The Springboks are at last choosing more experienced forwards for their tough tour in the Northern Hemisphere, with a player like CJ who is well experienced and used to the conditions up North, he is also joined by Wian Du Preez and Hooker Adriaan Strauss
With Courtecy of News24
Tighthead prop CJ van der Linde will join the Springbok squad in France on Wednesday as a replacement for Jannie du Plessis, who has withdrawn from the European Tour with a hand injury.
Leinster-based Van der Linde made the last of his 56 Test appearances for South Africa against Australia in a Vodacom Tri-Nations fixture in August 2008.
His most recent appearance for Leinster was in the Irish champions’ 23-6 victory over Cardiff Blues on 31 October, before the break in the European season for the autumn internationals.
Van der Linde made his Test debut as a 22-year-old against Scotland in 2002 and was a member of the World Cup-winning squad of 2007.
“It’s fantastic that we’re able to call on a player with CJ’s experience to join the squad,” said Bok coach Peter de Villiers.
“With such a tight schedule it is also helpful to be able to bring in someone who has been part of the group before, knows the systems and will settle in quickly. CJ is also a specialist tighthead who will provide the type of cover we will need.
“It is unfortunate that we have lost three players so early in the tour but that is part of the game and we have to be able to manage such setbacks,” de Villiers said.
Hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle and prop Gurthrö Steenkamp were also forced home with injuries following the opening match against Leicester on Friday.
Van der Linde will travel to France on Wednesday where the rest of the squad, arriving from Johannesburg and London, will converge in Toulouse. The other two replacements Wian du Preez and Adriaan Strauss will join the squad in Johannesburg on Sunday.
53 – Carol you never looked fat in that photo at all. You looked good.
Great stadium and the singing send chills down the spine. Must have been a great vibe.
Okay now I am out of here. Night Carol.
menat sent not send.
Now out of here.
Must be fast asleep here. menat = meant… 😀
55@ Carol – Yes, my sletsappie is a dead giveaway….. hehehe
61 Puma, You must fint in a visit to the Welsh Rugby on your next UK tour Puma!!
Make it next Auturm for the EYOT and see the Boks beat Wales!! 😆
fint = fit!! Dohhhh
64 Actually pleasantly surprised you didn’t have a cigarette in the other hand, you probably stuck it in your mouth!!
I am of course thinking of your health!! 😉
64 – Night GBS….I am off, till tomorrow!
‘Hoe die blink kant bo’ xxx
Peter de Villiers knows absolutely nothing about the front row.
The first thing he did when he was appointed coach was go to the UK and make sure Smit and Victor were on board.
I said it then and will say it again, he should have made sure that he got BJ Botha, no matter what it took.
We have a complete front row that has been stuffed up embarrasingly this week and all 3 sent home injured, so now he is forced to make the right selections.
Unfortunately the complete lack of knowledge about scrum technique, and the abscence of a well qualified scrum doctor in the Bok set up will still continue to harm us on this tour and into next year.
Simply now throwing in the promising free staters does not instantly solve our weakness at scrum time.
The neglect we have shown to scrumming over the years and the inability of the coaches to admit the problem and go and get the right people to help out is the real problem.
Of course none of these very highly paid “expert” coaches are willing to admit that scrumming is an area of the game that they do not understand, so they pretend that it will fix itself when they get powerfull props, without understanding that scrumming is a science that is mostly about technique and discipline.
It is not the players who should be blamed for our bad scrumming.
The problem is Peter de Villiers and his coaching team.
The explanations they give to the media about our poor scrumming are indicative of the fact that they simply have no idea about the technical issues of scrumming.
Scrum coaches and old prop forwards in the UK must be laughing their heads off.
As for the French, Italians, Irish and Saracens, I know what they are planning!!
@70
Darem het Divvy nou sy naamgenoot Pietie de Villiers gekry om te kom help, maar ‘n goeie skrumwerker is nie altyd ‘n goeie leermeester nie!
Ek, en van die ander bloggers hier, voel almal dat iemand soos Os of Proudfoot moet kom help voor die volgende WC. Wat is jou opinie oor die twee skrum afrigters?
tighthead @ 70
hmmmmmmmm ok,
i’ll have a quiet word in pdivvy’s ear, we’ll get bj here and walla … tighthead will start singing pdivvy’s praises, hehehe (thats what its all about and has always been, isnt it tighty?):wink:
oh, and morning EVERYONE
yes bluebulls supporters, sharky_forever AND tighthead included!! 😆
Kingpaul.
I agree.
Os or Proudfoot are better than what we are doing now.
They are both experienced scrummagers.
You are right that a good prop does not necessarily make a good teacher, but the only people who REALLY understand the technical issues of scrumming in the front row are ex props.
