Bok flank returns at last

Bok flank returns at last

29 Jan 2013

Juan Smith will play his first match since February 2011 when the Cheetahs take on the Stormers in a pre-season friendly in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

Cheetahs backline coach Hawies Fourie told Volksblad that the Springbok flank would probably get 15 minutes against the Stormers and then 30 minutes in the pre-season fixture against the Bulls. That game time would then put him in contention for the Cheetahs’ first Super Rugby match against the Sharks on 23 February.

Smith, who started training with the Cheetahs last week after finally recovering from a ruptured Achilles, is without a contract due to his long absence and will play on match fees alone.


41 Comments

  • 1.@whistle@blower@: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 08:31 am

    Bloemfontein dragon!

  • 2.Dilligafrican: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 08:32 am

    A legendary as any dragon

  • 3.RL: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 08:32 am

    Should have gone to France.

  • 4.Dilligafrican: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 08:32 am

    @@whistle@blower@-1: OK, you win.

  • 5.Dilligafrican: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 08:35 am

    @RL-3: Parys is round the corner man.

  • 6.Britney Spies: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 08:35 am

    Welkom terug ou grote. Ons het jou nodig.

  • 7.@whistle@blower@: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 08:36 am

    Does without contract mean no income at all? There’s probably professional insurance payouts?

  • 8.@whistle@blower@: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 08:37 am

    @Dilligafrican-4: dragon boat racing :)

  • 9.ufo: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 08:39 am

    wow…

    great news…!!

    good thing they’re televising this one..!!

  • 10.katman: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 08:40 am

    I really hope he’s back for good this time. And if he is, we might just have our Bok captain for the next couple of years.

    @@whistle@blower@-7: It says he’ll play for match fees alone.

  • 11.gunther: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 08:43 am

    This could be big for the bokke.

    Let’s see how he goes.

    @@whistle@blower@-7:

    He’s probably struggling to get insurance.

  • 12.Dilligafrican: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 08:47 am

    @@whistle@blower@-7: Pay as you go. Am sure his insurance coughed up plenty over the last 2 years.

    @@whistle@blower@-8: lol..

  • 13.Britney Spies: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:02 am

    Die Bok losvoorspelers:

    Louw
    Smith
    Vermeulen

  • 14.Britney Spies: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:04 am

    Dan is daar Schalla; Coetzee; Alberts; Kanko; Dwergie

  • 15.@whistle@blower@: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:09 am

    Thanks Kat … and Dilli …

    I can also imagine the size of the insurance premiums

  • 16.@whistle@blower@: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:13 am

    @Britney Spies-14: I take it Brussow is Dwergie :)
    Best to call him a dwergie on this site and not in his face. He may just be the fetcher of big c@c for you :)

  • 17.Britney Spies: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:15 am

    @@whistle@blower@-16:

    Nee dit is Keegan. Brussouw moet ook daar wees.

  • 18.Robzim: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:17 am

    @@whistle@blower@-16:

    I am sure Britney will give him good go for his money taking into consideration how he “went down’ after Paul Williams gave him a friendly tap on the forehead :)

  • 19.The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:24 am

    @Britney Spies-17: The K-Dog is not a garden dwergie…… He is a whippet, the Christian Cullen of loosies….The best loosie to never win anything of substance; ever.

    The ONLY loosie on the planet who gets to choose which award ceremonies he attends, risk dependent on his chances of actually winning an award.

    No – he is not a dwergie….

    He is a giant :)

    (Don’t believe me? Ask those Argies how tough it was to lift him off the ground…..)

  • 20.Stawm: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:28 am

    Guys are going to be too nervous to tackle Juan hard, in case they become the one to put him out of action again!

  • 21.Stawm: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:30 am

    @The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-19:

    I imagine the resident verbal masturbator when it comes to Sharks and KD will be here soon, HOOHAs and BOOM included.

  • 22.Britney Spies: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:31 am

    @The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-19:

    More Ruck! Nee jong jy se dit so mooi. Hy is ‘n yster. :lol:

    Tot Juan het hom mooi met die handtjie grond toe gestuur. Yster inderdaad.

  • 23.NZINCHINA: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:44 am

    This is very bad news for the AB forward pack.

