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Stormers suffer late Bok blow ahead of Leinster

Herschel Jantjies, right, and Steven Kitshoff of DHL Stormers celebrate a penalty scrum during the United Rugby Championship match between Connacht and DHL Stormers at The Sportsground in Galway. (Photo By Harry Murphy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Stormers have been dealt a late injury blow just hours before their United Rugby Championship match against Leinster.

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Springbok scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies has been ruled out of the match with a hand injury.

Stormers revealed that Jantjies has not recovered in time and Paul de Wet will take up the role as scrumhalf for the Round 17 clash.

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      We are joined by Springbok rugby royalty with very special guest Siya Kolisi | RugbyPass Offload | Episode 31

      We’re joined by Springbok royalty, Siya Kolisi, who discusses his incredible journey to becoming one of the most iconic players the sport has ever seen. Siya discusses his career journey both on and off the pitch including – altercations off the filed, the genius of Rassie Erasmus as a coach and selector, URC vs super rugby, the possibility of moving to play in Europe, his thoughts on Boks joining six nations, resetting rugby pathway, an incredible impromptu supper with Gerald Buttler, Drinks with Jurgen Klopp & Roc Nations positive influence on rugby.

      Godlen Masimla will be on the replacement bench.

      DHL Stormers: Warrick Gelant, Seabelo Senatla, Ruhan Nel, Damian Willemse, Leolin Zas, Manie Libbok, 9 Paul De Wet, Steven Kitshoff (CAPT), JJ Kotze, Frans Malherbe, Adre Smith, Marvin Orie, Deon Fourie, Hacjivah Dayimani, Evan Roos

      Replacements: Wilmar Arnoldi, Brok Harris, Neethling Fouche, Salmaan Moerat, Junior Pokomela, Ben-Jason Dixon, Godlen Masimla, Juan de Jongh

      Leinster: Max O’Reilly, Adam Byrne, Jamie Osborne, Rory O’Loughlin, Rob Russell, Ciarán Frawley, Cormac Foley, Ed Byrne, John McKee, Thomas Clarkson, Brian Deeny, Josh Murphy, Alex Soroka, Scott Penny, Rhys Ruddock (CAPT)

      Replacements: Lee Barron, Michael Milne, Vakh Abdaladze, Jack Dunne, Seán O’Brien, Nick McCarthy, Harry Byrne, Martin Moloney

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      Date: Saturday, April 30
      Venue: Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
      Kick-off: 18.15 (17.15 UK Time, 16.15 GMT)
      Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
      Assistant referees: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa); Morné Ferreira (South Africa)
      TMO: Ben Crouse (South Africa)

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      RedWarriors 22 minutes ago
      The Springbok selection experiment is far from over

      SA won two world cups but since 1987 there have been major issues with the draw and scheduling.


      Lets look at Scotland and England. Scotland were ranked #9 immediately after RWC 2019.

      They were ranked #7 a few months after and by 2023 they were ranked #5 in the world.

      England were ranked #3 after RWC 2019 but by 2023 were #7 a full 3 ranking points behind Scotland.

      There are 4 Pools. Because World Rugby used rankings from 2019, England were ranked #1 in their pool in with Argentina and Japan and Scotland were ranked #3 in their pool in with South Africa and Ireland. The pools went as youd expect: Scotland were eliminated and England got through to a QF where they got to play Fiji and scraped through to a semi.

      At the end of that tournament England were now a full 3 ranking points ahead of Scotland. This wasn’t due to better rugby. It was entirely due to the draw.

      Now England are in #6, Scotland are in #7 and England are favourites to be #1 Pool seeds (6 pool) in 2027 and Scotland will end up as #2 seeds.

      In effect Scotland are still reeling from the draw in 2023 which was based on the rankings in 2027.

      Considering the amount of admirable effort, money etc that Scotland have put into improving this is an utterly unforgivable outcome from World Rugby.

      This isnt new Draw disasters and scheduling bias has been going on since the start.

      The ONLY reason it is being dealt with now is because NZ and SA were affected and the world could see how ridiculous it was having the QFs with opponents that should be in SFs, and having great teams like Scotland not even qualify from their Pool.


      (I don’t have beef with SA beyond their (and the Kiwis) high proportion of arrogant, brash supporters (see abuse directed at me above) and in the case of the NZ team, lack of respect for other teams.)

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      RedWarriors 44 minutes ago
      The Springbok selection experiment is far from over

      Everyone agreed that the draw was absurd. NZ and SA were the most vocal in criticism before the Pool stages, but then the narrative changed after their squeeked through the QFs.

      The reason you had to play France and England was because you lost to Ireland.

      The draw helped you in that you got to play France in a QF where none of their players had knock-out winning experience. You play England first and then France, and your task becomes significantly harder. If you are also scheduled to play #5 ranked Scotland the week before France then you lose.


      I thought Ireland did rise for the NZ match. Inside a week after Scotland and with resultant fatigue and injury. NZ prepared for a year for that match including identifying a potential infringemnt in Porters scrummaging which yielded 4 penalties. The NZ scrum coach remarked that the ref spent every scrum looking at Porter and not at NZ front row. Kudos, thats clever.


      The fact we got within one score and went out attacking in their 22 shows we were right up for it. Particularly given NZ were so much better than SA in the final (except for the red).


      Hats off to SA. But the idea that SA are a match for the great NZ team of the 2010s is ludicrous. SA were not the best team in there pool in both 2029 and 2023. They are average in between world cups. They have lost in 4 out of 5 matches against one opponent. Sorry but there it is.


      (Anyone can spot a troll, using personal abuse against a person’s opinion being a pretty reliable indicator.)

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