Swanepoep the Brumbie

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The Brumbies have filled their 35-man roster with White adding scrumhalf Mark Swanepoel and outside back Stephan Van Der Walt to the last two spots available on the extended player squad.''



Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugb...#ixzz2AjaOOeMO

bugger, i like swanepoel.

Happy he's got a gig though :-)

Didn't the ARU give us grief because he played in the NPC, so they were saying he was ineligible?

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Originally Posted by BLR

Didn't the ARU give us grief because he played in the NPC, so they were saying he was ineligible?

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Yes, but I think that was to have him back in main squad, not EPS, not sure on EPS rules though.

he was ineligible due to residency, he was considered a International Development player and we didn't want to waste that valuable spot on him given only the year before he was a "normal" player.

But them rules always only apply to the Force - same as announcing contracts before ratification

My eyeballs popped out when i read this. once again we get ripped.

Out of curiosity, what does Swanepoep mean in Afrikaans...what is a swane?

swane is just that.. no meaning, just part of his name... however poep has a couple of closely related meanings, depending on the nature of the conversation..

it could mean someone who has done something silly.. or
it could mean that he is a rear orifice not worthy of conversation

Quoted in the article "The Brumbies have filled their 35-man roster with White adding scrumhalf Mark Swanepoel

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugb...#ixzz2ApT8uLcS"

I thought the ARU have only advised that the squad #s are only 30 next year... are bumb ies special to have 5 more ?? or does this also include the EPS players as well ??

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Originally Posted by benny

Quoted in the article "The Brumbies have filled their 35-man roster with White adding scrumhalf Mark Swanepoel

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugb...#ixzz2ApT8uLcS"

I thought the ARU have only advised that the squad #s are only 30 next year... are bumb ies special to have 5 more ?? or does this also include the EPS players as well ??

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read on and it says the fill the 2 spots left in the EPS. so yes the 35 includes the 5 EPS.

Is there is actually confirmation that the Force were told he would occupy a development player spot? Can any one confirm if development players in your EPS squad count towards your development player spot?

If the Force have been screwed I would ask for a big please explain form the ARU if I was management.