Louw escapes serious injury
30 Oct 2012
Scans have revealed that Francois Louw’s neck injury is not as serious as initially feared and the flanker will be available for the Springboks’ tour to Europe.
Louw hurt his neck in a Premiership game over the weekend, and Bath coach Gary Gold said afterwards that the injury looked serious. However, following scans and tests on Monday, Gold told Beeld that the injury has nothing to do with the flanker’s veterbrae, and Louw just has a stiff neck.
Gold suggested that Louw could even be utilised in Bath’s Premiership match against London Welsh this Sunday. It bodes well for the Boks’ tour, which starts next week with a fixture against Ireland in Dublin.
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30 Oct 2012, 09:15 am
Glad the Dragon can play!
30 Oct 2012, 09:16 am
Would be better if Bath could resist playing him. Doubt that though.
30 Oct 2012, 09:18 am
Relief!
30 Oct 2012, 09:18 am
Very good news, vital player for our chances of success, also I think he is a good option as the next bok captain.
30 Oct 2012, 09:27 am
I reckon Meyer will open the tour with this team:
1. Mtawarira 2. Strauss 3. Du Plessis 4. Etzebeth 5. Kruger 6. Louw 7. Alberts 8. Vermeulen 9. Pienaar 10. Lambie 11. Hougaard 12. De Villiers 13. De Jongh 14. Pieterson 15. Kirchner
16. Steenkamp 17. Ralepelle 18. Van Der Linde 19. Van Der Merwe 20. Coetzee 21. Steyn 22. Taute
30 Oct 2012, 09:31 am
Do the Boks play any mid-week or warm up games during the tour?
30 Oct 2012, 09:41 am
great news…sterkte Flo!
30 Oct 2012, 09:45 am
@puff-5: You don’t seriously think HM is going to start Lambie do you?
30 Oct 2012, 09:59 am
If I’m not mistaken the new IRB rule which allows for an extra front row reserve on the bench will be in effect for this tour. Essentially the 7 usual reserves plus an extra prop/hooker to avoid uncontested scrums.
30 Oct 2012, 10:19 am
Louw did NOT escape serious Injury, He simply never HAd a serious injury..
You guys get paid for this?
30 Oct 2012, 10:33 am
@Provvas-10: I stubbed my toe really hard on the weekend, but luckily I escaped a broken ankle, serious ligament damage and septicemia. Having just about been there myself, I understand what Louw almost went through.
30 Oct 2012, 10:44 am
Suddenly I turned around and Sharksgirl was standing there
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns
“Come in” she said
“I’ll give you…………………. shelter from the Stormers”.
Well the Sherriff walks on hard nails and Sharks Lover rides a mount
But nothing really matters much it’s doom alone that counts
And the one-eyed undertaker he blows a futile horn
“Come in” she said
“I’ll give you ………………….shelter from the Stormers”.
In a little hilltop village they gambled for Puma’s clothes
He bargained for salvation and they gave me a lethal dose
He offered up his innocence and got repaid with scorn
“Come in” she said
“I’ll give you …………………………….shelter from the stormers”.
RobZim.
30 Oct 2012, 10:46 am
@katman-11:
LOL,
If i told you, you would not believe me.
30 Oct 2012, 11:02 am
@cane-13: Hola Cane. Has life without the ITM Cup, Super Rugby and Quatro Naciones left you lot bored and listless? This end of year tour better hurry the fck up, because already the natives are restless.
30 Oct 2012, 11:08 am
@puff-5: You are missing scrummie on the bench. Please start with Arno at 8 and drop lazy/slow Vermeulen.
30 Oct 2012, 11:13 am
@katman-14:
True katman……………………………………………I don’t like this phoney peaceful void …………………………………. any more than you do.
Good to see you Okes are still at each others throats just the same.
I see on your census post, that there are 50 million of you Mothers. Scary stuff, try passing them a ball and yelling run………………………….run, step and run……………
30 Oct 2012, 11:15 am
@capebull-15: You are kidding right??
Then again, probably not.
30 Oct 2012, 11:17 am
@cane-16: The bit that I left out was that our population is apparently also getting older. And we need youngsters who can step and run.
30 Oct 2012, 11:23 am
Thank goodness!!!!!!!!
Go Flouw!
30 Oct 2012, 12:16 pm
@stormersboy-17: You are right I watched Vermeulen again on video , he did not touch the ball once the whole first halve. His speed or lack thereoff was clear to see against Auz and AB’s . Go and look at his stats he really does very little.
Why is it if I say that Eben did not perform like he could up to cc final , I am an idiot , then when he performs like he did in the cc final totally dominating the line-out , something I did not see in 4N . I looked at Vermeulen he did nothing in CC final , I had the advantage of watching without emotion. You don’t accept my view cause I support the Bulls and I looked at the stats to back my claims.
