De Villiers injury

Scrumdog

Any updates on De Villiers injury ? Looked serious enough when he went off.

danthefan

Won't know til tomorrow apparently, read it in one of the English papers online, can't remember which one. It said there's concern in the SA camp, but that might just be concern he's out next week.

ScrubsfanChris

danthefan wrote: »

It said there's concern in the SA camp, but that might just be concern he's out next week.

Hopefully, he's got just under 2 months until be joins the Munster Camp.

shanagarry

danthefan wrote: »

Won't know til tomorrow apparently, read it in one of the English papers online, can't remember which one. It said there's concern in the SA camp, but that might just be concern he's out next week.

Media here in SA reporting that JDV is a doubt for next week, but there will be no comment on the injury until tomorrow.

So I guess we'll have to wait and see, though I'm hoping that it's not too serious given he hasn't been definitively ruled out.

thomond2006

FFS, another bloody Cullen. :mad::mad::mad:

daveirl

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Aidric

thomond2006 wrote: »

FFS, another bloody Cullen. :mad::mad::mad:

Oh dear. He hasn't spend a minute with the Munster camp yet he's being labelled injury prone. Let's just tear that contract right up.

thomond2006

My point is, his injury record is pretty bad, and it doesn't bode well for his stay at Munster.

A lot like Cullen.

shanagarry

He has had a lot of injuries, but they've been to different parts of his body, rather than a recurring injury. I would be much more worried if that was the case. I think he's been very unlucky more than anything. And he's got a lot of his injuries playing for the Boks, rather than club games, so at least he won't have that any more.

ihatewallies

thomond2006 wrote: »

My point is, his injury record is pretty bad, and it doesn't bode well for his stay at Munster.

A lot like Cullen.

you're a fool. there's no other word for it.

Cullen was past his peak when he came to Munster, pace was gone and body worn out.

JdV's injury record is no worse than Leamy's

Tim Robbins

thomond2006 wrote: »

My point is, his injury record is pretty bad, and it doesn't bode well for his stay at Munster.

A lot like Cullen.

Some game time for Muprhy and Earls then...
Who knows Lewis might even hang around.

Tim Robbins

ihatewallies wrote: »

you're a fool. there's no other word for it.

You can't just call a poster a fool irrespective of their opinions.

Cullen was past his peak when he came to Munster, pace was gone and body worn out.

JdV's injury record is no worse than Leamy's

No, afaik he made it on many people best 15 for the best super 12.
In 2003, he scored 8 tries for the hurricanes. He was controversially left out of the 2003 World Cup squad.

He had some fitness when he came to Munster but was unlucky with injuries. I'll grant you that. But at the time, Munster played 10 man Rugby and having a full back popping up in whatever little broken play there was looking for an offload when no Munster player ever offloaded the ball (taking the hit and setting up the ruck instead) just didn't suit his game.

Now at least half the Munster team can offload it. But at the time, I don't know what he was thinking joining them.

thomond2006

Tim Robbins wrote: »

No, afaik he made it on many people best 15 for the best super 12.
In 2003, he scored 8 tries for the hurricanes. He was controversially left out of the 2003 World Cup squad.

He had some fitness when he came to Munster but was unlucky with injuries. I'll grant you that. But at the time, Munster played 10 man Rugby and having a full back popping up in whatever little broken play there was looking for an offload when no Munster player ever offloaded the ball (taking the hit and setting up the ruck instead) just didn't suit his game.

Now at least half the Munster team can offload it. But at the time, I don't know what he was thinking joining them.

Bingo.

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ihatewallies wrote: »

you're a fool. there's no other word for it.

Banned

If people can't discuss things without resorting to name calling, then we have to issue bans

Des

d'Oracle

Tim Robbins wrote: »

No, afaik he made it on many people best 15 for the best super 12.
In 2003, he scored 8 tries for the hurricanes. He was controversially left out of the 2003 World Cup squad.

He had some fitness when he came to Munster but was unlucky with injuries. I'll grant you that. But at the time, Munster played 10 man Rugby and having a full back popping up in whatever little broken play there was looking for an offload when no Munster player ever offloaded the ball (taking the hit and setting up the ruck instead) just didn't suit his game.

