Spies to miss Bok tour
3 Nov 2009
Pierre Spies has undergone a finger operation and will miss the Springboks’ three-Test tour of Europe.
Spies sustained the injury in Monday’s training session in Johannesburg. He will be replaced by Jean Deysel in the touring squad, but his No 8 position is likely to go to Ryan Kankowski.
This news may open the door for Heinrich Brussow, whose inclusion in the midweek side to face Leicester suggested he would not play in the Test against France. But with Spies ruled out, Brussow may join Schalk Burger and Kankowski in the starting back row.
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3 Nov 2009, 10:48 am
#93 Beast: All i can say to you is: Stop worrying
Know him personally for years….. know exacktly what the problem was…….
So stop worrying……. but honestly if it worries you so much…. go and ask Ouboet!.
3 Nov 2009, 10:49 am
#90 capebull: Excellent comeback.
3 Nov 2009, 10:49 am
I hope he is really injured this time and that its not another drug issue being covered up
3 Nov 2009, 10:50 am
#97 capebull: Wonder what the stuff can do once a six-pack has been replaced with a keg?!
3 Nov 2009, 10:51 am
#103 XhosaKid: another drug issue?
Sorry but i missed that – please tell me more…
3 Nov 2009, 10:52 am
#104 Beast: the six-pack becomes a vaatjie!
3 Nov 2009, 10:53 am
Ok – cheers. I’m out for the day.
Gaan GROOT!
3 Nov 2009, 11:04 am
#103 XhosaKid:
haha!bazokhala abahlali,bamthanda lawey lamajita uSpies!
3 Nov 2009, 11:04 am
#105 Staal: The fact that he was clearly injected with horse steroids since the age of 18months.
3 Nov 2009, 11:10 am
#108 usualsuspect: hayi suka la lighty was on roids siyayazi lonto leyo! asizikungayithethi into xa siyikrokrela, khona yiminwe etheni le…side effects?
3 Nov 2009, 11:10 am
#105 Staal: There is an “open secret” that there was no real problem with his bloody in 2007, the Bok and BB management were protecting Spies from a positive roids test.
They took him out of rugby so that he wasn’t tested independently, his mysterious life threatening disease disappeared 6 months later, miracle cure was found
3 Nov 2009, 11:11 am
#111 XhosaKid: You try convincing them. Good luck mate.
3 Nov 2009, 11:12 am
#112 Bagel: Although one only had to look at the size of the boy at 21 and it was pretty obvious. Unfortunately the fact that he calls his elders ‘oom’ and is God-fearing rules out any possibility of steroids use in the minds of the Blue Crew.
3 Nov 2009, 11:13 am
#112 Bagel: Not to worry, with every Tom, **** and Harry publishing biographys galore its going to come out.
Blood disease my ***
3 Nov 2009, 11:14 am
#112 Bagel: #111 XhosaKid: i see you share a passion for conspiracy theories!
…how is varsity Bagel?
3 Nov 2009, 11:18 am
#110 Transformation:
hehehe
Mxim andiyivumi nam la lighty,uziqonda andiyi verstani y bayigqina kangaka latsosti!Mna u8 wam ngu kankowski,yena uyakwazi udlala umboxo nt lanto kaSpies!
andinokothuka ukuba ikhona lento bayityisa le unguSpies coz iske yankulu lawey as compared 2 2007!
3 Nov 2009, 11:20 am
#114 XhosaKid:
nw it all makes sense!
3 Nov 2009, 11:21 am
I hope pierre spies’ lawyer doesn’t read this…
3 Nov 2009, 11:23 am
#115 Transformation: I’m writing the hardest Maths Course at U.C.T at 5 today and I didn’t even need to do it for my course… And no I don’t feel like studying right now.
Otherwise first year has been pretty outrageous, I’m covering covering the Tigers next year for Varsity Cup which sould be interesting, but oh my, how I’m going to punish my body after exams… The holidays are an OUTRAGEOUS 8 weeks!
Bliss
3 Nov 2009, 11:26 am
#119 Bagel:
Is Tiger Bax Still wit u guys?
3 Nov 2009, 11:28 am
#120 usualsuspect: Depends whether he makes the Stormers squad. I know Muller has left for that reason.
3 Nov 2009, 11:46 am
#84 Cheetah 4 Eva: Not that I’m arguing for Alberts or Deysel to become locks, but I feel I must point out some player stats to you.
Willem Alberts is 1.92m tall and weighs 116kg
Anton van Zyl is 1.93m tall and weights 111kg
Not an awful lot in that, but you feel van Zyl is perfect for a lock and Alberts is too short?
