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Preliminary 49-Man Springbok Squad Announced
20 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone in Sport, Vibe
The preliminary 49-man squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup has been announced, including 21 players who are previous World Cup winners.
The list has been sent to the IRB as one of the requirements for the Rugby World Cup’s planning. It should be noted, however, that this squad is flexible and the final squad of 30 may include players from outside of this group.
Coach Peter De Villiers said:
I’m very happy with the squad. We have got a good blend of youth and experience as well as including some uncapped players who have forced their way into contention for selection with their performances in Super Rugby.
Our planning is at an advanced stage for the international season and the vast majority of these players have attended one or both of our planning camps.
Our Castle Tri-Nations squad will be drawn from this group once we have been able to sort out those players who are carrying injuries at the end of the Vodacom Super Rugby competition.
I don’t really know how to feel about the squad. On the one hand I’m happy for Dean Greyling, who’s been outstanding and I’m glad some of the overseas players also got a look in. But for the love of all things good and pure, how can they pick Ricky-bloody-Januarie and not Sarel Pretorious? Januarie is the only man who can play both scrumhalf and hooker. And who the hell thinks Elton Jantjies is good enough? This seems too much like race politics to me.
The final squad will be announced on 23 August.
The complete squad, in alphabetical order is:
Player
ProvinceCapsTest pointsPrevious RWCsWillem AlbertsThe Sharks315 (3 tries)-Gio AplonDHL Western Province1315 (3 tries)-Bjorn BassonVodacom Blue Bulls40-Andries BekkerDHL Western Province245 (1 try)-Bakkies BothaVodacom Blue Bulls7235 (7 tries)2BJ BothaUlster255 (1 try)1Heinrich BrüssowFree State Cheetahs135 (1 try)-Schalk BurgerDHL Western Province6365 (13 tries)2Juan de JonghDHL Western Province65 (1 try)-Jean de VilliersDHL Western Province6795 (19 tries)1Bismarck du PlessisThe Sharks3625 (5 tries)1Jannie du PlessisThe Sharks245 (1 try)1Fourie du PreezVodacom Blue Bulls5565 (13 tries)1Jaque FourieDHL Western Province62150 (30 tries)2Dean GreylingVodacom Blue Bulls---Bryan HabanaDHL Western Province68190 (38 tries)1Alistair HargreavesThe Sharks20-Francois HougaardVodacom Blue Bulls80-Adrian JacobsThe Sharks3235 (7 tries)Butch JamesMTN Golden Lions40148(3t, 26c, 26p, 1dg)1Elton JantjiesMTN Golden Lions---Enrico JanuarieDHL Western Province4725 (5 tries)1Ashley JohnsonFree State Cheetahs---Ryan KankowskiThe Sharks175 (1 try)-Zane KirchnerVodacom Blue Bulls145 (1 try)-Werner KrugerVodacom Blue Bulls---Patrick LambieThe Sharks42 (1 c)-Francois LouwDHL Western Province710 (2 tries)-Victor MatfieldVodacom Blue Bulls10535 (7 tries)2Tendai MtawariraThe Sharks265 (1 try)-Johann MullerUlster2301Lwazi MvovoThe Sharks25 (1 try)-Odwa NdunganeThe Sharks710 (2 tries)Wynand OlivierVodacom Blue Bulls325 (1 try)1Coenie OosthuizenFree State Cheetahs---Ruan PienaarUlster47107(6t, 13c, 17p)1JP PietersenThe Sharks3660 (12 tries)1Chiliboy RalepelleVodacom Blue Bulls180-Danie RossouwVodacom Blue Bulls5440 (8 tries)2John SmitThe Sharks10230 (6 tries)2Juan SmithFree State Cheetahs6960 (12 tries)2Pierre SpiesVodacom Blue Bulls4035 (7 tries)-Gurthrö SteenkampVodacom Blue Bulls3125 (5 tries)1Deon StegmannVodacom Blue Bulls40-Frans SteynRacing Metro4297(6t, 5c, 16p, 3dg)1Morne SteynVodacom Blue Bulls25322 (4t, 37c, 71p, 5dg)-Adriaan StraussFree State Cheetahs90-Flip van der MerweVodacom Blue Bulls105 (1 try)-Duane VermeulenDHL Western Province---[Source : Sport24]
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