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Cape Town – Earl Rose and Louis Schreuder could both be in line for their Stormers' debut in Melbourne on Friday after Dewaldt Duvenage was added to the Cape side’s injury list.
Duvenage injured an ankle in Saturday’s historic 16-3 win over the Brumbies in Canberra. He started at scrumhalf, but for the past two games also played a valuable role as the team’s second flyhalf.
With that option probably no longer at the Stormers’ disposal, they will have to make another plan. It was already announced last Friday that Rose will link up with the team on Monday.
The Stormers have since also called up Schreuder, who still played for the South Africa Under-20 side with Patrick Lambie and Elton Jantjies last year.
Schreuder is predominantly a scrumhalf, but has also played flyhalf. Ricky Januarie is expected to wear the No 9 jersey against the Rebels.
Kurt Coleman had a nervous outing at flyhalf against the Brumbies, but Stormers coach Allister Coetzee is planning on keeping him in the starting line-up.
“It’s important that we give Kurt another chance. It’s a learning curve and the intensity at this level is greater than he is used to. He was good on defence on Saturday,” said Coetzee.
It will probably help to have an experienced flyhalf option for the substitutes bench.
Rose offers that and the magnitude of the Stormers’ injury crisis at flyhalf means that Cape rugby bosses have no option but to consider the Springbok who left Western Province under a cloud of controversy in 2005.
“Earl is in the picture. I will not allow the team culture to be negatively affected in any way,” said Coetzee.
He also revealed that the back spasm sustained by Springbok lock Andries Bekker was not serious.
Cape Town – Earl Rose and Louis Schreuder could both be in line for their Stormers' debut in Melbourne on Friday after Dewaldt Duvenage was added to the Cape side’s injury list.
Duvenage injured an ankle in Saturday’s historic 16-3 win over the Brumbies in Canberra. He started at scrumhalf, but for the past two games also played a valuable role as the team’s second flyhalf.
With that option probably no longer at the Stormers’ disposal, they will have to make another plan. It was already announced last Friday that Rose will link up with the team on Monday.
The Stormers have since also called up Schreuder, who still played for the South Africa Under-20 side with Patrick Lambie and Elton Jantjies last year.
Schreuder is predominantly a scrumhalf, but has also played flyhalf. Ricky Januarie is expected to wear the No 9 jersey against the Rebels.
Kurt Coleman had a nervous outing at flyhalf against the Brumbies, but Stormers coach Allister Coetzee is planning on keeping him in the starting line-up.
“It’s important that we give Kurt another chance. It’s a learning curve and the intensity at this level is greater than he is used to. He was good on defence on Saturday,” said Coetzee.
It will probably help to have an experienced flyhalf option for the substitutes bench.
Rose offers that and the magnitude of the Stormers’ injury crisis at flyhalf means that Cape rugby bosses have no option but to consider the Springbok who left Western Province under a cloud of controversy in 2005.
“Earl is in the picture. I will not allow the team culture to be negatively affected in any way,” said Coetzee.
He also revealed that the back spasm sustained by Springbok lock Andries Bekker was not serious.
