Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has named an unchanged team from the one that drew against the Bulls on Saturday, continuing with Johan Goosen at flyhalf ahead of Sias Ebersohn. [...]
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Naka sticks with Goosen
My Bok B-Team
13 Sep 11 15:37 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Other SA Teams, Sharks, WP | 89 Comments
Looking at the Currie Cup at the moment, a lot of people are calling it a watered down version, and rightly so, all the Springboks are away at the World Cup. But think about it, where were the Boks last year? They were all playing Tri Nations and only came back for the play-off games. So this is the future of the Currie Cup, the current players are the future Springboks in the making. [...]
Cheetahs continue rotation policy
The Cheetahs host the Blue Bulls in Bloemfontein on Saturday, and have named a reasonably brave team to take them on, with only two changes from the near second string team that played the Leopards last weekend. [...]
Cheetahs take it easy against Leopards
31 Aug 11 11:21 by Richard Ferguson | Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Original Content, Other SA Teams | 10 Comments
Free State Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has announced his team to face the Leopards this weekend, and has made the call to rest some of his more important players, while other miss out due to injury. [...]
Lambie the baby in a squad with vintage pedigree
Let’s just take a brief moment to reflect on exactly how much of an achievement it is for Pat Lambie to have made the Bok squad for this year’s World Cup. [...]
Johnson, Steenkamp return for Cheetahs
Loose forward Ashley Johnson will have the perfect opportunity to show the Springbok selectors the middle finger this weekend, as he is named to start at number 8 for the Cheetahs. Coach Naka Drotske has made few other changes to his side to face Griquas in a tough away encounter this weekend. [...]
Anxious wait for Deysel
Spare a thought for Jean Deysel this weekend, as the Sharks flanker faces a nervous wait to find out whether he has done enough over the last month to earn selection to the Springbok World Cup squad. [...]
Three Boks released
17 Aug 11 09:22 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Original Content, WP | 8 Comments
Two provinces will benefit from being released from Springbok duty, as Western Province welcome back the backline pair of Juan de Jongh and Gio Aplon, while the Bulls have Chiliboy Ralepelle at their disposal for the weekend. [...]
4th reinforcement joins the Boks
16 Aug 11 10:04 by KSA Shark © | Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Original Content, Springboks, Tri Nations | 14 Comments
The Boks have called up a 4th reinforcement as cover for the match against the All Blacks. [...]
Kankowski, Johnson released
10 Aug 11 15:21 by robdylan | Currie Cup, Original Content, Sharks, Springboks, Tri Nations | 10 Comments
Ryan Kankowski and Ashley Johnson have both been released from the Springbok squad for this weekend’s test against Australia in Durban, given that the players they were covering for, Danie Rossouw and Pierre Spies, have both been passed fit. [...]
Cheetahs pick Johnson
Cheetahs coach Naka Drostske has been forced to reshuffle his backline for this weekend’s game against the Lions, with both Andries Strauss and Hennie Daniller ruled out through injury. In an interesting move, Ashley Johnson has been included at number 8, indicating that he will not be in action for the Boks this weekend. [...]
Kanko and Johnson added to the Bok mix
Looseforwards Ashley Johnson and Ryan Kankowski were on Monday added to the Springbok squad to cover for a number of injury concerns among back row forwards.
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Cheetahs bulk up for Province
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske saw four Springboks return to his training ground on Monday, and has included all four of them in his 22-man team to face Western Province this weekend. [...]
The big release, and why?
2 Aug 11 12:16 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, RWC 2011, Sharks, Tri Nations, WP | 2 Comments
News broke yesterday that 23 players that have been included in the Tri Nations away leg and in the preliminary Springbok World Cup squad, have been released to their respective unions and can expect to get some game time in the Currie Cup this weekend. [...]
Sharks get 7 Boks back
1 Aug 11 15:06 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, Springboks, Tri Nations, WP | 68 Comments
Springbok management has decided to release a group of 15 players that were involved in the away leg of the Tri Nations for selection at Currie Cup level this weekend, along with a further 8 players that were selected as part of the Preliminary squad, who did not tour . [...]
