There's no sense in some of those selections.
Have to agree Mushrooms, Kolisi, Kwagga, Dud etc. Van Staden on the bench?! why is he even in the team. Just shows that Kolisi won't finish the game, again. The guy doesn't have any stamina.
Same old bumbling boks. How on earth does Moerat make this team. He doesn't do anything for me. RG is there. Mostert still there.
Probably will be some of these guys last season.
a 6/2 split, otherwise Fassi would be on the bench I suppose.
Fassi under the highball looks phenomenal, and he joins the line well on attack - a bit like how Leroux joins the backline with angled runs.
Disappointing for Roos to not make such a large forward-laden bench.
Good to see Sacha make the team, with a specialist scrumhalf the other back.
Rassie said "“Sacha, similarly to Grant (Williams), also offers us additional options in the backline, as he can cover flyhalf and centre, while Grant is efficient at scrumhalf and wing, which places us in a good position with the six-two split."
What happened to Libbok? Sasha is a more reliable pole kicker- and he can cover centre.
No space for Esterhuizen, as a specialist centre.
SB
Esterhuizen was given anoh ter c hance in the Wales test and as xpected he failed badly and no amount of sugarcoating on this site will not count. I beleive that Roos should be in the team and not Kwagga who is not a real no 8anyway.
When Kolisi leave the field Du Toit will take over the capataincy.
Like Esterhuizsen fucked up against Wales? Not a chance of that. low.
Thankfully the selectors have realised the hard work and skill Mostert brings to the side.
Starting lock Mostert and with Smith at #8 to cover for the #6
should be a good side after the first half when #6 gets replaced.
Thankfully no Libby.
Like Esterhuizsen fucked up against Wales?
Give us an example, ou Maaik.
Interesting to see that Manie didn't even make the match day squad. Some key stats from this year has shown that he is extremely poor in contact and concedes the most ball when tackled. He has also the worst kicking record out of all the 10s in SA. He is sitting at 10%
I wonder if Dobbo is going to give Sacha more time at 10. Then we still have Willemse out injured but due to be back soon.
Interesting to see what we are going to do with these players. They are all very versatile. Then we have the forgotten man in Gelant who is the one of the top ranked players in the URC, but no hope for him in the bok team.
Fassi can feel hard done by, he is really finding his groove now and yes, 10 x better than Willie under the high ball. Such an asset. Especially with his turn of pace.
What to do with Fassi, Sacha, Libbok and Willemse. Not to mention Arendse, Moodie etc. We do need a hard nose 12, hate to admit, like Dud. Don't forget about young Ethan Hooker that made the bok squad for the welsh game. Another player with a lot of pace, size and high work rate. Great hands too and might keep Esterhuizen out of the sharks team.
10 x better than Willie under the high ball
Willie is still our best playmaker.
Not starting Roos at 8 is dumb...v an Staaden is OK on the bench, but Kwagga should have been on the bench, with Roos starting. Moerat or RG, not both...
‘ Why on earth would a coach in his right mind select Mostert over RG, or Nyakane now 35 over Wilco Louw or Willie over Fassi or Reinach over Nohamba or Papier or Mapimpi over Green - it’s the experience and knowing the system thing’
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…at last it occurs, Eluckmiss is not in his right mind…a nutter.
Rassie's treatment of AE is contemptuous it's obvious that he favours players.
Well he's record show that he's right more often than he's wrong, regardless of his favoritism...
The backline is fine though I prefer Edwil to Arendse.
Roos to me was a a definite.
What so many locks. Add in Steoh and you have 5 guys who can play lock.
But as we all should know Rassie has his finger on the pulse and has a plan
Esterhuizen was never going to play after his lackluster performance against Wales. It's difficult to comprehend why he doesnt take his chances. He needs to give 100 percent but doesn't.
Willie as I said would be 15 he is do creative. Bongi had to start given where Marx is.
I am concerned that with Mostert. Kolisi and Kwagga we have given away our physical edge.
Maybe we will play a fast moving game at altitude.
Anyhow looking forward to the game.
Mozzietard will be busy preparing reasons why the Boks were lucky to win should that happen.
If we lose it will be Allende's fault followed by Stef. Rassie will be blamedbof course as he will again be accused of not knowing what he is doing.
Oh the arrogance if these bumbli ng loons. Will they never realize how dumb and ignorant thry are. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
It's all so utterly predictable.
I'm wondering where this team is at re a gameplan.....pre Brown I would have guessed they'd go the conservative, same old same old but now with the injection of Brown you'd expect a new dynamic or does that oldie about a leopard not changing his spots kick in? I'm hoping to see a new dynamic not the winning off Pollard's boot .
Tx Brian you can exit now your cage is unlocked.
The goal vs the Irish is victory, reconstruction & the future aint even on the menu. The Irish have been blikseming us for years ............... we're at home & the players who lost to 'em, yet recovered to win the RWC, deserve the opportunity to redress this abnormality.
For those expecting us to beat the Irish...
The red circles are WC wins...and it looks like we may be headed for a downtrend, if the last cycle was anything to go by.
Bok win percentage, year by year.
Boks are only a World Cup team and we got lucky, based on our previous performance we were meant to be knocked out in the quarters.
Remember,
1995 - Won
1999 - Semi (3rd - Beat NZ)
2003 - Quarters (Pool loss)
2007 - Win
2011 - Quarters Knock out
2015 - Semi Finalist (3rd - Beat Arg for bronze)
2019 - Win (Pool Loss)
2023 - Win (Pool Loss)
not the perfect World Cup, our win ration were still very low between 2019 until 2023 at 62%
So it is probably the hardest thing being a bok fan. We win the World Cup but we can't beat a piss poor Australia team. We lose to gobby Ireland 5 times.
Rassie now need to go for win at all cost, he can have a dip next year and then the year there after we have to beat NZ at home which will be a mouth watering old school traditional tour.
SOME GREAT TALENT EMERGING WHICH RASSIE WILL BLEND IN.
I am expecting a gathering strength as Rassie sifts through the new blood.
Talent and a master coach spell good news.
Corny king is way to o pessimistic. then we have hatters like mozzie hoping the Boks fail just so Rassie gets the boot.
We have poor Plumster wailing away about the lazy Esterhuizen and other noobs battling to understand events.
Man its a huge comedy!
AE is lazy?
I doubt that very much.
A guy that size doesn't stay in that shape by being lazy.
Dud has been a non entity for 79 tests…..I can’t remember one exciting break, one great open field tackle, one superb pass, one tactical kick that was effective.
Seventy nine tests of tractoring and clinging tackles.
Exclude WC years/exclude the Bargie tests Jake never played in the RC and exclude 2006 when Jake was disrupted by a coup attempt……and his record is way, way better than Eluckmiss….who is 20 wins/18 losses in that comparable data set.