Schalk Burger and Juan de Jongh have been withdrawn from the Springbok squad as a result of injuries suffered in Saturday’s Currie Cup final.
The pair were scanned in Johannesburg on Monday morning and were immediately ruled out of the tour.
Burger has a broken rib while De Jongh suffered a hairline fracture to his left ankle. Experienced centre Adi Jacobs – who had been called up as a precaution – has been drafted into the tour squad as a replacement for De Jongh.
Burger is replaced by the uncapped Deon Stegmann of the Blue Bulls while his team-mate Zane Kirchner has also been added to squad to restore the party to 30.
“It’s a blow to lose players but we’ve rolled with the punch and already moved on,” said Springbok coach Peter de Villiers.
”We trained without them this morning and we already had contingency plans in mind which we’ve begun to put into operation. It’s not an ideal situation but we’ve all got on with our jobs and are focused only on the players that we have in camp.”
Meanwhile Jean de Villiers (groin), Willem Alberts (calf) and Chiliboy Ralepelle (flu) took no part in either of the Springboks’ two field sessions on Monday. The Springbok team for the test against Ireland will now be named on Thursday due to the injury disruptions.
“We’ll give the players some more time in rehab before we confirm the team,” said De Villiers. “We have the line-up in mind but want to make sure everyone’s OK before making the announcement.
The latest withdrawals take to 13 the number of players who have been forced out of the tour by injury. They are: John Smit, Jaque Fourie, Wynand Olivier, Andries Bekker, Fourie du Preez, Heinrich Brüssow, JP Pietersen, Gurthrö Steenkamp, Butch James, BJ Botha, Ricky Januarie, Schalk Burger and Juan de Jongh.
The latest withdrawals take to 13 the number of players who have been forced out of the tour by injury. They are: John Smit, Jaque Fourie, Wynand Olivier, Andries Bekker, Fourie du Preez, Heinrich Brüssow, JP Pietersen, Gurthrö Steenkamp, Butch James, BJ Botha, Ricky Januarie, Schalk Burger and Juan de Jongh.
Jy kort nie veel spelers in die groep om n befonkte/mean span uit die hospitaal gevalle te kies nie.
Burger has a broken rib
He was brave to soldier on after that.
Kudus to Schalk.
@ superBul:
Was the rib injury from the Lambie hand off?
Stegman is a good choice. I would start him along with Alberts and Juan.
@ superBul:
Probably from the STrauss tackle, when he took about two minutes to stand up….Schalk is tough, he’ll be back sooner than later.
A year later Stegmann gets his chance….but he is not in his best form as per last year.
Predict starting lineup
Alberts, Spies, Smith.
Agge nee, net toe ek begin dink die Bulle kan goed uitrus vir volgende jaar, begin Snorre hul weer kies.
Maar, ek is bly vir Stegmann se part, hy is pure Springbok en moes al lankal daar gewees het, maar sy beserings het hom teruggehou.
Groot vraag bly: wie gaan senters speel, ‘n half mank JDV en wat dalk van Habana op buite-senter, met Basson en Mvovo/Aplon op vleuels ?
6; geen fetcher nie, dit sal fataal wees. Stegmann of Daniel moet daar wees, saam met Juan en dan moet hul kies tussen Alberts en Spies op agsteman.
Eishhhhhh
…maar bly vir Stegmann & Zane…
Ek begin seriously twyfel boys!
@ bdb:
Check the game on Saturday…Bismarck is the fetcher….Daniels can be on the bench and if it becomes a problem then he can come on. If Stegmann very quickly gets back to last years form then he can start. lets see how the game pans out first….the NH is normally a year behind us on tactics and we arent playing Oz or NZ. I stick by my choice.
Blyt vir Stegman, hy sal goed doen op daai velde daar bo
snorman kan kies net wie hy wil solank die bokke net beter speel die jaar met die uk toer.dit gaan crap wees om teen die poms te moet verloor.die sharks het die wp manne tot in die hospitaal getackel.hoekom gee hulle nie daardie shark senter strauss n kans nie?
