the identity of any that to them do not equate to their so called ‘christian’ ideology..
those are the pretensions of these ‘big’ people of this world.. that pretend to be big when back at the ranch their puny little arrogant selves are decidedly insignificant and small in the real world where to be big is not equivalent to any physical delusion of insatiable grandeur.
29 Apr 2012, 21:50 pm
This Goosen injury is really disappointing
He was headed for the bok 10 jersey
29 Apr 2012, 21:51 pm
Goosen/Hougaard combo would have been great and will be in future
and Steyn outside of him
29 Apr 2012, 21:54 pm
Yes, at 19 Goosen is better than Carter or any other playing presently.
29 Apr 2012, 21:57 pm
@garth(garth)-310:
Another star for future IMO is Coetzee from the Lions at 15 or 10
29 Apr 2012, 22:03 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-297: just call him a ‘fekkin russian *******’ ashampoo.here in the uk i can’t concern myself with all that former iron curtain losers.some accept that i call them russian while others detest it ,but i can’t be bothered.
29 Apr 2012, 22:21 pm
While I enjoyed the late afternoon not-so-calm ocean with its the blustery, cloudy conditions(nature’s thing of beauty) the purposeless anger rages on here to absolutely nowhere and establishing no point of interest – nothing is new in this zoo.
Despite much rain in the next few days of another wasteful holiday period not even nature’s anger equates to the wasted anger read on these pages.
Do all teams appreciate the story of the tortoise and the hare as a few across the pond do? Only time will tell and most of time is just wasted here.
This worker will be working tomorrow so time is needed to sleep away the effects of another holiday week-end despite Tuesday being another such challenge.
29 Apr 2012, 22:36 pm
Extraball indeed
29 Apr 2012, 23:22 pm
I find it funny that ET thinks people on this forum actually care about what he has to say in his long, boring monologues.
29 Apr 2012, 23:22 pm
Tjoe maar skopshyte was on the LSD earlier hey!
29 Apr 2012, 23:47 pm
@CAPECRUSADER (seven-times champions)(CAPECRUSADER)-312: What’s fekking bergie doing so far away?
30 Apr 2012, 02:46 am
@garth(garth)-310:
HA !
Goosen hasnt even played one full season of SuperRugby and yet he’s “better” than the highest points scorer in International rugby, better than Quade the Genius who took us to Super glory, better than James O’Conner who has starred in every Super season since he was 17.
How often are we fed these “better” new wunderkinds each season by the delusional Yappies after 1 midfield break only for them to be tomorrows fish’n'chip paper. Gaffie du Toit, Brent Russel or Nick Koster anyone ?
30 Apr 2012, 03:20 am
@garth(garth)-310:
you having a wet dream about it as we speak?
Give us your deludedl facts that determines that goosen is better than Carter!
30 Apr 2012, 03:26 am
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-295:
ahhh you trying to convince yourself. you were adamant now you were a little way from the tv screen assuming it was Mr Jackson…by any chance you going to admit maybe you were not wearing your spectacles as well??
No hear, no see but still speak a lot of rubbish!!
30 Apr 2012, 03:28 am
@wallabie.(wallabie.)-320:
to add…if you were far enough from the tv to not get the ref right..possibly you were too far away from the game to even give an opinion on it!!!
30 Apr 2012, 03:40 am
@Nikita(Nikita)-152:
when does their father get to spend time with his children when your boyfriend has them on weekends??
30 Apr 2012, 03:42 am
@Rage(Rage)-155:
have you been dumped??
30 Apr 2012, 03:45 am
Goosen wasn’t about to last longer with is play style
M Styen I am afraid will be the unchallanged Boks fly half in June
30 Apr 2012, 03:47 am
@sharks_lover(sharks_lover)-171:
Aaaaagh no spit it out! don’t you have any women to date in Durban??
30 Apr 2012, 04:18 am
Last year we were told Bismark was the best hooker and player on the planet despite not making the starting 15 for the Bokke, now Goosen is the best 10 they’ve ever seen, what next the Bokke are the best side in the world?
30 Apr 2012, 04:21 am
At least the mtyh about JDV and Jacki being the best centre pairing has finished, that was another good one.
30 Apr 2012, 04:22 am
mtyh = myth
30 Apr 2012, 08:37 am
@wallabie.(wallabie.)-319: Carter is not even starting at 10.
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-318: Yes, Goosen is that good. You should really go a and watch some of the Cheetahs games from this season so you can see for yourself.
30 Apr 2012, 09:31 am
Goosen showed more promise than any young flyhalf this season. Dan Carter took two full years in the Crusaders team before he hit his straps.
