........de Allende, Kriel and Kitshoff. And of those only de Allende is playing into a vacuum. Kitshoff has to prove he is better than the Beast, and setting aside quota considerations, the Beast is a great player. Kriel is up against Willie or potential alternative Lambie. Again a hard ask.
So it looks like our WC starting team may have no new caps, deAllende already being a Bok.
Nonsense.......add Jacques du Plessis, Ruan Botha, Mostert, Ackers, Vincent Koch, Thomas du Doit, Liebenberg, Faf de Klerk, Burger Odendaal, Andries Coetzee and Kobus v/Wyk to the equation all worthy squad prospects if we had a coach in the know.......a call to Willemse would be a pretty obvious call as well.
This list excludes any players that have played for the Boks and should earn a recall or consideration at least.....like Jantjies, Brussouw etc
But Moz you are right - our WC side wont have many changes as our coach is useless and we will continue to lose against the big sides as we did last season and with that an early exit from the WC
Good old Meyer will be insulting us with selections like useless Matfield
That is exactly what happened to Serfontein last year playing out of position at 13.
de Allende is quicker than Jan and the two are our best centres and therefore I would play Jan at 12 and de Allende at 13
I have to agree with Draad on this one. De Allende is playing very well at 12, there are no guarantees he will be as effective at 13. Jean never was. Both these guys have made their mark running in traffic and particularly with the offload....less used at 13.
If we pick our best 12 at this stage that looks to be De Allende.
As for 13 if Kriel is to have a shot, we have to measure him against the best non test opposition....so he should move to 13 now, if that is in the thinking. If not, as Vlag says, leave him to contest against Willie.
We then have a choice of de Jongh, JP, Sadie, Jordaan, Mapoe......none of whom fit the bill. It's not obvious among those worthies....and position changes very rarely work.
Nope my call would be Serfontein at 12 with de Allende at 13.....purely from a speed point of view. I'd play Kriel on the wing with a view to moving him to 13 in the second half.
Odendaal looks like a real prospect as well and I like the strength of Etserhuizen.
Agreed with Moz though, we need to see Kriel at 13 now, where he played so well for the Baby Boks.
Move JJ to wing at the Bulls and play Kriel at 13 with Hougaard at 9.
