Vodacom Blue Bulls centre Wynand Olivier has withdrawn from the preliminary training camp for the Springbok end-of-year tour because of injury.
SA Rugby
Olivier informed Springbok coach Peter de Villiers on Wednesday morning that he required immediate surgery on a groin injury. Olivier will not be available for selection for the four-Test tour.
The revised training group is as followers (overseas-based players were not considered for the camp):
Backs: Gio Aplon (Vodacom Western Province), Bjorn Basson (GWK Griquas), Juan de Jongh , Jean de Villiers, Bryan Habana (all Vodacom Western Province), Francois Hougaard (Vodacom Blue Bulls), Adrian Jacobs (The Sharks), Elton Jantjies (Xerox Lions), Ricky Januarie (Vodacom Western Province), Zane Kirchner (Vodacom Blue Bulls), Patrick Lambie, Lwazi Mvovo (both The Sharks), JP Pietersen (The Sharks), Morne Steyn (Vodacom Blue Bulls).
Forwards: Willem Alberts (The Sharks), Bakkies Botha (Vodacom Blue Bulls), Schalk Burger (Vodacom Western Province), Bismarck du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis (both The Sharks), Dean Greyling (Vodacom Blue Bulls), Alistair Hargreaves (The Sharks), Ashley Johnson (Vodacom Free State Cheetahs), Ryan Kankowski (The Sharks), Werner Kruger, Victor Matfield (both Vodacom Blue Bulls), Gerhard Mostert, Tendai Mtawarira (both The Sharks), Coenie Oosthuizen (Vodacom Free State Cheetahs), Dewald Potgieter, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Danie Rossouw (all Vodacom Blue Bulls), Juan Smith, Adriaan Strauss (both Vodacom Free State Cheetahs), Pierre Spies, Deon Stegman (both Vodacom Blue Bulls), CJ van der Linde (Vodacom Free State Cheetahs), Flip van der Merwe (Vodacom Blue Bulls), Duane Vermeulen (Vodacom Western Province).
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October 21st, 2010 at 10:26 am
Only bad thing about this is that it opens the door for that fat little scrum capped gnome from the Guppies.
In Snor’s books, not mine.
October 21st, 2010 at 10:49 am
Boer I’d play Adi above meisie and Jean Divs anyday.
In fact a 12) Adi and 13) De Jong Combo might be the best we have.
October 21st, 2010 at 11:14 am
Reply to Brendon Shields @ 10:49 am:
October 21st, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Reply to JT @ 11:14 am:
Adi’s days at 12 are an ‘anomaly’… noone can even remember seeing him play there at CC level even…
At best I’d have a ‘fit’ Adi off the bench at 13 for his experience… but fit he ain’t…
This tour is about winning… so the last thing they should be doing is messing with combo’s yet again… one of the primary failures of 2010 when looking at 2009…
A Kiwi mate has a great wee saying with regards to this after guffawing at the constant changing of centres… which I have quoted before…
Q “What is the difference between JDV/JF and Nonu/Smith in 2009 and now in 2010?”
A “About 10 tests together!”
October 21st, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 12:07 pm:
JF is out of the tour, JdV needs a rest IMO – he played the NH season, came to Stormers and played the S14, then 3N and now CC…
Adi needs game time and IMO this tour is not all about winning. The WC next year is all about winning.
October 21st, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Reply to JT @ 1:26 pm:
Yep I know JF is out… and I also know JDV has been included in the squad so will be played… hopefully not at wing (OS did he not play from the bench for most games)?
I’m punting Snor will go with Hougaard, Habana, Steyn, JDV, JDJ, Aplon, Steyn… and I wouldn’t have a problem with that for the Irish game (as they are in our pool to me it is the most important)…
The bench is where Snor and I will differ greatly!
October 21st, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 2:11 pm:
JdV did start from the bench in the first few games but towards the end of the season he was a regular starter.