Duane’s day to remember

Duane’s day to remember

29 Aug 2012

Duane Vermeulen is finally a Springbok and one of two uncapped players for the Rugby Championship tour to Australia and New Zealand.

Johan Goosen is the other newbie, with recalls for Juan de Jongh and Bath-based Francois Louw.

‘Untimely injuries to Bismarck du Plessis, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Pierre Spies, JP Pietersen and Bjorn Basson have already hit us hard in the past few weeks. This again provides opportunities for other players to put up their hands,’ said Bok coach Heyneke Meyer.

‘We were very keen to give Siya Kolisi an opportunity on this tour, but he is also out injured, alongside a list of other injured or unavailable forwards that include Gurthrö Steenkamp, Heinrich Brüssow, Schalk Burger, Juan Smith and Ryan Kankowski.’

Meyer confirmed he would have selected Vermeulen and Goosen in his initial Test squad but for injury to both players.

‘I regard both of them as world-class rugby players. If it wasn’t for injuries, Duane would have been a Springbok long ago. I also believe Johan has a long career ahead of him at Test match level and we will expose him when and how we feel it will benefit the player and the team best.

‘Both Juan and Francois played at the Rugby World Cup last year and are experienced players. Juan covers both positions in the midfield and we opted for Francois because he is a specialist openside flanker, in the absence of Schalk, Heinrich and Siya, that can cover blindside and No 8 as well, while he is also a very useful option in the lineout.

‘I’m also very excited with the quality of young talent coming through – Eben, Marcell and Johan are all still U21 and that bodes well for the future of Springbok rugby.’

Springbok squad – Willem Alberts, Andries Bekker, Craig Burden, Pat Cilliers, Marcell Coetzee, Juan de Jongh, Jean de Villiers (c), Jannie du Plessis, Eben Etzebeth, Johan Goosen, Dean Greyling, Bryan Habana, Francois Hougaard, Zane Kirchner, Juandré Kruger, Pat Lambie, Tiaan Liebenberg, Francois Louw, Tendai Mtawarira, Lwazi Mvovo, Ruan Pienaar, Jacques Potgieter, Frans Steyn, Morné Steyn, Adriaan Strauss, Flip van der Merwe, Jano Vermaak, Duane Vermeulen.


656 Comments

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  • 1.fantasticbarnsmell: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 11:55 am

    Interesting to see what the team will look like… Potgieter will surely get the axe,although I cannot see HM having the barls to drop Morne…

  • 2.mikeybrass: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:04 pm

    Oi you morons! Where the heck did the comments just go! Blithering bunch of twits.

  • 3.mikeybrass: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:05 pm

    Grant: reckon Lambie will be returned to the starting lineup with JdJ there as centre cover on the bench.

    Flow is an interesting addition. Reckon bench with Daniels in the starting line-up.

  • 4.stew: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:07 pm

    Could do with pulling Big Joe back as well – had a stomper last time in Dunedin

  • 5.CharlesM: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:07 pm

    Glad to see Louw has been included. Vermeulen and Goosen should have been selected for the home leg against ABs and Aus !! They need more Currie Cup game time. Having said, I know they deserve to be there bit this was too soon IMO. Desperate times call for desperate measures

  • 6.fantasticbarnsmell: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:08 pm

    what would be the ideal back three from this squad? vermeulen/alberts/flow? or without the fetcher, vermeulen/alberts/coetzee?

  • 7.viewer: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:09 pm

    I don’t see JJ’s name here?

  • 8.stew: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:09 pm

    Hell this is an extremely young Springbok team !

  • 9.willievz: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:09 pm

    There are three uncapped players, not two.

    Vermeulen
    Goosen

    And the one you forgot, Jano Vermaak

  • 10.Tacitus: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:09 pm

    Alberts will go back to flank. No.8 will be interesting. Will he push Duane straight into the starting line up?

    Backline won’t change, except maybe Pienaar for Hougaard and Engelbrecht for Mvovo. Possibly Lambie for Kirchner, but I doubt it.

  • 11.sharks_lover: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:09 pm

    Well atleast the Sharks have gotten Daniel back, @mikeybrass-3:

    Lambie wont start boet,

  • 12.Puma: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:10 pm

    So what happened to our posts? Suddenly new heading and posts just disappear?

  • 13.katman: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:10 pm

    @fantasticbarnsmell-6: Vermeulen, Alberts, Flo with Coetzee on the bench.

  • 14.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:10 pm

    @mikeybrass-2:

    Weren’t there about 10 already?

  • 15.willievz: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:10 pm

    @sharks_lover-11: Lambie should start, with the Goose on the bench.

  • 16.stew: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:11 pm

    @fantasticbarnsmell-6: Great chance for DV to make a claim to the No 8 position …..

  • 17.viewer: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:11 pm

    JJ Engelbrecht?

  • 18.Puma: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:11 pm

    Think that is a low blow to drop Keegan. Very disappointed. Why the heck that Potgieter oke still there?

  • 19.Puma: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:12 pm

    JJE dropped. See JdJ is selected. So the rumour of Venter adn Serfontein was just that a rumour.

  • 20.Tacitus: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:12 pm

    @katman-13:

    I don’t see a starting loose trio that’s two thirds changed from the previous one.

    To radical a change going into the Australia game.

    Probably just a new 8, with Alberts going back to flank.

  • 21.katman: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:12 pm

    @katman-13: Personally, I’d prefer Alberts to stay at 8, with Flo and Coetzee on the sides. But I think Meyer will slot Duanne in there, as per my combo at 12.