3 Nov 2009, 11:49 am
#122 katman: Alberts is fat? So so fat. His conditioning is quite rediculous actually. Besides that he’s a good player in a bad team. Much like Wepenaar was.
3 Nov 2009, 12:00 pm
#123 Bagel: No, he’s just big. Like Wycliff Palu. Or that previous Wallabie no.8 with the flappy jowls (forgot his name). They’re just big guys. Their hips are broad, their legs are solid, their shoulders are big. They’re not the lean Spies/Kankowski type players. Doesn’t mean they’re unfit. Alberts has never struggled to keep up with the game.
3 Nov 2009, 12:09 pm
#124 katman: I’ll just agree that he is a quality player. Stilla fatty though.
3 Nov 2009, 12:33 pm
#124 katman:
Are you refering to Radike Samo…..?
Big blindside flanker,also played for ACT brumbies?
3 Nov 2009, 12:36 pm
#126 usualsuspect: No, I’ve just remembered the guy’s name. David Lyons.
3 Nov 2009, 12:44 pm
#127 katman: Good player.
3 Nov 2009, 12:53 pm
#127 katman:
The Ausies hav had some legendary players,remember Toutai kefu,Brilliant loose forward!
3 Nov 2009, 13:15 pm
#127 katman:
Youre joking, surely. ?! Lyons was a big dumb useless slow piece of overhyped NSW putty. Didnt play for the Brumbies. Maybe youre confused with Owen Finnegan Beginagain. Now that guy could play.
Aus have been bereft at no8 since the Legend Toutai Kefu retired. Saw him in the stands at Tokyo on Saturday and he still looks fit enough to lace on the boots. He’s been in Japan since leaving Intl rugby.
3 Nov 2009, 13:45 pm
#103 XhosaKid:
At least he stays a gentleman even if on Roids as you are insinuating.
Percy and Mujati, both WP players assaults the ref and then Percy fcuks up his missus. just like Earl, another WP boytjie. They must be mixing the roids with the tik innie Kaap.
3 Nov 2009, 14:06 pm
#131 Xkreni-WP: If you dont shout for Wp then kindly leave us alone !! LOL , besides all 3 those players did those things after leaving province !!
Who do you shout for by the way ? Bulls ? Maybe we should mention Andries Truscot the murderer ??
3 Nov 2009, 14:10 pm
Oh and I forgot Mr hole in the socks druggie Doos Van Der Westhuizen !!! haa haa haa
3 Nov 2009, 14:21 pm
#130 WakaNathan: I didn’t say he was good. I said he was big.
3 Nov 2009, 14:44 pm
#134 katman:
It seems that should have been directed at Bagel which considering we’re talking a large lump of dough with a hole in its head, in Lyons, seems entirely appropriate.
3 Nov 2009, 14:54 pm
#135 WakaNathan: Uh, okay. Whatever.
3 Nov 2009, 15:48 pm
So is Deysel actually going on tour now? Bloody great news if that’s true. Feel for Spies though but he needs a rest and it gives other players like Johnson and Kanko to prove themselves. A loose trio of Deysel, Brussouw and Kanko could work very well. Deysel brings that grunt to the pack which would is missing without Juan there plus Deysel has got a taste for running over little Irishmen! Would love to see Deysel recreate his steamrolling of O’Gara! I agree that Vermuelen would do just as well there but Deysel’s hands and linking skills have come a long way over the past year plus he pilfers the ball now and then so along with Bissie and Brussouw we essentially have 3 fetchers on the field. I hate to say this but this could well be a godsend in terms of the development of the team. Unfortunately I’ll miss most of the matches as I’ll be in SA at the time!
3 Nov 2009, 17:12 pm
alberts, loaki, palu, waldrom – they not skinny but you try bring down those rampaging buffalos, there’s a reason they there.
3 Nov 2009, 18:10 pm
#132 sparticus: Did Andries Truscott kill someone as well?, **** I know he tested positive for drugs in 93/94. The only mudering Blue Bull that I know is Henry Tromp.
3 Nov 2009, 20:27 pm
#130 WakaNathan: Big Canoe are you back in play? Back in Aukland? Just been too irritated to talk to us? Or busy buying a new bucket for your head?
You have an ally who’s name is GrantsBatty – battleship deluxe.
4 Nov 2009, 12:58 pm
Pity, I was looking forwad to Heaslip smashing him again.
4 Nov 2009, 12:58 pm
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