An expereienced and good ex international tight head like de Villiers is worth his weight in gold when teaching the youngsters, however a good scrum doctor also understands how to build a solid 8 man unit that scrums with the right technique, body positions and timing.
tighty @ 74
agree
Morning…
71# KP
Waar sien jy Pieter De Villers is nader gterek om te kom help?
#74 Not sure Os is available. He retired by in 2007 and said he wants to be on farm more. But anything would help at this stage.
TIGHT HEAD…………. good morning mate , hope you are well
i wrote the article regarding accessing players and their respective possitions as you might have read
not my take on the scrums was yes the front row was not good but there were many contributing facters
i felt the hookers combining with the 2 props were not good
i felt the locks were not scrumming well and like bekkers body position in the scrum was not good
i also felt the 3 loose forwads were all guitly of not scrumming at all and were upright and not pushing at all
thus the front row were always in for a hiding
to me this shows poor coaching etc
but i am not an expert front rower like you, i was a full back and center lol
can you do us an article on last fridays nights scrums sprcifically and explain exactly what went wrong in the engin room
i ask this as all of us always point fingers , but not always at the right person or problem
if you can boet would be appreciated
I am worried about our second best players who will take over after 2011. I am not referring to the transformation players like Chilli, Maku etc which we all know shouldnt be there. Im referring to the players who many feel should be there!
Lets look at the tight 5. Jannie Dup, Bekker, Rossouw as been part of the Boks for a while and many has said before, we need Heinke with the Boks. But they couldnt do the job on Friday.
Is Bekker, Pienaar, WO etc really good enough to take over when injuries hit?
@80
More Supa
Dit was in gister se Rapport. Snorre het vir Pietie de Villiers gevra om te kom hep, en hy sluit vandag by die span aan. Egter nie seker of hy saam Europa toe gaan nie. Iemand het erens gesê dat Os al vir Snorre gekritiseer het oor sy keuse van voorrye in die Bok span, so nie seker of hy Os sal nadertrek nie. Maar wat moerse bemoedigend is is dat die Bokke nou al ‘n ordentlike skopafrigter ingekry het.
81# Praat jy van Vlokkie? Dink hy help net uit oor Percy op vakansie wil gaan.
Nee man, Flokkie is BAIE beter skopafrigter as Percey, hulle moet hom nou permanent aanstel as Bokke se skopafrigter. Ons hetdie beste ouens nodig om die Bokke te help lei na WC glorie, en dis nou al tyd om die grondslag te le!
Dit is ook hoekom ons nou al ons tweede beste spelers moet identifiseer, ingeval een van die sleutel spelers seerkry! My groot worry is nog steeds ‘n opvolg vir Bakkies…
Supa
Die op News24 gekry. Lyk nie of Pietie saamgaam Frankryk toe nie. Weet nie hoeveel hy in twee dea kon regkry nie…
“The scrumming performance against the Tigers brought another reaction from the Bok management – they have decided to call in Pieter de Villiers, the South African-born former French prop, to help them drill the scrum in the Johannesburg training sessions that remain ahead of Tuesday night’s departure for France. The Boks play the first Test of the tour against France in Toulouse on Friday.”
83# Vlokkie help net uit, Percy is terug volgende jaar. Vlokkie word nie permanent aangestel nie.
Stem saam. Daar is geen opvolger vir beide ons slotte nie. Niemand is in Bakkies en Matfield se klas nie, veral nie as n kombinasie nie en maak nie saak hoeveel keer Snorre dit se nie, Bekker sal NOOIT vir Bakkies kan opvolg nie.
#84 Dankie
Wel, ons speel Vrydag teen die Franse, enige raad van Franse rugby wat hy het, kan help. Hoop nou net Snorrie kies vir JDV, Frans, CJ en BJ van nou af.
Het jy gesien hoe boo hulle vir Carter Saterdag??!
Ai, Percey was ‘n goeie skopper, maar ek dink nie hy is slim genoeg om afterig nie. Maar kom ons kyk maar, miskien “moer” sy vrou hom weer, dan het Vlokkie die binnebaan om as skopafrigter aangestel te word vir 2011!
Met die dat Snorre vir CJ gekies het is die pad oop om vir JdV en Frans te kies, behalwe as hy onder instruksies is om strenger transformasie toe te pas…
#88 Wie weet. Maar as ons CJ, BJ, JDV en Frans kies wen ons weer die wereldbeker.
Lyk meer of Percy Pienaar se skopwerk opgeneuk het as verbeter het…
hehehe
Ek sien hy is uitgewys vir daai “high tackle”
Die Walliese afrigter het omternt gehuil na die tyd oor hoe sleg Joubert geblaas het ens. Hy is nou die derde speler in twee weke wat vir vuil/ongeoorloofde spel uitgewys is@!
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