Predictions: Boks Vs All Blacks (2nd Test)

It is hard to make predictions without seeing Rassies squad. Hopefully, he keeps pretty much the same team, barring injuries and poor performances. 

Players that could be dropped include:

-  Delande: centre play was not good enough, despite his efforts inside the ruck.
-  Ben Jason Dixon looked way out of his depth
-  Reinach. He was ok, but Grant Williams was much better. 

-  Injuries: Aredense, and Kolisi

If the team does not change too much, I expect the Boks to have a stronger first half, and the bomb squad should be able to do enough to put the game away. 

Boks by 7. 

SB

Who determine what the performances of players are concerned.    Most of the site members who  write about perfomance are influeced by -

*    using of "stas" that does not reflect the quality of what the result of player actions - eg a tackle could be poor and does not influence what happened as a result pf such tackles and ball caries that ended up being ttoally ineffecgive due to psession losses; and

*     prejudiced people who have favorite players in mind as replacements.

The Springboks have a leaderhip component that encourage people during games often through own peerformances,   In the case of th Springbok team the leadership component are made up of  De Allende, Kriel  and Kolbe in the absence of .Pollard and Le Roux,  Amongst the forwards it is Du Toit, Etzebeth and Malherbe,   The captain is supported by those players and what these players are up to is ofen distorted .on site.  

I think tne wise advice would be to leave the selections to the coaches who plans and implement the strategy to be used and select players accordingly,

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Ja, is he going to blood all the youngsters and start with a completely fresh team like he did in Australia? 

Will he bring back Pollard and Willie and start with his best team? 

I would go for the latter. I think 2 high profile test enough to risk with combos. Now put your best team forward and make it 2 zero. 4 in a row. 

But we don't have a good record. Last time we dropped the 2nd game. 

New Zealand will be looking for blood given they were the better team foe 62 min last time. At sea level and condition will suite them better 

KC

The probl3em is that Pollard and Willie are not the best we have anymore,    And who would be the scrummie and who the locks with Snyman always off wigtyh injury conditions?

All the BB tries came from mistakes amde by the Springboks and not really through superior performances and your 60% story is wishful thinking.The game was bar the three mistakes issue vey much a 50:50 game.

Yes Right - LOL

NZ bookies paying $1.50  Boks ..................................... ABs $2.50

AB team  ................. 7am SA time

I do believe te Spring boks will win the test on Saturday by 12 points on Saturday.    Team changes wil be limited to finding a replacement for Arendse nd to look agan at te slot situation nd a replacmeent of Kolisi in the forward situation.   

Suggstions that de allnde should be replaced by Esterhuizen is ridiculous as well.   Esterhuizen is sub-standard on iternational level - since he is a dolt.   seond Argetine test - before taht would be a disaster - since we need 15 playes on the field of play and not playing with 14 men like happened against Wales two months ago.    Esterhuizen on club level loks good on test elvel he is not up to standard and never was in the tests he played in.  .    .