Muller and Pienaar in Boks Tri- Nations Squad.

 Tri Nations, Ulster
Jul 082011
 

Is Muller waving bye, bye till August or October? Picture from rugbypicture.co.uk

The Springboks today announced a squad of 27 players for their away leg of the Tri-Nations later this month.

Coach Peter de Villiers rubbished accusations that the Springbok management team are deliberately naming a weakened side to give rest to senior players.

“There’s no such thing as a weak Springbok side,” said de Villiers

Sat, Jul 23 9:30 am – 11:00 am: Tri Nations: Australia v South Africa

Sat, Jul 30 8:30 am – 10:00 am: Tri Nations: New Zealand v South Africa

Springbok squad:

Backs: Gio Aplon, Bjorn Basson, Juan de Jongh, Adrian Jacobs, Elton Jantjies, Patrick Lambie, Charl McLeod, Lwazi Mvovo, Odwa Ndungane, Wynand Olivier, Ruan Pienaar, Morne Steyn.

Forwards: Heinrich Brüssow, Jean Deysel, Dean Greyling, Alistair Hargreaves, Ryan Kankowski, Werner Kruger, Ashley Johnson, Johann Muller, Coenie Oosthuizen, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Danie Rossouw, John Smit (captain), Deon Stegmann, Adriaan Strauss, Flip van der Merwe.

With 21 of the 49 South African World Cup training squad reportedly injured it is likely that this list will change somewhat from the final World Cup squad but the possible loss of Muller to World Cup action along with the persistent speculation on the involvement of Payne means that Ulster’s early season squad may be missing a few more senior players than anticipated.

Read the South African view from our friends on Sharksworld here…

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  1. rekinek
    July 14, 2011 at 4:07 pm
     

    well done to the sharks …oops ;-) ulster players :-)

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    • John
      July 14, 2011 at 4:19 pm
       

      Careful now rekinek or we won’t give them back. :) )

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  2. rekinek
    July 14, 2011 at 5:24 pm
     

    I see you are already keeping Muller for a season longer. He’s 31 so I guess he may be thinking of retirement in 2013 but we are definitely keeping a spot for Pienaar :-)

    IMO they were missed this year.

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    • John
      July 14, 2011 at 6:42 pm
       

      Don’t worry another year with us and we’ll have knocked off all the rough edges!

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      • rekinek
        July 19, 2011 at 1:27 pm
         

        that’s what we are hoping for :-)

        BTW both Muller and Pienaar named in starting XV for Aussie game.

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