Stormers celebrate Bok boost

Stormers celebrate Bok boost

30 Oct 2012

Allister Coetzee says he’s excited to have on-loan Springbok and Lions duo Elton Jantjies and Jaco Taute in his Stormers squad next year.

Taute confirmed his move to keo.co.za last Wednesday, while WPRU president Thelo Wakefield also told this site that he approved Jantjies’ deal late last week.

Coetzee believes the two players will make telling contributions next season.

‘We’re very excited about having Elton and Jaco in Cape Town for next year’s Super Rugby tournament,’ said Coetzee. ‘They’re both quality players and we look forward to getting them involved here – both on and off the field – and seeing how they fit into the Stormers culture.’

Jantjies is expected to get a run in the starting line-up during the opening rounds of Super Rugby, considering the departure of WP’s Currie Cup-winning flyhalf Demetri Catrakilis to the Southern Kings and the late arrival of Peter Grant from Japan in February.

While Taute is able to play at centre and fullback, he’s likely to compete for the No 15 jersey as the Stormers already have Jean de Villiers, Juan de Jongh, Marcel Brache and JP du Plessis in their midfield department. Damian de Allende is also considered to be in the mix after his impressive performance at inside centre in the Currie Cup final.

Taute has the option of extending his stay in Cape Town after the Super Rugby season as his contract with the Lions expires next year.

The Stormers have also signed utility forward Michael Rhodes (who can play lock or flank) and Springbok versatile prop Pat Cilliers from the Lions on permanent deals.


357 Comments

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  • 351.W.P: Reply to this comment
    31 Oct 2012, 06:07 am

    Someone living in KZN badmouthing the WC lol. CPT is paradise compared to DBN

  • 352.Mostofyou: Reply to this comment
    31 Oct 2012, 07:29 am

    @ The rugby pedigree dog’s hit-278:

    You desperately make the doggypoo sucked assumption that I am an ANC adherent or voter or hanger-on whereas I know they are the continueing problem for the poor S.African worker(your using emotive labels does not bother me one little iota)
    Bring your ‘domestic helper’ to Somerset West or Gordon’s Bay and I will educate her wrt how she and millions of fellow poor workers can solve their problems without putting all their trust in the ANC elite that control the trade unions.
    Your ’75 & ” 7th tier ” references reveal how dumb and out of touch you are of your Neanderthal govt’s pathetic history of oppression that you now applaud. The denial of passports to the only true world recognised and invited non-racial sportpersons occurred in the mid ’80s and for you to repetitively celebrate and applaud such globally reviled actions by your voted reps. shows just where you are wrt racist sports. You can never ever be truly a worshipper of the principle of global non-racialism.

    Let us know too how many times you could claim to poke your finger in the eye of your security specialists with vile names like Spyker Van Wyk, Bosduif ‘Bossie’ Bosman, Klipdrif Vermeulen, Dronkie Dankers and such like ? Many blacks can do so but what about you who once claimed to have fought apartheid?

    I ask for the last time whose ‘liberal’ daughter would you like to be for that is the only claim to human respectability you will ever have.
    Lastly, smartarse, just please pay your ‘domestic helper’(euphemism for servant, slave ) a simple living wage and not a slave wage so that Sipho can adequately perform at school.

  • 353.Mostofyou: Reply to this comment
    31 Oct 2012, 07:42 am

    @stormerklontjie-289: @stormerspinkpiggie290:

    Your arrogant, bullyboy, apartheid mentality and insensitivities beyond control again? Are you longing for those days of brutish control again rugby ‘boertjie want jou Bokke is in hul moertjie’?
    ‘Domkrag’ is no match for the power of the pen and you and your gatgabbas have not learnt that lesson yet.
    The drive to work beckons but I will be back around late afternoon to attend to relevant matters.

  • 354.gunther: Reply to this comment
    31 Oct 2012, 08:11 am

    @MostofyouonlyhavetwoballsIhavethree-352:

    Ag nee.

    Are you still moaning about not going to the World Shootapingpongballoutofyourarseatamovingtarget Championships are you?

    Move on buddy.

  • 355.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    31 Oct 2012, 08:42 am

    So much bull s h i t I have seldom read

  • 356.suffer_guy: Reply to this comment
    31 Oct 2012, 08:58 am

    the only kak is Sipho will burn down the school ….

  • 357.wing_14: Reply to this comment
    31 Oct 2012, 13:44 pm

    @Finfan-24: You’re an idiot. Wjy don’t you shut up because you look silly …. idiot

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