Dit maak my baie kwaad hoe mense nou vir Morne Steyn afskryf. Hy is by verreweg nog die beste losskakel in Suid-Afrika. Sy kicking game is second to none. Lambie is ‘n goeie speler maar jy sal vir Francois Steyn in die span moet he om verligting te bring. Sy skopwerk uit die hand uit is soos Pieter Grant sin, nie genoeg afstand nie. En om die heeltyd van jou eie 22 af te hardloop is nie die regte opsie nie. Morne is ook beter op verdediging.
“The Vodacom Blue Bulls have secured the services of the most sought after junior player in the country by signing William Small-Smith for the 2011 season.
The brilliant young midfielder, who was head boy of Grey College this year, captained Free State Schools, SA Schools and also led the SA Rugby u.18’s High Performance squad this year.”
“Point scoring machines Louis Fouche and Ulrich Beyers have joined the Vodacom Blue Bulls u.21 squad for the 2011 season.
Fouche, who scored 137 points for the Leopards in the Absa u.21-competition and Beyers, who raked up 176 points for Western Province u.19’s, will join the Blue Bulls side that will try to go one better in 2011, after being losing finalists this year.”
GBS of Superbul, is julle hier ?
@ bdb:
nou net hier gekom , wil jy n Bulls thread he? :LOL: ek sie n die groter squad is aangekondig.
17: Naand, wil vra dat jul die wenners van die verskillende rugby toekennings hier op die blog sal noem, sodra hul dit afkondig by die ‘SA Rugby Awards’, wat vanaf 20h00 uitgesaai word op SS. Dankie !
@ bdb:
Dankie vir die reminder ek sit n thread op
Stegmann, who has the best time of 10.9sec over the 100m, has become the 36th Bok from Grey College.
He is also one of nine players in the current group to have matriculated from Grey.
The others are Coenie Oosthuizen, Adriaan Strauss, CJ van der Linde, Jannie du Plessis, Bismarck du Plessis, Flip van der Merwe, Ruan Pienaar and Frans Steyn.
Ek sien vanoggend PdV sit met sy hande in sy hare oor wie saam met JdV senter gaan speel Sat. Hoekom het hy dan vir Kaboutergesiggie Jacobs saamgestuur? Kan ook aan baie ander senters dink wat meer waardig is as hy. Watermeyer en Strauss is 2 manne wat al die hele seisoen uitstaande spel lewer. Brian O’ Driscoll lek seker se lippe af… Mmmmm! Yummy! Adrian Jacobs!
Wat is die plan met Pienaar? Hoe lank gaan hulle nog met die ou voortploeter. Of gaan hy maar altyd belowend bly. Wys vir my een game in ‘n boktrui waar hy beter as average was? Of is hy maar net daar as cover vir posisies 9 tot 15? Maar ‘n average Pienaar is nog steeds beter as ‘n goeie Zane!
Die Bokke het die Iere laas in 2000 op hul tuisveld geklop! WP was toe die CB kampioene, Percy was die Bok losskakel en Harry die Bok coach. BOD was ‘n up and coming cookwater sentertjie. Die twin towers het nog gestaan en ek het gedink dis kwaai om snake op my Nokia 3210 te speel.
Bygese, ons het intussen nog net weer 3 keer daar gespeel. Sal die eerste 5 minute in 2006 onthou as die van die beste wat ‘n Bokspan nog ‘n toets begin het. Net om dadelik daarna ‘n maklike drie af te staan oppad na ‘n lelike pakslae.
Habana was toe ook buitesenter. Nie ‘n slegte opsie vir die komende Sat nie. Pienaar/Skaapkoppie 15, Aplon 14, Basson 11 Habana 13, JdV 12, Morne 10, Francois 9. Bef@okte backline ouens!
jacobs gaan o driscoll aan die raai hou,hy gaan nie weet of hy jacob links of reg wil klop nie.hoeveel minutes het jacobs currie cup gespeel?ek dink die bokke gaan pak kry teen ireland.
Ek het heeltemal vergeet van Meyer Bosman! Aplon 15, Basson 11, Banana 14, JdV 13, Bosman 12, Morne 10, Hougie 9.
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