Kriel is the one new player that could make a difference

Basically we should play the team that beat Oz and NZ. There is no sensible reason to do anything else. Of course with Marcel injured Redelinghuis should get a bench role...but HM has already signalled he is comfortable with Coenie as a sub.

The change that makes sense is Kriel for Oupa who was quite good, but Kriel brings dominant physicality. Eventually a combination of Kriel and a real fetcher could be our RWC best option. Still this won't happen either....just as van der Merwe never made the touring party.

For the rest the team is well balanced. I would opt for JP at 13, a far more dangerous runner than Steppie....perhaps before the tours end. Hendricks also needs to do some tackling up north, his doormat role against Savea dimmed some of the fine and important tries he scored.

It's a pity Paul Willemse,  now our most powerful lock, continues to languish behind the slow thinking, slow moving Lomp. This is a blind spot for HM.

Whether we like it or not, Meyer will start with Jannie.

Hope I'm wrong, but I have lost confidence in Coenie's scrumming abilities (tighthead more than loose head), but hope Meyer's comment that there are less scrums towards the end of a match is accurate. This means Coenie's high working rate in the loose could benefit the Boks.

Whether we like it or not, Meyer will start with Matfield.

Kriel has the ability to play pretty much like McCaw - i.e. being equally effective on both sides of the scrum. His superior speed could make him the sub for Oupa. Looking forward to see Kriel's performance as a Bok.  

Well let's see. If Kriel gets bench time and Mahoje and Coetzee are starting.....where would he come on? Coetzee is not the player who has been subbed. We might see a few red faces before tour's end.

That would not be unusual as far as the inimitable er inimical RooiAAS is concerned.

Just to get back to the point. In my view this guy is more likely to make an impact in tests as a runner....than as a fetcher. Which means if he is chosen as the fetcher, we better have another flank who is good on the deck eg Louw. It's called balance.

Yeah Rooinek.......we have our resident rugby guru telling us Kriel is a blindside.....classic stuff.......one for the record books. Its as bad as saying Kriel does no fetching......bwahaaahaaa

If Oupa got subbed, Coetzee would move to 7 given he has played plenty of rugby there and Kriel would come on at 6.......hope that helps old man?? 

I am getting a bit confused here, is Kriel a 6, 7, 13 or 15?

BB you seem to have trouble downloading...now on the difference between 6 and 7 . I take it quant wasn't your strength.