Jan Serfontein has been called up and will join the squad in Newcastle on Monday, with Springbok captain Jean de Villiers ruled out of the remainder of the Rugby World Cup after suffering a fracture to his jaw in the pool match against Samoa in Birmingham on Saturday.
Heyneke Meyer, coach of the Springboks, described this latest injury to De Villiers as a massive set-back. Jan Serfontein has been called up and will join the squad in Newcastle on Monday. An announcement on the captaincy for the match against Scotland will be made on Wednesday.
“Jean is not only our captain and one of the most experienced players in the squad, but he is also the glue of this team and to lose him is very sad,” said Meyer.
Ek het erens gelees dat Smit n operasie ondergaan het. As dit so is, is dit nou n gatslag vir die Bulle. Roelof het uitstekend gespeel en was verseker een van die beter baljagters die jaar. Hy en daardie Cloete man van die WP het vir my baie goed gedoen. Ek het nie al die Leeus se wedstryde gekyk om hul baljagter te beoordeel nie.
Dit was nou vir my n lekker naweek. Eers wen die Bulle , toe die Bokke en toe klop Wallis nog vir Engeland ook. Kon nie beter nie
What a legend. Sterke vorentoe.
Geluk Serfontein ju gaan jou sokkies moet lig
In n finaal is enige iets moontlik!!
Ons moet net saterdag die OP goed klap met n bonuspunt wen!
Jesse did not run great angles Saturday, but hopefully he will look.better next to De Allende. (if the latter is fit)
On the Bulls side, I think we are currently in a bit of a mid-season slumber and hopefully the added pressure can bring the best out of the team character again. We could have easily scored 4 tries Friday night. Our scrum 1st half was better and I am reliefed we did not fumble in the final stages. That shows something special is being build up here from Nollis and the team. Oir biggest problem was actually poor handeling that started to creep into our game again aginst WP but is was a very important away win and we take it. Just hope the Lions will give Province a klap.
We still have WSS to slot in somewhere and there is also Dan Kriel who are a natural 12. He has played as reserve in the 1st two matches.
Wil jy dalk vir Errol Tobias kans gee