Saffa ‘Pom’ sent packing
7 Jan 2013
Former England flank Hendre Fourie is set to be deported following his premature retirement due to injury.
The South African left the Cheetahs in 2005 to play for Rotherham, before signing for Leeds and qualifying to play Test rugby for England. He made his debut as a replacement against the All Blacks in November 2010 and played the last of his eight Tests against Ireland at the 2011 World Cup.
Last week, a debilitating shoulder injury forced Fourie to retire at the age of 33 (since joining Sale 18 months ago, he had managed to play only 124 minutes for the club).
However, once Fourie’s contract was cancelled by Sale, his sports people visa expired and he was notified that he had to leave the country by the end of the month.
‘I can play for England but I can’t get a passport to stay in the country,’ Fourie told The Times of London. ‘If I had remained on a sports people visa for another two years, I would have got permanent residency, but unless someone is willing to give me another contract, that is not going to happen.
‘My wife [Corlia] is South African, but my boy [Hendro] was born here and I would have like to have stayed and tried to get a teaching job. There were options to appeal but I would have had to wait another few years before I could get my permanent residency.
‘It has been a red-tape nightmare and we just decided it was not worth all the hassle.
‘That’s the amazing thing, I am not able to claim any benefits in this country. I have always paid my taxes, have represented England, but I have to leave while you hear how they protect the rights of terrorists.
‘I am not angry, we have a lot of family in South Africa, which will be good for Hendro, but it is just frustrating the way things have worked out.’
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7 Jan 2013, 13:03 pm
@skopdiekan-50: a friend i was with had wheatgrass at one of our luncheons…is that something you enjoy?
7 Jan 2013, 13:07 pm
I don’t eat wheatgrass though some swear it is the panacea for all ills.. wtf was your friend doing carrying his wheatgrass to your function?
there is a encyclopaedia to health by a Polish American who turned his cancer ridden toxic body around on wheatgrass
7 Jan 2013, 13:18 pm
@Kid_Senekal-48:
Ek was daar tot 1998.
7 Jan 2013, 13:20 pm
Long Street only good for the book shops.
my first stop when I get down to Cape Town, hit the book shops then out of the city
7 Jan 2013, 13:33 pm
Does Kennedy’s Cigar Lounge still exist?
And The Fez?
7 Jan 2013, 13:34 pm
@Transformation-7:
7 Jan 2013, 13:35 pm
some funny stuff today
7 Jan 2013, 13:52 pm
@skopdiekan-28: Skop, we will miss you down here (I think). PS: sitting kaalgat in a garden of birds is possibly a bit more than we needed to know
7 Jan 2013, 13:54 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-58:
I was trying to avoid forming the mental picture.
7 Jan 2013, 14:09 pm
lol @ skop…she bought it at the eatery we were lunching at…l
7 Jan 2013, 14:09 pm
He should have changed his name to Mujati a while ago
7 Jan 2013, 14:18 pm
@WP-Forever-59: I don’t have the ability to do that. I’m like the kid in the 6th sense. I see ‘kaalgat’ people……
7 Jan 2013, 14:22 pm
fark wheatgrass, it’s a load of s.hit.
i got talked into having a smoothie or juice or something or other containing it one time at some place, kauai or wimpy or someithng, cant remember.
i ended up with a really bad stomach cramp and felt nauseated the whole day.
that s.hits for the goats.
7 Jan 2013, 14:23 pm
disgusting
7 Jan 2013, 14:25 pm
i wouldn’t give it to my dogs.
terrible, terrible stomach cramp.
7 Jan 2013, 14:35 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-63: bwahahaha
7 Jan 2013, 14:59 pm
Don’t be so down Hendre. Join the #homecomingrevolution. Remember, you’re a South Afri-can!
7 Jan 2013, 15:26 pm
Sorry to hear about Hendre’s troubles. Any immigrant knows it’s not easy and at any moment you could be sent packing. I feel for him but I don’t see why he should be treated any differently to a Ukrainian labourer who hurts his shoulder and ends up deported when his job runs out. We all know representing England doesn’t make you English.
