Springboks Akona Ndungane, Deon Stegmann and Dean Greyling are back in the Vodacom Blue Bulls team to play Griquas in an Absa Currie Cup match in Kimberley on Saturday.
Stegmann has recovered from a cheekbone injury that saw him miss almost two months of rugby, Ndungane is fit again after injuring ribs and missing two matches and the cut to his hand that forced Greyling out of a start against the Pumas, has healed sufficiently for the prop to take his regular spot in the front row.
Vodacom Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar also moved Gerhard van den Heever from wing to fullback, to fill the position vacated by Zane Kirchner, who joined the Springboks at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Rossouw de Klerk injured his ankle and will miss this encounter ensuring Frik Kirsten to retain his place on the bench.
Pienaar admitted that this could be their hardest match of the year.
“The reality is that Griquas could still get past us on the log, so they have everything to play for as well. We will probably need 10 points from our last two games to stay in the play-off race, so it will be two pretty desperate teams taking on each other,” Pienaar said.
“It has always been a massive challenge to go and beat Griquas on their home patch and we will need all the experience we can get to do that. It is therefore very pleasing to welcome back the three Springboks to our team,” Pienaar said.
The team to play Griquas in Kimberley on Saturday, October 8th at 15h00 is: 15 Gerhard van den Heever, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Wynand Olivier, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Louis Fouché, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Jacques Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha (C), 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Willie Wepener, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Warwick Tecklenburg, 21 Dustin Jinka, 22 Francois Brummer.
Leading Blue Bulls point scorers in 2011:
Louis Fouché 90 (2 tries, 13 conversions, 16 penalties, 2 dropped goals)
Francois Brummer 58 (8 conversions, 14 penalties)
Bjorn Basson 25 (5 tries)
Hmmmm hoop net vdHeever gaan sy verdediging opskerp!!! verder nie slegte span nie, sou egter met Tecklenburg begin het en Stegmann op die bank…..net vir sy eerste game terug…..Tecklenburg is friggin goed
1 @ Tripples:
Ek dink ook nogal dat Tecklenburg freegin skerp is!
Shadow maak nogal ‘n blerrie goeie heelagter!
Ons het nou hier op R-T in net meer as die laaste maand ongeveer 1/6 soveel web site verkeer gehad as in die hele 2 jaar wat die maand voorafgegaan het!
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Shadow is nie bad nie, hoor my lied, daar was ‘n stadium wat hy my voorkeur vleuel was maar erens het hy bietjie sy mojo verloor, en kon eweskielik nie meer tackle nie en kon nie druk nie.
ek moet se verkies hom op heelagter as vleuel
4 @ Tripples:
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… en die blerrie kliente dra vir my allerhande lekkernye aan! In die laaste week het ek al ‘n vreeslik lekker baksel Karringmelkbeskuit, ‘n hele bak souskluitjies en ‘n moerske pak biltong ontvang…
Hulle dink seker ek gaan effe ligter met hulle rekenings wees terwyl ek vreet!
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6 @ Tripples:
Wat hulle nie weet nie, ek gaan die rekenings laai met die prys van nuwe jeans…. hehehe
Ek het jou mail gekry, gan gou daai pic hier opsit…
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ok bye julle, gaan nou die hiway trotseer 🙁
Check hier… dit kom van Trippel-jips af!
9 @ Tripples:
Cheers!
Het geantwoord op jou ander mail ook!
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@ grootblousmile:
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