JDV gets Springbok call up and could play against Ireland..

thomond2006

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/irish/8379629.stm

Anyone think that this NH Springbok call up situation is becoming a bit of a joke?

Still, it would be cool to see JdV play, he is far superior to Jacobs.

thomond2006

thomond2006 wrote: »

Anyone think that this NH Springbok call up situation is becoming a bit of a joke?

Meh, they can do what they like. I just find it comical when they insist overseas players wont be picked and then a few injuries quickly changes their tune. If Kirchner gets assaulted with a steel pipe injured you can bet they will be onto Frans Steyn as well.

chupacabra

Who else are they going to call up? Swanepoel? La Grange? There arent that many good centers waiting for a call up, if they have the likes of De Villiers in the NH then good on them for calling him up.

Risteard

They don't have an official policy on selecting players outside South Africa. PdV just said he wouldn't, that is until injuries forced his hand.

If he had a great Springbok centre just down the road why wouldn't he call him up?

OldJay

thomond2006 wrote: »

Anyone think that this NH Springbok call up situation is becoming a bit of a joke?

Not at all. They're calling up players due to injuries. Bringing a player to Ireland from South Africa at this stage of the tour is silly.

PhatPiggins

thomond2006 wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/irish/8379629.stm

Anyone think that this NH Springbok call up situation is becoming a bit of a joke?

Still, it would be cool to see JdV play, he is far superior to Jacobs.

I'd much rather Jacobs played, he's from the O Gara school of tackling and has the positional sense of a 4 am drunkard when he plays at 12.

Having JDV at 12 will considerably up the pressure on Sexton imo.

Munster Blogger

With Munster luck with imported players. He will come off the pitch injured Saturday. Would have preferred if he wasn't called up.I hope he doesn't start anyway

madds

PhatPiggins wrote: »

I'd much rather Jacobs played, he's from the O Gara school of tackling and has the positional sense of a 4 am drunkard when he plays at 12.

Having JDV at 12 will considerably up the pressure on Sexton imo.

....which is exactly why Kidney is starting him. I'd prefer to see how he handles this type of pressure in a AI Test rather than in 4 months time over in Paris.

PhatPiggins

Munster Blogger wrote: »

With Munster luck with imported players. He will come off the pitch injured Saturday. Would have preferred if he wasn't called up.I hope he doesn't start anyway

Other then Cullen I cant think of any imports that were injured more then the norm.

premierstone

PhatPiggins wrote: »

Other then Cullen I cant think of any imports that were injured more then the norm.

Nick Williams and of course Clinton Huppert

SomeFool

He's on the bench but Botha is starting. Not sure if I want to see him play or not!!:p

PhatPiggins

premierstone wrote: »

Nick Williams and of course Clinton Huppert

I'd say both parties were claiming Clint was injured even if he wasn't as soon as they realised how bad he was.