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, 04:44 am
Pity Spies. Danie will be a good replacement. Has always doe very well in NH.
What’s up with this Vaste6 kerel?
3 Nov 2009, 04:45 am
Doe=done
3 Nov 2009, 05:20 am
Deysel deserved to be in the squad from the start, so his call up makes more than sense.
3 Nov 2009, 06:45 am
#51 Amerifikaner:
Danie is there as backup to Bakkies. He’s the only other 4 in the whole squad.
#53 wooden spoon:
I’m surprised that he’s replaced an 8th man with a specialist 7. I would have thought that someone like Alberts or Vermeulen would have been the logical replacement unless PdeV was seriously looking at Spies as the blindside option.
3 Nov 2009, 06:51 am
no Alberts, the form 8 and best 8 in the land. Hell that no name brand Johnson was lucky to get his place but to lose out to Deysel is just sick.
3 Nov 2009, 07:04 am
the no-name brand is making an impact whether you like it or not. It will be up to him if he can step up to Test level status. With the amount of opportunities Spies has been offered (@ s14 & Test level) and i don’t get why people begrudge or rubbish the selection of other players who came through the same age group teams as their favourites. This is south africa after all.
3 Nov 2009, 07:30 am
shame man… but at least we have many talented loose forwards so we should be fine
3 Nov 2009, 07:37 am
#5 YoMama:
Isn’t Jean Deysels little to short to play lock?
3 Nov 2009, 07:39 am
tough one Spies…
congratulations to Deysel. Although he is a big tough ball carrier, his skills are as mediocre as Spies’…
Let’s hope Kankowski takes his opportunity like Brussow did.
3 Nov 2009, 07:46 am
Brussow playing in the dirt trackers makes sense now. There is know way they would be able to organise a visa in time for deysel.
3 Nov 2009, 07:47 am
#60 Sonito:
good point…!
3 Nov 2009, 07:59 am
Big fan of Deyzel… but he’s behind Vermeulen at 7/8… (unless he’s injured of course)…
3 Nov 2009, 08:03 am
Kanko’s time to shine…
Stoked for Deysel, Vermeulen still very unlucky.
I watched the Emerging Boks play the British & Irish Lions at Newlands. The loose trio of Potgieter, Deysel and Vermeulen were a class above the rest of the guys.
I didn’t think it possible, but Earl Rose was even worse in real life.
3 Nov 2009, 08:06 am
#62 bryce_in_oz:
far as i know Vermeulen is fit…
he would’ve made a better choice for me…
3 Nov 2009, 08:16 am
#30 Saffa_Guy: President Of The PdV Supporters Club: Agreed, Gold confirmed on Twitter that HB was always going to be part of the test squad.
3 Nov 2009, 08:27 am
Spies not impressive in Europe, not during Nov Dec anyway.
He is lucky in a way, Harinordoquy, Picamoles and Chabal are known to hit hard with thier bites, nails and heels the opposition loose forwards.
Hope PdV will send Floor and Ashly Johnson against them, will do a great service for the Springboks!
3 Nov 2009, 08:27 am
#9 rugbywriter: Ag hou jou bek jou negative idiot , give credit where its due , the coach still have to pick teh guys , so you saying all teh guys that did well this year and got picked for the boks is because of luck ?? I guess John Smit and Victor coaches the team as well ???
Joost is this you ?
3 Nov 2009, 08:29 am
All year long people have been telling Spies to quit the show pony stuff and start pulling finger. Well, I hope you’re all happy now.
3 Nov 2009, 08:34 am
#55 RedLion: That no name johnson outplayed and destroyed almost everyone on his path to the CC finals , Only in the Finals did the Bulls quiet him down a bit. Alberts better ? LOL , Even Luke Watson is better than Alberts.
I agree Deysel is next best though I dont fully believe the hype around him. There are already 2 8th men in the squad , adding another one would be silly , although someone like WP Vermeluen would have been a good replacement as well as he can cover both 7 and 8. I am happy with Deysel though.
3 Nov 2009, 08:35 am
#68 katman: Bwaa haa haa , if there is a chirp of the year awards at Keo then I would nominate this !!! Lekka Katman !!
3 Nov 2009, 08:38 am
Spies not playing cause of a broken figure – sounds suspicious ??????
3 Nov 2009, 08:39 am
#67 sparticus:
you are right, Smit, Matfield and FdP managed the team in 2009, the rugby press figured it out long ago!
At least 3 Springboks admitted as much to foreign rugby journalists during and after the Lions series, where have you been dud?
3 Nov 2009, 09:00 am
#72 Hondo: Must have been in my shell. I see though they admitted to foreign journalist , thats the problem !!! I cannot speak foreign !!
3 Nov 2009, 09:01 am
I like it,Kanko,HB and Incredible.Kanko must nw make ths jersey his.If Kanko injured,incredible to 8 and deysel to run at them hard the whole day!
3 Nov 2009, 09:03 am
#64 ufo:
Agree ,his versatility provides the side with more options than Deysel.
