Off to Cape Town: Jebb Sinclair
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The Stormers have announced the loan signing of Canada number eight Jebb Sinclair, who joins the squad from Premiership side London Irish.
Sinclair comes in as loose forward cover for the side, with Schalk Burger, Duane Vermeulen and Nick Koster only due back after the break in June.
"We've lost two number eight options, and I wanted to find an experienced replacement," said Stormers coach Allister Coetzee.
"I had to look around and I'm happy that Jebb is the kind of guy that will do a good job"
Coetzee added that plans to bring Francois Louw to Cape Town had failed, but promised that the search for another experienced loose forward would continue.
Their Canadian international will be available for the next four games for the Stormers and will then play for Canada in the June international window before returning to Cape Town for three remaining Super Rugby league fixtures.
In terms of the SANZAR regulations he will not be eligible to play any knockout games for them.
Sinclair has 25 caps for Canada, the last being the RWC clash with New Zealand on October 2.
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JayStarr says...
@ melkdave: Don't worry about South African depth my friend... The Stormers have a production line that can feed two countries. The reason Alistair Coetzee looked somewhere else is because he needed someone with top class rugby experience - and this dude played at the World Cup.
@ benski: They couldn't come to an agreement with Bath.
If this guy can come with the same attitude Canada played with at the World Cup, then this will be a very good signing.
Posted 08:46 10th May 2012
Oceansnz says...
@Melkdave
Well put!
Posted 03:42 10th May 2012
SACanuck says...
Good on ya Jebb, hope you do well and show them how a Canadian tackles.
Posted 00:43 10th May 2012
5Lock4ward says...
I wouldn't look at this move as a signal that South African rugby doesn't have depth. I'd look at it as the Stormers are in contention for a Super Rugby title and want to bring in someone who's been competing at a high level instead of using this as an opportunity to see what a developing yet unproven South African might be able to do. This player has international experience on one of the top 15 nations in the world. On the other hand to question South Africa's depth in my opinion is non-sense. They're consistently among the best in the world and frankly have the best domestic competition, esp. in terms of physicality amongst the forwards.
Posted 20:03 09th May 2012
benski says...
What Happened to Francois Louw?
Posted 17:55 09th May 2012
JayStarr says...
Who IS she....!?
Never heard of him. Hope he's good!
Posted 17:05 09th May 2012
melkdave says...
Well good news for Sinclair and north american players in general in that their worth is being regognised .What it says about the depth of SA rugby is worrying though ,no players of the required standard at all says alot about the Vodafone cup imo and just maybe the Currie cup
Posted 16:30 09th May 2012
Bones7 says...
That will be interesting. Looking forward to seeing how he adapts to super rugby, seemed to take to the premiership pretty easy! As Kitch Christie said in 1995, North Americans have a brilliant culture of contact skills and Sinclair does seem to have that abrasive Jamie Cudmore quality about his game but with a bit more dynamism I think
Posted 15:18 09th May 2012
bok120592 says...
very interesting...so that means there are no backrow players available in South Africa playing for the smaller provinces e.g. griquas, valke, border who have been playing in the vodacom cup? not too sure of this one really
Posted 14:23 09th May 2012
5Lock4ward says...
I'm always pleased to see North American players getting time in major professional leagues...even if they are Canadians.
Posted 13:32 09th May 2012
Herbman says...
Interesting...
Posted 13:04 09th May 2012