From my perspective Erasmus and Brown dooes not want to return to the forward domination effort of he past and retain the muti-purpose game they used in Australia. With that in mnd I tink Rapportis vey enaq to the mark when it comes to he above situation.
However.- that meas there could ebquestion marks as t the following:-
Full back
Le Roux is and was an element of importance in th backlne when it comes to attacking - but he is getting older and his pace is too slow so it is a negative for him - he is not getting younger and his age is a negative. So I tink the full Black shoud be Fassi.
Scrumhalf
Reinach and Wlliams are the two options - one will start and the other one on the bench, I do not know who of the who will start and who will be on the bench.
Lock
Moving Du Toit back to lock will be a sound move and likey to happen. It gives the team an advanement of the bal-in-hand game and in that regard - since Du Toit has ball sense he would be a better option as an addition to attacking play by the Spriingboks, I am a great admirer of Snyman - but he seems to be injurry prone and that makes him a dodgy choice to start as lock.
Loose head Prop
Would not be surprised if Steenekamp is chosen - he and Ox seems to be the future props of the Springboks and Kitshoff - who was not as prominent in recent tests are likely to be phased out, gradually.
Loosies
I will use Smih to replace Kolisi as openside bench flank with Smith - he has a much bette r grasp of rugby then Van Staden who is dolt. .
My picks...
Fassi for Willie(no point with the future in mind)
Hendrikse for Reinach
We w ill kow by tomorrow afternoon what he team would look like.
RG is still injured, so I just read. And Eben is 50/50
You would think so.
Look at it this way, in a twisted way Rassie's hand is forced to select and unearth new talent which might not have happened.