Frans fails late fitness test
28 Sep 2012
Frans Steyn has been ruled out of Saturday’s Test at Loftus having failed to recover sufficiently from an ankle injury.
This means Jean de Villiers will shift to 12, Jaco Taute will make his Test debut at 13, and Juan de Jongh will warm the bench.
Coenie Oosthuizen also failed a late fitness test and has been replaced by Pat Cilliers.
‘Frans went for a number of scans and X-rays this week and after specialist consultation it was decided that he should rather not play against Australia,’ said Springbok team doctor Craig Roberts. ‘Coenie, who played 35 minutes of rugby for the Free State Cheetahs last weekend, had stiffness in the neck and shoulder area after the game.
‘After sitting out training on Monday, he felt much better and took part in the field sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, but based on the nature of his injury and the initial symptoms early in the week, we felt that it would be better to withdraw him from the Test. Coenie is a young player who has a lot of rugby ahead of him and with injuries like these it’s always better to gradually build him back to full match fitness.’
Springboks (revised) – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Bryan Habana, 13 Jean de Villiers, 12 Jaco Taute, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermuelen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
Subs: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Pat Cilliers, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Marcel Coetzee, 20 Elton Jantjies, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Pat Lambie.
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29 Sep 2012, 02:52 am
I just want to put it on record here: I will not miss FRANS STEYN tomorrow. I think he is overrated in any case.
29 Sep 2012, 03:03 am
@nama1-251: He has not been in a position to do much better. With Morne inside him and Donkey outside, you can’t blame the guy for looking sh it.
29 Sep 2012, 06:32 am
I have never seen him realy perform against the major rugby playing nations. One good thing about him is his big boot.Even playing along side Morne, you never really saw any brilliance except for bashing it up. He is certainly no Tim Horan or Jeremy Guscoty in terms of creativty. If bashing it up is creativity then he is the men. Braun but no brain.
29 Sep 2012, 07:08 am
I suppose my thoughts in Frans Steyn are clouded somewhat by his feeds in the second test v Abs 2009. I can’t remember any match winning performances since then,correct me if Im wrong,but he certainly has the ability to open a game wide open in tandem with Goosen
29 Sep 2012, 07:37 am
Fricken phone,feeds sound right actually deeds
29 Sep 2012, 08:08 am
Ankle Injury??
lol.
Nothing a few croissants and burgers could not fix.
Maybe its his weight on his little ankles.
29 Sep 2012, 10:03 am
Can’t believe it, I am on a flight during the AB Argie game. Unbelievable bad planning!!! I will at least be able to get up early and see the end of the boks game.
29 Sep 2012, 10:56 am
Frans Steyn
biggest over rated boer in world rugby, ever..
just a bash merchant who has no idea how to distribute the ball..
shame hes not in the side, would have been to Aussies advantage..
29 Sep 2012, 11:12 am
@poppa 258: my problem with frans is he is over weight. Like piri, he relies on his status as the go to guy when the team is under pressure but he simply can’t play to his potential when he is 10kg overweight.
Having said that, he had a pretty good game against the all blacks. He tackled well and got over the gain line in attack. He largely cancelled nonu out.
I guess he will hold his place until someone better comes along. But he had better watch out – he could find himself like piri, over taken by smith, and soon to be made surplus to requirements by Kerr Barlow and peranara.
29 Sep 2012, 11:14 am
@peter mkatha-253:
As a teenager (go back and watch videos of him in the 2006 CC and the 2005 u19 WC) FS could step off both feet, but that was gradually coached ot of him over the years… Sad really, when you think of the player he could’ve become.
Perhaps the creativity these people are talking about is his big boot. Being able drop a goal from 60m is viewed in the same light as SBW’s offloads.
29 Sep 2012, 11:16 am
@corporal punishment-259: hes the man that never was… watching him over the years he is a selfish greedy player who would rather run into contact then create a gap for another player..
he is loved by many Saffas because he can kick a ball 60 metres, would and has never been named in a world 15 for good reason..
is ordinary..
29 Sep 2012, 11:23 am
What happens when Taute has a kak game, in a position that he hasn’t played much in senior rugby? Will he be dropped next week, like Keegan Daniel or will he be coached to his best, like the failed attempt with Morne Steyn?
29 Sep 2012, 12:19 pm
Hahahahahahahahaha JDV being blamed for Frans Steyns failings. The last time I saw FS receives the ball before Jean does. Its more the other way around if you ask me. Way overrated
29 Sep 2012, 12:27 pm
A few on here classed FS as the best #12 in the world……hahahaha
He was the one that given a chance he was going to put SBW in his place.
Since the beginning of the RC, Steyn hasnt looked like he would have made any impression on SBW.
Steyn would have been just another number that SBW walked all over.
29 Sep 2012, 12:35 pm
@Hurricane-264:
I think it was Murray Mexted who rated the 19 year old Frans as one of the most talented players he’d ever coached when he was at his institute. Whilst never living up to the hype, his game has definitely deteriorated whilst he was in France.
29 Sep 2012, 12:37 pm
Well, I’m of to Loftus
Then tomorrow it’s Wales
Nice
Enjoy the game boys and girls
Boks by 12
29 Sep 2012, 16:04 pm
@David-265:
Makes you wonder why SA or lets say a few of there fans want to play in the NH instead of against the best in the world.
I know of a few players that have come back worse or in poor form from the NH.
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