Baby Boks ring changes
7 Jun 2012
SA U20 head coach Dawie Theron has made 11 changes to his starting line-up for the team’s must-win Junior World Championship clash against Italy on Friday.
Theron has rested many first-choice players ahead of the Baby Boks’ crunch game against England on Thursday, but he still has a strong team to depend on when they face the Italians at the UWC Sports Ground in Bellville. This will, however, deny his preferred XV the time to settle after a poor performance against Ireland last Monday.
Inside centre Jan Serfontein, lock Paul Willemse, loosehead prop Steven Kitshoff and captain Wiaan Liebenberg are the only survivours from the run-on side that faced the Irish in the 23-19 defeat in Stellenbosch.
Tighthead prop Olivier Kebble should boost the Baby Bok front row, after making a big impact in the scrums when he came off the bench in the second half. Lock Ruan Botha joins Lions team-mate Paul Willemse in the second row, with the highly-rated Peter Steph du Toit dropping to the bench.
In the backline, Paarl Gym flyhalf Handre Pollard will make his debut appearance at U20 level. Springbok Sevens speedster William Small-Smith also comes into the midfield.
‘This was always part of our planning, as we only have a three day turnaround between the two matches,’ said Theron. ‘We are keen to redeem ourselves against Italy as we disappointed ourselves and our supporters against the Irish and I am convinced that the new players in the team will provide us with a lot of positive energy.’
Baby Boks – 15 Marais Schmidt, 14 Tshotsho Mbovane, 13 William Small-Smith, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Travis Ismaiel, 10 Handrè Pollard, 9 Vian van der Watt, 8 Braam Steyn, 7 Wiaan Liebenberg (c), 6 Khaya Majola, 5 Ruan Botha, 4 Paul Willemse, 3 Oliver Kebble, 2 Jason Thomas, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Subs: 16 Mark Pretorius, 17 Allan Dell, 18 Pieter Steph du Toit, 19 Fabian Booysen, 20 Abrie Griesel, 21 Tony Jantjies, 22 Pat Howard, 23 Maks van Dyk.
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7 Jun 2012, 15:38 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-43: If you think buying children is a Bulls thing you have no clue. Schools like Paarl Gym , even Paarl Girls High and others have been doing it for years.
7 Jun 2012, 15:40 pm
Any truth in the rumour that Handrè Pollard signed for the Bulls ? I know there were talks but nothing confirmed.
7 Jun 2012, 15:40 pm
@XhosaKid(XhosaKid)-49: This is like most things from SARU useless.
7 Jun 2012, 15:41 pm
@sparticus(sparticus)-52: He has not yet signed , his daddy is trying to get better offers.
7 Jun 2012, 15:41 pm
@Tacitus(Deucalion)-33: Top Pretoria Schhols??, you mean Boys High, Affies, I doubt Waterkloof fits the bill of a “Top Rugby School”
7 Jun 2012, 15:41 pm
@nzinchina
Avianca Bohm
7 Jun 2012, 15:45 pm
@capebull(capebull)-51: I am talking about the sh y t e that was exposed last year mate. The ‘buying’ of impoverished kids with talent from the Boland on a grand old scale, and the ugly side to that. Not my fault it was the Bulls who were the ones exposed at that stage.
7 Jun 2012, 15:45 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-38:
i think the best we’ve ever managed is third place so do no have high expectations of the baby boks. the boks on the other hand i expect to slaughter the english.
7 Jun 2012, 15:47 pm
The biggest poachers of school boy rugby players must be Grey Bloem,80% of there first team join the school in the last two years of school.
Agree with the comment above any nation with Caster in its colours shouldn’t comment on another nations women.
