It is official. Juan de Jongh will not be running out for the Vodacom Stormers in Saturday’s Vodacom Super 14 match against the Cheetahs at Newlands.
The promising young centre injured an elbow in the victory over the Hurricanes at Newlands on Saturday. Scans on Monday revealed the midfield dynamo would be unable to play this Saturday and possibly also miss the team’s opening match of the overseas leg of their campaign – against the Western Force in Perth on April 2.
De Jongh and experienced Springbok Jaque Fourie formed a potent midfield combination thus far this season and coach Allister Coetzee would rue the fact he has to break up the partnership. De Jongh impressed at outside centre for Vodacom Western Province during last year’s Currie Cup campaign.
This season he was moved to inside centre to accommodate Fourie and he adapted admirably.
Coetzee admitted he would have to think hard and long about the changes – as substitute flyhalf Lionel Cronje has also been ruled out.
“I suppose it’s between Willem de Waal and Conrad Hoffman at this point in time. Willem at 10 and Peter Grant at 12 is an option we’ve always been looking at, and we trained like that at stages in the pre-season.
“But I also must say Peter is playing so well at 10. He is the heart and soul of the team’s attack at this point in time, and you don’t want to make two changes when you can make one.
“Time Whitehead has been with us for one or two sessions at 12 and he also may be an option to look at. And then you’ve got other centres like Dylan Des Fountain and Frikkie Welsh, but they’re all outside centres where Tim is a proper 12.”
The Vodacom Stormers team will be announced on Wednesday.
From Stormers Website
The Stormers will be getting their excuses in early this week: we lost because De Jongh was injured……….
Going to be a real season defining match. If The Cheetahs lose they will fall back seriously. It could set them back. If the Stormers lose NOW it will set the doubts in their minds, this will not be a good game to lose.
Somehow everybody will lose a game or 2/3, yes even the Bulls(although i would like to see my team joining the Crusaders as the only team to win all its games in a season)
VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
De Jongh is a fantastic promising player, but still lacks some experience so it’s not the end of the world, they could do worse than Frikkie Welsh, at least he has the experience to mix with Jaque and he wont miss a tackle.
The other options leave me cold and please no De Waal at flyhalf, Grant is average but De Waal is terrible(unless it’s raining of course)
Lá Fhéile Pádraig
Wishing you all a green and shamrock day. Hope all are enjoying the rugby and enjoyed the England/Scots game. Sorry Carol. Go Sharks, Bulls and Stormers oh yeah Cheetahs and Kittens.
Back to bed now – after all I have the day off.
Feel for this youngster too. Think he was doing exceptionally well and was developing a good partnership with Jacques.
8@ Oirish – Happy St Paddy’s Day.
May the Leprechauns treat you well!
Agh no, not another ouk claiming to be a saint…. 😉
There can be only one!
10 11 – There is only one – the one and only. Apologies Saint
12 – Irish, How you buddy? Have a great St. Patrick day there.
See the two Irish Pubs up the road have the Irish Flag out. Probably will have something special on tonight there. They norally do something on St Patricks day here. Plenty Irish Pubs about where I live.
7 – Irish…….hehehe. Enjoy the sleep….hahaha.
Puma @ 13/14 – I’m up now. My girlfriend bought a cat for herself but brings it here – the stupid thing rubs itself against me and paws the hell out of me. Cats!!! Give me dogs any day.
15 – Irish…hahaha. You can have cats. I much prefer dogs.
2 – Super, the thing is if the Bulls lose a game it wont be a train smash. They have won every game with a bonus point, they actually have a extra win with that if you look at it that way. Also right now they looking so impressive as they are sitting on 20 points and HAVE a game in hand.
Don’t see Stormers losing against the Cheetahs. Without Brussow think Cheetahs lose a huge weapon.
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