Joe van Niekerk - The Prodigal Son
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ธ.ค. 2017
- Joe van Niekerk was somewhat of a prodigy. He was a sublime schools sportsman and was undoubtedly the king of KES. He very quickly made an impact in first class rugby and was unexpectedly selected for the Springboks by Harry Viljoen in 2001 against the All Blacks. He played a blinder.
He was a regular starter for the Springboks between 2002 and 2004, but a move to the Stormers and his personality clashing with South African coaches had a negative effect on his playing and he missed out on the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
He did return to the Springbok team in 2008 and played his last test in 2010 against Wales.
In 2009 Joe joined Toulon and became a club legend. This video focuses on his career in SA, but go check out his Toulon tributes. The man is a legend and he was one hell of a talented player.
Enjoy and thanks for watching! - กีฬา
My favourite rugby player during his time. It's sad that he's somewhat been forgotten.
The way Skinstad got his hands around Mortlock & offloaded in the tackle was sheer brilliance
looks like he had time to bring him down too…?
Big Joe was a game changer, for the boks as well as world rugby. He was in a class of his own and combined with Bobby they were like having an extra 2 centres on the field with their ball skills.
And Andrew Aitken.
and Rassie in the beginning
and rassie ..... that loose trio
4:43 forget how fast and good stepper Montgomery was. His kicking immaculate overshadow what a weapon he has all round.
I was the ball boy at he SA trial game in 2002, was such a big JvN fan
One of the most underrated great no 8's of all time... Joe van Niekerk...
Even in high school he used to break off the scrum and run around the opposition wings to score spectacular tries. A dream to watch
One of the most underrated great Springbok no 8's...
One of the best!!!
How did I manage not to remember this guy
Keep these videos coming - some cracking archive footage there!
Miss this great Springbok.. Dynamic...
If you look at other clips of his career you will notice he was a king at try assists, especially when playing at number 8 off the back of the scrum.
Brilliant player
Jah bless
Man Joe was good
Should have been included in 2007 and 2011 rugby world cup
Jah Bless
hes one tough dude bro
This era had so many world class players but poor administrators for S.A rugby
Nothing against Aus or NZ :/ 2003 was tough times
Great video as always! I can't help but spot certain players every time I watch one of these. In this case, have you ever done an Ashwin Willemse video? That would be interesting as well.
njabulow Ashwin is in our pipeline, although we don't have that much footage of him
Understandable, thanks!
still waiting on the John Daniels tribute.
Duwayne Lombard did we commit to doing a John Daniels video?
no but would you be so kind on doing one please
1:26
He had a brilliant career at Toulon after the Bok administration forgot about him…
Yes and he was so loved and appreciated there as their best ever captain and was inducted into their hall of fame earlier this year alongside Jonny Wilkinson. A lot of springbok greats played at Toulon but Joe is the only 1 to be inducted into their rugby hall of fame.
Pierre spies prototype!
He was better than Spies.