SA Conferense and Derbies

[Blue]

Oom what's your news on Duane? Fokit I'll be sad for him if he's gone.

 

[PaarlBok]

Oom what's your news on Duane? Fokit I'll be sad for him if he's gone.

Think he will be out for the season.
Superrugby

Vermeulen came down awkwardly after trying to run the ball up from near his own tryline, and he was in obvious pain as he was stretchered from the field. As skipper Schalk Burger said afterwards, it did not look good, and while scans will be conducted on the injury on Monday, Vermeulen’s knee had swelled considerably late on Saturday night.

The length of time he will be out for will depend on whether there has been ligament damage and the extent of that damage, but it looks like an injury that will keep Vermeulen out for a considerable period of time. The Stormers are not holding out much hope of him being fit for the semifinal in Cape Town in two weeks' time, even though the bye week they have booked for themselves does give a little time.

We will know later on Monday, but it seems probable that Vermeulen will be out of the rest of the Super Rugby campaign and his chances of being selected for the Springbok squad for the World Cup would also appear to be in jeopardy.

Luckily we have Koster to fill in and these three as backup
8. Tertius Daniller
7. Yaasir Hartzenberg
6. Wimpie Van Der Walt

Tertius also a Paarl Gym product and brother of Hennie. Played the same year as Sadie in matrix. Hartzenberg a lock/7 flanker in the Elstadt mould and Wimpie x Griekwa fecther type flanker. Personally I would move Elstadt into the 7 role and Schalk to 8 as backup. We have in van Zyl and Steenkamp two very good lock beckups.

 

[PaarlBok]

Blou have you watched the Tin Ears Stormers match? Thought you would have like Malherbe's performance against Coenie in the scrums.

 

[Blue]

Blou have you watched the Tin Ears Stormers match? Thought you would have like Malherbe's performance against Coenie in the scrums.

First timeI have seen him. Didn't at all look out of place.

Shit that's sad for Duane. I think with Rassie in the Bok setup he would have been a real chance for the 3N at least.

Koster is a very different player. Not as physical. Brings pace though.

As far as I'm concerned, Vermeulen is the most physical 8 in the whole comp.

Damn.

 

[PaarlBok]

Official
Sport24

Vermeulen out of playoffs
Cape Town - Stormers No 8 Duane Vermeulen has been ruled out of action for up to eight weeks with knee ligament damage sustained against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein last Saturday.

Vermeulen was carried from the field during the Stormers' 44-34 victory and will undergo an operation on Tuesday, according to the Stormers' website.

As a result, Vermeulen will miss the Stormers' home semi-final on Saturday, July 2 as well as the possible final a week later.

 

[qwerty51]

Huge blow.

 

[PaarlBok]

News from Stormers camp:
Koster will slot in Duannes place and they'll wait to see their opponent before deciding if its necessary to call Kolisi in from the U20s. Earl Rose wont take part any futher in Stormers proceedings, he dont qualify to play in the play offs. Januarie is out and will be replaced by Louis Schreuder.

 

[Baldric]

Earl Rose wont take part any futher in Stormers proceedings, he dont qualify to play in the play offs. Januarie is out

Two thumbs up!

 

[Blue]

Two thumbs up!

Thumbs, toes, nose, schlong, everything up.

 

[PaarlBok]

Thumbs, toes, nose, schlong, everything up.

Always a silver lining down in Slaapstad. :thumb

Just hope it will happen with the Bokke.

 

[PaarlBok]

Goal Kicking %

Stormers Site

The DHL Stormers despite having used 7 kickers for shots at goal this season (Grant, Van Aswegen, Cronje, Duvenage, Coleman, Aplon and Rose) have the highest success rate in the competition at 79.6%.

Next closest are the Bulls at 79%, the Cheetahs at 74.8%, the Force at 73.3%, the Lions at 72.4%, the Brumbies at 72.2%, the Hurricanes at 72.1%, the Reds at 71.7%, the Crusaders at 70.6%, the Sharks at 70%, the Rebels at 69.4%, the Chiefs at 67.7%, the Waratahs at 66.3%, the Blues at 66.1% and the Highlanders at 55.9%.

Peter Grant is also the most successful goal kicker in the competition with an individual record of 84.7% from his 59 attempts (13 from 15 conversions and 37 from 44 penalties). Grants next closest rivals are; A Cruden – Hurricanes (80%), S Ebersohn – Cheetahs (79.3%), M Steyn – Bulls (79%), M Giteau – Brumbies (78.9%) and P Lambie – Sharks (76.7%).