7 Jun 2012, 15:49 pm
@capebull(capebull)-51:
“even Paarl Girls High”
well they have to put the boys from pretoria somewhere…
7 Jun 2012, 15:49 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-57: Parrl Scholl are doing the same they have done it for years …. and I am not blaming you for anything
7 Jun 2012, 15:50 pm
@ufo(ufo)-60: I saw your son there
7 Jun 2012, 15:52 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-56: wwwwhhhhhaaaaaaa Is her title Miss New South Africa now
Get off our site NZ pricks
7 Jun 2012, 15:52 pm
@XhosaKid(XhosaKid)-46:
i think you exagerate, sir.
7 Jun 2012, 15:53 pm
@capebull(capebull)-62:
yip… your wife and i visit him on parents day…
7 Jun 2012, 15:54 pm
@XhosaKid(XhosaKid)-55: Actually quite a few of these kids end up at Waterkloof. If I recall correctly, it was the Waterkloof parents who were moaning about this.
7 Jun 2012, 15:55 pm
@ufo(ufo)-65: To late you missed that one.
7 Jun 2012, 15:56 pm
@capebull(capebull)-67:
hehehe…
that’s what she told you…
7 Jun 2012, 15:59 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-66: Correct, the new tournament with the super schools a good example of this.
We use to play rugby against Diamandveld, they informed that this will stop as they are going to buy a team to compete against other super schools.
7 Jun 2012, 16:00 pm
@ufo(ufo)-68: I am not married , so it must have been a girl from Keo’s collection
7 Jun 2012, 16:02 pm
@capebull(capebull)-70:
well i don’t have any kids…
so we’re both looking very silly…
7 Jun 2012, 16:03 pm
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-64: I was responding to williez’s post that the Bulls will simply recruit barefoot kids
7 Jun 2012, 16:08 pm
well watching the migration trend of kiwis to oz,their stagnant economy,rebuild of chch not happening etc the all black side will in a decade most prob be made up of immigrants and very few indiginous kiwis and the oz. side will have lots of kiwi born players in their team.
7 Jun 2012, 16:19 pm
I’m just excited that when the Kings get Super Rugby money and proper Corporate Sponsorships for 5 years in row, the kids who are currently in Grade 7 at Grey, Selborne, Dale, Framesby, Dan Pienaar, Queens, St Andrews, Kingswood, Graeme, the inland schools like Union, Cradock, Aliwal etc etc will now have a real choice of where to pursue their careers, right now they don’t have a choice, simply economics dictates so.
Now the likes of Keegan Daniels , Ryan Kankowski, Lwazi Mvovo, Tim Whitehead, Dewald Potgieter, Bjorn Basson, Odwa/Akhona Ndungane, Sibusiso Sithole, etc etc, would have a choice of whether to leave or not leave EC
7 Jun 2012, 16:25 pm
You Gotta laugh at the **** Spoken by some in here,
Ok so Border schools for example have the first opportunity to make an offer for one of its scholars, one must remember it is still the parents right to say yay or nay
Also uhm this little cry about over aged players in the Sharks union at schools, all happen to be kids from the Eastern Cape region, so in future the cheats about their age will stay in the Eastern Cape?? now that aint a bad thing
7 Jun 2012, 16:27 pm
@XhosaKid(XhosaKid)-74: PLay WP, Bulls, Sharks?? or Border or EP?? trust me dude no competition
KIds where ever they are will go where they fell they can have a future and where they have the best chance of going into the top ranks of the sport
7 Jun 2012, 16:29 pm
Here is another example, Pollard of Paarl was said to be going to the Bulls, well a press release on him was made by his father where he stated that HE had not decided yet and the chance was good that his son could be going to the Sharks as both unions had made a good offer for his child
7 Jun 2012, 16:34 pm
@capebull(capebull)-54: Thank goodness , hopefully you wont sign for u guys
7 Jun 2012, 16:42 pm
@sharks_lover(sharks_lover)-76: why are you so defensive?, in the 90′s and early 2000′s kids wouldn’t touch an EP or Border contract for cricket, but since the Franchise system started, now cricket kids don’t any contract other than from the Warriors, which is now the Franchise with the most Proteas, see how easy Franchise sport has changed the cricket scene?
