De Jongh, Steenkamp to front Scots
14 Nov 2012
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has picked Juan de Jongh at centre and Gurthrö Steenkamp at prop for Saturday’s Test against Scotland.
De Jongh replaces Jaco Taute at outside centre, while Steenkamp comes into the front row for Beast Mtawarira. The latter player will take no further part on this tour due to a heart condition.
Steenkamp is preferred to start at loosehead ahead of CJ van der Linde and Heinke van der Merwe, who will both sit on the bench. There is no room in the matchday squad for Pat Cilliers.
‘It’s great to have Gurthrö back. We wanted to select him last week, but unfortunately he was not 100% fit,’ said Meyer. ‘Gurthrö is experienced, knows the conditions well and is looking forward to returning to the green and gold as he’s not played for South Africa for more than a year.
‘Juan is in a similar position. Even though he’s played in a number of Tests for us this year, he’s not started for the Boks since last year’s away leg of the Tri-Nations against New Zealand in Wellington.
‘My plan has always been to give him a start on this tour, as he’s been playing very well lately, and I’m excited to see what he brings to the team on Saturday.’
Meyer added that defensive synergy was at the heart of him keeping changes to a minimum. ‘There were some tough calls. I wanted to give some of the youngsters more Tests, but on the other hand we haven’t had a lot of continuity in selection this year and we respect Scotland.
‘Also when I’ve changed the backline in the past our defence has suffered and you saw against the All Blacks that Scotland can really ask questions of your defence.’
As expected, Meyer has persisted with Pat Lambie at flyhalf. However, it is surprising to see that Morné Steyn has been preferred as the back-up flyhalf ahead of Elton Jantjies.
Meyer warned of Scotland’s intent to spoil their breakdown ball and stressed that they would have to counter that tactic. ‘They’ve got a never say die attitude and are hard to the ball. If you don’t get a quick recycle they press you hard and close down your space quickly,’ he said.
‘The breakdown in Super Rugby is refereed differently. Here it is a battle, so if you don’t win the tackle and get the numbers over the ball they can make it very hard for you.
‘On attack they’re quality side and when they had the ball for extended periods against the All Blacks they were superb. There was a 10-minute period that was the difference. We expect a physical and tough game but winning is non-negotiable.’
Springboks – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean de Villiers (c), 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Pat Lambie, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermuelen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Gurthro Steenkamp.
16 Schalk Brits, 17 Heinke van der Merwe, 18 CJ van der Linde, 19 Flip van der Merwe, 20 Marcell Coetzee, 21 Morne Steyn, 22 Jaco Taute, 23 Lwazi Mvovo
437 Comments
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14 Nov 2012, 22:36 pm
@Te Rangatira-350:
Cheers!
14 Nov 2012, 22:46 pm
@David-349:
Now I remember. Gerald Davies was a magician.
14 Nov 2012, 22:47 pm
Perhaps Juan De Jongh is closer to this dude than to Manneties Roux
John Leslie Gainsford
33 tests (1960-1967); 8 tries.
1.83m; 81.6 kg
Played in 16 matches (including all 4 tests) in NZ and 5 matches (including the two tests) in Australia during the 1965 tour.
He scored 6 tries (2 test tries) in NZ and 4 tries (1 test try) on the Australia leg of the tour.
14 Nov 2012, 22:48 pm
When De Jong was picked the trouble in De Doorns stopped. Amazing.
14 Nov 2012, 22:51 pm
@I am a stormer-352:
He was. Similar in talent to Carel Dupe.
Anyway, I’m also off to bed. Cheers all.
14 Nov 2012, 23:08 pm
@skopdiekan-338:
Remember Horan and Little against Frank Bunce and Walter Little?
The Aussie centres were good and the press hyped them up but I think Bunce and Little were just a bit harder and better
14 Nov 2012, 23:08 pm
@skopdiekan-353:
Wat van Danie Gerber?
14 Nov 2012, 23:42 pm
Does Bambie( Lambie) know how to smile?
sweet *****, theeyoungfella seemed-a-bi(t)-SErious there now on the weekend.
