Impressive rookie prop Steven Kitshoff – the flame-haired 20-year-old who has manfully stepped into the Western Province number 1 jersey in the injury-enforced absence of Wicus Blaauw – has himself been ruled out for four weeks, making life somewhat difficult for his coach, Alister Coetzee. [...]
Posts tagged with: scrumhalf
Province lose their ginger ninja
McLeod ruled out
Injury news from the Sharks camp is that scrumhalf Charl McLeod has, as expected, been ruled out of Saturday’s game against the Pumas. [...]
Cheetahs named for Pumas clash
The Cheetahs, who ran the Lions close in Johannesburg last week, have made few changes to their team to face the Pumas in the only Currie Cup game scheduled for this Saturday. [...]
Bulls sign Lions stalwart
2 Aug 11 20:41 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Super Rugby | 29 Comments
The Bulls have landed what must be the signing of the year so far in Jano Vermaak, the influential Lions scrumhalf that has served the union so well over the last few years, being their stand out player season after season. [...]
SA Schools selection for Fisher, Tom
Despite the disappointment of suffering a heavy loss against the Blue Bulls at Craven Week, there was a measure of cheer for the KZN U18 team yesterday as two of their backline stars were rewarded with selection to the South African Schools side. The team, predictably, has a very Grey Kollege and Waterkloof look to it, with the strongest schools in the Free State and Blue Bulls region respectively well represented as always. [...]
Big step up for Rick
Former Sharks age-group scrumhalf Shannon Rick has been picked up by Griquas for the Currie Cup season and looks set to start against Western Province this weekend. Sarel Pretorius is struggling with a knee injury and is unlikely to be fit. [...]
SW Awards – Bloggers (Part 2)
29 Jun 11 08:51 by Culling Song | Meet the bloggers, Original Content, Reader Submissions | 56 Comments
More eagerly awaited than any of the Twilight sequels! More critically acclaimed that a Darren Aronofsky film!! More full of bull than a Verimark advert!!!! Here’s… [...]
Springboks – Post RWC 2011 – Scrumhalf
The expected exodus of players after RWC and the prospect of a new captain and coach bring with it more questions, of playing style and playing personnel in key positions.
One of the more contentious of those in my opinion, with the departure of the general Fourie du Preez to the green fields of Japan, is that of scrumhalf. Now you may think, “wait a minute, we have plenty of numbers 9s!”, and you’d be right, but which one is best?
What’s so good about Freddy anyway?
When the news broke yesterday about Fred Michalak’s ultra-secret return to the Sharks, the general consensus from around the blogosphere seemed to be that this was, indeed, a “good thing”. One or two dissenting voices were raised, of course, but for the most part, Sharks fans seem pretty chuffed that the little French maestro is back. [...]
Bulls in trouble as Hougie goes down
Few coaches would relish the prospect of having to make do without a player of the calibre of scrumhalf Fourie du Preez, but for Frans Ludeke, at least, the news of his star link-man’s tournament-ending injury would have been softened to an extent. In tenacious young Francois Hougaard, after all, the Bulls have a more-than-capable scrumhalf replacement, who is a Bok in his own right to boot. [...]
Sharks not overly concerned about McLeod
While the Sharks are in pretty good shape after their opening win over the Cheetahs, scrumhalf Charl McLeod – a key player – is a slight injury concern ahead of this weekend’s game against the Blues. [...]
Hougaard out for 4 weeks
The Blou Bulle can’t seem to catch a break with regard to the vital scrumhalf position; newly capped Springbok Francois Hougaard has been ruled out for 4 weeks due to a stress fracture in his foot.
Tian Meyer returns to the Sharks
Westville Old Boy Tian Meyer is currently training with the Sharks Super 15 squad, while the management team is understood to be working behind the scenes to thrash out a loan deal with his current employers, the Pumas. [...]
Kockott’s future confirmed
News24 let the cat out of the bag this morning, by confirming that Rory Kockott will return to the Lions. Sharksworld was told about this move a few weeks ago and finally had confirmation from within the squad on Tuesday evening. [...]
Feeling the excitement: Sharksworld chats to Conrad Hoffman
Promising 23-year-old Western Province scrumhalf Conrad Hoffman is one of only three senior players who will be joining the Sharks squad ahead of the 2011 season. “Hoffies” has been in Durban, training with his new team mates for the last 3 weeks and Sharksworld caught up with him for a quick chat last week. [...]
