Loss of Schalk wond deflect Stormers

The sight of their captain Schalk Burger being driven away from the field on a cart was the last thing the DHL Stormers needed in their first Vodacom Super Rugby match of the season, but stand-in skipper Jean de Villiers might have been truthful when he played the moment down afterwards.

“Obviously we will miss Schalk, but to do well in this competition you need to have 35 to 40 players capable of playing at the level, and we feel we have that,” said De Villiers.

In other words, the loss of Burger might not be felt as badly as it might have been had he been ruled out at a similar stage a few years back. The injury is not as bad as might have been feared when he was helped onto the buggy early in the 39-26 win over the Hurricanes. He has twisted medial ligaments in his left knee, and will be back in the game six weeks from now.

That does mean he will miss some important dates on the Stormers calendar, not least of them being the immediate challenge posed by the massive derby match against the Sharks this coming Saturday. However, De Villiers may remember that the Stormers scored an important win without Burger in the team last year.

Just need to tighten up  abit and they should account for Sharks. When is Elstadt back?

"However, De Villiers may remember that the Stormers scored an important win without Burger in the team last year."

He might remind you that they also lost an important one, (where they were the firm favourites to win), with Schalk in the team last year.

I do trust windpomp you are not suggesting Schalk, the SA Player of the year (to the huge embarrasment of many - including yourself) was responsible for the loss?

ou windpomp about to go wrong yet again I suspect!

O do trust Beenbal, that you are not suggesting that Schalk is not that important to your S15 campaign. You know,  as unimportant as Francois Louw was according to you. The same one, that you have suggested elsewhere, should be recalled.

Ou windpom is completely at sea! Sounding a lot like dorkie!! I am the firs tt oadmit SAchalk is a loss but we shall have to cope. I am suggesting that Elstadt goes to 7 vermulen at 8 and Kolisi or someone at else at  6(Kitschoff) I am suggesting our resulting 932 kg pack will decimate the opposition.

I had said we can do without Louw when he was injured for a brief period as Pieter Louw was playing excellent rugby. I have never said we will not miss Louw if he left!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha its difficult to tell whether I am dealing with windpomp or dorkie dumbo as both are equally dense.

Up your game windpomp this is not SS board!

You can be glad that it is not the SS board ou Beenbal, because then I would have quoted your posts and made a complete and utter fool of you.

Speaking of a fool. How are the mob doing?

Doing just fine thanks.

The future at WP is with Kolisi and Carr. Both nice prospects.

 Schalk is a loss but it does bring Kolisi into the equation - he looks a real talent