Goosen’s season is over
9 Oct 2012
Johan Goosen will be sidelined for the rest of the year as he undergoes surgery on his knee on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old Springbok flyhalf suffered a Grade 3 medial tear in his left knee during the first half of the Rugby Championship Test against the All Blacks last weekend.
Goosen confirmed to keo.co.za that he will go under the knife at 12pm on Tuesday. The final decision was made after doctors and specialists had different opinions on Monday.
It was believed that without surgery, there was still a chance for Goosen to recover in time to feature during the Boks’ end-of-year tour to Europe in November.
However, surgery will allow the player to enjoy a full recovery. He is expected to spend three months on the sidelines.
Goosen has had an unfortunate run with injuries in 2012. He suffered a dislocated shoulder during the Cheetahs’ 36-33 loss to the Highlanders in Bloemfontein in April. He also struggled with a heel niggle during the Rugby Championship.
Goosen’s absence will allow Morne Steyn, Elton Jantjies and Pat Lambie to compete for the Bok No 10 jersey during the November Tests.
By Gareth Duncan
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8 Oct 2012, 23:42 pm
@fitz1ella-95: Jeesus, you got me there. That’s fcken scary. Anyone who posts that kand of macho threat must be one bad motha. What was I thinking?
8 Oct 2012, 23:42 pm
@katman – ek weet jy stir , @cab – grant in a tub?
8 Oct 2012, 23:43 pm
@cab-96: Burger was a KAK open side.. useless open side .. if Burger was not suspended vs Bil’s then Boks would have lost.. Burger’s little feint at Fitzgeralds eyes early in the Loftus Bil’s game did PdV and Boks the biggest ever favor.. Burger went off and Brussow came on.. and THAT is how the Boks won the Bil’s series AND the 3N of 5 from 6 wins that year.. BRUSSOW took Burgers position at open side flank and that is when the REALITY of who the better open side sank IN.. Brussow and Watson are / were streaks ahead at open side than Burger would ever be or has been unless you count 2004 when he was still young and kamakazi enough to fool everyone before Watson’s time.
8 Oct 2012, 23:43 pm
I could care a fk if he mos liked to wear tannies underwear – fact is, RWC won. PdV and Mallett actually had better sides but they stuffed up their selections and shoulda won too – but could woulda shoulda – White won, vindicated, triumphant, right on top and not a gdam thing u say going to change that…
8 Oct 2012, 23:46 pm
Burger now not what he once was, but in his prime better than even brussow, he could do it all.
8 Oct 2012, 23:47 pm
@Truestroke-99: and what are you – a peace lover?
@Slappes-102: this little pseudo fckface arsehole a friend of yours..? piece of self styled fckface know it all punkass prick if ever I smelled one from this far off.
8 Oct 2012, 23:48 pm
Heyneke’s learning the hard way through choice… if he phones morne steyn for eoyt he should literally go f@rk himself.
8 Oct 2012, 23:53 pm
Ai skop… everyone is a friend of mine ( except loneliness and bulls supporters ). Its a blog.
8 Oct 2012, 23:55 pm
@cab-104: you go ahead and send him garlands of sweet smelling flowers ..for his flukety fluke no contest WC dream in heaven… I know a self seeking self serving ponce when I smell or see one.. seems you not too sure who’s who in the zoo around the rugby fraternity here.
8 Oct 2012, 23:56 pm
@Slappes-108: Thats good slappes.. at least you a genuine type individual who values those qualities worth something.. not many in the world like that.
8 Oct 2012, 23:59 pm
As I say I give a fk what you see personally, who knows what little horrors we find in your little background – fact is 1 RWC, which is why we afterall on this here little blog as opposed to self-proclamed.humanitarian.of.the.decade.com
9 Oct 2012, 00:04 am
@cab-111: since when is that stupid excuse of a false proclamation of achievement that fake tinsel town RWC thingamajig the reason anyone is here on this blog.. since when? Not a chance.. its a Russian roulette lucky packet chance that thing.. crooked ref’s and false luck of the draw scenario’s.. that what you want to rate an individual by.. you go right ahead.. don’t make your fckup self styled delusions mine. Idiot f’ng supreme that you are.
