Springbok and Toyota Cheetahs flank Heinrich Brüssow has joined the growing exodus of players out of South Africa after signing a contract to further his career in Japan.
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The flanker, who has been ignored by the Springbok selectors over the past two years, and is currently not in Bok coach Heyneke Meyer’s plans, signed a two-year contract in Japan and is due to leave after the current Vodacom Super Rugby season.
Brüssow, one of the most popular players in Super Rugby, will join the likes of Andries Bekker, Fourie du Preez, Jacques Fourie and others in the Land of the Rising Sun.
While he declined to comment on the deal when contacted by supersport.com on Wednesday, Brüssow did say he didn’t want it to seem like he had “sour grapes” and that his decision was because of this.
However, the move isn’t that surprising given the amount of players who are moving abroad at the moment and the desire from foreign clubs to fill their ranks with South African stars.
The move was announced in Die Volksblad, but the silver lining for those in Bloemfontein is that he will be back to play Super Rugby next season.
His Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske confirmed the move suited them, as they would otherwise have lost Brüssow forever.
“I received a request to release Heinrich for the Currie Cup because he has an offer in Japan and spoke to our board of directors. We agreed that the move may not be a bad thing as he will still play for us in Super Rugby while if he moved on 1 November to Europe then we would have lost him forever,” Drotske told supersport.com.
“We are happy that we can keep him and we have already signed players like Adriaan Strauss, Coenie Oosthuizen, Lappies Labuschagne, Raymond Rhule and Hennie Daniller among others for next year’s campaign.”
The Bok flanker’s decision was probably made easier when he wasn’t included in either the Springbok training camps or the current squad for the Castle Lager Incoming Series.
heyneke,gaan nog dit berou
Brussow is ‘n goeie speler, maar geen maar geen speler is onmisbaar nie, ook nie hy nie. Dit maak net weer plek vir die volgende een.
Louw is ons beste 6 flank tans en Stegmann het Brussow nog elke keer ore aangesit as hul teen mekaar speel.
Sterkte aan Brussow, geniet al die rys …. en geld !
2 @ ben-die-bul:
Ek stem tot ‘n mate saam, geen speler of persoon (behalwe ek natuurlik) is onvervangbaar nie, maar sommige ouens is blerrie moeilik vervangbaar.
Heinrich Brussow moes in die eerste plek in die Springbok groep gewees het voor Marcell Coetzee, enige dag van die week!
Maar daar is ouens wat moontlik die antwoord kan bied op die lang duur.
Indien ‘n SA Super Rugby Franchise nou slim is, koop hulle vir Wimpie van der Walt weg daar by die Southern Kings, daai lat het groot potensiaal as ware opensider.
3: natuurlik is jy onvervangbaar, waar gaan ons anders lekker ruggas gesels !
Stem ook saam dat Brussow ten minste voor Coetzee in die groep moes gewees het. Selfs Stegmann speel tans beter as Coetzee, maar nou is Coetzee ‘n gekontrakteerde bok en moet in die groep wees.
Nie maklik vir HM nie, want as hy nie op vorm speler kontrakteer nie, dan hardloop hul oorsee, kontrakteer hy hulle, dan is hul volgende jaar nie op vorm nie, dan knerts en kerm almal weer. Coetzee was baie goed laasjaar, maar nie hierdie jaar nie. So was Brussow ‘n jaar of twee nie te goed nie, maar hierdie jaar weer beter.
Ek hou weer van die Engelbrecht van die Kings, Bulle kan hom nader sleep in JP se plek totdat JDP mooi groot geword het vir superrugby.
4 @ ben-die-bul:
Janee, die Bulls kan maar enige dag vir Vleis Engelbrecht kontrakteer, harde, eerlike speler wat uitstaande werkverrigting het.
Maar hy sal moet meeding vir Blindekant en / of Agsteman, nie oopkant flank nie.
If Brussouw effects a turnover, and HM doesn’t see it, did it really happen?
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