{"id":10084,"date":"2012-04-19T16:21:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T14:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/rugby-meyer-says-respects-fouries-decision-on-unavailability\/"},"modified":"2012-04-19T16:21:01","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T14:21:01","slug":"rugby-meyer-says-respects-fouries-decision-on-unavailability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-meyer-says-respects-fouries-decision-on-unavailability\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Meyer says respects Fourie’s decision on unavailability"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ken Borland<\/span><\/p>\n

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PRETORIA, South Africa, April 19 – South Africa coach
\nHeyneke Meyer said on Thursday that he understood star centre
\nJaque Fourie’s reasons for making himself unavailable for the
\nSpringboks this year.<\/p>\n

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The 29-year-old Fourie, who has been capped 69 times for
\nSouth Africa since 2003, announced on Wednesday that he was
\nunavailable for the Springboks while he completes the second
\nyear of his contract with Japanese club Kobelco Steelers.<\/p>\n

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“I respect Jaque’s thoughts in not making himself available
\nbut it’s a pity because he’s close to being the best outside
\ncentre in the world and he was definitely an integral part of my
\nplans,” Meyer told reporters in Pretoria.<\/p>\n

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“But it’s very important that the players I choose are
\nfocused on the South African cause and want to play for the
\nSpringboks. If there’s pressure from their overseas clubs, then
\nI understand,” Meyer told reporters in Pretoria on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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The new Springboks coach said the door was not closed to
\nFourie to make a return ahead of the 2015 World Cup.<\/p>\n

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“I’d like to speak again with Jaque in two years time,
\nbecause we’ll be going into our World Cup plans and I hope he
\ncan still be there then,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Meyer, who had just completed the first of three planning
\ncamps with potential Springbok players, drawn from the Cheetahs
\nand the Lions, said there was plenty of talent at his disposal
\nto replace senior players who were not available.<\/p>\n

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“The absence of players like Jaque is great for the
\nyoungsters and even the more experienced guys,” he said.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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