Meyer granted extra opportunity
24 May 2012
Heyneke Meyer will hold a fourth and final planning camp in Durban from Sunday with 42 players invited to attend.
This will be the final opportunity for Meyer to work with the players before the final Springbok squad to face England meets on 3 June.
The camp will take place on 27 and 28 May. The players will depart Durban around midday on Monday and will be back with their Super Rugby franchises for training in the afternoon.
‘We discussed this with the franchise CEOs recently and they’ve been very accommodating, as they were earlier in the season,’ said Meyer.
‘We’ve planned it in Durban, because the Stormers take on the Sharks at Kings Park the day before and will be there already. Players from the Bulls, Lions and Cheetahs will fly in on Sunday morning.
‘This is by no means a final Springbok squad and the door will be open for all our eligible players until the announcement of the squad that will take on England.
‘This camp will put in place a number of the finer details in terms of what we want to achieve against England. We will hit the ground running on 3 June, when we converge in Durban for the first Test with a final squad.’
Meyer said that they will keep in touch with the Super Rugby franchises regarding injured players, but that they weren’t considered for this camp.
Players invited to the final Springbok Planning Camp in Durban on 27 and 28 May:
Forwards (22): Coenie Oosthuizen, Tendai Mtawarira, Dean Greyling, Jannie du Plessis, Pat Cilliers, Werner Kruger, Bismarck du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Flip van der Merwe, Eben Etzebeth, Andries Bekker, Juandré Kruger, Marcell Coetzee, CJ Stander, Heinrich Brüssow, Keegan Daniel, Willem Alberts, Jean Deysel, Pierre Spies, Ryan Kankowski, Josh Strauss.
Backs (20): Francois Hougaard, Jano Vermaak, Piet van Zyl, Morné Steyn, Pat Lambie, Elton Jantjies, Peter Grant, Wynand Olivier, Jean de Villiers, Juan de Jongh, JJ Engelbrecht, Bryan Habana, Bjorn Basson, JP Pietersen, Gio Aplon, Lwazi Mvovo, Akona Ndungane, Zane Kirchner, Jaco Taute, Joe Pietersen.
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24 May 2012, 16:20 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-489:
Most of the athletes that also play rugby are hurdles runners. If he was a 100m record holder, I’d trumpet that as well, but his personal best in the 100m is 10.94.
Of course, that’s in an official event, and not on some handclock, like Chavanga, Nokwe and all the other supposed speedsters rumoured times.
To be the World Champion in a sprinting event you have to be damn quick, though.
24 May 2012, 16:21 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-484: No shortness of talent there
24 May 2012, 16:23 pm
Yay
Black people are damn quick
And what’s wrong with a handclock
24 May 2012, 16:23 pm
hello willie
daar is n kans dat ek vir n paar dae bloem toe moet gaan vir n paar dae vir werk
ek het n jaar daar gebly en net 2 dae in bloem spandeer so ek ken die plek glad nie.
sien nogals uit.
ek het in tempe gebly en dis nie bloem nie.
24 May 2012, 16:24 pm
tac what is a handclock?
dont you mean hand stopwatch?
24 May 2012, 16:26 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-504:
Jis Fern
Jy sal my nie glo nie maar ek was nog nooit daar nie…
24 May 2012, 16:26 pm
Where’s greentea.
24 May 2012, 16:27 pm
Tempe?
Maar my vok is dit nie ‘n ou military installasie nie.
24 May 2012, 16:28 pm
Piet van Zyl? Is he the scrumhalf for the Lions? The Lions … a team who can’t beat an egg with a backline that can’t run a bath let alone a rugby ball and he is in the final squad???? He is better than McCleod, Duvenhage?? No ways. Hope I have the wrong guy
24 May 2012, 16:28 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-505: tac is experiencing several glitches in his Matrix today….”handclock”?
24 May 2012, 16:29 pm
@dj(dj)-509:
Cheetahs. Thanks for your contribution.
24 May 2012, 16:29 pm
Immigration very quiet today Dawnie.
Only a few kiwis requiring cavity searches.
24 May 2012, 16:29 pm
@dj(dj)-509: No Piet van Zyl is the Cheetah.
You are thinking about Tian Meyer
24 May 2012, 16:29 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-499: Hurdles, steeplechase, pole vault… all classic prison break techniques.
24 May 2012, 16:29 pm
ek glo jou willie
ek was 2 dae in bloem van 8am en dan moes ons 7min voor 12 terug wees vir row call.
bloem raak koud.
die koudste dag daai jaar was -16 met die wind chill factor
ons was in die veld daai hele week
n rooikat wat heelaand buite in die veld gestaan het word koud,glo my.
24 May 2012, 16:30 pm
it’s a pity chavanga and nokwe weren’t running on a track with the wind behind them, they could’ve improved on their times too…
24 May 2012, 16:30 pm
That twins thing threw him completely
24 May 2012, 16:31 pm
@Tacitus(Deucalion)-501: Odd that Shaun Bownes never played rugby. With his hurdles pedigree he’d walk into any team.
24 May 2012, 16:31 pm
Handclock and far lookers…
Kicking it old skool…
24 May 2012, 16:32 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-517:
Look I’ll be frank.
The Ebersohn craze drew my interest briefly a couple of seasons ago, until I saw how tiny the duo were, and then I already wrote them off as far as top level rugby is concerned.
Nothing since then has changed my opinion on the matter.
24 May 2012, 16:32 pm
Some fresh information has come to light, courtesy of Stephen Nell of Beeld.
It turns out that, apart from wanting to counter the Sharks’ anticipated forward onslaught, coach Alister Coetzee may have opted to include two loose forwards (Nic Fenton-Wells and Don Armand) on his bench to make up for the fact that starting open-sider, Siya Kolisi, is carrying a shoulder injury and probably won’t be able to play out the whole game.
