Benching Reinach? That's bold. Has his best ever Bok test, so is demoted. Makes perfect sense. Likewise Wiese. Unteromlett clearly isn't one for continuity. At least he got the loose trio mostly right. Too bad about centre. Unteromlett, having bench a bench prop in his school days, has never been successful making calls in the midfield.
His service has improved, and his kicking was actually good. I'm no fan of Reinach, but he should be retained. None of the 9s who are in contention for the Boks or in the squad under José have great distribution. A rudimentary short ball to a pod or pocket runner is pushing the ceiling of what they have to offer. Reinach stays.
You know, the Boks aren't a social justice platform. It's not "everyone's a winner" or each player has their turn. Continuity is important. The Boks are quite lucky they don't have to face Argentina away. Very lucky.
No.
Great to see Saffex is not an actualselector. Would love to see how he would work with his assistant coaches. "Listen dumb fuck...He is benched, end of".
Lets see was Disco Boss oops, meant the NienaBaar going to pick. Etzebeth has played a lot of back to games so may get a rest is my gut feeling, but who w ant to choose Marvellous Orie. Just wish RG was ready to go after that stupid fire pit incident.
Solid team, although I heard Jean Luc is injured, as is Van Staaden. Neither will be available for this team.
Also, a back row could contain a maximum of one creatine twin. They are too similar in style, and do not compete for the ball on the ground. The number 8 needs to be able to compete on the deck.
RG would never be the starter. José just doesn't fancy his completeness. Likes 1940s donkey-ball.
Agree with you Dave on the twins but not on your #9 and #10.
Dan is a sure thing, his brother isn't so solid. Dan would likely better Wiese but add more dynamism. The only question is, where do we make use of those attributes? The Bok model doesn't really allow players to shine.
Lest we forget
About what
Ou koeie.
All the players you were punting who have never broken through into Bok regulars. I count 9 ou koeie, so why should we have any faith in your new koeie….blunder after blunder.
You don't even have faith in a significant number of the incumbents of the last 6 years...stop throwing stones...
Fuck why not try wake up to the fact that that side is a second string side I chose for the 2nd test
You are such easy pickings and the majority of those players have made it - hellooooooo
Like who….name the majority who have become Bok regulars.
Fassi, Willemse, Nkosi (before his non rugby issues) Kriel, Jantjies, Hendrikse, Thomas, Wilco, Eben, Lood, Kwagga, Marx, Koch, Ox, v Staaden, Reinach and Frans
The du Preez twins should have - one of Rassie’s failings along with selecting useless Mostert
The only ones that have not made it are Penxe, v Rensburg and Specman - 3 out of 23
Wrong Fassi is not the incumbent yet, Nkosi was a drug merchant, Jantjies failed, Hendrikse is in the process of failing, Thomas is nowhere, Wilco has been ignored by the genius, Eben was already an incumbent….no points for predicting that….Lomp as well, Kwagga and Koch remain on the bench and the Deysel twins are toast.
So of the 12 new players you selected ….Fassi and Willemse have started, the rest have failed, been ignored or in 2 cases are bench regulars.
Congratulations Einstein.
Problem is - your takes on these players is a load of shit
Fassi is the incumbent right now - fact
Nkosi was pure class until off field issues got in the way - the drugs came after the issues
Jantjies never failed he won nearly 50 Bok caps
Hendrikse is anything but in the process of failing that’s more bullshit - lack of form is temporary
Thomas is nowhere is just a blatant lie - he has 30 odd Bok caps and kicking arse currently for the Boks - same applies to Wilco
Koch and Kwagga on the bench still means they are regulars
So try again - the only players that have not won caps are Penxe, Specman and v Rensburg so stop making shit up
You revived this thread only to make your name arse - surprise, surprise
Okay so how many of these players were selected against England….our last serious match: Fassi, Kriel, Wilco, Eben, Marx, Ox, Kwagga. Seven players including the bench. Of whom Marx, Kriel and Eben were veterans.
So this search for talent turned up 4 players Fassi, Ox, Kwagga and . Wilco. Of whom one, Ox, is an incumbent. The three others Wilco, Kwagga and Fassi were all already capped and well supported.
