WP will face the Leopards, Boland and possibly the Lions without ironman Schalk Burger.
The departure of Chris Jack and the injuries to Fondse and Van Zyl, has come at an unfortunate time in view of other teams being bolstered by their returning Boks. The tight five that have shocked a few arch enemies and their supporters who vocally love to hate anything south of the Hex River valley, may find it more difficult to impose themselves to the same extent that they muted the noise levels of Loftus and ABSA stadium earlier this season.
The medical news on Burger is that his ribs are still severely swollen and tender after his injury in the 67th minute of SA’s Tri Nations win against NZ last Saturday.
To make matters worse for the resurgent WP outfit, the injuries to Willem de Waal, Fondse and Newman have been confirmed as long term, which means they will not play any further part this season. Andries Bekker is still on the mend and will also miss Friday’s excursion to Potchefstroom.
The substantial vacuum left by Jean de Villiers will also be felt, but fortunately Juan de Jong has shown huge potential in midfield, and his pairing with Frikkie Welsh looked sharp and attacked with pace against the Cheetahs last weekend.
Ricky January will be rested this weekend. Allister Coetzee did not elaborate on what the cause of his fatigue was. It is doubtful whether his current form can justify displacement of the incumbent Dewaldt Duvenhage.
De Kock Steenkamp will fill the void left by Chris Jack in the engine room, and Tiaan Liebenberg will join Hilton Lobberts on the bench.
“We wanted to keep that continuity going,” Coetzee said at the media conference on Tuesday.
“Making a lot of changes at this stage can be disruptive. We are definitely looking to consolidate”
This where the rubber hits the road, and where the walk should be walked, and the talk be left to those who mask their fear by making snide comments about the shadows as they walk down a dark alley.
@Supa Die Bloubul – 91
aaaw now you made me blush! :blush: hehehehe
119@bdb –
nee
o’s is altyd bly assit januarie inni kaap is!
117 @K9-MonsterLeeu – heini is ‘n groot teleurstelling hierdie jaar. Was baie goed in die verlede maar hierdie jaar nie goed nie. Sal FH daar gespeel het.
@Pietman – Nee ek dink nie so nie Pietman. Ons WP manne het darem nog ons oorspronklike naam en het nie weggeraak in ‘n kleur or dier euforie nie…!
@Ashley – Ons sing dit, maar pas dit darem nie toe soos julle nie.
n Man is bang om te buk in Kaapstad.
Die WP het ook hul eie ruan pienaar, in die vorm van Ricky kan scrummie speel, kan enige plek in die voorry speel.. hel wate goeie aanwins…
122@Ashley – ja, dan is dit lekker somer en julle waai nie weg nie !
@bdb – Ek stem maar Heini is daar om te bly.
@Ashley – That joke of yours on the other thread about the curtains 😆 cant get that aweful picture out of my head
@Polla – Net jammer julle speel nie meer so oorspronklik rugby nie 😆
@Scrumsaam – hy sal lekker backup vir Jano wees.
124 @Polla – Noord Transvaal !
125@The-Pill –
lol
Ek kom gisteraand by die huis en se vir die vrou:
“Wat sal jy doen as ek die lotto wen?”
Vrou: “Ek vat die helfde en loop!”
Ek: “Cool! Hier’s ses rand, f@kk@f!”
@K9-MonsterLeeu – nou dat jy dit mention, die lions het nie n backup nie, as jano eina kry is die lions in groot lion bollie…maar Earl the pearl sal seker daar dan ingespan word….
@Ashley –
Veral die 2de Januarie!
@Polla –
In my experience, the AB supporters that Ive met at Loftus or Ellis Park spoke with Kiwi accents, but like I said in my previous post, their are probably others, you just see it more in Newlands. The reason why I say most are WP supporters are because you see the same thing with local Stormers games against NZ opposition. But maybe Im ‘generalising’ (is that the right word?)
128 @K9-MonsterLeeu – wel, ek dink in elk geval gaan FH sommer BAIE beter doen as Jaco P op senter. Waar kom hierdie Jaco P vandaan, het hul hom nie leer rugby speel daar nie ?
@K9-MonsterLeeu –
Hy het seker drie nommers gehad….soos ekke altyd?
129@Treehugger –
hehehe
121@SA Barbarians –
Ek is te gaaf vandag. Ek deel te veel komplimente uit vir WP manne! 😎
@bdb – ons is laaaankal bly dat julle Jaco P van ons hande afgevat het.
136@Pietman –
exactly!
For his birthday Little Johnny asked for a 10-speed bicycle.
His father said, “Son, we’d give you one, but the bond on this
House is R680 000.00 and your mother just lost her job. There’s no way
We can afford it.”
The next day the father saw Little Johnny heading out the front door
With a suitcase. So he asked, “Son, where are you going?”
Little Johnny told him, “I was walking past your room last night and I
Heard you tell mum you were pulling out. Then I heard her tell you
To wait because she was coming too. And I’ll be damned if I’m staying here by myself with a R680 000.00 bond and no…F**king Bike!”
Fark ek spandeer heeltemal te veel tyd op die blog, my werk sien sy gat vandag. Maar wat kan n ou doen? Dit so lekker blog!
134 @K9-MonsterLeeu – jy is duidelik nie getroud nie, dit is nie so maklik nie ! 🙂
@Pietman – hehehe ja hyt R12 gewen. Wonder of sy vrou toe maar gewaai het.
@The-Pill – Almal en alle spanne het maar sy ups en downs…WP sal weer regkom. Hulle moet net die jongelinge reg aanwend dan is ons weer oor 2 jaar meer as kompeterend. Sal vanjaar dit nog maak tot die Semi’s, met geluk kan ons dalk die finals maak, maar ek twyfel of ons nou al so ver gaan kom.
@Supa Die Bloubul – 141
Ja asseblief, skaal dit bietjie af. Dit laat my erg ongemaklik voel as “manne” my begin komplimenteer 🙄
😀
Supa en SAB….kry ‘n kamer asb. 🙄
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