3 Nov 2009, 09:08 am
#65 Sharksgirl: so you’re following gary gold on twitter? Hello sharkie
3 Nov 2009, 09:09 am
#9 rugbywriter:
Yes…I do sense he has some sort of Selection angel saving his *** every time. Willem Alberts should have been called up instaed of Deysel thou. Best 8th man in the CC.
3 Nov 2009, 09:11 am
#59 ufo:
Kanko has had a couple of opportunities…….
3 Nov 2009, 09:14 am
#74 usualsuspect:
Kanko only performs when the game is loose. Has been exposed before playing for the Boks.
3 Nov 2009, 09:21 am
Read between the lines, Spies needs another roids course.
3 Nov 2009, 09:22 am
#79 Bokpoot:
But I think he brings more to the table than spies,and spies has been knwn to be quite in tyt games!I think Spies is rather a bit overated,dnt get me wrong,he is a good player,but he doesnt offer anything I hav nt seen before!
If Kanko’s forwards have got the edge,the game does not hav to b loose,he can create something out of nothing (something I mus say is rather scarce with Spies)!Kanko has been the inform num 8 since 2007,but has not been given the same amount of opportunities.
The only reason Spies has the upper hand,is bcause he is huge,and can play the game tht suits the boks,physical and direct!
3 Nov 2009, 09:22 am
#79 Bokpoot: Especially in a tight game – but we mustnt forget the excellent display he produced against Wales last year – if it is wet play Danie , dry play Kanko
3 Nov 2009, 09:29 am
#82 stew:
Danie not a loose forward any more,play him at lock!
3 Nov 2009, 09:38 am
#5 YoMama: Come on guys Deysel and Alberts are both to short to move to lock!!!
We need to develop Sykes, Flip vd Merwe or Anton van Zyl!!
Alberts 191 cm and Deysel 190 cm!!
Surely way too short for an international 4
3 Nov 2009, 09:56 am
#81 usualsuspect:
You’re right Spies has been knowen to go quite in tight games, in seasons past. But he has proven this season behind a struggling scrum that he can play the tight ones as well. Kanko has struggled everytime it has gone tight. That is why the sharks lost against the cheetahs everytime it mattered. The cheetahs played it tight and the sharks loosies was nowhere.
3 Nov 2009, 09:59 am
#82 stew:
I actually rate Danie highly on 8thman. Remember the 2007 world cup. He’s the right player for the NHS.
3 Nov 2009, 10:18 am
With Spies I’m always concerned that the blood clot/steroid problem might make a return. He is fantastic, and I am very happy that he is a Bull, but…..
3 Nov 2009, 10:26 am
#87 Beast: Amazimg how many people write comme4nts without actually knowing anything.
Kanko is onloy good when the game really gets loose, that only happens in 7′s and Barbarian Rugby.
Spies has proven himself over and over in tight and loose games. Spies is not a finished product he’s only 24.
Even the Sharkies bought Willem Alberts cause they feel he brings more to them than Kanko does.
Spies was a star last year in England in the Nh.
3 Nov 2009, 10:27 am
#85 Bokpoot:
For example even though Spies played his valuable part in the boks BIL tour and Tri nations win,I think tht is all he did!
he just played his part,and he did the basics well,and that is all he bought to the table,did nothing more than tht!
3 Nov 2009, 10:27 am
#80 Oubaas2009: Jy is ‘n idioot
3 Nov 2009, 10:31 am
#88 capebull: I don’t think that is what Beast was meaning. I also cringe every time Spies gets tackled! If those were genetic blood clots one tackle could set them off again and then its Bey Bey Spies! We are not talking of a sore head here!
3 Nov 2009, 10:33 am
#91 Sharksgirl: Spies is fine he has recovered fully.
Every time any one gets tackled ther’s a risk , thats Rugby.
3 Nov 2009, 10:36 am
#88 capebull: Spies is great, but I can’t help but wonder. I saw him play as a schoolboy for Affies, and he had his dad’s build. I watched him as a U21 and he was tall and skiny. All of a sudden he developes into this moving mountain, in less than 3 years. All I’m saying is that he worries me. I’ve been through this with Andries Truscott before.
3 Nov 2009, 10:36 am
I just get upset if people comment on things they have perseptions of, not facts
Like everyone that phoned in on All out Rugby said that Richard Strauss should not have been sent off for pulling Stegman over the line after the ref has blown his wistle, they say he could not hear, they say that he wanted the ball..
3 Nov 2009, 10:38 am
Deysel in, oh yes
huge opportunity for him, and deserved really.
3 Nov 2009, 10:42 am
#94 capebull: they “say” the Bulls are the best on the planet!
3 Nov 2009, 10:43 am
#93 Beast: They all use kreatien and protien , you buy the stuff at any Chemist products USN. The USN challenge is to convert any vaal Jannie into a Spiertier in 12 weeks.
3 Nov 2009, 10:44 am
#96 Staal: Fact is that they won S14 and cc to prove that statement….
3 Nov 2009, 10:44 am
It’s all Brusouw this year….. but watch out for Steggies……………. daai mannetjie is n monster.
Hy’sie vêr agter Brussouw nie … imo.
3 Nov 2009, 10:45 am
#98 capebull: Verseker!
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