And what ever happened to Tuilagi? He was also meant to be deported but somehow fixed up his paperwork, despite being an over-stayer for six years.
7 Jan 2013, 15:41 pm
@gonzo-68:
hahaha
a smash and grab intercept try against NZ, thats what’s happened to Tuilagi.
7 Jan 2013, 15:44 pm
@Transformation-66:
hehehe
7 Jan 2013, 15:55 pm
And in other news, Scotland’s Mike Blair has just announced his retirement from international rugby.
7 Jan 2013, 17:34 pm
@skopdiekan-28: Totally kaalgat in front of the computer ? You spanking the ****** to some p0rno again ?
7 Jan 2013, 17:35 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-63: And I bet the baff smelt like egg ?
7 Jan 2013, 17:37 pm
@gonzo-68: Perhaps he was previously disadvantaged ?
7 Jan 2013, 17:47 pm
@Dusky-72:
Ja, smaak my hy rol mielie terwyl hy kyk hoe oorgewig tannies van Kazhakstan hulle beenhare skeer
7 Jan 2013, 17:56 pm
This would never have happened in Ireland.
7 Jan 2013, 19:45 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-69: battered they were, the world cup thieves
7 Jan 2013, 20:27 pm
@Big Hit-77: Battered by a bunch of over-stayers and mercenaries
7 Jan 2013, 22:11 pm
@bryce_in_oz-8:
“…seems it’s the one thing SARU have got correct…”
Not really. Credit should go to the government for making the law that stipulates that you have to be a citizen of SA to be selected for a national team.
The palookas at SARU still wanted to play Mujati last year on the EOYT for the Boks despite the fact that he is a Zimbabwean.
Oh yes, I have no sympathy for these players who get kicked out of a country after they have been used by their “adopted” country. Akin to prostitution in some ways.
Prosperous new year to you all.
7 Jan 2013, 23:39 pm
I pretty much disagree with EVERYTHING skopskiet utters and here he is trying to tell me living in Joburg is better than living in CT?
Pfffffft.
8 Jan 2013, 08:10 am
@Chico the Chihuahua-80:
Chico, don’t be discouraged,
The Man he ain’t so hard to understand.
Chico, if you try now,
I know that you can lend a helping hand.
Because there’s good in everyone
And a new day has begun
You can see the morning sun if you try.
And I know, things will be better
Oh yes they will for Chico and the Man
Yes they will for Chico and the Man.
8 Jan 2013, 10:40 am
The IRB laws for eligiblity are better than simply citizenship for a few reasons. The most obvious is that it’s far easier for a country to simply grant citizenship and make use of the player and it is to see out the 36 month period. Secondly these laws apply to all countries, and in certain countries attaining citizenship can be made difficult or even withheld on political grounds or due to political reasons. By not insisting on citizenship allows players to bypass this potential issue and still represent the country in which they reside.
8 Jan 2013, 10:47 am
@fantasticbarnsmell-82: by-pass the laws & “politics” of a country all u want but din’t cry foul when the same country doesn’t grant u citizenship based on the laws u initially tried to sidestep…
8 Jan 2013, 12:56 pm
@fantasticbarnsmell-82:
So you are saying that the laws of an organization run by a bunch of farts with fax machines, should overrule the laws of a country adopted by parliament?
8 Jan 2013, 23:01 pm
@Big Hit-77:
All down hill for you now….you have to wait 10 years for another win against the ABs.
One thing i have noticed is that you are not on the poaching crusade like you were a few years ago against the ABs and why is that i wonder?
9 Jan 2013, 01:55 am
@Hurricane-85: “All down hill for you now….you have to wait 10 years for another win against the ABs.”
Hardly brother, that under-21s XV only had about 20 caps between them, they’re only going to get better.
Oh yes, it’s all coming together
9 Jan 2013, 02:21 am
@Big Hit-86:
20 caps.
What are you talking about?
England had more than 20 caps.
NZ used 8 new caps in 2012, we too are only going to get better.
10 Jan 2013, 03:39 am
@Hurricane-87: And SA used an entire new team. We are going to be great!
10 Jan 2013, 23:04 pm
@SjamBok-88:
So did Australia
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