Toyota Free State Cheetahs Evaluation
Free State Rugby Union President Mr Lindsay Mould. Photo by Morgan Piek /Rugby15.
The Board of directors of the Free State Cheetahs (Pty) Ltd and the Free State Rugby Union normally does a thorough evaluation of all activities on a quarterly and annual basis.
The last Absa Currie Cup season didn’t go according to plan and a more intensive evaluation process will have to be conducted. Focus will fall on all aspects of the company’s activities and all role players will be involved.
The Company and the Union has a very professional approach towards all its activities and is disappointed in the last Absa Currie Cup season. The Directors and council members however felt that certain aspects of the operations of the company are not professional enough and will be evaluated.
We will especially look at the team matters, medical aspects as well as the general management and marketing of our product. We will also make use of SARU’s expert services.
Free State Rugby Union will take a new look at the contributions and support of all the stakeholders.
The process has already begun and will now be taken further and be completed as soon as possible so that the team management and players can focus on the Super Rugby tournament.
Super Rugby squad
A group of 52 players gathered in Bloemfontein on Monday, 12 November for a pre-season training camp to prepare for the 2013 Super Rugby competition.
The players are:
| Name | Surname | Union |
| Lourens | Adriaanse | Griquas |
| Ryno | Barnes | Griquas |
| Ryno | Benjamin | Free State Cheetahs |
| Jannie | Boshoff « | Griquas |
| Francois | Brummer | Griquas |
| Heinrich | Brussow | Free State Cheetahs |
| Tertius | Daniller | Free State Cheetahs |
| Hennie | Daniller | Free State Cheetahs |
| Tewis | De Bruyn | Free State Cheetahs |
| Lodewyk | De Jager | Free State Cheetahs |
| Rossouw | De Klerk | Free State Cheetahs |
| Justin | Downey | Griquas |
| Robert | Ebersohn | Free State Cheetahs |
| Joubert | Engelbrecht | Free State Cheetahs |
| Andries | Ferreira | Free State Cheetahs |
| Barry | Geel | Free State Cheetahs |
| Johan | Goosen | Free State Cheetahs |
| Hansie | Graaff « | Griffons |
| Edwin | Hewitt « | Griquas |
| Marnus | Hugo | Griquas |
| Cameron | Jacobs | Free State Cheetahs |
| Rocco | Jansen | Griquas |
| Leon | Karemaker | Griquas |
| Pieter | Labuschagne | Free State Cheetahs |
| Ligtoring | Landman « | Griquas |
| Willie | Le Roux | Griquas |
| Hercu | Liebenberg | Free State Cheetahs |
| Kevin | Luiters | Free State Cheetahs |
| Martin | Muller | Free State Cheetahs |
| JP | Nel « | Griquas |
| Dusty | Noble | Griquas |
| Jongi | Nokwe | Free State Cheetahs |
| Trevor | Nyakane | Free State Cheetahs |
| Coenie | Oosthuizen | Free State Cheetahs |
| Cylib | Oosthuizen | Free State Cheetahs |
| Sarel | Pretorius | Free State Cheetahs |
| Boom | Prinsloo | Free State Cheetahs |
| Davon | Raubenheimer | Free State Cheetahs |
| Raymond | Rhule | Free State Cheetahs |
| Steph | Roberts « | Griquas |
| Johan | Sadie | Free State Cheetahs |
| Nico | Scheepers | Free State Cheetahs |
| Marnus | Schoeman | Griquas |
| Riaan | Smith | Vrystaat Cheetahs |
| Jean | Stemmet | Griquas |
| Adriaan | Strauss | Free State Cheetahs |
| Francois | Uys | Free State Cheetahs |
| Schalk | Van der Merwe | Free State Cheetahs |
| Philip | Van Der Walt | Free State Cheetahs |
| Torsten | Van Jaarsveld | Free State Cheetahs |
| Piet | Van Zyl | Free State Cheetahs |
| Waltie | Vermeulen | Free State Cheetahs |
| Elgar | Watts | Free State Cheetahs |
The smaller group of 35 players will be selected closer to the start of the competition. The Toyota Free State Cheetahs will be playing in their first Vodacom Super Rugby match on Saturday, 23 February 2013 against the Sharks in Bloemfontein.
George Sevens Tournament
The Central Region will be sending a franchise team to the Sevens tournament from the 13th to the 15th of December this year in George. Mr. Hawies Fourie was appointed as the coach and Niel du Plessis as the fitness trainer. Arni van Rooyen from the Griquas will be the team manager and Monty Engelbrecht also from the Griquas will be the assistant coach.
Top players from the Super Rugby franchise will be available for the group. A group of players started training on Tuesday and will train three times a week. A final team will be announced on the 4th December.
The prize money for this tournament is R1mil and will be split between the players and the Company.
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