England tour schedule

Only downer will be the Boks in the North and South barbarians side will not be present I would guess.

Ex keo

England will play two midweek matches as well as three Tests as part of their tour to South Africa this June.

The schedule for the tour has been finalised with England set to tackle the Springboks in Durban, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. Saru has confirmed that two midweek matches will also be staged ahead of the second and third Tests.

England will play a South Africa Barbarians South team in Kimberley on 13 June. The following week, the tourists will tackle a SA Barbarians North team in Potchefstroom on 19 June.

Saru CEO Jurie Roux said that the SA Barbarians teams would comprise players from the Currie Cup First Division teams. The coaches will be appointed in due course.

England coach Stuart Lancaster said: ‘This will be a massive and exciting challenge for us. England have never had a three-Test series in South Africa and, with two midweek games against opponents who will be desperate to impress, these five games gives us a great opportunity for a wider group of players to put their hat in the ring and gain international experience.

‘We were pleased with the progress we made in the Six Nations and this tour is another important step on the journey towards 2015.’

ENGLAND TOURING SCHEDULE:
9 June: Springboks vs England (1st Test), Kings Park, Durban (17:00)
13 June: SA Barbarians South vs England, Hoffe Park, Kimberley (14:30)
16 June: Springboks vs England (2nd Test), Ellis Park, Johannesburg (17:00)
19 June: SA Barbarians North vs England, Olen Park, Potchefstroom (19:10)
23 June: Springboks vs England (3rd Test), Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth (17:00)

Ok if I was the coach, my match 22 against England would be 15. Lambie 14. Mvovo 13. JP 12. Frans 11. Habana 10. Goosen 9. Hougaard 1. Beast 2. Bismark 3. Mujati 4. Etzebeth 5. Bekker 6. Brussouw 7. Vermeulen 8. Spies 16. v/Zyl 17. JJ. Engelbrecht 18. Taute 19. Coenie 20. Chiliboy 21. Flip 22. J. Strauss

Therefore my Barbarians South would be:

15. Joe 14. v/d Heever 13. de Jongh 12. Whitehead 11. Aplon 10. Grant 9. Duvenhage 1. Kitshoff 2. Burden 3. Malherbe 4. JA Marais 5. Elstadt 6. Daniel 7. Coetzee 8. Alberts 16. McLeod 17. Bosman 18. Jordaan 19. J du Plessis 20. D.Fourie 21. Bresler 22. Kolisi

My Barbarians North side would be:

15. Kirchner 14. W. le Roux 13. Sadie 12. Olivier 11. Basson 10. Jantjies 9. Vermaak 1. Greyling 2. A.Strauss 3. W.Kruger 4. P.Willemse 5. J.Kruger 6. A.Botha 7. J.Potgieter 8. CJ Stander 16. Meyer 17. Morne 18. R.Ebersohn 19. F.Kirsten 20. C.Visagie 21. Roodt 22. D.Potgieter
 

Dave your backline i sreasonable and some marginal calls wil lbe resolved in the months ahead.

However your forwards have some notable flaws the collective nature of which would ensure our pack is on the backfoot.

Your selection was"

1. Beast 2. Bismark 3. Mujati 4. Etzebeth 5. Bekker 6. Brussouw 7. Vermeulen 8. Spies 16.

You cannot play beast until one sees his work ethic improve dramatically. Mujati is an unkown quantity to me but when he was with the Stormer he also was a serious loafer. I would like to see him back in Sa proving himself in the super comp. At the moment he is not proven. Lots of guys look good playing in the NH but that is because of the lower standards. Hope Becs doesn't have a rant about this comment!

Now you are still insisting on Spiesies. In fact you also have the dubious selction of brussouw. The great Schalk Burger the SA player of the year in 2011 is left out!!1 hahahhahahahaha really!!

No this wil not do at all. Bring in Burger and maybe even Elstadt  or Jaque Potgieter. Away with show ponies and lighties.Away with loafers etcAwa ywith wee matfiled (who qualifies under both headings) .

Please Dave we want to build a pack that dominates. Enough is enough.

Sighs!

Beeno I take your take with a pinch of salt as always for you know very little about what you are talking about. Wake up, NH rugby is no weaker than SH rugby, if it was the Boks would thrash England, Wales, Ireland and France everytime we played them.

If you had taken the trouble to actually watch Mujati instead of formulating a pathetic opinion based on his performance for WP way back then, when in fact he was pretty good and certainly better than that pretender Brok Harris. Who in your mighty opinion is currently better than Mujati - let me guess, Brok Harris????

Beast is by far our best loosehead, a proven test star with nothing more to prove, much like Spies. As for Brussouw, let me guess you would play Deon Fourie no doubt. Beeno if it was not for the comic element you provide, I dont think I would bother