30 Apr 2012, 09:37 am
318 @ Prick ****
Goosen has proven himself enough in the couple of S15 games he’s played. What are you on about? Have you seen the kid on tour? How he breaks the line and his defence?
30 Apr 2012, 09:38 am
@CoachPete(CoachPete)-311:
Coetzee is undoubtedly one of the finds of the season for me.
I would give him a Bok staring berth at 15 sometime this year.
30 Apr 2012, 09:44 am
@garth(garth)-329:
Regardless he will be AB 10. The only reason he is 12 because the current 10, cant remember his name, cannot play 12 but has a good left boot and is a reasonable flyhalf.
30 Apr 2012, 19:00 pm
@wallabie.(wallabie.)-325: noope sorry walla
*** **** we leave to Cape tonians and ozzies lol
30 Apr 2012, 23:09 pm
@garth(garth)-329:
dont you mean “this season……so far”.
mmmmmmm, try this apple, its delicious….so far. Oh, but the other half has a worm in it ?!?
Goosen hasnt even – or ever – started in a playoff match. And yet he’s “better” than those that have started them, finished them, won them.
for the record, Ive seen all his games. Ive also seen seasons and playoffs of Carter, Cooper, O’Connell, Cruden. And all are better and have proven as much.
30 Apr 2012, 23:19 pm
@Pee Wee(Pee Wee)-331:
are you, also, saying he’s “better” than proven winners who have performed over many seasonS and not just over half a season ?!
‘promise’ is one thing, ‘proven’ a completely different beast. Oh, unless that is, of course, if youre a Yappie. If youre a Yappie, he’s already “better” than the highest points player in History, a RWC winner and multiple Super title winner. That stands to reason when your sh*thouse team is “better” in a RWC playoff despite not scoring a try when the victorious team did.
yap yap yap go the whinging Yappies.
30 Apr 2012, 23:44 pm
What are these Aussie and Kiwi trolls/wannabes moaning about on an SA rugby blog? one place where there will be guaranteed pro-SA bias.
Goosen hasn’t achieved anything yet but undoubtedly warrents some hype based on his near flawless all round game and quickly adapting to Super Rugby prior to his injury. He’s definitely something to get excited about after years of watching some donkey play at 10 and our scrummies calling the shots.
30 Apr 2012, 23:54 pm
@SpiesIsWorthless(SpiesIsWorthless)-337:
BS is BS and will always be BS
“…..has the potential to be better than” is still hyperbole but atleast its distinguishable as opinion. “at 19 Goosen is better than Carter or any other playing presently” is, simply, BS.
simple really. Spies IS Worthless simply, because, we know it to be true.
1 May 2012, 03:24 am
FFAAAAAARRRRK!!!
NNNNGGGG!
1 May 2012, 03:30 am
SA been crying out for a S
1 May 2012, 03:37 am
Don’t know what happened there. SA been crying out for a Super Star and Goosen is it, If he can carry the Boks for the next 6 years on his suspect shoulder and win say 75% he will be up there with the Greats…….Carter and Ella
1 May 2012, 04:48 am
@Te Rangatira(Te Rangatira)-341:
The bullshit filter malfunctioned…it got a good workout yesterday and may have overheated!
He will be back stronger in next year’s S15 and only be 20 years old, you would hope we get more than 6 years out of him…but I am not going to be greedy!
But you are right on the Super Star status, this bloke was hyped up beyond believe by most and if you did not seen him play before you were well within your rights to be sceptical. However, he came out and exceeded most expectations ina very short time, stats back it up across the board!
hopefully he does not keep breaking…
1 May 2012, 05:30 am
@Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-342:
The bullshit filter… nice one….. yeah was worn out after that session, like Road to Damascus stuff, perhaps I have been enlightened in the Church of Keo, …… as for the Rugby , Goosen is the real deal and with Hougard they can be the most lethal combo in World Rugby… no sceptic here.
1 May 2012, 05:35 am
@Te Rangatira(Te Rangatira)-343:
Aish Church of Keo…just watch out for the false prophets, they are all around us!
I agree, he is the real deal.
1 May 2012, 05:40 am
I agree too. Heeding your advice…nice to chat.
1 May 2012, 05:47 am
@Te Rangatira(Te Rangatira)-345:
Another blogger Trupi always says it is the 95% (or is it 99%, never sure?)of Bull supporters giving the rest a bad name…I think it is similar to bloggers on keo, if not for the 95% of idiots the rest are actually ok!
1 May 2012, 15:59 pm
I reckon this Nikita could quite very well be a smooth lingerie wearing chick with an adams apple… a kathoey…
or in other words just the average CapeTonian Stormer supporter…
Nice legs, but hellsteeth when you expect a bald eagle and land up with a pigeon in the pants it is very disappointing…
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