Munster announced today that Jean de Villiers will return to South Africa at the end of the current season.

The decision to return home was determined by his desire to make himself available for selection for the South African 2011 World Cup squad, a situation Munster were aware of when they initially contracted de Villiers. De Villiers, who is currently abroad with the Munster squad on a warm-weather camp said, “My decision to return to South Africa is solely determined by a desire to put myself in contention for the Sprinboks RWC 2011 squad.

“I feel this is perhaps my last opportunity to represents my country at the Rugby World Cup and after consultation with SARU it has become clear that to qualify for selection players must be playing their rugby in South Africa in the season leading up to the competition.

” I’m thoroughly enjoying my time here in Munster and I think it would be fair to say that had the RWC not been a factor, then I would be remaining for at least the next 2 seasons. I would not rule out returning here after RWC 2011 either, if the opportunity arose.

“For now though,” he continued,” my entire focus is on the Magners League and Heineken Cup campaigns. There’s a lot of rugby to be played yet in the red shirt and I’m looking forward immensely to continuing my involvment with a great squad.”

Munster Chief Executive Garrett Fitzgerald in announcing the news said, “Jean missed the 2003 World Cup through injury and played just 40 minutes in 2007. So his desire to represent his country in the most prestigious rugby competition is totally understandable.

” Jean made us aware of this scenario before he joined us last September. He has been a hugely positive addition to the squad this season. His influence has grown and continues to grow as he becomes more and more comfortable within the squad.

“While he will be a major loss, we fully respect his ambition and he will leave us at the end of the season with our very best wishes.

393 Responses to Jean De Villiers to return to SA

  • 331

    straeuli_the_man
    nei, ek sou hom met ñ pap snoek gedonner het!!

  • 332

    331

    Is dit nou een van daai oopbek nat soene…LOL

  • 333

    hmmmmmmmm, see they’re predicted scattered thunderstorms for tomorrow’s cricket!!
    yeeehaaaaaa??? 😯

  • 334

    straeuli @ 331
    😆 good one
    but
    noooooooooooooo, definately not!!

  • 335

    hellooooooooooooo sharky_forever!!
    sien jy’s ytie tronk yt?

  • 336

    VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!

  • 337

    loosehead
    yes, jou oranje-kapenaar!!!

  • 338

    GBS – 327 – lol my husbands a real man.

  • 339

    treehugger @ 338
    come-on
    you cant tell me that you’ve fallen for THAT one?
    thats bullsh*t man!! 😀

  • 340

    Ash if i could do the dark print i would have lol. But he does pee in the garden and all the dogs pee in the same spot afterwards.

    Reckons that why it looks like a jungle.

  • 341

    hugs @ 340
    hehehe, was just pulling your leg!!

  • 342

    ok guys
    i’m outta here
    enjoy the rest of the evening
    goodnight bottle throwers, cheaters, golden (hehehe)lions, snorters and stormers supporters!!

  • 343

    Hello almal, ek toets net gou hierdie nuwe foon, sukkel met hierdie klein skerm en klawers.

  • 344

    Hello Jade, see you up there. Never seen you here before but welcome mate.

  • 345

    343 – Piet, Your phone is working okay boet. When you getting your adsl? Get is up and running, lots of blogging to be done now that the S14 has started.

  • 346

    Hi all. All I can say is this. There are 2 types of supporters out there. Sharks supporters and people who wish they were Sharks supporters 🙂

  • 347

    Pietman jy is mos n man van bietjie vroeer jare as ek , ook nie veel want selfs ek ken al hierdie manne. Kyk hierdie artikel van 1965 se Springbokke.

    “The 1965 Springbok tour to New Zealand – the team and some preliminary thoughts”

    http://blogs.sport24.co.za/McLook/die-1965-springbokke-na-nieu-seeland-die-span-en-enkele-inleidende-gedagtes

  • 348

    Hellooooooooooooo

    How do you guys like the new links on the Left Hand Side?

  • 349

    346 – Winston, 😀

    You missed all the banter today.

    Hope our Sharks do a lot better this week against the Cheetahs. They have some real speed there with Mapoe, Nokwe and Demas. Their front row is very good and their loose trio, but think we can do it. With Ruan back at FH and hoping that Swannie starts we could. Also our discipline must be tops this week.

  • 350

    348 – GBS, Never noticed…..hehehe.

  • 351

    348 – GBS, only pulling your leg hey!! hahaha. It is great boeta.

  • 352

    350@ Puma – Just barely put them up an hour ago!

  • 353

    352 – I have been browsing here so saw them. Very, neat idea to do that. As I go into The Sharks site a lot to look there whats happening, now just have to be here and click on the left. A step ahead of the rest again hey!!! Good one GBS.

  • 354

    353@ Puma – Here at Rugby-Talk we are officially affiliated to the SA Franchises… and properly accredited, so it’s only right that we have links to their sites.

    In fact, tomorrow I will be picking up our official Bulls Accreditation at Loftus… and Sturday’s match thread will be handled straight from the Press Box at Loftus, much like we’ve done from Newlands and the New Cape Town Stadium already.

  • 355

    354 – GBS, Nice one. This site is going really well but it must be hard work though.

  • 356

    355@ Puma – I won’t lie, it’s time consuming…. but most of the “extras” happen after hours…

    But hey, we love rugby, right??

  • 357

    Centurion Wannenburg on live chat tomorrow
    16 February 2010 (17:35)

    Pedrie Wannenburg will become the first Bulls player to play 100 Super Rugby games for his franchise when he runs out on the field against the Brumbies on Saturday. He will be available on live chat on the Bulls web site on Wednesday February 17th at 13h00 to answer questions on this milestone.

  • 358

    356 – GBS, Yip and it is worth it boet.

    Super just looked at that site you gave Piet to look at. Some really nice reading there. I was too young to remember anything of that tour 1965 was only 10. Still good to read that.

  • 359

    Pietman was called Wiki-Pietman or something like that. He would know every player there , the dad, the garden engineer and the place they all live.:lol:

    I also love old history, wish i can get into the Blue Bulls archives. i once said to Jan Oberholzer of another Bulls site we must get a few ardent Bulls supporters and go to Loftus and put everything into a computer.

  • 360

    Folks, I’m going to call it an early evening, have to be up at sparrow-fart tomorrow….

    Gedra julleself…. al is dit sleg!

    Goooooooi Mieliessssssssss!

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