Losing another loose forward now, when Schalk Burger, Duane Vermeulen, Nick Koster and Nizaam Carr have already all been ruled out, is absolutely the last thing that the Stormers can afford and their coaching staff have been faced with something of a Morton’s Fork here (go look that one up if you need to!) Resting Kolisi against the Sharks is something they can ill-afford, particularly given the home side’s loose forwards depth – in fact, at this stage in the season, having three Bok loose forwards who can’t make the starting line-up is simply insane.
24 May 2012, 16:33 pm
tac and willie … thanks for correcting me. Reading that nearly ruined my afternoon but now I feel much better
24 May 2012, 16:34 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-517: did you see him trying to make a comeback earlier? tl tl tl
made his name gat!
24 May 2012, 16:34 pm
not a lot of people get the chance to be electronically timed,so do not knock the “handclock” time tac.
lots of rugbyplayers also at school concentrated on rugby and saw athletics as a sideshow
24 May 2012, 16:35 pm
No worries Tac
Re set that handclock!
24 May 2012, 16:35 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-518:
Look, most athletes are scared of jumping off a stoep, in case they injure some precious muscle that’s been fine tuned for that extra split second of pace.
They’re prima donnas, for the most part.
A guy that can win a sprinting gold medal at the world champs and play first team rugby for Affies at the same time has my respect.
I see he was man of the match in the game between Affies and Paarl Gym and the Kearsney rugby festival. Affies was the only team to remain unbeaten at the festival, where Paarl Gym beat Selborne College something like 57-12.
24 May 2012, 16:37 pm
You all leave Tac alone he is one of a kind.
24 May 2012, 16:38 pm
tac,why are you always on about affies?
sarel cilliers had a sub 11 sec 100m wing timed on a handclock
he didnot care about athletics though,only wanted to excell at rugby
does it make him a lesser athlete?
24 May 2012, 16:39 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-528:
Good for him. Is Sarel Cilliers in the Bulls feeding area?
24 May 2012, 16:40 pm
Who is Adolf Malan?
24 May 2012, 16:40 pm
adolf malan was a gentleman.
24 May 2012, 16:41 pm
no tac.sharks feeding area.a lot go to the sharks academy
remember this schools name…
mark my words
24 May 2012, 16:41 pm
him and Louis Moolman were the Victor and Bakkies of their day, old Northern Transvaal locks from the 70′s/80′s.
Moolman had the biggest beard you can imagine and Adolf was longer than the lions losing streak.
24 May 2012, 16:43 pm
so tac why do you always bring affies up
not the only school in pta you know
is een van daai verkrampte blou bull onderstueners wat daar gaan braai voor n wedstryd?
24 May 2012, 16:43 pm
moolman was a legend.
24 May 2012, 16:43 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-521:
So you telling me Allistair is playing Kolisi while he is carrying a shoulder injury that is expected to stop him from even completing the match?
Jeepers. The Stormers sure know how to wreck their players. No consideration for the youngster’s future.
A 20 year old simply isn’t as tough as a 25 year old yet, and risking him now could have serious consequences down the line.
Really selfish move by the Stormers. But then, they’re desperate for that trophy, aren’t they.
24 May 2012, 16:44 pm
The squad is not a bog surprise, just remember it does not include some of the possible overseas players that may come in later like Steyn or Pienaar.
There are some players that could have been there, sure, BUT the hard part will be getting it from 42 players down to 28 or so for the Test series.
I think that some of the answers may become apparent closer to the time with injuries etc forcing HM’s hand.
Congrats to JJ though. I’ve always been a big fan. His selection above Sadie at centre is a bit ironic, given all the hype around the signing with JJ being a footnote to the whole saga at the time.
24 May 2012, 16:46 pm
Agreed. Stormers wreck players.
24 May 2012, 16:46 pm
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-537:
Meyer’s always said he values character more than talent. And JJ has certainly gone out to prove himself, in whatever position he got the opportunity to do so.
Showed a lot of character. Much as the detractors like to mock that cliched response to post match interview questions, it remains a critical factor in rugby success.
24 May 2012, 16:46 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-514:
Escape to Victory!
I can see Tac now, mooching around the exercise yard casually dispersing last nights tunnel diggings through a hole in his fieldshoes whilst whistling Jan Pierewiet to distract the guards.
24 May 2012, 16:48 pm
Sasuke.Hope you came right.Worth a visit.
Regards.
24 May 2012, 16:48 pm
All that defending bound to feck your team up
24 May 2012, 16:48 pm
@Tacitus(Deucalion)-539: True. They are both very talented, but of the 2, I was more dissapointed to lose JJ than Sadie.
24 May 2012, 16:48 pm
@stormersboy(stormersboy)-537: A bog surprise? Like when to turn round to flush and there’s nothing there?
24 May 2012, 16:49 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-540: All the while running through his triple jump routine in his mind…
24 May 2012, 16:51 pm
come clean tac
why are you always bring up affies?
do you know how a person was in either affies or grey bloem?
they tell you
24 May 2012, 16:52 pm
or maybe you wish you were in affies tac
24 May 2012, 16:54 pm
Small wanger. Stop being like a nagging yapping puppy.
Can’t you see he is ignoring you.
24 May 2012, 16:55 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-546:
Didn’t realise you wanted a serious response on this.
To me it’s pretty self evident that if I have a son, and could choose any school for him to go to, it would be Affies. The name says it all, really.
24 May 2012, 16:58 pm
tac but isnt affies a closed school like grey where you can go if your dad was there or for a sporting bursary?
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