Bulls and Springbok flyhalf Morne Steyn will leave the Bulls at the end of the Super Rugby season. [...]
Posts tagged with: Springbok Coach
Steyn to leave Bulls
Meyer’s Springboks 2012
On 27 January 2012 Heyneke Meyer succeeded Peter de Villiers as coach of the Springboks, a job many believed he should have been awarded 4 years ago. [...]
de Jongh replaces Taute for Scots
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has made two changes to the starting line-up for the match against Scotland with Gurthrö Steenkamp starting in the front row and Juan de Jongh getting his chance in midfield. The two replace CJ van der Linde and Jaco Taute respectively, who are both on the bench, with Pat Cilliers missing out on the match 23 altogether. [...]
Hougaard back on wing for Irish clash
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has followed through on his promise of allowing Pat Lambie some game time in the flyhalf jersey, by selecting him to start the match against Ireland this Saturday. [...]
Bakkies on stand-by as well
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has confirmed that Bakkies Botha is also on stand-by for the End-of-year Tour to Europe, along with Marco Wentzel, as reported earlier in the week. [...]
Meyer looks to another European based player
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has made some interesting comments during a press conference held during the first day of the team’s training ahead of the End of year Tour. [...]
More injury woes for Meyer
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer, already dealing with a list of injured players that will not be touring to Europe at the end of this week, has some fresh concerns in the form of two injuries picked up over the weekend. [...]
Kicking v running
2 Oct 12 08:19 by pierre_mackie | Original Content, Reader Submissions, Springboks, The Rugby Championship | 6 Comments
In Saturday’s victory over the Aussies we saw a very different Bok team to the ones that have played since Heyneke Meyer took over as the new Springbok coach. [...]
Committed to failure
You know what the worst part is about Heyneke Meyer’s newest team selection? Not that he dropped Marcell Coetzee, arguably the best player across the 6 tests Meyer has coached so far. He has been selecting Coetzee out of position anyway and this team needed a genuine open side flanker and some balance from the start, so bringing in Francois Louw makes some sense. I am not absolutely pissed off with this selection because Meyer selected Louw or dropped Coetzee to the bench, even though I think there are few who can say the Boks had a better loose forward out of the 8 Heyneke Meyer has used so far (only two of which are unavailable). [...]
Consistency for Heyneke
12 Sep 12 07:47 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, Springboks, The Rugby Championship | 63 Comments
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has gone for consistency in his selection for this weekend’s clash against the All Blacks in New Zealand, making only two changes from the team that went down to the Aussies last week. [...]
Malherbe gets call from Heyneke
11 Sep 12 10:23 by Richard Ferguson | Original Content, Springboks, The Rugby Championship, WP | 12 Comments
Frans Malherbe has been summoned by Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer to cover the sudden shortage of tighthead props in the tour group. [...]
Step out of your comfort zone Heyneke
I’m of the opinion, and it might be a harsh opinion, and one that not everyone would agree with, but if the national selectors aren’t willing to step out of their comfort zone and leave the reliability of Morne Steyn at home so that they can find a Flyhalf that can do more than just kick at goal, no amount of chopping and changing will help the Springboks [...]
Spies out of Rugby Championship
15 Aug 12 08:00 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Original Content, Springboks, The Rugby Championship | 38 Comments
News filtered through last night that Bulls and Springbok eighthman Pierre Spies has injured his finger and will take no part in the Rugby Championship after being ruled out for anything from 8 to 12 weeks. [...]
Staring into the Blue abyss
When the story about schoolboy rugby sensation Johann Sadie’s request to be released from his R1.4m per annum Bulls contract made waves yesterday, I couldn’t but wonder, if Heyneke was still the Bulls Director of Rugby, would two of the players he personally headhunted – Daniel Adongo & Sadie – with a different style of play in mind, be on the out or on the way at the Loftus? [...]
Boks wrap up series with Joburg win
Heyneke Mayer has won his maiden test series as Springbok coach as his side took an unassailable 2-0 lead against England in Johannesburg today. After a dominant first half, the Boks held on well against a good English fightback to win 36-27.
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