Kolisi shifts to No 8
27 Jun 2012
Siya Kolisi will start at No 8 against the Lions while Don Armand and Tyrone Holmes have been selected on the Stormers’ flanks.
It is expected that Kolisi will occupy this position until one of the Stormers’ more experienced loose forwards (Schalk Burger, Duane Vermeulen and Nick Koster) return from injury. Canadian international Jebb Sinclair was previously preferred at No 8, although the fact that he is ineligible for the Super Rugby play-offs has prompted coach Allister Coetzee to move Kolisi to the back of the scrum.
‘He has played there before at school level, and as a footballer he is certainly suited to the position,’ said Coetzee. ‘He’s developed well as a ball-carrying No 7 in the past year or so, and has really done a good job for us at No 6 since Schalk got injured.
‘I don’t want to say when those guys [Burger, Vermeulen and Koster] will be back. At the moment we expect them to start training in the week of the Rebels match [Round 18]. But in the mean time, we want a guy like Siya to get used to the position.’
Armand replaces Rynhardt Elstadt, who has been suspended for one match after receiving his third yellow card of the season in the previous game against the Bulls. Holmes comes into the team for his first Super Rugby cap as Kolisi moves to No 8.
‘Don has been part of our whole campaign, he joined us on the overseas tour and provides exactly what we want in that No 7 position: a big ball-carrier. He’s also a good lineout option,’ said Coetzee.
‘He’s come through the club rugby system and played in the Varsity Cup, so it’s a great chance for him. Tyrone is also somebody who has a big opportunity. He’s done well in the Vodacom Cup, and this will give me a chance to see what he can do.’
Meanwhile, Coetzee has opted to start Gerhard van den Heever on the left wing and play Bryan Habana from the bench. Steven Kitshoff, whose heavy workload this season has included a starring role for the Baby Boks in the Junior World Championship, is rested.
Eben Etzebeth is nursing an ankle injury and won’t be risked. This allows De Kock Steenkamp to come into the second row and start alongside Springbok Andries Bekker, who returns from a back injury.
The Lions are lying last in the South African conference, and the players recently moved to suspend the head coach John Mitchell. Coetzee said that the Stormers would not underestimate them.
‘We are expecting a big challenge, and the new selections are not because we are taking the Lions lightly. We are in a good position now [on the Super Rugby log], so we are looking to make this opportunity count.’
Stormers – 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean de Villiers (c), 11 Gerhard van den Heever, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Siya Kolisi, 7 Don Armand, 6 Tyrone Holmes, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 De Kock Steenkamp, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Deon Fourie, 1 Deon Carstens.
Subs: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Quinn Roux, 19 Jebb Sinclair, 20 Louis Schrueder, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Bryan Habana.
By Jon Cardinelli
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27 Jun 2012, 15:52 pm
@BuckT(BuckTrendy)-147: Fair point.That was his biggest mistake for believing in those senior boks.on the other side the uproar in danville would have been massive had he dropped those gravy-train riders.caught between a rock and a hard place i guess
27 Jun 2012, 16:00 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-148: Go Freddie
Flintoff: Atherton a f*****g p***k
TEAMtalk Media | 21 June, 2012 17:250 Comments
Andrew Flintoff has lashed out at fellow former England captain Michael Atherton, labeling his contemporary “f*****g p***k.”
The hard-hitting all-rounder and opening batsman were team-mates between 1999 and 2001.
Since retiring in 2010 after a string of injuries, Flintoff has starred in reality television shows, while Atherton has become an award-winning cricket journalist and television commentator for Sky.
“He’s a p***k. He is a f*****g p***k. Atherton sits there making judgments about players that are much better than he ever was, believe me, he is a p***k,” the Londoner quoted the 34-year-old Flintoff as saying.
Flintoff drew example from Atherton’s recent inquiry into the validity of captain and opening batsman Alastair Cook in the ODI team. Cook, despite criticism, has scored three centuries from his last six innings.
“How can he talk about a player like Alastair Cook, who is 10 times the player he ever was. He has a much bigger average and will go on and on. Atherton averaged in the 30s for England and yet he thinks he can judge others,” added Flintoff.
Player-turned-pundit Atherton has in the past dismissed Flintoff’s positive impact on the England team and also questioned his captaincy six years ago.
“I don’t subscribe to the view that England’s underperformance against Sri Lanka was entirely down to Flintoff’s captaincy but equally I have never subscribed to the view that he is the man for the job,” Atherton wrote in the Telegraph in 2006.
27 Jun 2012, 16:08 pm
I read about that the other day.
Shame really.
Atherton had an average of around 37 but that doesn’t tell the full story. As for Freddy his bowling average was higher than his batting one.
Never ideal as an all-rounder.
Since cricket Athers has become one of crickets most highly respected print and tv journos.
Freddy has a failed reality tv show.
He was always a poesdeluxe. Remember that Christlike pose whenever he took a wicket?
Makes me long for the return of the Spanish Inquisition and the Knights that say NI!
27 Jun 2012, 16:08 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-152: Pot kettle.
Flintoff is one of the most overrated cricketers in the modern era.
27 Jun 2012, 16:13 pm
Furthermore Athers was an excellent skipper and Freddie a ***** one.
27 Jun 2012, 16:14 pm
one preek to the other…
27 Jun 2012, 16:23 pm
Its just some handbags flying, nothing serious.
