Released players:
So who do you think should have stayed.Yaw Penxe
Sanele Nohamba
Fez Mbatha
Rosko Specman
Wandisile Simelane
Lizo Gqoboka
Scarra Ntubeni
Dan du Preez
Jean-Luc du Preez
Coenie Oosthuizen
I'm surprised that the creatine twins have been cut given that Vermeulen is still recovering and we don't have any decent back row cover. But the rest I'm not to worried about. Specmagic tried very hard, had some magic moments, but still tried to much on his own
Yes, it's been obvious for a while that Rassie doesn't rate the du Preez twins. Personally I think he's missing a great opportunity here. I would have much preferred Dan at #8 to Kwagga.
I am surprised that Morne Steyn and Elton Jantjies a re not on the cut list yet. I must admit that Erasmus is not the only one doing selections and that insofar as the two Du Preez's are concerned Jones would have played a role as well. The latter is the real person evaluating club players in the UK Ireland and France and he would have given a comprehensive report on the players that could influence selection of the foreign club players component.
I expect to see Goosen added to the squad soon and the other two flyhalfs sent packing after the first test.
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Sharkbok, I agree that most of the squad should have been playing for their franchises and probably would have given us better indication, but they were too afraid of the Covid break out.
I'm hating this lions tour, none of our franchises fronted up at all. I think the bulls were the only team to challenge them and they did a great job with a completely new team
The Deysel twins have always been vastly overrated. Coenie was a great prop in every way, except he could never be relied on in the scrums. The rest are just quota players who should never have been there in the first place.
If you think of the quality players that have been left abroad, one wonders what Rassie is thinking. Maybe he is too much into his 50% transformation target and just let the best guys play.
Jan Serfontein, Rohan Jansen van rensberg, Jenkins etc are all players that would have made the teams stronger
Not even sure if Marce Coetzee is injured, but that is another player with international experience who would have done better than kwagga
Yes Marcel Coetzee should be in the squad. One thing that counts against him is that he has been injury-prone at test level for some time now.
Foreign based players find it hard to make the team if they haven’t done so under the current coaches, while playing Domestic rugby.
It’s just the way it is. But this does appear to be a clear statement that the Deysel twins are not test material in the view of the Great Erasmus. Pervie’s laughable attempt to blame it all on somebody else is just another example of how facts aren’t accepted on this Board.
Once more, creatine is not an anabolic steroid.
Dan is good, and at 7 would improve the team immensely. Wasn't far off 2019 Thor.
Coenie hasn't been test material since 2014.
PSDT wipes the floor with either of the Dup-Twins.
Moronic Mozart
As per normal you know zero about anything at all. jones was specifically appointed and based in Ireland to liaise with and monitor performances of the SA players playing club rugby in the UK, Ireland and France and he reports to Nienaber as head coach. Simultaneously he is the Attack Coach of the team. The selection of foreign based players for the squad is certainly based on the performance reports of Jones.
Facts never matter as far as you are concerned because you do not know facts.
Similane. No. Just no.
Puleeze….now it’s Jones’ fault that the Deysel twins aren’t retained. The Great Erasmus can’t look at tapes and make an informed judgement. He never coached the Deysels before?
Utter rubbish….you can lay this at Erasmus’ feet.
You claim that you were a top manager - yet you pretend that management does not depend on reports and advice from anybody with expertise in their respective fields? That shows either that you are a liar or that you are lying in this case. You make the choice.
The selections are NOT done solely by Erasmus - the coaching panel decide on selection - Erasmus is made out to be a dictator. Are you nuts as well?