9 Oct 2012, 00:07 am
The rugby world cup, like it or not, for better or worse, has become by far the greatest rugby event in the calendar, by far, teams have years of strategies and conditioning and rotations and eebilitations building up to it to ensure their best chance of success – that is the way it is.
Some fold under the immense pressure -pdv, others rise to it -white.
9 Oct 2012, 00:14 am
England is a team tgat rise to tgat pressure and tge ABs often fold under it – it’s electrifying, it’s like a double-charged AB-SA test match – it is the ultimate.
I liked PdV but he fkd up right at the crucial moment – White did not, that is why White won. You still put it down to ‘luck’ you arme deluded dunsified tonsil. Meanwhile it’s years of skillful planning – not everyone is so gdam fkn lazy as you, not everything is complete bullshit luck-of-tge-draw.
That’s a moerse achievement in anyone’s book, except yours, luck, gdam fool.
9 Oct 2012, 00:15 am
Crappety do .. White was going out to Fiji .. and if not for Jones I reckon that’s how far he would have got… RWC is not the barometer of the be all of rugby hierarchy as much as your feint little brain wants to make it so… its a farce made in IRB HQ and is a nice little pantomime everybody enacts out once every four years to give themselves some kind of measure of who is at where while the ref’s do backyard deals under unscrupulous scrutiny and orders from the big wigs in the boardrooms as to who gets blown through to the next round and who don’t.
9 Oct 2012, 00:18 am
What about zippetty do..ja kakstories with your conspiracy theories – u actually believe rwc’s are decided in the boardrooms, are u mal? Cuckooo cuckoo cuckoo – yessus this just drooped straight out tge nest onto his kop.
9 Oct 2012, 00:21 am
Luck.. thats all it is or was.. luck of the draw.. NZ went out to a forward pass and a blinded referee decision. with a saffa linesman not calling it for want of another conspiracy.. a setup bullshit artists dream in other words… England’s wing hit the chalk on the way to the try line.. the Boks right wing saved a held up try in the corner in the quarter otherwise Boks were going home same way NZ did. .. luck or devils destiny.. anyway you wanna dream your lucky packet dreams made in heaven.. that is all it ever is or ever was.. moron idiot supremo…
what you actually know about luck or life or laziness or what cuts in the universe under laws you don’t have the faintest about.. is still way beyond any kenner ability you dumb halfwit deluded nonentity of a so called bullshitting pseudo scientist.
9 Oct 2012, 00:21 am
I gotta hit the sack
out
9 Oct 2012, 00:22 am
I’m afraid Hms Boks to lose 2 games – Ireland Eng… if Morne tours. The moron should give elton and patrick starts and stick with them!
9 Oct 2012, 00:30 am
France got nailed out of 3 World cups already
France should have beaten NZ this last setup in the land of the long white cloud.. a favoritism dream if ever a setup WC was ever staged that one was…
in 1995 France took the host country SA out in the semi.. in the rain.. but the favoritism home town decision did the dastardly deed again that day.. and Bevan got a gold watch for his antics in the final.
Its as crooked as it gets.. but its a nice pantomime for idiots to get worked up about fancy fair frolicking in the ego rampant delusions that somebody is as great as he believes or thinks he is…
9 Oct 2012, 03:38 am
@fitz1ella-120: France lost the first final comprehensively. Can hardly complain about that one.
1995 – yes, there was something rotten about that game. Bloody good French team that year, possibly the best ever (the core of the team that beat NZ 2-zip in 2003, in NZ).
2011 – no, the ref was lenient on both teams at the breakdown, and while he could have awarded the French a couple of penalties towards the end, he could have awarded plenty against them for break down infringements throughout the game (including a blatant eye gouge by rougerie in front of the ref and linesman that should have been a sending off, and similar filthy play by dusoitoir too). This was poor French team that had lost two games already, that choked when it had the chance to press the advantage in the last 20 minutes. At the most, you could say that the All Blacks got home town advantage.
