Dave - I wondered what happened to Stokkies Hanekom

Here is some news on him:-

"ns utility back Nicolaas Hanekom is making progress on his knee injury and is expected to be available for selection within the upcoming four weeks.

Ah ok, as it made no sense that he was not featuring with the Lions after the CC he had last year.

Other players who have gone missing are Dries Swanepoel of the Bulls and Tyler Fisher and Tim Swiel of the Sharks. I read that Swiel wanted to stay at Quins in England but nothing official has been said.

I see poor Pat Howard is being wasted by useless Coetzee at WP, playing Vodacom Cup......he wanted to stay at Munster and no doubt useless Coetzee's snubbing will be the final straw for him. No doubt he will be playing up North by next season.......what a bloody waste....pisses me off no end......instead we see the likes of average Jones, Lleyds, de Jongh and Kotze getting game time for the Stormers.