It seems that Ricky Januarie will be able to play the rest of the year since his driving under the influence of alcohol case has been postponed to 29 January 2009.

“Januarie, who was arrested by police in the early hours of Sunday morning in Durbanville near Cape Town, has been named to play for Western Province in a Currie Cup match against Griquas at Newlands on Friday. WP coach Allister Coetzee confirmed this week that he will continue to select the player, despite the scrumhalf’s off-field troubles.”

The commercial manager and legal representative of the Stormers and Province teams, Frikkie Erasmus told rugby365.com that the prosecution is still waiting on the forensic analysis of Januarie’s blood sample.

“Erasmus maintains that when he visited Januarie at the police station after his arrest on Sunday that the No.9 “definitely did not look like someone that was under the influence of alcohol”. He added that he will appeal to the Director of Public Prosecutions to withdraw the case against Januarie.”