Bok Team vs AB part 2

Springbok team to face New Zealand in Gold Coast:
15 – Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz) – 69 caps, 60 pts (12t)
14 – Sbu Nkosi (Cell C Sharks) – 15 caps, 45 pts (9t)
13 – Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks) – 22 caps, 25 pts (5t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Munster) – 54 caps, 30 pts (6t)
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks) – 21 caps, 80 pts (16t)
10 – Handre Pollard (vice-captain, Montpellier) – 56 caps, 556 pts (6t, 83c, 116p, 4d)
9 – Faf de Klerk (Sale Sharks) – 35 caps, 25 pts (5t)
8 – Duane Vermeulen (Vodacom Bulls) – 57 caps, 15 pts (3t)
7 – Kwagga Smith (Yamaha Júbilo) – 15 caps, 5 pts (1t)
6 – Siya Kolisi (captain, Cell C Sharks) – 59 caps, 30 pts (6t)
5 – Lood de Jager (Sale Sharks) – 52 caps, 25 pts (5t)
4 – Eben Etzebeth (Toulon) – 93 caps, 15 pts (3t)
3 – Trevor Nyakane (Vodacom Bulls) – 50 caps, 5pts (1t)
2 – Bongi Mbonambi (DHL Stormers) – 44 caps, 45 pts (9t)
1 – Ox Nche (Cell C Sharks) – 5 caps, 0pts

Replacements:
16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 42 caps, 45 pts (9t)
17 – Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers) – 55 caps, 5pts (1t)
18 – Vincent Koch (Saracens) – 27 caps, 0 pts
19 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 47 caps, 5pts (1t)
20 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers) – 7 caps, 0 pts
21 – Herschel Jantjies (DHL Stormers) – 17 caps, 25 pts (5t)
22 – Elton Jantjies (NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes) – 40 caps, 300 pts (2t, 64c, 54p)
23 – Frans Steyn (Toyota Cheetahs) – 70 caps, 141pts (11t, 7c, 21p, 3d)

No Cheslin, 

Dumb  fuck Wiese is back, Tosstert back to know the ball on again with no gain line advantage. 

Ox is better than fat Trev, but Window dressing as our best loosehead is on the bench again. 

Actually Marx should start as well but Bongi taking up space

If Niena wants to address transformation why not have Willemse and Fassie on the bench. Start Elton at least and drop pollard. 

Probably another boring test match

1. Fassi is a man who can run. Doubtful he is a useful rugby player.
2. Wiese is better than Thor.
3. Willemse is a Vodacom Cup player.
4. Switch Kwagga for Kolisi, start Mostert at 7.
5. Lood must be permanently dropped.
6. The front-row is a mixed bag, aside from Marx, who is one of our best players.
7. Frans for Damian. If so, you may as well have Willemse on the bench in place of Damian.
8. Reinach is better than Faf.
9. What is Herschel doing anywhere near the team?

Not sure the ABs will run away with this. This team has been playing this brand of rugby all year. Australia managed to get them to open up a bit but if the All Blacks fire on all cylinders then probably about 14 point difference. 

That said, if the boks start using their runners, play in the tram lines and not to cough up the ball. Who knows

The Boks get the ball wide by crabbing instead of fixing the defence. They like chains of passes several metres ahead of the defence, which cramps up our outside backs. The defence simply shifts out and swarms us. When we crab, we actually compress our own runners into the touchline. The Boks would be better off just kicking every ball. They'll get the penalties they need to setup their maul. That's the basis of their game. 

Looking at the Wallabies and All Blacks, I liked the use of the second line of attack. Especially the box formation. The Wallabies had the second line slide left and right, which really caught us out. The Boks keep moving in the same linear and overly lateral direction. The pass behind the pod, or playing out the back of said pod, then moving out, it's very predictable. Shuffle ball is not very effective. 

Agree with you Saffex, but I don't Rassie likes it when his forwards off loads. To high risk rugby, actually, doesn't like if they pass. 

Agree Aug, I noticed that also in the URC, we stand very flat and shift the ball. There are no deception, options or decent screens. Everyone is flatfooted both for the boks and our URC teams. 

Probably because they have been drilled to chase the ball