Big Joe a Bok again?
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:18
Follow my lead: Toulon captain Joe van Niekerk
Toulon captain Joe van Niekerk could make an unexpected return to the Springbok fold - spearheading the influx of overseas stars that will be used to feature in Test matches this year.
As rugby365.com reported earlier (CLICK HERE for the full report) today, Bok coach Peter de Villiers could use 2010 as a 'trial' for the legion of South Africans currently plying their trade abroad.
And we decided to look at which players could potentially feature for South Africa against Wales in Cardiff on June 5 - the first of the internationals when De Villiers will lean on the overseas contingent of SA players.
Obviously the final selection of the Bok team will be dependent on which - if any - of the South African teams make it into the Super 14 play-offs.
If, based on current form, the Bulls and Stormers feature strongly in the latter stages, there might be a few extra Sharks in action in Cardiff.
Players like Jean de Villiers, BJ Botha and CJ van der Linde, who were called up in an emergency measure for the 2009 year-end tour, could join up with the likes of Francois Steyn, Gcobani Bobo, Butch James, Derick Hougaard, Michael Claassens, Neil de Kock, Joe van Niekerk, Wikus van Heerden, Marco Wentzel, Daan Human, Faan Rautenbach, Danie Coetzee and Pieter Dixon.
Here then is the rugby365.com Bok selection for June 5: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jean de Villiers, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Odwa Ndungane, 10 Butch James, 9 Michael Claassens, 8 Joe van Niekerk, 7 Wikus van Heerden, 6 Sean Sowerby, 5 Johann Muller, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 BJ Botha, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 CJ van der Linde.
Replacements - from: Danie Coetzee, Pieter Dixon, Daan Human, Faan Rautenbach, Marco Wentzel, Jacques Cronjé, Neil de Kock, Gcobani
Bobo, Meyer Bosman, Jongi Nokwe, Riaan Viljoen, Earl Rose.
By Jan de Koning
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