Catrakilis joins Kings
20 Sep 2012
WP flyhalf Demetri Catrakilis has signed a two-year deal with the Southern Kings.
Catrakilis has featured for Province during the Currie Cup over the last two seasons, but failed to make the match-day squad for the Stormers during this period. The lack of opportunities in Super Rugby is believed to be the main reason behind his decision to join the Eastern Cape franchise.
Cartrakilis will compete with George Whitehead and Wesley Dunlop, who have impressed in the Currie Cup First Division, for the No 10 jersey next season.
The 23-year-old follows Cheetahs centre Andries Strauss and Sharks lock Steven Sykes as the Kings’ new recruitments. Director of rugby Alan Solomons is happy with the quality of players his team has signed so far.
‘Demetri is the more experienced player among our flyhalves,’ Solomon told keo.co.za. ‘He’s shown great form during the Currie Cup Premier Division over the last two seasons for WP. His kicking at goal and out of hand has been excellent. I’m surprised he hasn’t played Super Rugby for the Stormers.
‘Steven Sykes and Andries Strauss also add plenty of value,’ he continued. ‘Steven has had a stint with Leinster in Europe and did very well for the Sharks during Super Rugby and the Currie Cup. He’s also a EP local boy, having gone to school at Marlow.
‘Andries will offer us plenty of experience and leadership. He’s shown his quality for the Sharks and Cheetahs in Super Rugby and travelled with the Springboks to Europe in 2010.’
Solomons added that the Kings have a recruitment plan in place to ensure they will be competitive in 2013. They only have a one-year guarantee in Super Rugby, and will have to feature in a promotion-relegation play-off against the Lions should they finish last in the South African conference next year.
‘We have a good recruitment plan in place, which will help strengthen our squad. Things have been going really well since it was confirmed that we will play Super Rugby in August. I’m confident we will have a team that can do the job next season.’
Meanwhile, Solomons confirmed that flank Luke Watson will be the first-choice captain going into Super Rugby. Watson leads the EP Kings in the Currie Cup First Division.
The player missed the opening rounds of the domestic competition due to a shoulder operation and a following quad strain. But he has shown great form in his four appearances, scoring eight tries which include two hat-tricks.
‘Luke is a player that will score plenty of tries for your team,’ said Solomons. ‘But it’s his general play that has been very impressive. He’s been in great form since coming back from injury.’
Watson’s form could be a boon for the Springboks, considering Heyneke Meyer’s team has struggled with injuries in the loose forward department. Meyer confirmed during his first interview as head coach that all South African players, including those playing in the Currie Cup First Division, will be in contention for national selection.
Solomons believes that Watson can add value to the Boks.
‘Luke has proven he is a quality player and he can make an impact at higher levels. But it’s up to Heyneke Meyer to decide on who he wants to use in his team.’
By Gareth Duncan
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21 Sep 2012, 01:16 am
You still have not answered my very simple unconviluted question:
is the tutu superior?
I’ve answered all your questions as sincerely as possibly and you’ve simply deflected this question everytime knowingly or uknowingly so you tell me who is willing to examine their preconceived ideas or not.
21 Sep 2012, 01:24 am
racism is racism.. an inherent disease of human affliction where tribes or ethnic divisions of humanity attempt to overrule or override another based on ideology of physical, cultural, intellectual superiority … it is you alone trying to redirect your concept of ‘superiority’ toward me .. which is false..
You have a problem with an idea of perfection or human aspiration toward perfection.. if you are unable to grasp the real purpose of your own existence by cocooning yourself in a dead end state of Darwinian dog eat dog cyclical theory with no inclination toward knowing who you are or what the purpose for your current or beginning or end state is… then I don’t believe you are a true scientist.. you just a materialist who don’t give a fck.
You are trying to imply aspiration toward higher conscious human experience or expression is being racist.. that is absolutely simply dumb delusional absurdity on your part and a complete cop out in avoiding what any TRUE scientist’s first principle of learning and discovery should be..
21 Sep 2012, 01:27 am
Again I have asked u a simple question:
is the tutu superior?
21 Sep 2012, 01:33 am
you wanna play semantic games with words.. ‘superior’ who?
What is your concept of ‘superior’ ??
don’t play games man… you being dishonest and disingenuous
Go meet a so called ‘tutu’.. then come tell me who the fck is superior and who ain’t.. you never met one.. so how the fck are you ever to even dream you in a position to judge anyone?
You barking up a straw man tree trying to pin bullshit ideology onto me.. I got none..
You got this superiority trash eating and gnawing at your mind .. simple truth is neither ‘superior’ nor inferior .. and this garbage argument got fckall to do with the original argument regarding racism.. none whatsoever and none at all.. this is your convoluted fake idea trying to pin ‘superiority’ ideology onto me..
If anyone got that fckup malady eating at your brain its you non knowing closed minded scientists who reckon your fckup non knowing intellect is ‘superior’ to anyone else who perhaps knows a whole lot more than you do.. and its dumb deluded closed minded materialist high priest deficient creeps who crucify truth in either the name of fake ‘science’ or the name of fake ‘god’.. same fckng difference…
21 Sep 2012, 01:37 am
I’m asking a simple question as per your definition and you are saying that I am playing games – and you still won’t answer it, one more time for the hell of it:
is the watchatutu superior?
21 Sep 2012, 01:50 am
go ask one see what they tell you.. if you deserve an answer you may get one.. if you don’t you’ll stay in the darkness of your dumb ignoramus delusional materialism till you wake up out your dumb dead ended stupor.
racism and human aspiration toward higher conscious experience are antipathy poles apart.. a racist will never be in any position to strive toward any idealistic higher evolved state because it is simply naturally impossible… stop being an idiot looking for stupid nonentity arguments when truth is truth and false is false… if you are in ANY way inclined toward knowing what a true scientist fundamentally is . you will seek to know the truth .. from whichever source it is available…
but you high priest closed minded creeps aren’t interested in truth.. your only interest is in intellectual and materialist dishonesty.
21 Sep 2012, 01:55 am
****** almighty hey – that’s a pisspoor effort for someone who prides himself on socalled openminded discussion if u can’t even answer one question.
I gotta be off. Night.
21 Sep 2012, 02:02 am
that’s no question.. because you don’t even know what you are asking.. wtf is a ‘tutu’.. you got ANY f’ng idea WTF you are ACTUALLY asking? .. nope you don’t.. your so called gamesmanship ‘question’ does NOT deserve any answer.. and such games you can go play elsewhere.. if you are SINCERE about wanting to know real truth and real answers.. go ask them where your intellect can get the answers you dishonestly seek.
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