News 24 report on possible team

According to News 24 the following might be the potential team to play on Saturday:-
15 Willie le Roux, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Schalk Burger, 7 Heinrich Brussow, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira

Pietersen or Hendricks?  The one is slow as a carthorse with a low work rate bringing nothing to the team.  The other is fast - but his defense is bordering on the non-existent.
Ruan Pienaar ???????????????????? Could be the same clueless player, zero defender  and donkey-kicker he was to date this tournament.
Louw and Brussow?   If Brussow plays he should be at 6 - not 7.  He is not known for nothing as a penalty machine and card candidate - he thoroughly deserve that designation.  In any event the question remains - having not played rugby in any match since 17 April 2015 - is he really match-fit?
Does not look like Jannie du Plessis will be in the mix this weekend.  If Koch fails - Meyer can always bring on Malherbe.    


  

 It would be good to see Koch get a run. Looks like they are handling Jannie properly, i.e. one good game & put him in the closet for a rest for a while.

I would be quite happy to see Brussouw get a go. Always rated him. But I woul dstill rather see Whitely, Louw and Schalk start.
As for the Pietersen/Hendricks problem, i'd rather have hendricks because at least he offers something on attack, Pietersen offers neither attack or anything else.

 Yeah Pietersen hasn't done much for a while now. Hendricks is exciting but his defence has to improve.