Details are sketchy, but it appears that Bok scrumhalf Ricky Januarie might miss the first test against Wales for disciplinary reasons.
Apparently all will be revealed at a press conference this afternoon, but a report on Keo suggests that Ricky has done something pretty bad and risks being withdrawn from the team for Saturday’s game, if not the entire squad.
This would presumably mean either Ruan Pienaar or (horror!) Bolla Conradie would wear the number 9 jersey against the Welsh.
More details as we get them.
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😕 That’s not cool at all.
Please play RP ahead of Bolla?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 1) : yeah. Or Rory K ahead of all of them
@robdylan (Comment 2) :
You took the words right out of my mouth Rob!
Even though i don’t think Bolla should start i just don’t understand how Ruan can play based on his crap form the WHOLE season.
Vermaak would have been a better bet.
Unfortunately Kockott is not in the reduced 30 man squad otherwise that would have been my suggestion as well. 🙁
Hi all!! Almost back on track after the bif office move! 😐
WPW – when’s the baba due again?? (sorry my memory is shot) 😳
Get Norman Jordaan back, or better yet…is Joost available?
@Bok-El (Comment 7) :
Let’s all guess who THIS is…
Hey I’ce
Baby is due any day now… due date is 22 June but we are expecting him to come earlier… 😉
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Januarie ‘issue’ rocks Boks
by Gavin Rich | 05 June 2008 (10:27)
Disciplinary reasons may rule scrumhalf Ricky Januarie out of the Springbok team for Saturday’s first test match against Wales in Bloemfontein.
The Bok management have confirmed that an issue surrounding Januarie will be discussed at the team announcement press conference at lunch-time on Thursday. However, they denied rumours that the Stormers scrumhalf had already been sent home.
They were also unable to confirm whether the “issue” would rule Januarie out of the match, with communications manager Chris Hewitt saying he would prefer to leave all comment up to coach Peter de Villiers.
If Januarie is sent home or is ruled out of the match, Bolla Conradie or Ruan Pienaar will be in line to replace him. Januarie has been in excellent form this season and if he was ruled out it would be a big blow to the Boks.
I’m surprised Januarie is in trouble.
His disciplinary record is actually quite clean.
What did he do? Eat too many cheeseburgers?
@wpw (YNWA) (Comment 9) :
Come earlier 😯 Like father like son?
@wpw (YNWA) (Comment 9) :
Hopefully later…IceCube turns one on 25th – they are GORGEOUS kids…but then again, with a mother like me, what did one expect??
@walter van transvaal.co.za (Comment 12) :
The guys on keo tune it is Tik. 😆
@walter van transvaal.co.za (Comment 12) :
maybe he tuned some reporter “Watdefokkykdjy” ?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 15) :
The guys on Keo is van lootjie getik…
@KSA Shark © (Comment 16) :
or FJELN
Can’t be good if he was sent home. 👿
😯 Oi…
Bolla put some “stuff” in his bag????
👿 Bok-El
My lasting memory of Januarie playing for the Lions was a match where he was over the try-line to score, then tried to goose-step or something and he lost control of the ball. Didn’t like the idiot much after that.
Just as long as they did’nt force him to share a room with someone that he didnt want to be with.
Ice we were about to send out the national guard to look for you.
@blackshark (Comment 20) :
Maybe Bolla put all his Empty McDonalds containers in Ricky’s bag. 😆
@Salmonoid (Comment 23) :
Now for THAT remark you get 12 out of 10!! 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 5) :
We know that KSA – we were just wishing … 😀
@Bok-El (Comment 13) :
That is a cru-el comment.
12 out of 10 is fine by me.
Team is announced thread is up
Bolla starting
PLease oh Please not Bolla…
Nooooooo….Bolla starting….
I am officially sceptical of Pdv AS COACH!???!
What is SA rugby coming to!??!
It’s Oh Horror. BOOOOOOLLLLLAAAAAAA. Poor start PdV. No Kanko or Steyn in match 22
Pokkel
Steyn doesn’t deserve to be there on the form he’s been in. Or rather lack of it…
@Salmonoid (Comment 27) : 😈
Must have been something a bit more serious than ‘being rowdy at dinner time’… damn RJ…
@bryce_in_oz (Comment 36) : maybe he humped PDV’s leg?
@bryce_in_oz (Comment 36) :
I told him not to burp and break wind in front of Peter……
Januarie suspended for disciplinary infraction
by Gavin Rich | 05 June 2008 (10:27)
The Springbok build-up to Saturday’s opening test against Wales at Vodacom Park was rocked on Thursday by the suspension of scrumhalf Ricky Januarie for a disciplinary infraction.
Coach Peter de Villiers, in announcing Januarie’s one match suspension, said he was not going to comment further on what Januarie did. He said the matter had been dealt in an in-house manner and that it would remain private.
However, when rumours of Januarie’s omission first emerged on Thursday morning, the talk was that it was drink related.
“Ricky broke our team protocol and ethical code so he has been disciplined internally and suspended for one match,” said De Villiers.
“He is not leaving Bloemfontein, he is remaining with the team, and will be part of our plans again on Sunday when we start preparing for the match in Pretoria.”
Bolla Conradie, the Stormers reserve scrumhalf, will replace Januarie in the starting team for the Bloemfontein test, with Ruan Pienaar getting a late call to sit on the bench.
Papsak at a formal dinner seems to be frowned upon 🙄 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 39) :
Well give De Villiers his due, he is sending a message out that he expects his players to be complete professionals.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 39) : Pienaar getting a late call to sit on the bench? So Bolla would have been the number 20…
Guys, I see what’s happening here. DeV is resting virtually all the Sharks guys cos he reckons they’re tired. Adi is the only exception, since he had virtually no S14 game time anyway.
Now why doesn’t he just come out and say that?
@Dive Pass (Comment 40) : and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. Every coach since Kitch has done that.
If it’s drink, then I have no sympathy for Januarie. It can be very disruptive to the team. Imagine if what we would say if this happened in the Aus camp. 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 39) :
@robdylan (Comment 41) :
I wouldnt complain if he rested them right back into the Currie Cup.
@robdylan (Comment 41) :
‘Coz JJ Harmse will have a heart attack 😉
@Dive Pass (Comment 38) :
Wouldn’t share the papsak with Snor?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 46) : Shhhh…. he reads this, you know! 😉
@robdylan (Comment 48) :
YIP I DO. 😳
@KSA Shark © (Comment 49) : well, I happen to think he’s a very fine journalist.