My Bok Team for 2nd All Blacks Test

Not much different to what I suggested in the 1st test, barring some enforced injuries. 

1. Kitshoff.                       Bench - Ox Nche

2. Marx  /                        Bench - Bongi          
The best forward in world rugby not starting makes no sense. Is this transformation influencing selection? We need his presence to stop teams from getting an early lead- especially at the breakdown 

3. Malherbe                    Bench - Koch 
Koch on bench or possibly Trevor who can cover both sides of the scrum, to make the bench a 4/3 split with forwards/backs. Although Fat Trevor was a no-show in the matches he started as of late, and gave away a stupid penalty today for putting his knee on the floor.

4. Eztebeth

5. Lood                            

6. Kolisi

7. Kwagga Smith/                Bench - Steph DuToit (Cover lock and blindside flank). 

Steph DuToit is not back to his best. The backrow was better with Kwagga on the pitch, and made the Boks even more competitive on the ground. 

8.  Wiese

Was ok in the first test vs all blacks, but probably a placeholder until Vermuelen returns

9. Jaden Hendrikse          Bench  - Faff
Hendrikse is mister consistent, and was good again in the 1st All Black test. 
Faff might not be eligible next week due to concussion. 

10. Pollard
He is not playing great, but he is still good when he is average

11. Mapimpi

12.  Willemse ( Bench Delande).
Delande has good games but sometimes he is too predictable, and plays more like a forward. It is good to rotate players as well.
We also need to get Willie Leroux on the pitch to make more of the periods of Bok forward domination.

13. AM

14. Kurt-Lee Arendse    Gelant (Arendse will be out due to a concussion)
Gelant has the pace, and this will give him more test experience before the world cup. Gelant could also cover outside center, and would be a good bench option for the world cup as he has utility value 

15  Willie Leroux           
If he was on the pitch, the Boks would have created more try-scoring opportunities with his passing and play-making skills. The Boks looked more dangerous when he entered at the end of the game, especially when both he and Willemse were on the pitch. (Willemse could potentially have dotted down the try Leroux scored). 

Willie Leroux could not come on earlier because he was the only remaining backline player on the pitch. 

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It is debatable to go for a 4/3 or 5/2 split. Trevor Nyakana has experience on both sides of the scrum, and if he is on the bench it makes it easier to field a 4/3 split. Or Steph DuToit can cover both lock and blindside lock. 

You're fucking nuts Bark. De Lindy plays like a forward? Since fucking when? Do you even watch the fucking game huh? Man's fucking Road kill all day long. Run over and couldn't carry for shit. Useless. The only problem is you've found the black version of De Lindy to replace him. Willemse was fucking braindead. Dancing in front of the line for what? Nada. The Boks had 8 defenders beaten tk the Kiwi 25. The Kiwis had 94% defending. They sort their field position problem out and start playing real rugby, not this carnival bullshit, and you fucks are dead in the water. Let's select a team with the serious intention of actually doing better...

15.Gelant, 14.Kriel, 13.Am, 12.Pollard, 11.Mapompi, 10.Jantjies, 09.Hendrikse

08.Wiese, 07.Mostert, 06.Kwagga, 05.Du Toit, 04.Etzebeth, 03.Malherbe, 02.Marx, 01.Kitshoff/Ox

It's not perfect, but it's something. Esterhuizen on the bench. 

Actually I think Dud Toit is back to his best..his best was always mediocre. Lomp is a nothing burger….. Dud Allende is the destroyer of good ball. Clearly Dud has been coached to kick, but he is so thick he kicks when we have an overlap.

The real problem of the AB's are they have reached a stage where the players are  getting too old and lost a lot of their ability to perform.

The great prformers from 2014 and 2015 is gone - but they still persist with them and do not build a new team  for years now.    Players like Sam Whitelock is not what they used to be -  they were overwhelmed by  defense and made panic passes that cost them dearly.    

Star players like Barrett on the whole - bar from one attacking move was not performing well at all.        

De Lindy very good. The bitch was manhandled Bilbo Loggins. Run over repeatedly. I mean literally run over. Tried his crashball and got splattered. Even with several Blocks driving him forward from behind. Loggins you are so fucking delusional. What is it with yarpies and worshiping the useless? 

Dave and Mike are about the only two SA posters here who worship DA. Will Greenwood from across the pond also seem to fancy him. That makes 3.

De Lindy did nothing right. Too giving 3 weak. 

The Goats know they are in trouble when Rassie and his dweebs select the same quota mix as suggested by SharkShit.

The only fool more ignorant on rugby issues than SharkShit is Stupid Dave.

Um .. Red Rose ... not all "yarpies" worship the useless.

I unfortunately am a "yarpy" ... and I have stated many time what I think of our traitorous ass kissing coach, his sidekicks and their choice of players.

Please don't paint me with the same brush.

I see you're a critical thinker CC. For me a yarpie is a stupid South African... not all staffers I see are stupid. 

Allende probably made a mistake not passing when he had the overlap but had his grubber been properly executed Mpimpi would have scored. 

So predictably the fat heads here trash Allende as they always do regardless.

However during the match I was thinking that putting Willemse at inside center and bringing Willie on would be a good idea.

It's a pity that this has not been tried before to see how it works. I see even ou sharkbok can spot this opportunity. 

Am had a good game and deserves credit.

I fact nobody had a bad game. Du Toit is not at the top of his form but one hopes he builds momentum.

Those trashing the Boks are left once again with mountains of egg landing.Hahahahahaha. 

The Kiwis beat nearly 30 defenders to the Block's 8, made 95% of their tackles to the Block's 84%, made nearly a 100 more passes... all that despite having so much lies territory and possession but no Blocks had a bad game? Ballsack, you need a good kick! Blocks dominated the breakdown? Sure, both sound 92% at the ruck and the Blocks bled ball in contact. Fuck me, typical yarpy crowing on top of a dung heap! Losers with loser mentality. 