30 Oct 2012, 12:30 pm
Stats for SA vs AB’s
Vermeulen Runs 2m tackle 7 Ruck 2 Line Break 0 Try assist 0 off load 0
Read Runs 47m tackle 11 Ruck 3 Line b 2 try *** 1 off load 2
Clear to see
30 Oct 2012, 12:38 pm
Louw
Louw
Louw
how low can you go.
“……..the injury has nothing to do with the flanker’s veterbrae, and Louw just has a stiff neck.”
A stiffy.
FFS.
30 Oct 2012, 12:54 pm
Suddenly I turned around and Sharksgirl was standing there
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair…
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Those that drove the wedge!
Rot in hell.
30 Oct 2012, 12:55 pm
@puff-5: You are allowed to pick three front rankers on the bench now. So go ahead and pick that extra backline player.
Great squad except Hougaard at wing. He should be on the bench covering scrumhalf and wing.
30 Oct 2012, 12:58 pm
@scrumfan-9: Ah you beat me to it. Correct.
30 Oct 2012, 13:07 pm
@Sasuke-25: The new rules will start causing some problems for front rowers next year. In super rugby they aren’t allowing extra cover so it encourages guys to continue learning to play hybrid TH/LH to increase their chances of game time. But for international games the specialists will be preferred. I wouldn’t want to be a 2nd tier prop right now
30 Oct 2012, 13:29 pm
This anything like Coenie who was cleared to play and just promptly injured himself again?
30 Oct 2012, 13:41 pm
1. Beast
2. Strauss
3. JDP
4. Flip
5. Etsebeth
6. Flouw
7. Alberts
8. Vermeulen
9. Pienaar
10. Lambie
11. Rhule
12. De Villiers
13. JDJ
14. Pietersen
15. Taute
16. Chilliboy
17. Brits
18. Steenkamp
19. Cilliers
20. Kruger
21. Coetsee
22. Hougaard
23. Jantjies
30 Oct 2012, 13:44 pm
Rhule??? really? he had a shocker against WP a few weeks back and was “killed” by Perez & nelson of the EP kings ….. Willie le Roux verf jouself swart ou maat
30 Oct 2012, 13:53 pm
@lepel-27: It was his back this time.
30 Oct 2012, 13:56 pm
@gonzo-26: Yes true. They should consider having 23 players for super rugby too.
30 Oct 2012, 14:15 pm
@scrumfan-28: Interesting you have flip and Etsebeth in the side, essentially 2 no4 locks…interesting as Etsebeth could do the job of a no5 in the lineouts but not sure about around the park, he is more of a hitter of rucks and a close in carrier than a wider roaming 5 but I suppose we are playing in the NH. Otherwise a really good looking side!
30 Oct 2012, 14:33 pm
I think HM will go for a team like this:
15 Kirchner 14 Pietersen 13 De Jongh 12 De Villiers 11 Hougaard 10 Steyn 9 Pienaar 8 Vermeulen 7 Arno Botha 6 Louw 5 Kruger 4 Eben Etzebeth 3 Jannie Dup 2 Strauss 1 Mtawarira
16 Brits 17 Steenkamp 18 Van Der Linde 19 Flip 20 Alberts 21 Lambie 22 Taute
he would be stupid to not start Lambie or Jantjes
If he leaves De jongh on bench and starts Taute then he is off his knocker.
I would go:
15 Taute 14 Pietersen 13 De Jongh 12 De Villiers 11 Rhule 10 Lambie 9 Pienaar 8 Vermeulen 7 Alberts 6 Louw 5 Kruger 4 Etzebeth 3 Jannie 2 Strauss 1 Mtawarira
16 Ralepelle 17 Cilliers 18 Franco VDM 19 Coetzee 20 Hougaard 21 Jantjes 22 Mvovo/Mapoe
30 Oct 2012, 14:33 pm
@capebull-15:
I am missing a scrumhalf on the bench because Hougaard will cover 9, even though Meyer will likely start him at 11.
There may well be an 8th player on the bench though, if the new sub laws are to be in place for these tests.
If so, I reckon that bench role will likely go to Lionel Mapoe as centre/wing cover with Taute perhaps replacing Kirchner in the second half and getting a run in his preferred fullback position.
As for Vermeulen, he may not be the fastest loose forward in the world but he makes up for it in many other ways.
Lazy? Have you even watched him play? He is by far the best number 8 option for the Boks right now, and he works incrdeibly well in tandem with Francois Louw.
Call him lazy to his face – I dare you.
30 Oct 2012, 14:42 pm
Vermeulen did not have a bad CC final.. He doent run 70m to score a try like Spies or Read but he is so good in the tight and his tavkles are immense. I think during his injury he went slightly top heavy so yes I would say that during the off season he should work on fitness and speed but you must remember he played one curie cup match after being injured since May before he was thrown into bok starting team and he has played every week since.
