Olivier to take Japanese sabbatical
10 Jul 2012
Wynand Olivier will join the Ricoh Black Rams at the end of the current Super Rugby season but will return to the Bulls in February for the 2013 tournament.
The 29-year-old centre will then go back to the Japanese club after next year’s Super Rugby competition, when his contract with the Bulls runs out.
‘We have decided to release Wynand from his Currie Cup duties for this period and allow him to play for the Black Rams in their Top League and Japanese Cup competitions. We believe this is a win-win situation for Wynand, the Bulls and the Rams,’ said CEO of the Blue Bulls Company Barend van Graan.
Olivier played his 100th Super Rugby match for the Bulls two weeks ago and has 37 Test caps, the last of which came against England in PE.
28 Comments
10 Jul 2012, 16:39 pm
Will he be considered to be selected for the Boks then? Not that much opportunities left to score his first try against an any established rugby nation at long last.
10 Jul 2012, 16:40 pm
This is a blessing to bok rugby.
10 Jul 2012, 16:42 pm
@Nils(Nils)-1:
No, he won’t.
10 Jul 2012, 17:42 pm
Goeie keuse Wynand, gaan maak n sak vol geld en vat dit rustig weg van die druk en spanning van Loftus en SA.
10 Jul 2012, 20:27 pm
Cheers Timotei.Thanks for the laughs.
10 Jul 2012, 20:29 pm
This could be a good move for the bulls as we can maybe blood serfontein at No12 asto what i have seen of him barring serious injury he will be the the bulls No12 and maybe the boks as well for a long time.
10 Jul 2012, 21:00 pm
Bulls still have Spies so their poefta rating won’t drop all that much with the loss of Timotei.
10 Jul 2012, 22:19 pm
watch wynand play the best rugby of his life over the next two seasons.
11 Jul 2012, 01:38 am
@galileo, roundness, union, coach…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-8:
He might even score a try.
11 Jul 2012, 07:28 am
Wax On Geishakind !
Wax Off Meisiekind
11 Jul 2012, 07:42 am
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-9:
He has a better chance of scoring a try than your wife and kids have of you spending a evening with them instead of being in front of your pc trolling.
If your wife does not get the attention she deserves for herself and the kids from you,she is going to get it somewhere else.Is there maybe a cultural difference that is rearing it’s head now?
Was your dad a absent father?
If so,break the cycle.
If not,don’t become one.
11 Jul 2012, 07:56 am
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-11: WTF?
11 Jul 2012, 07:57 am
Good decision for WO, he knows his time is coming to an end and he needs to make some cash. Seems like Serfontein might get to play full time Super rugby next year. Also JDJ will most likely the new backup centre for the bok squad.
11 Jul 2012, 08:03 am
@BreakdownBoy(goodstuff)-12:
He has a wonderfull life in china with a lovely wife and twins.
He sits on here every evening trolling,he should spend more time with his wife and kids instead of spending time doing something that brings nothing positive into his life.
So instead of baiting people on here and looking for reaction,some family time will be time better spent.
I am not saying this looking for reaction,but I am sure everyone will agree that time spent here rather than the wife and kids is foolish.
11 Jul 2012, 08:31 am
@BreakdownBoy(goodstuff)-12:
yip he has some serious issues
11 Jul 2012, 08:54 am
Answer me china,my points are valid.
Answer the points I raised.
11 Jul 2012, 08:57 am
Your unhealthy obsession with my wife and kids is a bit scary, perhaps you should man up and have your own or do you fire blanks?
11 Jul 2012, 09:00 am
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-16: How serious is your retardation dimwit? Demanding answers from a man in China via the internet?
F o k the Gods were in a foul mood when they spat you out.
11 Jul 2012, 09:02 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-18:
he he once we called him about shagging ex pat SAFFA’s in NZ he’s taken it to another level
11 Jul 2012, 09:05 am
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-19: I honestly don’t think he has shagged anything but his right hand in years. Those who can’t do……talk big
Del Boy Fern, who has yet to learn that gold plated chains and bracelets do not maketh the man…..
11 Jul 2012, 09:09 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-20:
yip I think you’re right i’m out for a bit, go easy on Fern once he reads the NZ Herald crime stats today he’s going to go beserk…
11 Jul 2012, 11:13 am
@21
Good going China,you huff and puff but take my advice.
Enjoy the family time.
I do not fire blanks,but sadly my gf is in the same boat as Dawn,she is also unable to have kids.
11 Jul 2012, 11:52 am
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-11: Hahahahaha Fern jy kan darem vlymskerp wees jong!
11 Jul 2012, 12:03 pm
22 yer so you have said before sorry for your Mrs but probably a good thing to be honest after the stuff you write about peoples kids, woman etc
11 Jul 2012, 12:14 pm
Best of to Wynand…
given a lot to Bulls and Bok rugby…
deserves his payday as much as anyone else..
11 Jul 2012, 12:23 pm
He’s just going there to keep Sannie Boel Willem honest.
11 Jul 2012, 12:34 pm
@ufo(ufo)-25: I would love to know how much a season in Japan would earn him
11 Jul 2012, 12:42 pm
@Skeppie(Skeppie)-27:
no idea… as much as possible…?
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