The DHL Stormers look set to play without a few of their players in the warm-up game in Polokwane (Pietersburg) this weekend, due to injury.
Brok Harris, Manuel Carizza, Jaco Taute and De Kock Steenkamp are not available to play on the weekend.
De Kock Steenkamp is still nursing an injured groin and could miss the start of Super Rugby, even though the Stormers start a week later than their South African Conference counterparts.
The other 3 are apparently suffering muscle tightness after a hectic pre-season workload.
Make it 5 Stormers injured, because Cheslin Kolbe is out for 8 weeks too.
De Kock Steenkamp and Manuel Carizza was always going to be the Stormers frontline No 5 locks, so the lock injuries are a relative blow for them. Brok Harris was not 1st choice loosehead, with Steven Kitshoff earning that role, so old Brok’s broken back is not much of a worry.
At fullback the Stormers are on the thin side without Taute and with Kolbe injured, so it will be interesting so see how they run out on the weekend.
Ag saad. Taute moet eerder af tree. As beserings eers so begin. Selfde met Goosen van die Cheetahs.
Beste agterlyn nou vir WP is as volg. 9. Shcreuder, 10. Catrakilis, 11. Pat Howard, 12.JDV, 13.JDJ, 14. Aplon/De Allende, 15.Aplon/Van Breda.
Maar dis glad nie goed nie. hierdie gaan weer ‘n lang jaar wees.
2 @ Timothy Bornman:
Taute se besering is darem nie ‘n groot besering nie.
grootblousmile wrote:
You may find that Brok Harris is a tighthead, not their first choice tighthead either.
@ Timothy Bornman:Is Goosen dan beseer??
Of loop jy dinge so effe vooruit?
4 @ Loosehead:
Wikipedia has Brok listed as loosehead prop, and I know he’s played tighthead a lot too (Started out as a tighthead at the Leopards in 2005), and it’s been my impression that he’s better suited at loosehead, well that’s been my impression all along.
Put it this way, loosehead or tighthead, he’s not good on either side of the scrum… hehehe
I think with Wicus Blaauw (the toy story hero) at WP / Stormers for years and with Blaauw playing loosehead, Brok has had to play at tighthead a lot.
In the current Stormers setup at tighthead you have Frans Malherbe and Pat Cilliers, so where do you think Brok will slot in? I think at loosehead, behind Steven Kitshoff and just ahead of young Kebble.
@ Cheetah4eva:
Ek dink hy bedoel beide Taute en Goosen trek ernstige beserings soos magnete.
As always, interesting reading material to digest.
I am not worried about the Stormers injury situation yet but will watch with interest.
Of course Eben Etzebeth is also out injured for a few months, so the Stormers would probably use Ruan Botha & Rynhardt Elstadt as locks on Saturday, with Michael Rhodes probably getting some time at lock too.
@ Cheetah4eva: Ja ek loop dinge so effe vooruit. Maar as geskiedenis homself herhaal gaan Goosen nie ‘n baie lang seisoen hê nie. Die eintlikke punt wat ek wel probeer maak is dat die jong spelers so vroeg in hulle loopbane so klomp beserings agter eenvolgend op tel.
Die sal baie goed wees vir Rugby as Taute en Goosen die jaar beserings vry kan bly.
Taute really hasn’t lived up to the hype.
@ Timothy Bornman: Stem saam, en ja dit is hartseer. Ongelukig het Meyer in ‘n mate bygedra tot die situasie. Goosen het skaars twee vol helftes in die CC gespeel to Meyer hom by die bokke betrek het in die RC…. dit was nie mooi deur gedink nie.
Taute really need to show his worth this season, he has done nothing to convince me about the hype around him
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