  • 22.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:12 pm

    Does this whole squad travel to Aus and NZ?
    Or is this just a greater squad with some culling just before the tour?

  • 23.fogdog10: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:12 pm

    About time! Vermeulen will make a diff to SA rugby fact, and further down the line Goosen will be a permanent at 10

  • 24.Tacitus: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:13 pm

    @Puma-19:

    Tank Lanning lost the plot a long time ago. This rumour of his was just the latest of his weird *** speculative comments.

  • 25.sharks_lover: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:13 pm

    Hopefull Duane and Johan will play and not only be there as window dressers

  • 26.katman: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:13 pm

    @Tacitus-20: Meyer knows they got hammered with turnovers at the breakdown. I expect he’s planning on using Flo.

  • 27.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:14 pm

    Keegs dropped :shock:

  • 28.Puma: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:14 pm

    @willievz-15: Should be like that but Meyer will never ever drop Morne. Morne has had years to prove he should be there. He has not been great since 2010 and is STILL there.

    Should be Lambie and Goosen on the bench. Very much doubt we will see that.

  • 29.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:14 pm

    Against the Ausies, HM will play
    Coetzee
    Alberts
    Daniel

    Against the Kiwis, he’ll play
    Coetzee
    Alberts
    Vermuelen.

  • 30.CharlesM: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:14 pm

    @Puma-18: I agree with Keegan – should not have been dropped !! IMO, seeing that Vermeulen is there, he should start otherwise he should have stayed at home and play CC

  • 31.STBUR: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:14 pm

    Glad Francois Louw is there. Really surprised about Vermeulen and Goosen. Neither looked 100% in their first CC games back. Then again the Bok injury list is horrific.

  • 32.Puma: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:14 pm

    @Transformation-27: Feel for him. Really do. Why is that useless Potgieter still there?

  • 33.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:14 pm

    @Transformation-27:
    Oh shite didnt even see that.

  • 34.Tacitus: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:15 pm

    @fogdog10-23:

    I love these “About time” comments.

    Both Vermeulen and Goosen were still injured a week ago. They’ve had one Currie Cup game and probably aren’t even ready yet.

    And yet, people moan about them not being picked sooner.

    Classic.

  • 35.stew: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:15 pm

    Sorry boys Dunedin is going to be pay back all the way – if we dont beat the Boks with a 20 point margin i will be highly surprised , up front there is such a lack of experience and leadership that it is frightning – good luck !

  • 36.willievz: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:15 pm

    Is Brussow still injured, or simply not selected?

  • 37.sharks_lover: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:15 pm

    @Puma-19: Keegan also dropped, Well its good for the Sharks, PIty we didnt get Burden and Lambie too

    Trust me neither will be in the team of 22

    Lambie could use the game time to regain his form playing at 10

  • 38.sharks_lover: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:16 pm

    @willievz-36: Injured according to the press

  • 39.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:16 pm

    Cant believe old Floppy Potgieter is still there.

    Never seen a more ineffectual blindsider in my life.

  • 40.willievz: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:16 pm

    @stew-8: Frightening.

  • 41.willievz: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:17 pm

    @sharks_lover-38: Thanks.

    F.Louw is a class selection in his absence.

  • 42.Puma: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:17 pm

    @CharlesM-30: From what I have heard from everyone here that watched the Province game. Vermuelen is not ready yet nor is Goosen. Read Naka said he is no where near ready. If he is thrown into the deep end and messes up this will dent his confidence for sure. Both players should have had the next two cc games to get ready for the home series.

    Why now Keegan? Damn man, he was far better than Potgieter. Crash ball here we come. Dumb dumb rugby.

  • 43.Puma: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:17 pm

    @Puma-42: now = no

  • 44.realkenyan: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:17 pm

    Against Aussies i would start F Louw, Coetzee and Daniels with Alberts and Vermulen on the bench……gives the Boks lots of speed in the backrow +3 lineout options and also very strong bench though the tight 5 is very light on experience considering i would also start EZtebeth and Kruger as locks ,Bekker drops out pf 22..
    Against AB i would start Vermulen at 8 with KD on the bench

  • 45.fantasticbarnsmell: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:17 pm

    the AB’s have this series tied up and the probability of losing with “conservative” selections appears to be pretty high anyway, so why not take some risks and try out different players. if we lose to Aus with a team like last week the media and general public would be far more unforgiving than if he at least tried replacing a few under performing players with untested equivalents…

  • 46.sharks_lover: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:18 pm

    @Puma-42: Nor him or Goosen looked anywhere near ready, Grant10 felt the same way,

    But hey these players did not select themselves, hopefully they fit and ready

  • 47.grant10: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:19 pm

    @mikeybrass-3: F Louw must start…..must! He is a true opensider,,,, second only to Brussow imo….I am ecstati… so happy with the players added….cant believe how thrilled I am….great, great stuff !!

  • 48.Puma: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:19 pm

    @sharks_lover-37: I doubt Burden will play at all or Lambie. They going to be tourists or ride the bench.

    Jeez I feel for Keegan. What a bloody snub and to have that useless Potgieter there. Unbelievable.

  • 49.kingcorn: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:19 pm

    I think Meyer has realised that he needs players that can play to the ball hence the inclusion of Flow. He might go straight into the startling line-up.
    I don’t think Meyer will change the back line, but I would definitely start with Pienaar. The only two changes I see is Louw in for Potgieter and Pienaar, maybe for Hougaard.

  • 50.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    29 Aug 2012, 12:20 pm

    Vermuelen should have replaced Potgieter. Like for like.

    Daniel should still be there.

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