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Posts tagged with: Heinke van der Merwe
Parisienne Walkouts
15 Mar 17 12:25 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 13 Comments
Burger starts against Aussies
15 Jul 15 08:14 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 99 Comments
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has followed through on his promise of making changes to the team that beat the World XV last week, making 5 changes to the team to face Australia this weekend. […]
Boks home vs Boks away
5 Sep 13 08:45 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 23 Comments
Yesterday we had a break from reality and delved into selecting a dream team of coaches for the Springboks, however unlikely those selection may be. Today, we look at something that may seem unrealistic at first, but could well be one of the most entertaining matches thought out. […]
de Jongh replaces Taute for Scots
14 Nov 12 12:20 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 46 Comments
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. […]
Steenkamp could start against Scotland
14 Nov 12 10:00 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 13 Comments
According to reports doing the rounds this morning, Gurthrö Steenkamp is favourite to wear the number 1 jersey against Scotland this weekend, following the withdrawal of Tendai Mtawarira from the squad this week. […]
Beast coming home after all
12 Nov 12 12:10 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 30 Comments
Contrary to reports this morning indicating Tendai ‘The Beast’ Mtawarira could face Scotland this weekend, it has been reported that the prop is on his way home. […]
Beast may face Scotland
12 Nov 12 08:00 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 6 Comments
Tendai Mtawarira is not coming home yet, and looks set to take his place in the starting line-up to face Scotland this Saturday. […]
Springbok selection – Your turn
8 Nov 12 12:30 by Chris Smith (ChrisS) | 101 Comments
Everybody has an opinion on the Bok Team selected to face Ireland but let’s enter the realm of fantasy for a minute and put on our own selectors hats. […]
Ex-Lions prop on stand-by
6 Nov 12 08:30 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 3 Comments
Following an interesting day of rumours as to whom exactly will be the 32nd player in Heyneke Meyer’s touring squad for the End of year Tour; it is believed that the name of Heinke van der Merwe has come to the fore. […]
Influx of overseas Springboks?
31 Jan 12 10:52 by Chris Smith (ChrisS) | 87 Comments
Heyneke Meyer has gone on record recently as stating that he’ll be travelling overseas to chat to potential Springbok players. The likely suspects are: […]
Lions gain a Bok – and lose another
7 Jun 10 23:47 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 13 Comments
Today we finally saw official confirmation of a story we broke a few weeks ago. Waylon Murray officially put pen to paper with the Lions a few days ago and started training with his new team today. […]
Muir makes EIGHT changes
3 Mar 10 16:46 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 13 Comments
Auto and General Lions coach Dick Muir has made no less than eight changes to his squad to face the Brumbies in their Vodacom Super 14 match in Canberra on Friday. […]
Moller joins the prop-swap
14 Jan 10 23:21 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 1 Comment
As the South African Super 14 franchises scramble to secure quality depth at tighthead prop – a position of real weakness in the game today – JD Moller has become just the latest player to switch over from the loosehead side. […]
Another Bok bashing
18 Nov 09 10:21 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 71 Comments
It was with much fear and trepidation that this brave reporter set out on the far-too-long train journey that would eventually take me to Wembley Stadium. My fears turned out to be well-founded, as the Bok midweek side suffered yet another defeat to club opposition last night. […]
Pienaar back at flyhalf
2 Nov 09 13:58 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 47 Comments
Ruan Pienaar has been named to start at flyhalf for the Bok dirt-trackers against Leicester on Friday night. This is despite being used only at scrumhalf in the Currie Cup. Sharksworld has been lead to believe that Pienaar no longer sees himself as a flyhalf option… […]