Ricky Januarie (The Mechanic) is one of the Springbok players who has been cleared to play in this weekend´s round of ABSA Currie Cup matches, but Western Province do not intend using him.
WP coach Allister Coetzee agrees that Januarie, the Bok reserve scrumhalf, needs game-time in case something happens to Fourie du Preez and he is required to play more than the current bit part he is playing in the Vodacom Tri-Nations campaign. Up to now Januarie has only seen game time in the last minutes of the matches the Boks have played.
However, Coetzee says he was not informed in enough time of Januarie´s availability, which is why he is pressing ahead with plans to field Dewaldt Duvenage at No9 in Saturday´s match against the Boland Cavaliers in Wellington.
“We heard on Monday that the Bulls were able to use Chiliboy Ralepelle and Gurthro Steenkamp in their match against Griquas, so I don´t understand why we weren´t informed then that Ricky is available. We were only told on Tuesday, which is too late to bring him in as all our plans have been made.”
Coetzee said he would also have liked to use lock Andries Bekker, who has not played a full game for a couple of months after being injured for the second half of the Vodacom Super 14 season. Bekker, like Januarie, has been used off the bench by the Boks over the past few weeks, but there may come a time when he will be forced by an emergency into playing a more important role.
WP, smarting from their narrow defeat to Griquas in Kimberley last Friday afternoon, look set to stick with pretty much the same team that they fielded in that game, with Adriaan Fondse probably in line for a recall to the starting side now that he is over his injury and got some game time in the last minutes against Griquas.
Duvenage has been the first choice for the Stormers and WP since the halfway point of the Super 14 season. The only exception was the first game of the Currie Cup season against the Sharks at Newlands, when Coetzee decided to start with Januarie in an attempt to get him back into match fitness. Januarie had a solid if not spectacular match against the Sharks which partially watered down the memory of his disastrous 20 minutes on the field in the first test against the British and Irish Lions, a performance which gave rise to Springbok coach Peter de Villiers’ infamous black and white mechanic analogy
By KingPaul
Mechanic Jan!!!!
Mense ek is nou eers skaars want dis die staat se finansiele maandeinde en ek werk my dood hehehehe praat later weer met julle
Hier in die Kaap reen dit weer soos dit net in die Kaap kan reen.
Ek is sommer lus en ruil by brekvis koffie vir OBS…
Allistar, what plans had been made on Tuesday, making it too late for Ricky to join?
Sounds like a complicted plan….
more KP, maybe is dit dalk nodig vir so vinnige OBS…..
hel maar dit het laasnag katte en honne gereen ne.
wag nou weer vir die vloedskade reports
Allister en “plan” kannie innie selle sin gepost word nie!
Askies… goeie dag almal.
Smaak my hier’s niemand. Cheers.
More PS en Staal
Nee jong, ek loer gereeld so tussen die werk deur wat hier aangaan. Maar die ouens is nog aan te ontwaak, sal later weer bedonerd gaan hier.
Pietman
AC is maar net te bly dat hy nie die mees overated scrummie in SA hoef te kies nie.
PS
Ek was die naweek in die Overberg, daai manne se graan lyk mooi, maar hulle kort nou reen. Anders gaan ons almal moet begin ciders drink…..
Gaan moeilike game wees – veral met Boland Stadion wat gaan nat wees – glo my – as jy nie op daardie veld oefen nie, kan jy top fiks wees – jy gaan saffer om by te hou. Jou tokse sit vas, en elke tree is ‘n moerse effort.
Bwahaha! AC praat nou snert.
Plaas erken hy net Ricky is te swak, hy verkies Dewaldt bo Ricky. Ons almal sal verstaan.
Nou kom se hy Dinsdag was te laat gewees!
Leef die bruvvas nog??
Hallooooooooooooooo !!
Wanner ek tyd het om te gesels is hier niemand nie, maar sodra ek besig raak kom chat almal.
Naweek prediction
Leopards 0 / Cheetahs 5
Griquas 1 / Blue Bulls 4
Lions 1 / Sharks 4
Boland 1 / WP 4
Dit gee 4 weg wenne
#15 – Punte verwys na log punte.
Nou – ja, dankie vir die geselsie.
Groete
@15
Cheetahs 5
Bulls 4
Sharks 5
WP 5
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