Lots of little birdies whispering conflicting stories in my ear at the moment – all to do with the Lions.
I’d like to emphasise before we start that none of this is confirmed. It does, however, come from a source that I consider to be extremely credible. And no, I’m not going to tell you who it is, so don’t even ask 
First piece of news – Willem Alberts has not signed a new Lions contract and is virtually certain to join the Sharks. Louis Ludick still has a little way to go in terms of negotiating his release, but his intention is still, it would seem, very much to leave Jobrug for Durban.
The second piece of news is that Heyneke Meyer is a sure bet to be named the new Director of Rugby at Coca Cola Park. There will be an official announcement about this tomorrow, so I guess we won’t have too much longer to wait to see if my “sauce” has the right info here.
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If HM becomes the coach expect Liefling and Anton Leonard to start next season.
@Loosehead (Comment 1) : I think they’re already trying to get Hougaard back…
Who’s your sauce??
I read that Alberts is contracted to the end of 2011. Lions are known to keep players for long contracts. If I recall,Heinke van der Merwe was contracted for 5 years, this was when he played for the sharks in the super 14 a few years back when he wasn’t good enough for the lions.
@molly (Comment 2) :
I can’t believe WP were interested in his services a few years back.
Mallett was the one who came up with that gem!!
@GI Ice (Comment 3) : HP !!!
@Baldrick (Comment 4) : Alberts’ current Lions “contract”, for what it’s worth, apparently does have that date stickytaped to it somewhere…
@Me2 aka Mama Shark (Comment 6) : yellow card!
@Me2 aka Mama Shark (Comment 6) :
HP Who??
@GI Ice (Comment 9) : HP Sauce…my favourite…having it with the steak egg & chips tonight!!
@robdylan (Comment 8) : Why
@Me2 aka Mama Shark (Comment 10) :
i am not THAT blonde..
I dont like sauce with my steak..natural juices as I eat my steak blue rare..and course salt and pepper and while braaing a squirt or two of lemon juice..now I am HUNGRY.. 
@GI Ice (Comment 11) : I know..just having a go @ Rob & my yellow card…I don’t put anything on my steak either BUT my D does. The taste of those steaks we had with you, still linger
@robdylan (Comment 7) : where are we gonna play him rob?
We`ll start him in Kankow`s place of course and bring Kankow on for the last 30 minutes. Much to Snorre`s dismay BAHAHA!
@Me2 aka Mama Shark (Comment 10) : cos it was SHOCKING
@willa (Comment 13) : loose forward. Definitely
Cheers all…catch you tomorrow
Mmmm
FOOD!!!
@robdylan (Comment 15) : Sorry don’t understand
@robdylan (Comment 16) : in the place of …….?
I just saw Big Feeesh at a coffee shop opposite our building…
The dude has been eating loads of pies since I last saw him!!!
@Original Pierre (Comment 14) :
I thought you were a WP from the [email protected] you gave me yesterday??
@willa (Comment 20) : Kankowsky
@willa (Comment 20) :
Botes or Daniel…
@GI Ice (Comment 22) : Nooooo! I`m just passionate about my Beloved Cape Town.
I`ve been supporting the sharks since I was in high school. Went through some tough times while I lived in ugly gauteng . . .
6-Deysel
7-Kanko
8-Fat Albert
@wpw (Comment 21) :
@wpw (Comment 26) : urm that won`t work. We need at least one fetcher as well.
@Original Pierre (Comment 25) :
Dude
There’s quite a few Capies to frequent this site:
meself
Big Feeesh
Claytie
Morne
Sauce
Salmonoid
Am I missing someone???
@Original Pierre (Comment 28) :
You calling Keegan a fetcher???
@wpw (Comment 30) : I rate him more as a fetcher than Alberts and Deysel yes. Pity he`s so miniature though
@wpw (Comment 29) :
Fattman..Charlie?
Boeta C
And me – once a year..
@GI Ice (Comment 32) : Only once a year?! How do you survive without your regular shot of Mothercity Magic?
@GI Ice (Comment 32) :
Sorry, how could I forget??
Just last week you were here chilling on the grass, drinking wine and staring into thin air when you could have been watching rugby!!!
@Original Pierre (Comment 33) :
I am an alcoholic..at least I forget for a few hours everyday…makes my year very short from MC Magic visit to MC magic visit!
@wpw (Comment 34) :
Correction: I was sitting in my hotel room , ocasionally glancing over the ocean and the staring capetonians, having Ice cold wine and biltong, while watching the rugby…
@GI Ice (Comment 35) : At least you`re not . . . ” smoking” anything. Like the bulls supporter who emailed me this morning to lay a bet on Bulls vs FS final!
I rate Wolla a better fetcher than either Botes or Daniel… Maybe that’s just me
@Original Pierre (Comment 37) :
Ohhh – did I forget to mention?…ooopppsss…
Since when does cattle smoke?? Let a lone place bets…and stupid ones..
@robdylan (Comment 38) : Wolla? As in Alberts?
@wpw (Comment 21) : Hehehhehehe
@Original Pierre (Comment 40) : Ag nee
@robdylan (Comment 38) : i agree with you, if he goes for it he gets it!!!
@Original Pierre (Comment 40) : Wolla as in Jean “Wolscooter” Deysel
@Original Pierre (Comment 40) : @provincejoulekkading (Comment 42) :
Vin Deysel…
@wpw (Comment 29) : I know this is late, but I’m a Caapie
@molly (Comment 46) :
*gulp*
Soooorrrrriiiieeeeee…..
