DHL Stormers captain Jean de Villiers will make his 100th Vodacom Super Rugby appearance when he leads his team out against the Chiefs in Hamilton on Friday morning (SA time).
De Villiers will become just the second DHL Stormers Super Rugby centurion, following in the footsteps of lock Andries Bekker who reached that landmark in last year’s tournament.
The 33-year-old star made his debut against the Sharks on February 25, 2005 in the left-wing position and he will line up in his customary centre position this week in what is a deserved 100th Super Rugby game for one of WP Rugby’s most loyal sons.
“Jean epitomises what it means to be a Stormer,” DHL Stormers coach Allister Coetzee told www.iamastormer.com.
“He is a true warrior and a real WP Rugby man and we’re hoping to make this 100th game special for him, which he deserves.”
Meanwhile, Coetzee has made three enforced changes to the DHL Stormers’ starting line-up for Friday’s clash against the double defending champions on their home patch.
Ruan Botha will start at lock (in place of the injured Michael Rhodes) and his earn his first Super Rugby cap in the process, whilst the experienced duo of Tiaan Liebenberg (hooker) and Brok Harris (tighthead prop) come into the front row as replacements for Scarra Ntubeni and Frans Malherbe, respectively.
Malherbe, despite suffering a toe injury last week, drops down to the bench, whilst loose forward Siya Kolisi is back in the 23 after resting his troublesome AC Joint last weekend and Vodacom Cup hooker Stephan Coetzee comes into a Super Rugby matchday squad for the first time.
Should Malherbe not come through a final fitness test this week, Boland Cavaliers prop Martin Dreyer – who will be flying to New Zealand from Cape Town with hooker Coetzee on Tuesday – will come into the matchday 23.
DHL Stormers team for Friday (vs the Chiefs):
15. Jaco Taute
14. Kobus van Wyk
13. Jean de Villiers (captain)
12. Damian de Allende
11. Gio Aplon
10. Demetri Catrakilis
9. Nic Groom
8. Duane Vermeulen
7. Schalk Burger (vice-captain)
6. Deon Fourie
5. De Kock Steenkamp
4. Ruan Botha
3. Brok Harris
2. Tiaan Liebenberg
1. Steven Kitshoff
Replacements:
16. Stephan Coetzee
17. Oliver Kebble
18. Frans Malherbe
19. Siya Kolisi
20. Nizaam Carr
21. Louis Schreuder
22. Peter Grant
23. Sailosi Tagicakibau
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Stormersboy wrote:
Schalk was awesome, really enjoyed the first half, (had to miss the second)
Stormersboy wrote:
Less said about Taute the better.
Schalk was great last week.
Taute is on page 6 of chapter 4 in Rugby for Dummies ” the pass, and why it’s an important part of the game”
nortierd wrote:
haha and a picture of Grant Hattingh
Joubert die ref ?
Wanneer, o wanneer, gaan hul neutrale refs begin aanstel vir die super wedstryde ?
Weet nie hoe kry NZ dit elke keer reg om hul eie refs vir hul spanne te laat blaas nie.
Jammer Stormers, dit gaan die nag van die lang m…, ek bedoel lang fluitjie vir julle wees !
Ja nee Ben, sy swart onderbroekie met die varing op die tollie is mooi he was, gestryk en ingepak vir Vrydag
Neem aan hy is baie opgewonde om bietjie te gaan kyk hoe gaan sy plaas wat die NZ Rugby Unie vir hom gegee het na die 2011 eindstryd aan.
nortierd wrote:
O my goeie voksterrier!
Tussen jou en ben, le daar ‘n ref, le daar ‘n ref, ‘n skelm ref. (sing dit)
@Snoek
Ha ha
@ nortierd:
Their forwards did a man’s job on Saturday and I expect them to do even better against the Chiefs.
If the FH doesn’t get the ball it must be the scrumhalf fault, could be that Groon had his instructions?
It’s is a surprise though, the Stormers’ backline has now the adequate size to break the advantage line, no excuses
36/37: hehehe, nou lekker gelag. As ek vir die Bulle skree, dan hoor jy: al wat jy sien is die blou masjien !
As die Sharks speel en Jaco Dirty Harry Peyper blaas, dan sing Snoek en die Sharkies: al wat jy sien is die ref masjien !
Jeeeez, having had our Power out in the Panne, the whole of yesterday (from about 03:00 to this morning at about 03:00) has put some spanners in my works here… in the last 8 days I have basically lost 4 business days in total with Power cuts.
Last week the same Power Sub station was a problem, apparently due to water flooding. Yesterday the transformers in the Sub Station apparrently blew, but what makes it laughable was that Brakpan Municipality apparently did not have the parts to fix it and also apparently did not have the money to buy the replacement parts from elsewhere for some time… a relatively simple fix therefore took 24 hours or more.
Now watch them continue with their scgedule of 3 hours per day power cuts, according to a hefty schedule that we have received….
Losing 1 business day usually puts me about 2 days or more behind, because I do the work of far more than 2 people per day.
Catching up has therefore not been the option, but rather killing the most important fires raging because of my backlog.
I have concentrated on giving you guys the news today, rather than engage in some of the comment sections.
Hope you guys are all OK?
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