The “poison” that has curtailed Bok Coenie Oosthuizen’s Cheetahs tour turns out to be “meat” for another tighthead, with Junior Springbok Nicolaas van Dyk set to earn his first start for the central region. [...]
Posts tagged with: Maks van Dyk
Super Rugby start for van Dyk
6 Mar 14 10:04 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 7 Comments
Tour casualties continue: Cheetahs pull Coenie
5 Mar 14 15:33 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 3 Comments
It isn’t quite as impressive a feat as the one managed by Rynhardt Elstadt, who managed to get himself sent home injured before the Stormers’ tour had gone past the first training session, but Cheetahs prop Coenie Oosthuizen is still up there in the annals of “very short Super Rugby tours indeed”. The big man has been sent home as the result of an ongoing neck problem, exacerbated against the Rebels on Friday. [...]
Cheetahs first out of the blocks
11 Feb 14 13:21 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 27 Comments
Here you go, fans, the very first confirmed matchday squad of the 2014 Super Rugby season, courtesy of Naka Drotske and the Cheetahs. [...]
Maks continues to shine for Cheetahs
30 Jan 14 11:14 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 16 Comments
The Cheetahs side to take on the Pumas in a Super rugby warm up match this weekend has been named, with Naka Drotske giving some strong clues as to how his likely first-choice combination will look. One man whose star continues to rise is former Sharks under 21 tighthead prop, Nicolaas “Maks” van Dyk, who now appears a near certainty for a Super Rugby debut against the Lions in a fortnight. [...]
Cheetahs side named for Kings warm-up
21 Jan 14 15:37 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 24 Comments
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has further shown his hand by selecting a near full strength side to face the Southern Kings in a Super Rugby warm-up match on Saturday. [...]
Cheetahs nod for Maks
20 Jan 14 10:21 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 6 Comments
Last year’s Sharks under 21 tighthead, Nicolaas “Maks” van Dyk, has been included in a reduced 36-man Cheetahs Super Rugby squad after impressing coach Naka Drotske last week. [...]
Cheetahs named for first trial
14 Jan 14 14:49 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 27 Comments
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has named two squads to play local opposition in a first trial hit-out on Friday morning. [...]
Alexander blow for under 21s
3 Oct 13 10:16 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 8 Comments
With regular 5-lock Stephan Lewies doing sterling duty for the senior side, the last thing that Sharks under 21 coach Etienne Fynn could really afford is to lose more “tall timber” ahead of Friday’s crunch clash at Loftus. An injury to regular number 8 Guy Alexander, though, has prompted a reshuffle that sees yet another change in the number 5 jersey this week. [...]
Changes for under 21s
27 Sep 13 09:42 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 17 Comments
Etienne Fynn has been forced into changes ahead of this afternoon’s under 21 game against the Leopards at Kings Park. [...]
Blow for juniors as Esterhuizen ruled out
5 Sep 13 12:05 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 2 Comments
Star Sharks under 21 centre Andre Esterhuizen will miss out on this week’s match against the Lions, after picking up an injury against Border. His place will go to another “big unit” in Zimbabwean Gareth Meikle. [...]
Griquas swoop for van Dyk
27 Aug 13 09:38 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 16 Comments
There’s a certain ironic sense of inevitability for me, in the news that Sharks under 21 tighthead Maks van Dyk is among the list of players said to be moving to Griquas for the 2014 season. This according to a report in Volksblad this morning. [...]
Spare a thought for Everitt
24 Apr 13 10:08 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 17 Comments
Maks van Dyk, the Baby Bok tighthead, must have cut a lonely figure at Sharks XV practice yesterday as he tried to figure out how the hell he was going to move the scrum machine back all on his own… [...]
Boland challenge for unbeaten Sharks XV
11 Apr 13 09:51 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 19 Comments
Sean Everitt has managed to keep changes to a minimum, as his Sharks XV side aims to win their fifth straight match of the season, against Boland this weekend. [...]
Everitt maintains continuity
14 Mar 13 14:45 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 17 Comments
Sharks XV coach Sean Everitt has named a mostly unchanged side for his team’s second-round Vodacom Cup clash in Cape Town this weekend. Whilst his charges performed superbly in delivering a proper beating to Border last week, the coach is keen not to let anyone get ahead of themselves, as far tougher opposition await in the form of reining champions Western Province. [...]
Marais leads Sharks XV
7 Mar 13 10:01 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 39 Comments
Lock forward Jandre Marais leads a Sharks XV team packed with exciting youngsters, as well as Super Rugby fringe players, as they take on Border in tomorrow’s Vodacom Cup opener at Kings Park. [...]