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Following successful negotiations with his Japanese club, Yamaha Jubilo, former Vodacom Bulls captain Dewald Potgieter joined up with his Pretoria team mates again.
Potgieter received the necessary release clearances from his club and will be available to the Vodacom Bulls immediately for the rest of the regular Vodacom Super Rugby season, the Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd announced.
“Dewald will be available to play with immediate effect and till the 11th of July, after which he will have to return to Japan for their pre-season,” High Performance Manager, Xander Janse van Rensburg confirmed.
“We would really like to thank Yamaha for their co-operation in this regard and the professional attitude they have shown during our negotiations. It is wonderful to have Dewald back and I know he will contribute tremendously to our campaign,” Janse van Rensburg said.
Potgieter has played for the Vodacom Bulls in 66 Vodacom Super Rugby matches before his departure to Japan in August last year.
Nou wat is dit nou, is hy terug vir die hele super seisoen of net tot 11 Julie. Beplan ons om nie die uitspeelwedstryde te maak nie ? Is dit wys om iemand te speel wat nie tot die einde daar gaan wees nie ?
Oor 'n ander saak, ek lees op r365 die volgende
Steven Hunt replaces Afrika, while Senatla comes in for Sampie Mastriet, who is on Super Rugby duty with the Bulls, for the two changes to the 12-man squad that lost to New Zealand in the Wellington Cup Final last month.
Beteken dit dat Mastriet nou sy kans gaan kry in Ndgane se plek ? Ons het sy spoed nodig !
My span vir Saterdag
Visser Mastriet JJE Jan Basson JLP Hougies
Dewald JDP Steggies Vic Flip Werner Visagie Dean
Mellet Bongi Marcel Willemse Vleis Piet Pollard Kriel/Akona
Dewald sal verseker 'n groot rol speel op 8 en ook help om na die bal toe te speel om veral Marcell Coetzee in toom te hou saam met Steggies. Ek weet net nie wat gaan gebeur as Jacques Engelbrecht dan opkom nie: Hom op 8 sit en Dewald in Steggies se plek op 6?
Vir die eerste game dink ek dewald sal op die bench wees en engelbrecht gaan bedrop word. Persooonlik sou ek vir engelbrecht in beginspan wou sien of vir grant hattingh. Soos die die blues moet ons die bal vanaf lynstane probeer beheer. Veral met PS du toit uit.
Maar ons het beslis meer diepte. Net jammer as ons die semis maak dat Dewaldt nie daar gaan wees nie.
Maar ons moet dit eers maak. Die volgende twee naweke se games is die rugbrekers vir die Bulle se kanse vorentoe.
En daarvoor het ons vol Loftus nodig. Nie die mieliepit bywoning van die afgelope twee games nie. So, Pretoria, kry julle bums op die seats.
Ek weet nie maar ek sal hom op 8 begin saam steggies en Du Plessis.
Dan kan Jono Bietjie ervaring opbou op Vodacom Cup vlak
Dewald sal ons beste opsie op 8 wees met Steggies en JdP op 6 en 7 respektief. Dewald sal beslis saam met Steggies ons verdediging om die skrum verbeter en meer balle jaag op die grond en turnovers etc meebring en Dewald het goeie hande vir 8 en is great lynstaan opsie.
Die ander ding wat ek sal doen is wanneer hulle later vir Hougaard met Piet vervang, is om Hougie vleuel toe te skuif in Ndgane se plek.
En laastens los Victor en Flip of die veld vir 80 minute!
Nou vir die Blou!
15 Jurgen Visser
14 Akona Ndungane
13 JJ Engelbrecht
12 Jan Serfontein
11 Bjorn Basson
10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter
9 Francois Hougaard
8 Jono Ross
7 Jacques du Plessis
6 Deon Stegman
5 Victor Matfield
4 Flip van der Merwe (c)
3 Werner Kruger
2 Callie Visagie
1 Dean Greyling
Substitutes:
16 Bongi Mbonambi
17 Morne Mellet
18 Marcel van der Merwe
19 Paul Willemse op 4
20 Dewald Potgieter na 8 ( Voel jammer on Jacques te drop, dalk vc beginspan)
21 Piet van Zyl met Bjorn na 14 en Hougie na 11
22 Handré Pollard met JLP dan na 12
23 Ulrich Beyers op 15
I quote "after which he will have to return to Japan for their pre-season"
It is not what the Bulls wanted. It was the period available to them, basically it was that or nothing. Also by that time Arno should be ok. Spies close as-well!!
Let us hope Xander will not make the same mistakes as before. We did nail him good with the Kruger issue!!!
Let us all support the players and structures guys plse. It will make it easyier for them knowing that we support them!
Thanks
Its not Dewald or the Bulls Management that wants to only contract him until 11 July, its the date until when his Japanese club is prepared to let him stay in SA, until they need him back there. It has NOTHING to do with whether they think they will make the play-offs or not.
You will recall that Fourie Du Preez last year was also only available for certain matches for the Boks, the same thing applied there, it was not the HM only wanted to play him in some games, if possible, he would be play 80 mins of each game for the Boks without question!
Veral wat Arno betref, laat hy heeltemal gesond word, kan nie nog 'n besering bekostig nie.
Op daai noot, nogal snaaks dat beide Pierre en Arno weer presies dieselfde beserings opgedoen het wat hulle laas jaar opgdedoen het, so miskien bring hulle die manne te vroeg terug van besering. Eintlik sal dit goed wees as hulle ordentlik kan herstel en volgende jaar liewers weer begin speel.
Ross moes net eenvoudig nooit eers n kontrak by die BBRU gekry het nie, let wel ek het niks persoonlik teen hom nie. Hy is eenvoudig net nie goed genoeg om hier te speel nie.
Solank ons tevrede gaan wees met gemiddelde spelers gaan ons maar gemiddeld presteer ook.
Maar aan ander kan vertsaan ek almal se standpunte oor die hele situasie oor te veel spelers verloor en dan hulle te laat terug bring.
Ek dink vir my le die fout my ons wat baie goeie jong talent skep en dan verloor ons hulle. Andersins koop ons regtig gemors as ons van buite koop. Vat spelers soos Maku,Waylon Murray ens die ouens mors net die unie se geld. Spaar daardie geld en gaan haal n ou soos Schalk Brits of Kyle Cooper nou sit ons met sulke hakers soos Visagie en Maku.