Stormers prop: Wilco is URC’s ‘best scrummager’
Sti Sithole is relishing the opportunity to lock horns with Springbok scrum anchor Wilco Louw on Saturday when the Stormers and Vodacom Bulls clash in Cape Town.
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Sti Sithole is relishing the opportunity to lock horns with Springbok scrum anchor Wilco Louw on Saturday when the Stormers and Vodacom Bulls clash in Cape Town.
Assistant coach Daan Human gets on top of prepping Springbok props Gerhard Steenekamp and Wilco Louw for a front-row battle against Wales in Cardiff on Saturday.
Rassie Erasmus has decided to allow Ox Nche to rest for Saturday’s clash with Wales, causing the Springboks to reshuffle the front row.
Rassie Erasmus said prop Wilco Louw has the opportunity at Twickenham on Saturday to stake a claim as an understudy to two-time Springbok world champion Frans Malherbe.
Wilco Louw says the Springboks are in the perfect mindset after landing in Edinburgh on Sunday, fired up for the clash against Scotland.
Hooker Johan Grobbelaar and prop Wilco Louw have been called up to the Springbok squad for the November tour, following the injury withdrawal of Jan-Hendrik Wessels.
Which of these star players was the unluckiest to miss out on a call-up after Rassie Erasmus named a 34-man Springbok squad with no new caps for the November tour?
The Bulls have been forced into a late change for their Vodacom URC round 2 clash against Edinburgh in Pretoria on Saturday.
Akker van der Merwe and Wilco Louw have had a taste of the Springboks, and know that starring for the @Vodacom Bulls is their ticket back into the national team, writes MARK KEOHANE.
With one eye on a return to the national team, Bulls prop Wilco Louw believes there will still be chances for the Boks to dominate rival packs under rugby’s law changes.