Captain10,129 posts
19 Oct 2023, 07:51
#1
19 Oct 2023, 07:51#1
FORUM / RUGBY / England v South Africa: Springboks name unchanged side to face England in Rugby World Cup semi-final
England v South Africa: Springboks name unchanged side to face England in Rugby World Cup semi-final
Started by bobbok...12 REPLIES1,010 VIEWS· 19 Oct 2023, 07:51
Captain18,117 posts
19 Oct 2023, 08:25
#2
19 Oct 2023, 08:25#2
No surprise.
Go Bokke!!!
Pro3,695 posts
19 Oct 2023, 13:15
#3
19 Oct 2023, 13:15#3
Now we know who is our "A" team. What I make form this team is that it will be rinse and repeat. So cross field bombs with Etzebeth and PSDT to bother the wingers. Arendse and Kolbe ready to pounce.
I see they have selected Steward on the wing. Just means they will be kicking to the other wing. Don't think that they'll change much from how they played on Sunday.
The big difference is that we no longer using our famed bomb squad. Probably know teams are expecting this. So now they are going for mobility. Mostert, PSDT, then on the bench we have Kwagga and Fourie. Pollard, Willie and Faf to come on in the backline to close out the game.
If they kick the ball towards us, we have enough fire power to open them up.
Libbok, Kolbe, Arendse, Willemse are all dangerous enough. Just need one line break
Captain49,914 posts
19 Oct 2023, 13:25
#4
19 Oct 2023, 13:25#4
That makes sense….it’s too late to experiment with the centre combination ….Mostert was better than Snyman against the French….Faf and Pollard have their roles at the close….and much as I’d rather have Kwagga, Kolisi is untouchable.
Only Nyakane for Koch might have made sense. The Boks beat England in 2019 through the scrum….but this time we don’t have the Beast starting, so that tactic will be mostly in the hands of the bomb squad. Is Koch really a power scrummager.
England will be loaded for bear, but they will need a slice of luck to win this one.
Pro5,061 posts
19 Oct 2023, 14:25
#5
19 Oct 2023, 14:25#5
Koch can scrum strong and mostly does his bit quite well. He is more mobile in the loose then Trevor but Trevor I would say is stronger at scrum time.
Pro4,378 posts
19 Oct 2023, 14:47
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19 Oct 2023, 14:47#6
We’ll need more than a slice of luck, Mozart
Our team has three changes; Steward, Marler and Martin.
Captain30,741 posts
19 Oct 2023, 14:48
#7
19 Oct 2023, 14:48#7
Mostert better than RG????????
What you smoking Moz, I want some
Pro5,061 posts
19 Oct 2023, 14:50
#8
19 Oct 2023, 14:50#8
I think anything can happen on the day Becs. It’s going to be a interesting match up.
Pro4,378 posts
19 Oct 2023, 14:56
#9
19 Oct 2023, 14:56#9
That’s true.
I’m in a “ what will be will be “ frame of mind at the moment.
Not looking forward to it, but still supporting us regardless !
Pro5,061 posts
19 Oct 2023, 15:09
#10
19 Oct 2023, 15:09#10
One thing I do know is if we win, we will never hear the end of the Genius Rassie : )
Captain49,914 posts
19 Oct 2023, 15:57
#11
19 Oct 2023, 15:57#11
Marler and Steward make sense given the Bok tactics.
Captain49,914 posts
19 Oct 2023, 15:59
#12
19 Oct 2023, 15:59#12
Don’t get me wrong Dave, Snyman is a mega talent….but Mostert made a better contribution to the game plan. You keep telling me it’s a team game. And honestly Snyman wasn’t at his best in the lineouts.
Captain30,741 posts
19 Oct 2023, 17:52
#13
19 Oct 2023, 17:52#13
I saw nothing new from Mostert and never will as he simply can’t contribute in the way he should - physically
One line out loss thanks to a poor throw does not define RG’s game against France
Rassie’s biggest fuck up is not starting RG ahead of Mostert - I’m perplexed as to why not
We know that if Lood was in the squad he would be starting with Eben - RG is better than Lood so I’m struggling to understand the logic of leaving RG on the bench
I made the same call about Kriel over Am but Kriel had a blinder against France so vindictives his selection
The fact that Am has not/will not featured in either of the last two games implies he is not 100% ready unless they feel Willie is a must on the bench
My theory with this is that while Libbok is at 10, he provides the creativity leaving Willemse to do his thing at 15. In the second half with Pollard at 10, Willie is left to create
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