Willie le Roux
It was announced yesterday that Willie le Roux has signed for the Cell C Sharks for the 2016 season of Super Rugby, after agreeing to a deal that the Cheetahs were reportedly unable to match. Le Roux will play a short stint in Japan after the World Cup but will join the Sharks after.
In other news, Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer is reportedly courting the services of Japan-based Andries Bekker and is said to be finalizing the details with his Japan club Kobelco Steelers and will be able to confirm his availability in the coming weeks.
This is excellent news for the Springboks, as there is a severe lack of depth in the No 5 department and Bekker has shown himself to be 1 of the world leading players in his position over the past years.
Vodacom Bulls based lock Flip van der Merwe is also considering a return to international rugby which will hopefully also be confirmed in the coming weeks. Van der Merwe acquitted himself well at No 5 for the Springboks in the 2013 Rugby Championship and this may be on Meyer’s mind as Pieter-Steph du Toit may not be fit in time for the announcement of the Bok squad later this year.
Meyer is clearly concerned about the spate of long term injuries to key players in the past 6 months, with doubts on the availablity of several players that are key to Meyer’s World Cup plans. There is lots of Rugby still to play this year before the World Cup in October and the coach seems to be hedging his bets on some of the “old guard” coming out of the Bok wilderness.
Morné Steyn’s impressive season for his french club Stade Francais puts him squarely in the Bok frame again, especially given the fact that his recent experience in Northern hemisphere conditions.
Two of Barney’s favorites from the 5FM days
@ Victoriabok:
yeah, it is actually a bit embarrassing, but like I said, we all have to eat.
@ Victoriabok:
If it’s too loud, you’re too old and don’t take s**t from anybody!
MacroPolo wrote:
He always opened with “he came through the door without opening it”
@ Victoriabok:
@ Victoriabok:
as daai song in the doors begin het,het die plek mal geraak,whoooooooooooooooooooooooo nelly
smallies wrote:
Ek het dit vir die intern hier geleer, die Franse laaitie het dit kwaai gesmaak 😛
@ Victoriabok:
whatch out every body he is comming through the doooooor….crash boom bang….brother and he didnt even open it.
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@ Victoriabok:
een van die greatste greatste songs ooit
Barney het altyd een song van Rammstein ook baie gespeel, ek kan nie onthou watter een nie
du hast
smallies wrote:
Het jy daai video gesien, die ou was gerook, gedrink, gespuit en gesnuif 😛
smallies wrote:
Nee dis nie hy nie
WP NEL and JOSH STRAUSS included in Scotland’s World Cup training squad . No time to do an article now.
The squad (start training 15 June) :
FORWARDS (25)
Prop (7)
Michael Cusack (Glasgow Warriors) – Uncapped
Allan Dell (Edinburgh Rugby) – uncapped
Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby) – 44 caps; 4 RWC appearances (2007 and 2011)
Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors) – 22 caps
Willem Nel (Edinburgh Rugby) – Uncapped
Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors) – 8 caps
Jon Welsh (Newcastle Falcons) – 4 caps
Hooker (3)
Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors) – 8 caps
Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby) – 85 caps; 8 RWC appearances (2007 and 2011)
Stuart McInally (Edinburgh Rugby) – Uncapped
Second-row (6)
Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby) – 8 caps
Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors) – 13 caps
Richie Gray (Castres) – 44 caps
Jim Hamilton (Saracens) – 61 caps; 6 RWC appearances (2007 and 2011)
Robert Harley (Glasgow Warriors) – 15 caps
Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors) – 12 caps
Back-row (9)
Adam Ashe (Glasgow Warriors) – 5 caps
John Barclay (Scarlets) – 43 caps; 4 RWC appearances (2007 and 2011)
Hugh Blake (Glasgow Warriors) – Uncapped
Blair Cowan (London Irish) – 11 caps
David Denton (Edinburgh Rugby) – 25 caps
Josh Strauss (Glasgow Warriors) – Uncapped
Alasdair Strokosch (Perpignan) – 44 caps; 3 RWC appearances (2011)
Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors) – 9 caps
Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby) – 1 cap
BACKS (21)
Scrum-half (4):
Chris Cusiter (Sale Sharks) – 70 caps; 6 RWC appearances (2007 and 2011)
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Edinburgh Rugby) – 5 caps
Greig Laidlaw (Gloucester) – 39 caps
Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors) – 13 caps
Stand-off (3)
Ruaridh Jackson (Wasps) – 25 caps; 3 RWC appearances (2011)
Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors) – 9 caps
Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors) – 18 caps
Centre (6)
Mark Bennett (Glasgow Warriors) – 7 caps
Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors) – 14 caps
Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors) – 7 caps
Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby) – 25 caps
Duncan Taylor (Saracens) – 12 caps
Richie Vernon (Glasgow Warriors) – 20 caps; 3 RWC appearances (2011)
Back-three (8)
Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors) – 32 caps
Damien Hoyland (Edinburgh Rugby) – Uncapped
Rory Hughes (Glasgow Warriors) – Uncapped
Sean Lamont (Glasgow Warriors) – 93 caps; 8 RWC appearances (2007 and 2011)
Sean Maitland (London Irish) – 15 caps
Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors) – 17 caps
Greig Tonks (Edinburgh Rugby) – 4 caps
Tim Visser (Harlequins) – 18 caps
Du riechst so gut
well done wp nel,toe jy hier was het niemand jou raak gesien nie mag jy die bokke in die toekoms scrum dat hulle poep
The Scotland World Cup training squad of 46 has 37 players in it that haven’t played in a senior World Cup before. The squad will eventually be reduced to 31 players for the Cup.
smallies wrote:
Hi smallie baie baie bly vir hulle. Not met WP yet but Josh is a super bloke.
Josh’s second name is Zac. Now he can really be know as Josh MAC Strauss
Hey fellaz! long time no chat…hope all of you are well…
But speaking of Willie,was it not Skopskiet who insisted that Willie was the next Carter? Yes,he wanted Willie to be the Bok 10
Rage wrote:
It sounds like a Skop-ism.
😆 😆 😆
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