Jake calls on Britz
8 Jul 2007
Western Province utility forward Gerrie Britz will join the Springboks Down Under to cover for Bob Skinstad.
The Bok captain suffered a broken rib in the 25-17 loss to Australia and will be out for the next four to six weeks. Either Jacques Cronje or Pedrie Wannenburg will move to No 8 for next week’s match against the All Blacks, with Britz likely to play off the bench.
WP coach Kobus van der Merwe has used Britz as both a lock and a loose-forward this season, and Jake White utilised the big man as a blindside flanker in the successful 2004 Tri-Nations campaign. He will provide cover in both the second and back row.
27 Comments
8 Jul 2007, 12:37 pm
Thought for a moment it is Schalk Brits! I was like “What?”
8 Jul 2007, 12:47 pm
“Utility forward”?
8 Jul 2007, 13:06 pm
No Watson, thats not weird…..So loosies for Sat are 6. vHeerden, 7(8).Cronje, 8(7). Wanneburg.
vHeerden is the only acceptable player there from the 3, i’d rather fly Spies down as he sorely needs match practice at 8, id even rather get kankowski at 8, one thing that the squad does miss though is fetcher cover for vHeerden, if he get injured this week then it will be wannenburg, britz and cronje, what an average loose 3.
8 Jul 2007, 13:18 pm
mmm, forgot about floors. id rather play him above cronje and wannenburg.
8 Jul 2007, 13:44 pm
Can’t understand bringing in another player. Have enough loosies for one downunder and also you should replace a player with a similar player instead of a totally different one. For me, Kankowski should have been called up if anybody. Not with a view to WC selection but beyond, i.e. getting used to the professionalism etc. he is a talent to be nurtured!
8 Jul 2007, 14:00 pm
Gerrie Britz……how the hell does that lummox stay in favour with JW? How could anyone pick him ahead of Kankowski, who should have been there in the first place. And I’d definitely play Floors ahead of Britz. He does nothing. Zero. Zilch. About as useless as Greg Rawlinson.
8 Jul 2007, 14:01 pm
Don’t worry Ansie, I read somewhere Brits is going to France where they’ll hopefully teach him how to play.
8 Jul 2007, 14:27 pm
nah, i dont understand this move. we need backup for ackerman.
8 Jul 2007, 14:59 pm
Having watched the CC over the last week or two I would have sent Baywatch instead.
8 Jul 2007, 15:11 pm
Definitely Baywatch ahead of Britz, but seems we need a ball player, which Britz aint and Kankowski certainly is.
8 Jul 2007, 15:11 pm
Baywatch is a good player!! I am not the biggest watson fan but I do have this one question. How do you pick a guy to go on tour, replace him because he is injured, then send someone else as a replacement when he has been declared fit to play????
8 Jul 2007, 16:21 pm
He is cover for loosie and lock cab.
So I guess the thinking was looking at back-up for Ackers too by calling up Britz.
Apart from AJ (who is retired) there are not many players that can play both.
And of course…
He is already capped…
8 Jul 2007, 16:22 pm
girshin , watson is injured
8 Jul 2007, 16:22 pm
And Baywatch is shorter than Watson
8 Jul 2007, 17:09 pm
Yes PA he is, but can he fetch beers?
8 Jul 2007, 17:10 pm
He is pretty quick loosehead…
8 Jul 2007, 17:11 pm
I’d employ him as a barman for sure in my place!
8 Jul 2007, 18:43 pm
With that kind of hairstyle I would trust him between so much alcohol.
8 Jul 2007, 18:43 pm
would = wouldn’t
costly error
8 Jul 2007, 20:06 pm
With an average loosie pack – how in the heck are we going to play So-oily, McCaw and Collins????????????????
9 Jul 2007, 01:25 am
As pubnnishment for absolute stupidity Muller and Botha should alternate as flankers against NZ so Jerry and McCaw can knock some sense in.
2 yellow cards cost us that match without a doubt. Silly errors that just didn’t need to happen. We got off lightly against the Aussies I fear that this Saturday is going to be like watching JAWS on a portable dvd player on your surf board floating around seal island.
9 Jul 2007, 04:29 am
He might give Lobberts a go.
Van heerdan, Lobberts, Wannenburg
9 Jul 2007, 08:31 am
13, watson played alongside britz this weekend, not injured.
9 Jul 2007, 08:56 am
23,
And he never appeared again in the second half because of the injury that kept him at home in the first place.
9 Jul 2007, 09:23 am
Yeah just read about it now on superbru. Didnt watch the game.
9 Jul 2007, 09:25 am
You did not miss much, especially if you support WP!
9 Jul 2007, 09:26 am
This was a great chance for JW to call up AJ Venter.Pity.
Wonder whether ole AJ will head to Europe like so many of the Bokke are plannig to.Does’nt need to I suppose with him being occupied with his various business ventures.’
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