Now at least half the Munster team can offload it. But at the time, I don't know what he was thinking joining them.

Correct.

Although the signs of his knee injury problems were already there when he signed and shoulders can be just one of those things.

danthefan

Tim Robbins wrote: »

Now at least half the Munster team can offload it. But at the time, I don't know what he was thinking joining them.

A sizeable paycheque is what he was thinking, and who could blame him?

shanagarry

Looks like he is fine - just cramp!

See here

sm.org

thomond2006 wrote: »

My point is, his injury record is pretty bad, and it doesn't bode well for his stay at Munster.

A lot like Cullen.

You're by no means a fool but there is little or no sense of reality in your posts on this thread.

On the plus side Sky news are looking for a reporter to cover the Swine Flu crisis, I'll give you a reference if they come calling

sm.org

Tim Robbins wrote: »

You can't just call a poster a fool irrespective of their opinions.


No, afaik he made it on many people best 15 for the best super 12.
In 2003, he scored 8 tries for the hurricanes. He was controversially left out of the 2003 World Cup squad.

He had some fitness when he came to Munster but was unlucky with injuries. I'll grant you that. But at the time, Munster played 10 man Rugby and having a full back popping up in whatever little broken play there was looking for an offload when no Munster player ever offloaded the ball (taking the hit and setting up the ruck instead) just didn't suit his game.

Now at least half the Munster team can offload it. But at the time, I don't know what he was thinking joining them.

He was still a fine player but he was past his best, they weren't exactly upset in Kiwi when he left and there was only serious outcry over his exclusion after they had a shody WC.

ScrubsfanChris

Another link:
http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3821_5456025,00.html

thomond2006

sm.org wrote: »

On the plus side Sky news are looking for a reporter to cover the Swine Flu crisis, I'll give you a reference if they come calling

Eh...thanks?

handsomecake

cullen is my favourite player of all time.just thought id say that.his auto biography is classic too

sm.org

thomond2006 wrote: »

Eh...thanks?

I think your somewhat sensationalist tendencies would suit their particlar style of reporting.

thomond2006

sm.org wrote: »

I think your somewhat sensationalist tendencies would suit their particlar style of reporting.

:D

Not really, my posts here have been knee-jerk reactions, borne out of memories of Christian Cullen.

Aidric

sm.org wrote: »

I think your somewhat sensationalist tendencies would suit their particlar style of reporting.

I think you're right there.

buck65

Nonsense thomond is always a considered analyst -give the guy a break

[Jackass]

Aidric wrote: »

I think you're right there.

What exactly have you contributed to this thread? Two comments jumping all over a throw away remark made by another poster? The only reason I mention it is it's not the first time I've seen you do it and not the first time with the same poster...why don't you just give it a rest and discuss the topic at hand and stop looking at making sly digs all the time?

On topic, I doubt JDV's injury is anything too serious, but he does seem to pick up a few injuries....but then, so does Brian O'Driscoll, so it's early days for him yet, but I've no doubt we'll still see more from him in the tri nations...seeing as it takes about 7 years to complete each Tri-Nations series, he's got plenty of time yet.

Amabokke

JDV haven't had more injuries than other quality players in recent years. One bad injury during his WC campaign and after Sat does not make him injury prone. He will be a good asset to Munster. He should also only play 12 as he is big and strong. He is not a wing (too slow) or 13.

Aidric

[Jackass] wrote: »

What exactly have you contributed to this thread? Two comments jumping all over a throw away remark made by another poster? The only reason I mention it is it's not the first time I've seen you do it and not the first time with the same poster...why don't you just give it a rest and discuss the topic at hand and stop looking at making sly digs all the time?

Yawn. I contributed in the first page by pointing out the nonsense point that was made. My second post was to back up another poster who rightly pointed out the sensationalist element of the post.
Is that alright for you? For future reference I'll continue to jump on rubbish points made and counter argue them. I hope you're alright with that.

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Micky Dolenz

shanagarry wrote: »

Looks like he is fine - just cramp!

See here

Thats good news, read it in the paper today. It's never nice to see a player get hurt. Looking forward to see him playing down the park soon.