Maybe an Irish lass or a wee Scaw-tish lass could liven the lad up a wee bi(t).
Perhaps he should cruise about in a kilt during the week as you do in Maritzurgh. Aye, tha(t) shawd to get his trumpet blawing– literally! he has Scaw-tish ancestry does he no(t) , aye he sure does too!
If De Jongh the shlong wants to dance like a ****** at try time, there are sure to be a few of ‘em bent-as-a-nine-bob-note fellas there in Scots-land antisapating that he scores a try. I bet they bought seats near the goal line too. He shawld be forced to whear a kilt wilst doing so. Hell he could have it velcro-ed to the post so he can rrip it off and stick it on in secs…it would only be respectful doing it in a kilt… And I hope he has a Mustache as it is MOVEMBER. (If you did not know, its to do with raising vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men)
Soo, back to the story…
ONe has to wonder off the pitch, does he practise in front of the mirror , -different styles of dances. He seems te use a different dance EAch time. Perrhaps he does.
I dO recall Aplon joining him in cellabrashen once apon a time. Perhaps De Jongh has a mirror large enough for the two of ‘em to dance in tandem.
I mean, How else could they synchronize so well…
De Jongh likes the r-ride the bull dance, so does Aplon bring the wip…
Jees, I can piture it all now…
I best be destracting myself with someTHing Else… this could get kinky…
14 Nov 2012, 23:53 pm
Nama must be ecstatic that De Jongh has been selected. Suddenly Meyer is not a “racist” anymore and the world is all good again….
15 Nov 2012, 00:34 am
@Liewe Luiperd-359:
whatever, trilkop
15 Nov 2012, 04:16 am
I havent read the whole thread, but havent seen or heard about Robert Ebersohn for a while… is he even in contention for a bok spot? think he has the skills personally..
15 Nov 2012, 07:26 am
@poppa69-361:
He’s too small.
15 Nov 2012, 07:39 am
Juan De Jongh has scored more test tries than Wynand Olivier did in his entire Bok career, yet you would swear that he’s making his debut if you read what dumbasses & racist morons are going on, even Meyer, speaks of JDJ as if he’s a rookie & Taute (2nd choice Lions centre) is the real deal, only in SA
15 Nov 2012, 07:39 am
@359, Meyer is still a racist c unt
15 Nov 2012, 07:41 am
same old same old…cheers.
15 Nov 2012, 07:48 am
everytime the bulls played the Stormers from 2006 – 2010) WO killed JDJ … everytime!! go look at the review of each game … JDJ lasted only 30 minutes in 3 or 4 games … the only gangnam style move he did was to hospital! the other games he was earl rose std kak! …. JDJ can’t pass and he is overrated! any one with half a rugby brain knows this … if not, go watch you kaizer chiefs kak
15 Nov 2012, 07:52 am
LOL guess what bafana bafana lost again ….. bietjie te vroeg om te drink daarop, maar what the hell …. bring die castle
15 Nov 2012, 08:10 am
@suffer_guy-366: what on earth are getting high on? Mandrax or Tik? Jdj only made his Stormers debut in 2010 and his currie cup debut in 2009!
15 Nov 2012, 08:11 am
@suffer_guy-366: what on earth are you getting high on? Mandrax or Tik? Jdj only made his Stormers debut in 2010 and his currie cup debut in 2009!
15 Nov 2012, 08:12 am
sorry about the double post, lol
15 Nov 2012, 08:18 am
well in 2009 & 2010 then … different year, same result
15 Nov 2012, 08:41 am
@suffer_guy-371:
Different nic still a doos.
15 Nov 2012, 08:41 am
@suffer_guy-371:
Must admit whenever JDJ faced WO he always got that scared look on his face and never managed to stay on the field for to long
15 Nov 2012, 08:50 am
@suffer_guy-366: Wat a chop, like that stated above, JDJ started his CC career 2009 ans SR career in 2010.
Did WO do anything when we beat your Pink Bulls twice this year in the SR?
15 Nov 2012, 08:52 am
@XhosaKid-364:
Same old immature comments.