Dud Allende beat 1 tackle in 8 runs, made no breaks, made no offloads…..missed 2 of his paltry 9 tackle attempts….including missing Barrett right on the AB line.

Went offside in a strong attacking position by mistiming his run

And he destroyed a clear try by not recognizing a 3 on 2 overlap.

Sure he had a great game .

I question those stats. De Lindy was run over twice and I saw another two tackles broken. The Blocks really struggled in contact. I'm sure some Blocks tackles were listed as successful despite being dragged 4metres backwards! Hahaha! Poor Blockies. 

Nobody except you think Dud Allende had  a good game. He had Barrett for dead at the AB goal line and Barrett walked around him as if he was planted in cement. That just after he botched that try scoring chance which you just won’t admit is a try scoring chance because you have to defend the Dud.

That said I thought the other Dud, Toit, actually had a decent half.

For heavens sake man stop lying.

Delande had a few flashes when he got the line running, but all too often he walked into tackles. Perhaps AM and Delande should mix things up, with one at third receiver on the attack. AM is a better passer, and playmaker . Still would be interesting for Willemse to get a run at 12 - at least in the 2nd half when the game opens up a bit more

Got the line away?? You mean when the edge defender turned his back and De Lindy walked into empty space and panicked? Hahaha!!! The length you yarpies go to defend this shit. 

As for that idiotic offside Stransky saying it’s a technical penalty and the other commentator corrects him saying he got the ball virtually on the gain line.

Dud Allende gets Rolls Royce ball and he still turns it into Fiat. All that charging into tacklers never amounts to a hill of beans.

Balls kicked into touch …..missed tackles….penalties conceded. …try scoring chances bothched. Nothing accomplished except what any of 7 players could have done, charged into the first tackler.

But he had a great game….got it.

So with a 3 on 2….the space for Dud to make 15 metres without being challenged there was no option but to hoof the ball into touch….got it.

It seems Duane Vermuelen is available for the 2nd All Black test. Not clear if he will start, or be on the bench. 

His impact at the breakdown is usually good. Having Vermuelen, Marx and Kwagga on the pitch would make the breakdown invincible. 

De Allende have been absolutely rubbish and currently there on reputation. I would far rather have Willemse at 12, bring willie in at 15 and Gelant on the wing. 

I would also get rid of the 5 / 2 split. Makes absolutely no sense to have a player like Moerat on the bench when he only played for 5 minutes when the game was won already. 

Not a fan of Moster, but with Steph at 7 and Mostert and Kwagga on the bench, we have more than enough cover. 

There are talks that Vermeulen is back to full fitness, he can cover 7,8 and Lock if needed as he is use to taking the ball. Can double up as 4 lock. 

But, we need 3 backs, we need backs that can inject pace and keep the opposition on their heels. 

But, we need 3 backs, we need backs that can inject pace and keep the opposition on their heels.

I'm inclined to throw in backs who love to run, have good hands and who think. Does that rule out De Allende?

Listen up, Stupid ... Ass Kisser Rassie has invested a lot in many sub standard club players.

What are you on about?

It's not only De Lindy. There's many more.

Look at Kolisi. A sub standard club player if ever there was one.

Rassie even admitted to us all that Quota Kolisi needed to attend extra classes after hours to learn how to play on the open side flank.

He has to assign the fetch role to another member of the team ... ya know ... to take up the slack that this chump leaves unattended.  

Quota Kolisi went to these classes ... did his best ... and then came back with an G.

So Rassie tried him at 8 ... as expected ... Kolisi failed ... he then tried him at 7 but that too was beyond his capability. 

So much time and money wasted on this 2nd rate chump all so Rassie can play the hero.

Usually one expects a good return for your investment. Kolisi can be likened to a deep dark blackhole ... where money and every resource put in vanishes without trace.

He's the same chump he was 5 years ago. ... and you know what ?? ... he's not the only one.

Rassie is determined to keep his hero status with the masses no matter what the cost. 

That's the sad and horrible thing about planting seed. 

If you plant pumpkin ... you wont reap sweetcorn. If you plant sheeeeat ... sheeeeat is what you will get in the end.

Willie at 15 and Gelant on the wing??

Lord have mercy!!

Let's face it ... Wiese is rather disappointing. He's had his crack ... now it's time to look for a real no 8. 

Pensioner Vermuelen can only be an improvement.

I wonder when Roose will finally get a crack, but if you look at the type of players Rassie selects. Hard grinding forwards with no ball skill other than to bash it up. 

Gone are the days we see the like of Kieran Read that could off load in the tackle and get his backs into space. 

I watched that guy play against the boks and he had an incredible engine and game sense. So much work he did off the ball to create those opportunities. 

I would fall back to his 22 to help his full back, then race up the touchline to try and get a quick throw in. He did that the whole game, always worked. No hands on the hips

Ja, as for kolisi, he is playing a bit better now but why on earth Kwagga not at 6 instead. 

Having Marx, Kwagga and Vermeulen would mean that our backs can thrive off turn over ball

Kwagga is what you claim  Roos is - he is a nonentity when it comes to defense and he is really not a ball turnover and protection breakdowns - since he is too small to compete with the heavier opposition layers.

Before you have a nervous breakdown  - Kwagga was praised as top class when he played for 30 minutes against Wales and made ZERO tackles in a recent test.  On Saturday he made 4 tackles and missed 2.   

Vermeeulen has not played decent rugby for more than a year now and was totally outclassed by Roos in the Ulster semi-final.   He is over-the-hill as a player and if selected it would be done on the basis of reputation - not performance.