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07th November 2012 12:34
Heinke van der Merwe has been called up for South Africa's matches this November.
The Leinster prop was named as Heyneke Meyer's 32nd squad member earlier in the week ahead of Brian Mujati and placed on standby.
Van der Merwe joined Leinster in June 2010 as a replacement for CJ van der Linde, and has since gone on to win two Heineken Cups in two years with the province.
His first and only previous cap came in 2007 against Wales.
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Comments
5Lock4ward says...
@Willy, A little research would show you that Mujati is capped 12 times by the Boks.
Posted 12:50 09th November 2012
jonesy2 says...
are the boks getting desperate or is this a good move? either way they better beat ireland and not embarrass the southern hem teams
Posted 11:26 08th November 2012
Willy says...
@ 5Lock4ward
Nothing do with the fact that Van der Merwe is a far better player than Mujati.
Or the fact that Mujati is from Zimbabwe and not South Africa.....
@papachinzo
Completely agree Hagan and Sexton had a very good game in the scrums against ospreys, also rate Jack McGrath and Martin Moore highly.
Posted 11:21 08th November 2012
5Lock4ward says...
Hmmm...another non-English international not being made available by Northampton. We can now add Mujati to the list including Manoa and Murray in recent memory. Not to mention the Van Niekerk and Sheppard ordeals. Apparently Northampton is not the place to advance one's international career unless one is English.
Posted 23:28 07th November 2012
rolf says...
"lekker irishman!"
I like.
Posted 19:11 07th November 2012
daibok says...
If Heinke hadnt been capped he would have been playing against the Boks as a lekker Irishman.
Posted 17:03 07th November 2012
papachinzo says...
I'm happy about this, With Healy Ross Bent Cronin Strauss and now Van der Merwe gone, it means Leinster youthful 3rd choice front row (and possibly Ireland's future) McGrath Sexton and Hagan will get some game time!!
They destroyed the Ospreys last weekend, I can't wait to see more of them.
Posted 16:33 07th November 2012