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Former Sharks prop BJ Botha will join the Bok tour group in Italy as cover for the injured CJ van der Linde.
Botha, who now plies his trade for Ulster in Ireland, hasn’t played for the Boks in over a year, since his decision to move overseas after the 2008 Super 14. van der Linde will remain with the squad while his injury is monitored.
That leave the following 27 players in the squad for the next two tests (* denotes current injury concern)
Props:
Beast Mtawarira, John Smit, CJ van der Linde*, BJ Botha, Wian du Preez
Hookers:
Bismarck du Plessis*, Adriaan Strauss
Locks:
Victor Matfield, Bakkies Botha, Danie Rossouw, Andries Bekker*
Loose forwards:
Hein Brussow, Schalk Burger*, Ryan Kankowski, Jean Deysel, Dewald Potgieter
Scrumhalves:
Fourie du Preez, Francois Hougaard
Flyhalves:
Morne Steyn, Ruan Pienaar
Centres:
Adi Jacobs, Jaque Fourie, Wynand Olivier
Wings:
Bryan Habana, JP Pietersen, Jongi Nokwe
Fullback:
Zane Kirchner
the policy of not picking overseas based players
hmmmmm
@rekinek (Comment 1) : I think it’s just seen it’s ass!
If all the *s can’t play, this could be an interesting team:
1. Beast
2. Smit
3. BJ
4. Bakkies
5. Matfield
6. Hein
7. Deysel
8. Kanko
9. Furry
10. Steyn
11. Habana
12. Olivier
13. Fourie
14. JPP
15. Zane
16. Strauss
17. Du Preez
18. Roussouw
19. Potgieter
20. Hougaard
21. Ruan
22. Adi
@Dancing Bear (Comment 3) :
Olivier ahead of Adi???
Is that you fyndraai??
@robdylan (Comment 2) : Still, you have to give credit for them doing a turnabout on this and doing the right thing, no?
@Dancing Bear (Comment 3) : Adi instead of Olivier better distribution more excitemnt olivier breaks the line then doenst know what to do with the ball
@Fattmann (Comment 6) :
How dare you!!
Wynand knows what to do with the ball…
He passes it to the linesman!!
Earl Rose instead of Zane
@robdylan (Comment 2) : @Baldrick (Comment 5) :
I am so glad about that! So now we can get Steyn back if we really need him, like for a WC or sumthing..
@Pokkel (Comment 8) : @Xmas Ice-Icle (Comment 9) :
I’ll take Steyn instead of Zayne……also Stefan.
Earl has been playing well!!!
@wpw (Comment 11) : Tell you what 1 season under Muir and he will be the Bok fullback even if frans was available Frans will be inside centre
@robdylan (Comment 2) : Hey Rob heard story that Mossie has not signed yet for Stormers would you check and confirm
@wpw (Comment 11) :
Why the sad face, dont you want him to play well.
He has been playing well, I think Province must really make a plan now.
@Fattmann (Comment 13) :
He will sign.
In a recent interview Bryan Habana confirmed that Mossie will be his team mate next year!!
@Fattmann (Comment 13) :
I was wondering about that and can believe it. When Habana signed there was a full on press release, Im sure the same would apply to Fourie.
Its not a sad face… it are neutral!!
@Salmonoid (Comment 16) : I wonder when we’ll hear from Rudi about the Sharks signings
@Pokkel (Comment 18) :
yes…or perhaps we dont..
@Pokkel (Comment 18) : Probably as they run on the field on February 13
Rob what happened to my message? I wrote it and put in smileys
This makes me look scatter brained, which we all know I am not 
@Pokkel (Comment 18) : Probably when the team runs on the field on 13 February 2010
@Pokkel (Comment 18) : I reckon by the beginning of September 2011.
@Sharksmad – The Blog’s Dudette (Comment 21) : I done fixed it… looks like you hit the “reply” link twice and all the fancy-schmancy coding got a little messed up
@robdylan (Comment 24) : Thank you Rob! This Techno Dinosaur was not sure what had happened
@Sharksmad – The Blog’s Dudette (Comment 20) : I wonder if there`ll even be sharks signings . . .
@Original Pierre (Comment 26) : Oh boy the had better be
If there are the same depth issues as last year, I will guarantee Mr. Streauli that I will not buy season tickets, and will NOT buy a single ticket to the home games. So if he thought the Stadium for the semis was empty, he will have another 5 spectators missing this year 
@wpw (Comment 15) : But with Bryan’s connection to Bernie (agent 000) you never know
@Charlie (Comment 28) : askies?
@robdylan (Comment 29) : WATTE
@Charlie (Comment 30) : nver mind… I had the wrong bryan in mind