Posts tagged with: Anton van Zyl

Province ring the changes

9 Oct 14 13:03 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 33 Comments

WP coach Allister Coetzee has not resisted the temptation to rest his Currie Cup stars ahead of what is essentially a meaningless context against the Sharks on Saturday. With top spot on the log already sewn up, Coetzee has picked a B-team featuring no fewer than 8 players who have yet to start at this level. […]

Smit to lead again

24 May 12 14:29 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 35 Comments

John Smit will lead yet another team, this time the Barbarians against England in the match on Sunday. […]

5 Boks for Barbarians

15 May 12 11:30 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 2 Comments

A Barbarians side to take on the English, Irish and Welsh has been named, and sees 5 Springboks selected in a squad of 33 internationals . […]

Western Province plunged into lock crisis

11 Jul 11 08:48 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 17 Comments

The news that fiery number 4 Rynhardt Elstadt has ruled himself out of rugby for 3 months will add further to the insomnia sure to be plaguing Western Province forwards coach Matt Proudfoot as he looks to the upcoming Currie Cup season, which kicks off against Griquas on Friday. Elstadt’s knee injury will seriously weaken a Province tight five that needs to step up and show its mettle this season after being dismantled (in Stormers guise) by the Crusaders in the Super Rugby semi-final 10 days ago. […]

Worms’s French move in doubt

27 Jun 11 09:11 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 38 Comments

The latest news on the unfolding Stade Francais financial crisis is that they look set to offload some of their big names in an attempt to balance the books – this as a group of investors may have come together at the 11th hour to save the club. […]

Force-ful Stormers line-up

24 Mar 11 06:32 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 20 Comments

The Stormers have made one injury enforced change to their team that beat the Bulls at Loftus last weekend. The team to face the Force will again be captained by Jean de Villiers from the inside centre position. […]

Van Zyl blow for Stormers

27 Jan 11 08:46 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 11 Comments

Stormers lock Anton van Zyl will play no rugby for around six weeks following a shoulder dislocation suffered at training. This takes the former Lions stalwart out of contention for his side’s opening Super Rugby game – against his former team mates. […]

Oh Captain, my Captain…

23 Sep 10 09:00 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 41 Comments

With John Smit definitely ruled out of the End of Year Tour, we have a look at some of the players who might be asked to step up and fill very big boots. […]

Team of the week – Round 6

19 Aug 10 07:49 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 39 Comments

After a rather low key Currie Cup weekend, where the main event didn’t live up to expectations, and the Lions claimed their first win over top opposition, we see a very different Team of the Week come to the fore. […]

Province name their friendly team

30 Jun 10 15:40 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 16 Comments

Western Province coach Alister Cotezee has named his side to take on the Griffons in a compulsory friendly in Welkom on Friday night. […]

Worms is WP’s Currie Cup captain

29 Jun 10 16:23 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 20 Comments

Vodacom WP coach Allister Coetzee has announced a squad of 35 players for the 2010 Absa Currie Cup season.
Vodacom WP will start their campaign this weekend, when they take on the Griffons in a SARU compulsory friendly in Welkom on Friday night. […]