So the French were hard done by once in 1995? Big deal. In 1999, their whole forward pack should have been red carded for filthy play in the seconnd half of the semi final. Eales had the right idea in the final, he threathened to take the whole Wallaby team off the park if the ref didn’t sort it. The ref sorted it, and the French were neutered. 2003 – the All Blacks were robbed in that game, it was the most one sided referring display in the 30 years I have been watching rugby.
No, any sympathy for the French is sorely misplaced. They are a filthy cheating team who denigrate the world cup by playing possum in the round robin phases to get an easy run to through the competition.
9 Oct 2012, 05:03 am
Great talent but the boys got a glass jaw, he ain’t going to make 100 tests.
9 Oct 2012, 07:49 am
I’m convinced young SA players feel compelled to do heavy resistance training, without regard to progressive overload & recovery. In any event gym work is merely a supplement to sports-specific training. Bryan Habana & Pierre Spies are two examples of players that have that balance wrong
9 Oct 2012, 08:13 am
Take your time young Goose, get stronger and come back refreshed next year.
Same goes for Kolisi and I hope that’s the case with Spies & Morne as well.
Jantjies & Lambie for EOYT.
Skop en jag to the dustbin forever.
Amen.
9 Oct 2012, 08:58 am
This guy is unfortunate with injuries.
9 Oct 2012, 09:22 am
@viewer-123: How dos Habana have the balance wrong? He is super fast and super fit, super strong and never injured. So im missing something I guess
9 Oct 2012, 09:24 am
@katman-64: good request
9 Oct 2012, 09:24 am
Goosen must have been carrying an injury into the game on Saturday. If he wasnt then he obviously let the occasion get the better of him.
I personally thought Jaintjies was average when he came on. Kicked a couple of early penalties and then went to sleep.
Did nothing in open play to suggest he can really attack the line and missed a couple easy pots at goal and kicked a few directly into touch.
Which means that M Steyn will be touring and in all probability starting on the EOYT
As for Taute, sheez, that guy turns slower than an oil tanker. Is it just me or has he become slightly cumbersome recently. I even noticed this in the CC.
First try to the blacks was almost as a direct result of his fumbling in the mid field and then not finding touch from inside his 22 with the Boks under pressure. Criminal.
The next few weeks of the CC will be helluva interesting.
9 Oct 2012, 09:30 am
@katman-84: Thread getting feral.Love it.
9 Oct 2012, 09:36 am
Hopefully HM will put his faith in Jantjies. He deserves a chance and Lambie should be back up… If HM was serious about Steyn needing rest (mental and physical) , then surely it should be for the rest of the year.
Hopefully players like Kitshoff, Jordaan and Rhule can be part of the tour too.
9 Oct 2012, 09:40 am
@John Galt-128: you say “went to sleep” meanwhile the springboks failed to play the ball past 5 phases the whole time…
9 Oct 2012, 09:44 am
Word round the campf!re !s that Morne Steyn w!ll be f!rst cho!ce 10 for EOYT.
What has Jantj!es done wrong. HM was tentat!ve br!ng!ng h!m on even though Goosen was l!mp!ng on the f!eld for nearly 10m!ns.
Must be e!ther h!s ha!rstyle or accent.
9 Oct 2012, 09:47 am
@Jeraldjay-132: I think it’s because he bears an uncanny resemblance to a young Simon Cowell.
Coincidence?
I think not.
9 Oct 2012, 09:56 am
@stormersboy-133:
In h!s next game I w!ll have a look at whether h!s shorts s!ts h!gh up on h!s wa!st. That could be a clue.
9 Oct 2012, 10:00 am
Is grade 3 bad?
Not a big problem.
We have too talented young flyhalfs in Lambie and Jantjies.
Morne Steyn and his wife and kid must enjoy i nice long holiday at home.
Let him recovery properly from the mental scars he endured this year.
9 Oct 2012, 10:03 am
HM should drop JDV and make Flo captain to lead a squad consisting only of youngsters!
If only…
Kitshoff /Oosthuizen
Strauss
Malherbe/Oosthuizen
Etsebeth
Mostert
Louw (c)
Coetzee/Kolisi/Alberts
Stander/Kanko/ Vermeulen
Pienaar
Jantjies/Lambie
Rhule
Serfontein/Venter
Jordaan/JdJ
JJP
Taute/ Lambie
AND a backline coach with proper credentials and experience to mould these backs into something fierce!
