Ricky out on loan

25 Nov 2009

In an attempt to spark some form, Western Province have allowed Ricky Januarie to spend two weeks at the Ospreys.

Januarie has had a disappointing season, which has seen him drop in form as he warmed the bench for most of the season with Fourie du Preez holding monopoly on the Springbok No 9 jersey. He also lost his first-choice place at Western Province to Dewaldt Duvenage.

According to Die Burger, the scrumhalf will join the Welsh club in December to give him some valuable game time before next year’s Super 14.

At the Ospreys, Januarie will play alongside the likes of Shane Williams, Tommy Bowe, Gavin Henson, James Hook and Jerry Collins.



50 Comments

  • 1.Staal: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:14 am

    Eish – he should be made a Weigh-Less Dragon!

  • 2.chucky: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:16 am

    ay januarie …isnt he doing time in palmsmoor?

    with the talent and depth at nine of the below mentioned, i do not think he should ever come back after that 2 week rendevous
    Kockett
    sarel pretorius
    vermaak
    mcleod
    hougaard
    adams

  • 3.Dunx: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:16 am

    i wonder if this will force him to lose weight?

  • 4.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:19 am

    Poor Wales.

    Blooming uncultured cullart going there.

    The place will never be the same again.

  • 5.sparticus: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:23 am

    Glad to see WP rugby is firstly thinking ahead and secondly so is Ricky !! In previous years even when he was in top shape he would look way out of it come Jan due to the off Season celebrations.

    Hopefully next season will see the return of Ricky Januarie , WP rugby and SA rugby can only benefit.

  • 6.grant10: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:26 am

    Good on Ricky….didnt spot him training on the Clifton steps today!!

    An in form Januarie is a big asset….but he has to get top fit.

  • 7.Lions_Soutie: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:27 am

    Looked like a different player in 2004 Trinations clips!

  • 8.chucky: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:34 am

    we really have to school our players ,especially our non white players,(im non white so dont judge people) on how to be proffessional. too many former juniour stars are now either hanging around in the club scene,no pun intended or they have given the game up because of not following a strict lifestyle of proffesionalism. they get caught up in the hype of booze,girls,clubs etc. wasted talent.

  • 9.WP_: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:41 am

    Dont they want to make it a permanent deal?

  • 10.Cyborg: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:47 am

    @chucky:
    Kockott is overrated, Heinie Adams only has a good pass and little else, Francois Hougaard has played more as a winger than as a scrummie for the Bulls and his rubbish performance against Saracens shows that and Charl Mcleod lacks experience and is not in Ricky’s class.

    That leaves Sarel (who has little Super 14 experience) and Vermaak from your list. Ricky still has a role to play in my view.

  • 11.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:49 am

    If it’s , then I wonder why,
    Welsh rugby never been short of quality scrumhalves, and that was even before Gareth Eduards.
    sound a Mike Tyson-Don King swindle to me

  • 12.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:49 am

    grant10: Look out for Flo

  • 13.chucky: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:52 am

    @Cyborg: i agree…but do you think ricky is an option for the future? do u think he will be at the 2011 RWC?

    Personally i dont. so i think we need to groom Vermaak,kockett and hougaard. sarel pretorius good but i dont think he is in the mould of bn a long term prospect at 9 for SA.

    PERSONALLY i would move ruan back to 9 for the long term.he played his best rugby there which saw him bn awarded Bok colours in 2006

  • 14.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:52 am

    @Cyborg:
    You are entitled for your opinion, I just wonder if you’ll take a wager on it though?

  • 15.grant10: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:54 am

    @SpringbokSarah: saw him….great shape…and P Grant.

  • 16.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:56 am

    @grant10: :mrgreen: did you scream? Drop anything that you were carrying? Scream “we need to win the Super 14!”?

  • 17.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 08:59 am

    @SpringbokSarah: Flo’s new twitter status: Oh my hat! That wasn’t for ants! Boys just pulling into Caprice for a little recovery. Ha!

  • 18.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:03 am

    grant it was a whole bunch of em, Flo Bash, JD, Dewaldt, Anton & JJ

    you should of ran after them and got some autographs!

  • 19.grant10: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:09 am

    @SpringbokSarah: Blurted out….’hey…its the stormer boys!!….and said howzit to P Grant!!

    Recognized Flo, Peter and JD Moller….oand Duvenhage i think….

    Rest were heads down and concentrating on avoiding the dog and the steps!!

  • 20.grant10: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:11 am

    @SpringbokSarah: They were flying up the steps! Damn i am not totally unfit but reckon i would have done a hammie!

    May have stayed woth Moller…..but even then risked a heart attack!!LOL

  • 21.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:13 am

    @grant10: roflmao… don’t worry I’m worse 1st time I meet Conrad “oh my word, you’re Conrad Jantjes! Do you know who you are?”