He has been.the noks best option for 8since 2010. Him and Spies are the best SA have. kankowski needs one full strong season while Alberts is a 7 Keegan is more of a 6 than and 8. Arno Botha is an exciting prospect as is Nizaam Carr & Warren Whiteley.
30 Oct 2012, 14:46 pm
@Skeppie-32: I think Etzebeth could do the getting around the park job of a number 5. He is very atheltic and up until Grade 10 he was a backline player. He is the complete lock. I think in future he can considered for the No 5 role.
30 Oct 2012, 14:55 pm
@Sasuke-36:
true…
read somewhere that eben was a 400m sprinter at school too… so he will be able to get around the park quicker than most players… let alone forwards… let alone locks…
30 Oct 2012, 15:03 pm
My team would be
1. Beast
2. Strauss
3. Jannie
4. Etzebeth
5. Kruger
6. Louw
7. Alberts
8. Vermeulen
9. Pienaar
10. Lambie
11. Basson
12. JDV
13. JdJ
14. JPP
15. Kirchner
16. Chiliboy
17. Gurthro
18. CJ
19. Flip
20. Coetzee
21. Hougaard
22. Jantjies
23. Taute
30 Oct 2012, 15:08 pm
@Sasuke-38:
Likewise, except Basson didn’t make the tour.
Not sure why.
He was fit again, last time I saw.
30 Oct 2012, 15:08 pm
@ufo-37: Look at someone like Eben. Use to be a back at school, converted in Grade 10 by the great Hennie Bekker into a lock. He develops grunt and aggression required to be a forward. Why cant someone like Spies also develop the same type of aggression needed for his position?
30 Oct 2012, 15:16 pm
@Sasuke-40:
don’t ask me… guess pierre should give lance a call…
30 Oct 2012, 15:27 pm
@Sasuke-40: It’s all about the one having the heart of a Lion and the other having the heart of a Lamb.
You can’t teach that. You either have it or you don’t.
Eben has it in great big chunks lol.
30 Oct 2012, 15:31 pm
@puff-39: Oh pity. Then Mvovo to start. I enjoyed himself last time he toured in 2010. Scoring that great try against England.
@ufo-41:
He just needs the man up!
30 Oct 2012, 15:32 pm
@stormersboy-42:
went the kruger park the other day… heard the LionKIng giving his young son some advice…
“Son…” said the LionKing… “If you want to achieve in this wild world you’ve gotta have the heart of an Etzebeth…!!”
#truestory
30 Oct 2012, 15:34 pm
I would love to see a Bok pack of:
1. Steenkamp 2. Du Plessis 3. Oosthuizen 4. Botha 5. Etzebeth 6. Burger 7. Alberts or Smith 8. Vermeulen
Just once.
Just for the mongrel factor.
Don’t know if the Boks would win the game, but one thing is for sure… their opponents will be eina afterwards!
30 Oct 2012, 15:36 pm
Kolisi can also tackle like a dragon! He wouldn’t look out of place in that pack.
30 Oct 2012, 15:37 pm
@ufo-44: hahahaha nice one.
30 Oct 2012, 15:37 pm
Add Mtawarira, Strauss, Rossouw, Brussow and Louw and you realise Boks seriously do have some awesome forwards.
It would be nice if they were all fit and/or available though.
30 Oct 2012, 15:40 pm
@puff-45: I would love to see a pack of
1. Kitshoff
2. Bismark
3. Hulk
4. Eben
5. Eben
6. Flo
7. Andre Venter
8. Morne Du Plessis
30 Oct 2012, 15:50 pm
Only my opinion, buuuuut…
1) Chiliboy should not be a consideration for the Boks…. Apart from one linebreak against the ABs back in 2010, he has been a liability in a green jersey. I remember 2 games in which he came on in the last 20 and in both games, he threw skew lineouts to the opposition on more than one occassion. Plus, we just have better options. Brits, Strauss, Burden.
2) Paul Jordaan is something special.. I am disappointed not to see him in the touring squad. I think he adds more than Lionel Mapoe. Very few players have ever been able to step so sharply without losing any pace. Shades of Danie Gerber in that kid. He brings an X-factor that we desperately lack in our backline at the moment. Could be a great option off the bench.
3) Jano Vermaak – should he really be there? I can think of a few better scrumhalves than that guy.
4) I would love to see Arno Botha try his hand at fetching… He has got one serious pair of arms on him.
5) One other point – Jeff Haskell said recently that after spending time in New Zealand, he wishes he could go back and spend less time in the gym and more time playing touch rugby and working on his skill-set…. I think a few of our players (especially our forwards) may have this same problem. (Spies is the best example of this)…
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