So where is the beef, the new players you punted Hendrikse, Penxe, Nkosi and the Deysel twins failed and some of the incumbents Jantjies in particular, also failed. And Thomas has never become an incumbent.
I guess your name is arse to use your quaint term
No you dumbfuck the Bok squad is made up of more than 15 players
Fassi, Nkosi, Kriel, Willemse, Jantjies, Hendrikse, Thomas, Dweba, Wilco, Eben, Lood, Kwagga, the du Preez twins, Ox, Marx, Koch, v Staaden, Reinach and Frans have and now play a part in the Bok set up
My calls are about the squad not the starting 15 you moron
So effectively 3 of the 23 failed - but you were stupid enough to revive this post and make your name mud
Such easy pickings as always
Man you are a serious plank ….what part of including the bench is beyond your limited IQ? You were selecting a team that favored new talent. Etzebeth, Kriel, Lomp, Marx Reinach are not new talent. Of the new talent you have selected 4 are relevant 4 years later…a clear fail. The laugh is you still can’t get over the Deysel twins. They were going to dominate rugby….except they were simply not test class. Great pick….ROFL…your new name is Arse.
Why bring back this thead of 4 years ago now - of what benefit does it have on the present situation at all. Dave was wrong about Janjies - but you were ten times worse in heads over the last 11 years. Your Morzoscope on matches was strin s of incidens in matches - 90% of the incidents mentioned there were no relations between what in fact happened on the field of play and what you describe in your description on site,
So why continue with your mind-blowing descriptions and distortions in 2025?
"Why bring back this thead of 4 years ago now"
Incredibly, Moffie thinks people want to read his biased and ignorant witterings more than once.
The only fucking thick plank on here is you - firstly for being stupid enough to revive a post that serves to make your own dumbass mud
It was 4 years ago you fucking idiot - Fassi, Penxe, Willemse, Nkosi, Hendrikse, Thomas, Dweba, Wilco, the du Preez twins, Ox, v Rensburg, v Staaden and Specman were young
My side was a mix of new and established, old man - fucking wake up
How the fuck can players that are relevant now be a fail you moron - they are now replacing older players - it’s part of the cycle - fuck me go back to bed - you are an embarrassment
Yes it was a selection of established and new players you thought were going to be great. Most weren’t. You were wrong Arse….you pick so many ‘great talents’ you are bound to be right occasionally. But not nearly as often as you are long. I could probably find 50 strings that prove that point.
OK
Dave seeplayr eprforming well an iaise hem - in some case he a wronmg. But you are the exact opposite, exact oppositr e the opposite - you support poor rugby players and poor cochs on site an claimed that they performed well when teh pposite was true. .
Well for a start Fassi, Willemse, Ox, Thomas and Wilco have turned out great
We know Kriel, Jantjies, Eben, Marx, Koch, Lood and Kwagga are great
Nkosi was great when he played
Dweba and v Staaden are good
The du Preez twins despite Rassie’s snub have been great
The only failures have been Penxe, v Rensburg and Specman
You know fuck all other than being a fucking negative prick when it comes to SA players - evidenced by your pathetic attack on the players above
Go support the States - I’m sure they will love your positive input
Arse….none of Fassi, Willemse, Thomas or Wilco have done anything of note at international level. They have played sporadically….Willemse is the closest to a regular but his position keeps changing. It’s 4 years later Arse.
"Why bring back this thread of 4 years ago now"
Simple....he has nothing better to do either because of loneliness or boredom.
Needless to say it's a pointless exercise.
Hi Denise...
Watch any rugby recently?
...or still just coming here because you're lonely and bored?
Hi Buttplug, up your masters snout again huh!?
Keep slurping Mushroom it's the one thing you're good at.
So...you watch no rugby yet here you are...
Got no friends?
What does it take to penetrate your drug infused head that Oz/Nz do not get the URC feed. I've mentioned this time and again....and so has BB.
Do you know of many Ozzies or Kiwis playing in the URC you moron?