Do you think any of Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Colin Ingram, Rusty Theron, Johan Botha, Aswell Prince, Wayne Parnell, Ntini still be playing in the EC if it wasn’t for Franchise cricket, evening attracting Jacques Kallis and Boucher to go and play in the Eastern Province, do you think any would have stayed at Border or EP?, don’t be daft old chap, none of these would touch the Dolphins for shyyytte, and that’s excatly what will happen to the Sharks
7 Jun 2012, 16:43 pm
@sparticus(sparticus)-78: If the price is right he will sign
7 Jun 2012, 16:44 pm
@ufo(ufo)-71: Touchè
7 Jun 2012, 18:40 pm
@XhosaKid(XhosaKid)-79: noone is defensive mate, just saying it as it is,
you think there aint natal players that came and appplied their sport in the EC?? many my friend.
a good example of the old days where a player went to school in Durban but went to university in PE aka Tim Shaw is one of those
It happens in Sport
7 Jun 2012, 23:20 pm
@lost in translation(lost in translation)-63:
Get of the internet loser.
Keo puts his site for international users, not for just moaning bok supporters.
If he catered for only Boks supporters all the heading would be about refs, eye gouging and biting .
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-73:
LIke South African born are now playing in NZ Super 15 teams.
You are so fast to point out how many kiwis are moving to OZ but you seem to miss that more South Africans are moving to NZ and OZ.
You have once again made a fool of yourself, commenting on a country your really have no clue about and probably just google.
Seen as i live in Christchurch, i will tell you about the rebuild.
It is happening as we speak. I really dont know where you get your info from.
New town areas are getting built, new shops and houses as well as the 100,000 houses that need repairs. Dude, your comments are like childish at best.
8 Jun 2012, 04:19 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-83:
Aish boet, I get your point but I will be surprised if the number of Saffas to NZ exceed the number to Oz…shake a tree anywhere in OZ and a few Saffas fall out!
My understanding on the rebuilding is that it is hard and will maintain to be hard until everything stop shaking…so to speak. For any person not living in or close to the area commenting on it reflects poorly on the sod doing it. trying to score cheap points with it is probably not worth the effort…
8 Jun 2012, 05:03 am
@Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-84:
NZ is the easier gateway to Aus for South African, Indian and Chinese with tougher immigration laws here (in Aus) every year…
8 Jun 2012, 05:45 am
@bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz)-85:
I know that but plenty of Saffas enter Oz on skilled visas straight off, ultimately a large number of them do come through the errr back door (read NZ)…
8 Jun 2012, 06:00 am
@Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-84:
True, but lets not be blind like Fern.
South Africans immigrate to OZ and NZ.
Kiwis immigrate to OZ, hardly any go to South Africa to live.
Suppose we are missing out on something there but its just the way i see it.
Yeah about the rebuild, you are correct. Its still shaking a wee bit here.
Just last week we had 5.3 quake that sort of got people on edge again. Of course the weather has been a bit cold of late, with snow 2 days ago disrupting businesses etc. But snow season has started now so there are a few happy people
8 Jun 2012, 06:25 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-87:
Some people stir for the sake of stirring, some are very funny doing it and others just a miserable fail! But yes, there are Saffas all over the world and a myriad of reasons why they moved. Same with Kiwis and Aussies, some go back home, some never does…it is the way it is.
Got some pictures from RP and it looked damn cold!
8 Jun 2012, 08:15 am
Does it even matter? We will take Italy by a significant margin then narrowly lose to the Poms after a “strong and determined” effort. The players will be praised for their”heart and never say die attitude” and how they will be stars of the future. Maybe we can expect the “the team is in a building phase bullsh#t” or the “we did not play to the ref’s interpretation of the laws”. The fact however will remain that we will have lost to lowly Ireland and England. Another disappointing campaign for the Baby Boks, bring back P Divvy!
8 Jun 2012, 08:23 am
..and the post match excuse will be, “We made little mistakes that cost us..”.
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