Despite a report to the contrary on a popular website, Sharksworld has reliably learned that Stormers flanker Francois Louw has indeed signed a contract to join Bath in the UK.
According to an informed source, the deal was sewn up quite a while ago and Western Province are fully aware of the situation.
The current attempts to refute the move would appear to be part of a campaign to ensure that Louw is not seen in a negative light by the Springbok selectors, since he still has hopes of representing the national side at the Rugby World Cup later this year.
Pity.Oh well, we move on
Bad news. But good luck to the man. Will be missed.
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 1) : @McLovin (Comment 2) :
Time for Nikolaaaas Koster to step up!!
I know this was first written about yesterday but it feels like an April fools joke. It makes no sense to me, not now anyway.
When is he making his move….before or after the WC?
@Pokkel (Comment 5) : If he makes the squad, after. Otherwise August. Or so I hear.
Interesting..
Makes room for another youngster to come through..
A good player, but I can’t see him making it into the squad:
Spies/Kankowski
Burger/Brussouw
Smith/Alberts
And then there’s still Danie Rossouw who’s on a Bok contract and let’s not forget the “soon to be new Captain’s” favourite: Stegmann
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo….
To be fair I dont blame him. Watching Stegman and Spies get gametime week after week would also make me look at other options.
@CS (Comment 8) :
Flouw offers so, so much more Brussouw and is the logical successor to Schalk.
Off to watch Bath on Sunday actually…
Direct swap for Luke.
What a tool!!! This is turning your back on the bok
the log is wrong. crusaders can’t have 26 points.
@try time (Comment 14) : Yes they can.
@try time (Comment 14) : 4 points for their bye
@Puma (Comment 16) : this is nonsense. bye points should only be awarded on sunday.
and bye as there are points for a bye, the bye should be classified as a game to get a fair picture. so stormers should actually be 25 from 6 not 5.
log should be w d l b. this will then clear up this whole 4 point mess.
@try time (Comment 18) : I agree – or make a sub total for actual game points a bye points column and then a Total.
Actually they should sommer include the eight points in everyone’s total from the start – then you will have a realistic log…this is really stupid..
It’s give someone like the Stormers who just say “look at the log” a false sense of security….poor things..
I am so bloody confused most of the time I can’t figure out what the hell is potting…. Saders move right to the top of the log by not playing. F*ckin BRILLIANT logic that
@robdylan (Comment 21) : Precisley – and did they not say that it will give a more realistic view of the log? Bloody opposite if you ask me…
@Ice (Comment 20) : Still top of the conference even without our bye points.
@McLovin (Comment 23) : Ja – but with a hellof a less ‘comfortable” margin…
@Ice (Comment 24) : 1 point or 100 points. Top is top.
Though I agree, this bye business is sommer nonsense.
This whole four points for a bye is the stupidest idea ever, and I really cannot see what purpose it serves.
To make some sense of it, and to get a feel of the actual picture, the log needs to include a bye column once the points have been allocated, and then the total games ‘played’ can be seen as actual games played, plus any byes.
@Ice (Comment 22) : yip, why didnt they just add 8 points to everyone at the beginning of the tournament…
this is more confusing than they way it always was…
@Greg (Comment 26) : imagine the English premiership starting dishing out points for teams not playing over a weekend…
on the other hand, the lions are bound to double their points over a bye weekend, i guess you guys would love that?
@VanWilder (Comment 28) : Yeah, it’s ridiculous.
When I look at the premier league log, I see a team has so many points, and has played so many games, another team has less points, and less games, it gives an indication as to whether the lower team is still in with a chance of catching the other team. If you try do the same with the super log, without benefit of a ‘bye’ column, you could be seriously confused
The second part of your comment?
@Greg (Comment 29) :
yip, thats the same way i look at it, if you have a game in hand, then you can see if the team is still in with a shout… i hope they rectify this next year.
did anyone see how Darren Scott felt about SBW`s tackle on Kankowski??
he was pumped up, and rightly so, not just for that tackle, but against the citing system as a whole…
@robdylan (Comment 21) : same way the pretty boys from CT moved to the top.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 31) : we let them when we lost to the f@@@@g chiefs
@robdylan (Comment 32) : whos the f@@@@g chiefs? ive only ever heard of kaiser chiefs…
Bath is going to get a few penalties against them just like the stormers .
@robdylan: comment32- sharks let themselves(and us fans)down big time when they lost to the chiefs
Okay,so f louw is really going to bath? No april fool’s joke here,then?
This is the most recent thread, so don’t feel out of line asking for the most recent calendar? That fine young man was going to give us up to date desktops with dates/venues.
Yes, he is going.