  • 22.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:15 am

    @grant10: roflmao. Used to see Tondi at the gym… used to hate running next to him… I am fit… but damn I looked like a tortoise next to him

  • 23.grant10: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:16 am

    @SpringbokSarah: Got back after walk and the blonde says to me…

    Who was making a such a noise on the steps?

    …i said the bloody stormers….she was out like a shot…sadly they had left….would have invited the boys in for Oros!

    LOL

  • 24.grant10: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:18 am

    @SpringbokSarah: ja…i used to go to the Constantia gym often…but used to run next to F Pienaar,Mallet occassionally and Dale Santon, once Jaque Kallis….

    Those youngsters too strong i tell you!

    I hear Ross Skeate is doing fantastically overseas?

  • 25.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:20 am

    @grant10: he is hey! They’re actually winning!

  • 26.grant10: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:23 am

    @SpringbokSarah: also heard the English and French are showing interest….seems we need to get him home before he forgets he is a saffa!

  • 27.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:23 am

    @grant10: “the blonde”good groef I would klap my bf if I ever heard him refer to me as the brunette

    haha well they’re at Caprice… send Flo a message, he’d come

  • 28.grant10: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:25 am

    @SpringbokSarah: well the blonde is now actually a brunette….

    anyway…i thought they would go to Caprice….should of popped in for coffee….could of chatted to the guys…Perer Grant and Flo are 2 cool dudes….

  • 29.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:31 am

    @SpringbokSarah: groef = grief

    btw why can’t I see the “reply” arrow?

    @grant10: I’m sure the lovely lady had a name

    ha ha all of the are…

    cheers time to get ready for school!

  • 30.PaulLondon: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:35 am

    #9:WP
    Dont they want to make it a permanent deal?

    I don’t think they would want a permanent deal. Mike Phillips is out for 3 months, I think they are looking for short term cover.

    I don’t think the Ospreys want another Phillips-Mrashall problem.

  • 31.grant10: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 09:35 am

    @SpringbokSarah: cheers

  • 32.KevinRack: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 10:01 am

    Ricky must piss off. got done for drink driving and got so fat he could not pick up the ball.
    Sarel Pretorius is by far one of the best scrummies to come out of RSA. Wrong colour though! Hougaard and Vermaak next.

  • 33.Gorilla: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 10:20 am

    He needs more than two weeks.

  • 34.Cyborg: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 10:32 am

    @Hondo:
    A wager on what? In any case, I simply cannot take your opinions seriously because they are almost exclusively jaundiced against players of colour.

  • 35.Breakdown Boy: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 11:49 am

    Maybe Shane Williams can give him a tip on how to stay thin past the age of 25. LOL

  • 36.Breakdown Boy: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 11:55 am

    Ross Skeate never impressed me one bit, does not compare to Bekker at all, we need another Bakkies or Danie!

  • 37.wpw: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 12:37 pm

    @chucky:

    Clearly you know nothing about rugby.

    Ricki has proved time and again that he is talented enough to play at the highest level and perform when it matters most.

    If he retains last years form he will definitely play for the Boks again.

  • 38.wpw: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 12:40 pm

    @wpw:

    ‘regains last years form’ :roll:

  • 39.Provincejoulekkading: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 14:01 pm

    @wpw: 2005 Form

  • 40.Bongani: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 14:23 pm

    i’d bulk him up and put him at No3 hehehe

  • 41.MANDINGO: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 15:34 pm

    @Bongani:

    MA MAN!!

  • 42.Stormer23: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 17:33 pm

    He is on loan for 2 months not 2 weeks. He needs all the time he can get.

  • 43.Hier kom groot k..: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 17:35 pm

    Not sure if the extra grace period will help this loan that went delinquent because of the accrued interest around the middle!

  • 44.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 17:38 pm

    shame poor Ricky

  • 45.SodaJoe: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 17:44 pm

    Can’t do Rowdy any harm, but 2 weeks doesn’t seem like a long time to me.

  • 46.Valkyrie: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 18:15 pm

    @Stormer23: have to admit 2months sounds a lot better than 2weeks because ricky needs some serious game time.is he guaranteed a start?

  • 47.groenie: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 23:34 pm

    ricky is going to miss his papsak!

    those irish wount take his lazy attitude they are going to drill him at fitness sessions!

  • 48.charo: Reply to this comment
    25 Nov 2009, 23:37 pm

    @groenie:

    ospreys is a welsh team mate

  • 49.groenie: Reply to this comment
    26 Nov 2009, 03:21 am

    @charo:

    really, oh now Ricky is in for it, see that mountain, “ja”
    see the sheep on the mountain? “ja”

    You got 10 minutes to bring me that sheep! Run

  • 50.Beast: Reply to this comment
    26 Nov 2009, 10:50 am

    Sorry, left my glasses at home. Is it the Ospreys or Paulmoor?! Must give Sideshow Erasmus some credit, he found a way to get rid of his ****!

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