Coetzee and Pienaar starts

The Springbok team to face Scotland in Nelspruit (with province and caps) is: 15. Willie le Roux (GWK Griquas, 1) 14. Bryan Habana (DHL Western Province, 84) 13. JJ Engelbrecht (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 2) 12. Jean de Villiers (captain, DHL Western Province, 85) 11. Bjorn Basson (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 7) 10. Morné Steyn (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 43) 9. Ruan Pienaar (Ulster, N-Ireland, 64) 8. Pierre Spies (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 51) 7. Arno Botha (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 1) 6. Marcell Coetzee (The Sharks, 13) 5. Juandré Kruger (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 9) 4. Eben Etzebeth (DHL Western Province, 12) 3. Jannie du Plessis (The Sharks, 43) 2. Adriaan Strauss (vice-captain, Toyota FS Cheetahs, 22) 1. Tendai Mtawarira (The Sharks, 42) Replacements,/strong> 16. Bismarck du Plessis (The Sharks, 46) 17. Trevor Nyakane (Toyota FS Cheetahs, 1) 18. Coenie Oosthuizen (Toyota FS Cheetahs,3) 19. Flip van der Merwe (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 24) 20. Siya Kolisi (DHL Western Province, 0) 21. Piet van Zyl (Toyota FS Cheetahs, 0) 22. Pat Lambie (The Sharks, 21) 23. Jan Serfontein (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 1)

Coetzee needs a big one, Can't wait to see Bissie again. Go Bokke it is all about keeping the ball and doing basics well.

I see Meyer has picked his best team, not taking the foot off the gas. Not the best possible Bok team in my opinion, but they will still make light work of the Scot's. Some serious muscle up front on the bench!!! I hope Serfontein gets an extended run...love watching him play.

I agree it would be nice to see more of Serfontein. Coetzee may do his thing against Scotland, but he is not a RC loosie. This is a totally logical team though. I'm sure Meyer has changes in mind, like bringing in Alberts and bringing back Louw.....but he wants continuity, so all the other players can perform The objective is to get team momentum, not pick every new talent that's promissing.

Spot on Moz.

He said that he would mix and match.

 

I was hoping for a few new selections. Say like Serfontein starting at 12 with Strauss given the captaincy.

 

Arno Botha at 8 with Labuschagne at 7.

 

Now's not the time for momentum. Momentum for what?

 

Now's the time to be daring. Just a smidge.

 

It's Scotland we're playing against ... for crying out loud!!!!!

 

 

Cleancut You should learn something from Meyer - he says one thing and does the exact opposite. He said on Monday that he was going to try out a few new players and did NOTHING about it. Matter of fact if Low was available and Vermaak not injured - he would have made NO changes to the team. Pershap he would have brought in Bismarck ion the bench and put Pienaar in the starting line-up and Vermaak on the bench. Meyer is absolutely dead set on certain players and they have to disgrace themselves absolutely before he would even consider any change. I wrote in a thread that I do not expect any changes to the team other than replacement of Vermaak and even playing Coetzee in the starting line-up and Kolisi on the bench. My predictions were 100 correct - and that shows that I have learnt to read Meyer like a book. He is bountd to cost us dearly in future - because he flatly refuse to recognise mediocre performances of his favoured players. I can foresee serious trouble in the Championship with his absolute belief in players who let us down last year.

Look at it this way....Meyer already has Willie, JJ, Arno and several others off the bench who need to be given a succesful international exposure.. He also has a new more attacking playing style to nurture. That's best done in a team that plays like a team.....we are experimenting enough already. Just the tactics change is huge.