Both were very good players- Freddie never reaches his potential mainly due to injuries while Athers was a very good captain and gutsy batsman.
2 totally different characters. It is like comparing Pat Symcox to Kepler Wessels with Athers being like Wessels.
27 Jun 2012, 16:31 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-153: COLLOSSUS
27 Jun 2012, 16:34 pm
@Robzim(Robzim)-157: i find atherton a bit smarmy for my liking…
27 Jun 2012, 16:35 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-159: His 185* at the Wanderers is a legendary innings though.
Lost all respect for him when I found out he is one of those who refuse to walk if he is out but not given out.
27 Jun 2012, 16:40 pm
Gilchrist is one of the few batsmen I can think of in modern cricket who does walk.
27 Jun 2012, 16:43 pm
Tendulkar is notorious for not walking.
27 Jun 2012, 16:51 pm
Indeed StormersSepoy Jaques only walks when his R8 is broken.
27 Jun 2012, 16:55 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-163:
27 Jun 2012, 16:56 pm
@willievz(willievz)-160:
I’d love to agree with you but as most batsmen say, the umpires have the final say, regardless of whether it’s a good or bad decision. The recent introduction of challenges goes some way to leveling the playing field, but when you get fielders appealing for just about anything that could go their way regardless, I can’t really blame a batsman for waiting for the umpires decision.
27 Jun 2012, 16:57 pm
I just love the look of the new set of loosies. Very glad that the Canadian was omitted.
27 Jun 2012, 17:04 pm
Ja these days it’s wait until you are given out.
No problem with that personally.
27 Jun 2012, 17:18 pm
Freddie Flintoff is a superc0ck and has no business calling other people pricks. He and KP are cut from the same dirty dishrag.
27 Jun 2012, 17:27 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-168: I will never forget him hanging from that bloody bus hammered out of his skull after winning the Ashes. W.A.C.
27 Jun 2012, 19:30 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-168: I was at a function once which he attended…lemme tell you he’s even more arrogant and precious than he comes across. Didn’t think anyone could get that far up their own ********.
27 Jun 2012, 19:31 pm
@Atreides(Atreides)-170: b utthole
27 Jun 2012, 20:11 pm
Nigella is spatchcocking a pouissant
27 Jun 2012, 20:49 pm
Freddie couldn’t live up to his full potential because of all the injuries he carried through out his career,
In 2005 Ashes he was the chief destroyer with bat andf ball and helped them regain the Ashes which the Aussies had for 16 years and their team included Warnie and McGrath. So he became a national hero.
His test averages with bat and ball are in the low 30′s but this Isn’t a true reflection of his ability.
Okay his an arrogant twat but on his day he could bowl with gas and hit any bowling attack to shreds.
27 Jun 2012, 21:11 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-172:
It sounds s-exier if she says it, especially with a close up on those lips…
27 Jun 2012, 22:24 pm
@Jeraldjay(Jeraldjay)-173:
indeed but that doesnt make him a great.
he had a couple of great series.
But he wont go down in history as one of the greats.
And he’s a bellend to boot.
28 Jun 2012, 07:53 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-175:
Yes he’s no Jacques Kallis by a country mile and his career has been romantized by the Ashes victory in 2005.
In 50 years time history will reflect him as an average cricketer but you and I both know his far from average.
He also was a big doos for bowling those beamers in the Edgbaston test in 2008.
28 Jun 2012, 09:04 am
@Atreides(Atreides)-170: I was a waiter at a Waterfront restaurant back in ’99 (or was it 2000?) when they toured here, and had the misfortune of serving Flintoff and his yob family. He had broken a bone in his foot and was out for the rest of the tour, so could turn all his attention to being a dismissive prick towards the locals. His sense of arrogant self-entitlement combined with a R3-50 tip on a R1000 bill kind of sealed the deal for me. Hope he enjoyed that coffee refill.
28 Jun 2012, 09:32 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-177:
I played a season of club cricket in the Lancashire league in ’95. Freddie was born in that neck of the woods.
Had a great time…….. but some of them are definitely a bunch of farkin working class, arrogant pr icks.
R3,50 tip for a R1000-00 bill.
28 Jun 2012, 09:54 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-177:
home made flat white?
28 Jun 2012, 09:57 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-179: Mocca-Java
28 Jun 2012, 10:00 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-180:
extra foam?
28 Jun 2012, 11:04 am
You guys are gross, gonna think twice about a cuppa next time!
28 Jun 2012, 11:37 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-181: And sprinkles.
28 Jun 2012, 11:58 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-183:
good.
I hope you gave himsome lung caramel too.
28 Jun 2012, 12:17 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-184: A Knysna oyster, on the house.
28 Jun 2012, 12:34 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-185:
he didn’t even ask whether it was in season.
28 Jun 2012, 12:36 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-186: No, he was very phlegmatic about it.
28 Jun 2012, 12:40 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-187:
did you offer him a glass of sputumante with it?
28 Jun 2012, 12:49 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-188: Old Freddy is more of a 5th Avenue Cold Hack guy. Doesn’t mind coughing up for it too.
28 Jun 2012, 12:57 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-187:
Looks like the two of you can go on all day.
28 Jun 2012, 13:00 pm
Sounds like a candidate for a bottle of late lung harvest and et’s sodastream.
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