Deon Fourie: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has revealed a little about his plans for 2024 with a 43-man training squad.
Deon Fourie's short but stellar Test career could be over after being omitted from a national alignment camp this week.
Fourie has not retired from Test rugby and sources at the Stormers say he was devastated to be overlooked for this first camp of 2024, which starts on 5 March. But as we now know, Fourie’s particular skills, his ability to forage manically and win the breakdown battle, coupled with his mobility and high work rate and skills as a hooker, allowed the coaches to hatch another plan. The 7-1 split on the bench.
Losing that set-piece battle so badly, gave the All Blacks a foothold in the game. The Boks were just about good enough and Fourie rightly earned massive praise for his brilliance in almost every facet of the game in the chilly Parisian night.Marco van Staden can play flank and hooker. Openside is also Van Staden’s preferred position and uncapped looseforwards and hookers such as Cameron Hanekom and Johan Grobbelaar from the Bulls and Marnus van der Merwe from the Cheetahs have been included. Van der Merwe has occasionally played flank.While this is only an initial squad and things could change with four months until the Boks’ first Test assignments of the year, it’s also an indicator of what lies ahead.
Hacjivah Dayimani in action for the Stormers. He was one of the unlucky players overlooked for the Bok alignment camp.
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