  • 24.Mr Black: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:51 am

    @The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-19:

    For a nobody you surely are giving a lot of attention to him. Almost like Luke :)

  • 25.Mr Black: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:54 am

    @Britney Spies-22:

    Juan sal nooit weer op die vlak speel wat ons van hom kan onthou nie. Nie na 2 jaar uit nie.

  • 26.The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:55 am

    @Stawm-21: K-Dog and Bambie are to guppies what Bieber is to, welllll also Guppies….

    @Britney Spies-22: Morning :) Yster my maat, yster!!!!! Stryk yster.

    @Mr Black-24: I did not say he is a nobody. Please read my post again, I said he is a GIANT.

  • 27.Angostura: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 09:57 am

    Great news …

  • 28.Mr Black: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 10:09 am

    @The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-26:

    Don’t fear the Sharks or their players Ruck, it consumes you and makes you look desperate. Not a good look on you.

    Nothing negative you have to say about the Sharks will make the Stormers a better team, so rather concentrate on your team and stop worrying so much about the Sharks.

    Even our local psychologist Sherrif would tell you that your fixation with the Sharks are unhealthy, starting with your nic :lol:

    Chill sister!

  • 29.hoof hearted: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 11:15 am

    @Mr Black-28:
    well said!

    stoked to see juan playing again!!

  • 30.Kaizan: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 12:48 pm

    Was always a big fan of Juan, but I can’t see him playing for the Boks again… He’s had so long out of the game, I doubt he’ll be the same player plus his injury could come back at any time.

    Hope I am proven wrong though.

  • 31.bokfan1: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 14:12 pm

    Welkom terug Yster Juan!

    Sterkte vir die seisoen en hoop jy sal vinnig weer jou beste speel. Vis die Bokke se onthalwe ook

  • 32.kwas: Reply to this comment
    29 Jan 2013, 15:55 pm

    Pay as you go with no contract usually reserved for the dodgy (injured) customers with poor credit (health) record.

    I love you, Juan, you are one of the greats, but your body will crumble. Those who did not give you a contract obviously knows this.

  • 33.the curse: Reply to this comment
    30 Jan 2013, 01:04 am

    Juan will become the Ali Williams of SA thugby
    never the player he once was due to the extended time away from the game

    pity, is one of the very few SA thugby players I admire

    should have retired and preserved his legend.

  • 34.Te Rangatira: Reply to this comment
    30 Jan 2013, 02:26 am

    @the curse-33:
    I remember the awesome performance he put in at Soccer city 2010. A true warrior who could last the eighty…therein lies the key for players like Alberts and Vermuellen , get fit and stay hard for the eighty and you will go down in the history books with Juan Smith, well possibly….

  • 35.whatthe: Reply to this comment
    30 Jan 2013, 03:13 am

    @the curse-33:

    Like we really give a *** who you admire……….

  • 36.brains_trust: Reply to this comment
    30 Jan 2013, 03:58 am

    Btw – WP are Currie Cup champs, its bigger and better than anything else; S15 incl.

  • 37.bryce_in_oz: Reply to this comment
    30 Jan 2013, 04:02 am

    The same Ali Williams that has a resurgence in career?

    The same Ali Williams that has been recalled to the All Blacks?

    The same Ali Williams that has been named the Blues captain for the current season?

    Er… what was your point again?

    Stick to posting rape and murder statistics on your employer’s dime pal… rugby is not your forte!

  • 38.bryce_in_oz: Reply to this comment
    30 Jan 2013, 04:02 am

    @the curse-33: ^^^^^

  • 39.the curse: Reply to this comment
    30 Jan 2013, 04:25 am

    Bruce

    hahaha

    so you think Ali was the same player he was after his injuries???

    lmfao. was and is a shadow of the player he once was

    thanks for showing your complete lack of rugby nous

    whatever. hahahah can’t help yourself can you fat boy in exile.
    just how many people did your family execute???

    it’s good to see my opinion doesn’t count for much but so many of you respond to it

    hahahahahaha

  • 40.polaris: Reply to this comment
    30 Jan 2013, 10:58 am

    Hopefully he’ll stays fit for more than a few games.

  • 41.Eekay: Reply to this comment
    30 Jan 2013, 11:52 am

    The Cheetahs are going to loose him if they don’t contract him.
    He will come back with a bang knowing him.

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