15 Nov 2012, 08:55 am
@gunther-375:
Be careful, he’ll start saying your comments are ‘whack’ and that he ‘owns’ you at sports knowledge.
15 Nov 2012, 08:56 am
Stormers 20 (14)
Tries
Tiaan Liebenberg
Penalties
Joe Pietersen (4)
•Peter Grant
Bulls 17 (0)
Tries
Bjorn Basson
WYNAND OLIVIER
Conversions
Morné Steyn (2)
Penalties
Steyn
15 Nov 2012, 08:58 am
@John Galt-376:
Indeed.
I blame MTV and the insidious Americanisation of our culture.
#ghettoworship
15 Nov 2012, 09:01 am
Who appointed you the custodian of what’s mature or what’s not, your bum chommie, Suffer_Guy is paddling a lie about one game, Soweto final, in which WO never even touched JDJ in those 13minutes on the field, but off course you endorse that lie, you can go phack off
15 Nov 2012, 09:01 am
@XhosaKid-364: Then the two of you should get along like a house on fire.
15 Nov 2012, 09:03 am
@XhosaKid-379:
Suffer guy is as much of a whack job as you are.
Racist tuncs both of you.
15 Nov 2012, 09:03 am
there were 3 games where JDJ was owned by WO! i’m not a WO fan … but he is WO’s bunny
15 Nov 2012, 09:05 am
@gunther-375:
The bowlers struggled in Brisbane. They can blame the track but the lengths they bowled was to short.
AD’s got to pull finger and work on that over the next few days.
I’m really worried about Tahir’s inevitable inclusion in Adelaide. They got 7 left handers and for leggies that’s their worst nightmare cause you literally bowling into the arc.
If we can fight back from here the Protea’s deserve their number 1 test status
15 Nov 2012, 09:07 am
You can all phack off , you bitched know when it comes to facts you aren’t got shyyt, John, you still my *****, I owned you, I know it hurts, but you need to know your shyyt before coming here, not all of us are your buddies who take your lies, grow the phack up
15 Nov 2012, 09:11 am
@XhosaKid-384: Yoh, that’s borderline illiterate.
15 Nov 2012, 09:14 am
@katman-385:
Wait till he starts using ‘My Nygga’.
Xhosa, a word of advice, nevergofullghetto.
15 Nov 2012, 09:16 am
Borderline illiteracy?, what’s that supposed to me,engage your brains, “bitched” was supposed to be “*******”, *******
15 Nov 2012, 09:17 am
Is everyone dronk this morning
15 Nov 2012, 09:18 am
@XhosaKid-387: Another literacy challenged post. How many fuckups can you make in one short sentence?
15 Nov 2012, 09:19 am
‘nevergofullghetto’
15 Nov 2012, 09:19 am
@suffer_guy-382: WO played 37 tests and got owned on every game, does that make him everybodies *****?
15 Nov 2012, 09:20 am
@Dawn-388:
Your man Gayle hit a six off the 1st ball in a test match.
First time it has ever been done in over hundred years of test cricket.
15 Nov 2012, 09:21 am
@katman-389:
give the *** a break. he must be multitasking or something. he usually posts clear, well constructed commetns.
15 Nov 2012, 09:22 am
@Jeraldjay-392: Gayle is a boss!!! Doesn’t take **** from no bowler!
15 Nov 2012, 09:23 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-393:
..?.. wtf..?..
g u y
15 Nov 2012, 09:23 am
@goodstuff-394:
Must be getting some “goodstuff” in Sri Lanka.
15 Nov 2012, 09:23 am
i cant believe g u y has been banned
15 Nov 2012, 09:24 am
@suffer_guy-377: Yup that try he scored was on the wing, because he was so **** scared of the Stormers defence that he asked the bulls wings to stand in the midfield for him. Lolz
15 Nov 2012, 09:24 am
@Jeraldjay-396:
Sorry not Sri Lanka, Bangladesh.
15 Nov 2012, 09:25 am
John, who the hell do you think you are to tell me what I should or shouldn’t do, I’ll be ghetto or corporate if I feel like, know why??, cause I phucken can, you can’t, that’s your limitation not mine, deal with it
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