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Springboks flyhalf Elton Jantjies arrested - reports
By Ian Cameron
Springboks flyhalf Elton Jantjies has reportedly been arrested at an airport in South Africa – according to multiple local reports.
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Jantjies is accused of causing damage to the property of an airline and was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport.
Gauteng police spokesperson, Colonel Athlenda Mathe confirmed the arrest.
“A 31-year-old man has been arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport upon arrival at the airport from Dubai. He allegedly damaged property belonging to the airline,” Mathe told media outlets this Sunday.
The NTT Red Hurricanes and Lions was apparently taking a flight from Dubai to Johannesburg when the incident occurred following a family holiday.
In 2021 Jantjies left the Lions to take an opportunity as medical joker with French club Pau in preparation for the British & Irish Lions. He later moved to Japan where he is being coached by former Springbok Johann Ackermann at the Red Hurricanes in Japan Rugby League One.
Japanese clubs are known to take a very dim view of players being caught up with the law, even when the matters are relatively trivial. Wallabies great George Smith was sacked by Suntory for an incident with a taxi driver in 2018.
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The 31-year-old has played 41 times for South Africa but is seen as a second fiddle to Handre Pollard.
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Ultimately it is the entire NZR board who should be sacked. Foster wants to be the ABs coach, you can't blame him for that. NZR appointed him in what was a terrible process for actually finding the right candidate, more of a coronation based on the false assumption of "continuity" - it was clear from the BIL tour in 2017 which direction the ABs were heading, continuing that seemed crazy by they decided to do it anyway. They then reappointed him before he had faced a true test before the NH tour of 2021 which was a disaster. They could have sacked him then. They could have sacked him after the Ireland series where it was clear the ABs were well of the pace. They could have done it after the tests in SA which despite being 1-1 were not in the least bit convincing. Basically they have backed the guy every year, but now in the lead up to the world cup they have decided he's definitely not the right guy, yet he remains the coach.
Go to comments"taking the land they felt had been stolen from them during the colonial era" the land had been stolen, and the requisitions were entirely justified. I'm very sorry that Negri's family were hurt but this article is basically just propaganda for apartheid.
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