@molly (Comment 46) :
You see – they discrim against us ladies..
Oh no, how can they?? THEY are a bunch of ladies!!
@GI Ice (Comment 48) :
so true
GGGRRRRRRRR!!!!!
@wpw (Comment 50) :
Are you a “Cougar” ?
@GI Ice (Comment 51) :
Oh no – I think your’re still too young to qualify…
Are you starting a cat-fight??
Cheers peoples…I am off to do the rat-race-rounds…wish me luck!!!
@GI Ice (Comment 53) : good luck, hope ur rat wins!!
@wpw (Comment 29) :
Cape Shark
and the passionate (about rugby) Paarlbok, who has been quiete for a while now. I miss his contributions.
@Salmonoid (Comment 55) : me too… he’s still very active in other places
@robdylan (Comment 56) :
If you “see” him tell him we say hi.
@robdylan (Comment 38) : bissie is doing some fetching as well.
I think the sauce is Mrs Balls…
I hope your sources are wrong about Alberts….and right about Meyer!
@walter van Lions World (Comment 60) : well, we should find out tomorrow about meyer
Ok heres my view…. Keegan isnt a fetcher… if we go through the stats this season you will most likely find that Jean Deysel comes up trumps in that regard and as far as a loose trio is concerned i would love to see a deysel,alberts, kanko loose trio somehow!!!
i see Rob now has less confusing pic… or is it getting out of the closet
Thanx for approving mine so quickly!:-)
@rekinek (the battle has begun…) (Comment 63) :
I was awake, So I thought “Ag why not?”
Please tell me that that suit of armour is not yours.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 64) : thanx!
hmmmm what can I say ….- since this is a time of coming out of the closet
I see there are actually a few names in the hat for this DOR at the Lions
Heyneke Meyer
Rudy Joubert
Dick Muir
Eddie Jones
Allistair Coetzee
Either of HM, Muir, or Jones would be great appointments and if they keep JW onboard then these guys will be a formidable team in a year or two again.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 66) : EJ will get it. His friend is already in
@KSA Shark © (Comment 66) : @rekinek (the battle has begun…) (Comment 67) : seriously though – except of Rudy – the others are very good options.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 66) : are these names confirmed, are we not supposed to be getting confirmation today? or is that later today?
@war1 (Comment 69) :
I saw it on another site as the names that are being linked from various sauces.
According to Rob’s article and other articles the confirmation of who it is will be made today.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 70) : just wondering, will the shortlist be made known today, or the actual appointment?
@war1 (Comment 71) : neither, according to recent reports
another source has corroborated. Meyer is going to be the one.
We’ll have to see whether Alberts and Ludick still feel as strongly about leaving with a coach like him at the helm.
@robdylan (Comment 73) : ok, we will have to wait and see
Any news on the Jaque Fourie saga yet?
@Original Pierre (Comment 75) :
Decision will be made next week.
Any news on the biting saga, surely that has to be finalised within the week. If the accused is on holiday / in exile then he must just get himself back for it.
@Morné (Comment 76) : when next week? The wait is killing me
@Salmonoid (Comment 77) :
Why does he have to be present anyway? How can he justify biting someone? “I didn’t bite him, he stuck his arm in my mouth”
@robdylan (Comment 78) :
According to rugby365.om, early next week.
Looks like your sources are ##### Rob, Keo reports that Dick Muir was offered the job…LOL! Does that mean Alberts is staying as well…I hope so!
@walter van Lions World (Comment 81) : i’ll admit I was wrong once Muir’s appointment is confirmed. Right now it’s just Keo-talk
rugby 365 is saying the same thing
@walter van Lions World (Comment 83) : yeah, but maybe their source is Keo
ok,seriously, I’m hoping it’s Meyer cos I think the Lions will be easier to beat playing his brand of rugby! I also feel sorry for him. I wonder if his family problems aren’t still a factor
On a poll on my site nobody even voted for Muir, almost all the votes went to Meyer
@walter van Lions World (Comment 85) : well, yes. I doubt Muir even speaks taal all that well
M is logged into my site now, let’s see if he comments
@walter van Lions World (Comment 87) : M being M R?
yip
@walter van Lions World (Comment 89) : Lion King?
Clever.
yes, very. He phoned me now so he’s not going to comment
@walter van Lions World (Comment 91) : did he tell you anything you didn’t already know?
@walter van Lions World (Comment 91) : oooh, your mate Et just posted something that completely substantiates my comment 86…
@KSA Shark © (Comment 79) :
Very true, but dont they always pitch up with a member of their union and a high powered lawyer.
They showed the “incident” on B&A, normal speed and no enhancements – I couldnt see anything it was such a mess. Someone commentated that if it happened it was while another players knee was in the way.
@robdylan (Comment 92) : yes, he said in the end it was between 2 candidates and that they decided who won last night at 10, which means that the Keo and rugby365 stories are speculation as they were posted before then. He said they are hoping to get the offer signed today
@walter van Lions World (Comment 95) : ok, then I go back to thinking it’s Meyer
okay, we signed Muir on a three year deal
@walter van Lions World (Comment 97) : well done
Dickie is a hell of a good coach, but fannily enough I wonder if HM would not have been a better bet, he is responcible for the structures in place at the Bulls and lets face it he has got it right there. Dick will be good for the team that starts now but will he last the three years I wonder?
funnily oops!!