{"id":294829,"date":"2026-01-14T11:35:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/?p=294829"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:35:28","slug":"vurige-ceejay-van-botla-fire-is-nou-n-kontrak-by-die-pumas-aangebied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/vurige-ceejay-van-botla-fire-is-nou-n-kontrak-by-die-pumas-aangebied\/","title":{"rendered":"Vurige Ceejay van Botla Fire is nou &#8216;n kontrak by die Pumas aangebied"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klubrugby het sy doel gedien\u2009.\u2009.\u2009. Dit is hoe menige ondersteuner voel as hulle hoor van jong spelers wat week n\u00e1 week hul hart vir hul plaaslike rugbyklubs uitspeel en dan deur een van die groter unies raakgesien en &#8216;n kontrak aangebied word.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Een so &#8216;n speler is die gewilde agterlynspeler van Botla Fire, Ceejay Swartz. Di\u00e9 26-jarige boorling van Botrivier het nie in sy wildste drome gedink dat sy rugbyloopbaan &#8216;n ander wen-ding gaan neem nie. &#8220;Ek het net daarop gefokus om week n\u00e1 week my beste vir Botla te gee en toe ek &#8216;n oproep van die Pumas-bestuur kry om my rugbyloopbaan daar voort te sit, het ek eers gedink iemand skeer die gek met my,&#8221; vertel Ceejay. Dit was egter die waarheid en nadat die werklikheid ingeskop, vreugdevure gebrand en Ceejay vir twee weke &#8216;n voorseisoen-oefenkamp in Mbombela bygewoon het, sien hy nou uit na die nuwe uitdaging wat hy s\u00ea God vir hom oor sy pad gebring het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Vir iemand wat in die Laerskool Botrivier was en my ho\u00ebrskoolloopbaan aan Groenberg Sekond\u00ear in Grabouw voltooi het, het ek nooit gedink so &#8216;n geleentheid sal oor my pad kom nie.&#8221; \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy vertel trots hy kom uit &#8216;n rugbyfamilie en die rugbygogga het hom gebyt toe hy o.9 was. &#8220;Al is ek &#8216;n veiligheidsbeampte by die Overstrand-munisipaliteit en al is my werk vir my baie belangrik, eet, slaap en leef ek rugby,&#8221; vertel hy. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ceejay het vandat hy 18 jaar oud was vir Botla Fire gespeel en daarna vir Hawston Skrik vir Niks en toe weer na sy tuisdorp se span teruggekeer. &#8220;Ek het in 2017 en 2018 vir Botrivier gespeel en in 2019 en 2020 vir Hawston. Ek het n\u00e1 covid in 2022 weer by Botla Fire aangesluit en nog nie een keer teruggekyk nie. Die jaar by Botla was seker my hoogtepunt \u2013 nie net het ons bo-aan die Overberg-Grootuitdaag se punteleer ge\u00ebindig nie, maar ons het ook in die uitspeelwedstryde bo verwagting goed gevaar.&#8221; \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ceejay was ook een van die beste driedrukkers in die toernooi en glo hy kan sy spelpeil vanjaar by die Pumas voortsit. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy kan ook nie wag om deur een van die topafrigters in die land, Jimmy Stonehouse, afgerig te word nie. &#8220;Coach Jimmy het wondere met die Pumas verrig en is &#8216;n gesiene afrigter in die land se rugbykringe. Ek is ge\u00eberd dat iemand soos hy my talent raakgesien het en ek sien baie uit om by hom te leer. 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