9 Oct 2012, 10:05 am
@John Galt-128: “As for Taute, sheez, that guy turns slower than an oil tanker. Is it just me or has he become slightly cumbersome recently. I even noticed this in the CC.”
Its because Heyneke picks players who are not match fit.
How much games did Taute have before being selected for the Boks?
Someone like JdJ would of been a better bet.
9 Oct 2012, 10:09 am
@Jeez-136: “AND a backline coach with proper credentials and experience to mould these backs into something fierce!”
We need a proper head coach also to mould the whole team.
9 Oct 2012, 10:14 am
@Sasuke-138:
The Boks have never had a spec!al!st sk!lls coach???
Get someone to teach them how to offload.
9 Oct 2012, 10:16 am
@Jeraldjay-139: Yes or that. Didnt Percy double as a skills coach under PDV?
We need Campese or Spencer as a skills coach.
The Sharks backline flourished under Campese’s guidance.
Evens Todd Louden who helped the Bulls develop their backline in 2007 will be a good bet.
9 Oct 2012, 10:17 am
Of course Morne will play 10 on the EOYT. Anyone who honestly thought otherwise does not yet know the mind of the Meyer.
He will easily justify this, by harping on about the NH conditions, and how a 10 man game is the way to win up north.
The fact that Fourie du Preez will in all probability be back on this tour (oh yes, it seems to be true), will further justify this decision (in Meyer’s mind at least…).
The end result, a few wins maybe, but more than a few steps back….
Retreat into your shell and the safety of your laager when things get tough – tis the South African way.
9 Oct 2012, 10:22 am
@Jeraldjay-139: None of the provincial unions make use of one either…neither do the Baby Boks etc etc etc…..
In fact, I think the EP Kings are the only union (if I’m not mistaken) who have appointed a skills coach with a definite job description? A Kiwi as well.
Specialised skills coaches (and I include Sheryl C with her eye gym in this category) should be appointed from the bottom up. There are many Rugby League coaches floating around NZ and OZ who would be perfect in filling these positions all over SA.
Yes.It’s a dream. We obviously have no need for skills, as we are sofokkensterkandbigwesommermoertheskillsoutofouropponents.
9 Oct 2012, 10:29 am
@cab-114:
classic
” arme deluded dunsified tonsil”
Cab -1
skop -0
9 Oct 2012, 10:32 am
no surprise here at all
lambie shoulda been first choice 10 for the past 2 seasons
heyneke out
9 Oct 2012, 10:38 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-142: lol for your last line!
Agreed we need better skills development at grass roots level.
9 Oct 2012, 10:39 am
@jacoshark-144: Agreed (now we wait for the Elton fans).
I am suprised nobody has mentioned how sh*t Taute was at 13. A real disgrace considering the guy who’s on the bench (JDJ).
For a coach that’s so obessed with structure, I find it out that he would opt for a bolter rather than a combo that helped with the best defense in the Super 15 (in JDV and JDJ).
9 Oct 2012, 10:40 am
Lambie and Jantjies will be enough cover for the EOYT. No need to include Morne Stay-Away.
9 Oct 2012, 10:40 am
@Jeraldjay-139:
the “offload” as a process/pass is childlike simple….
however, the “offloader” has to be able to trust that there will be support from his team mates eitherside of him as well as installing him with the confidence to give it a go without sanction because in it’s nature….the “offload” is a high risk high reward move. The opposition could just as easily pick it off.
the entire theology of “the offload” is the antithesis to our rugby. By nature SA plays percentages.
9 Oct 2012, 10:42 am
Off topic. I know the entire NZL system is geared towards the All Blacks. But maybe that’s why they battle to bring in 10 000 people for many of their local matches.
While our unions may have too much power, I wouldn’t want the setup in NZL either.
Unless we really want to kill our local game.
9 Oct 2012, 10:42 am
@londonshark-146: I missed most of the game on Saturday so cannot comment on the Taute selection but i was upset in the first place when he leapfrogged JdJ. Not good man/player management.
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