Rassie must experiment against Argies next week

Last chance to see what guys can do and other certainties game time. 

Team could be. 

Gqboka, Brits  Kock

Lood, Snyman

Kwagga (last chance saloon - this great hearted player should have been a backline player - talk about vision and skills very robust for his size 92 kg)

Marcell Coetzee (8)

ReinachJ antjies

Frans, Kriel

Leyds, Willie (on wing) Gelant

Given Nyakane can also play loose head only Beast and Kitshoff will be picked?

I definitely want to see more of Marcell (Kolisi could prevent him from going) Reinach (brilliant player but kolbe's performance at 9 could torpedo him. Leyds and Reinach are also good players. Leyds covering full back and wing.

Then we have injured players like Dyanti, Willemse and Nkosi.

The utility players could get the nod and make selecting the squad tricky. 

Anyhow given all the firing players a last shot.

Losing the test as we did in the USA last year must not be a concern. The finalization of the RWC squad must have top priority no ma tter what the coaches win/loss record looks like eh Dr Moz! 

I agree about experimenting and the fact is that I think the following players have already shoiwn what they are capable of and should get a break - to keep on playing them is problematic since injuries are always a threat,.  

De Allende, Du Toit, Pollard, Nyakane, Mtawarira

I would play the rest of the squad on Saturday - but since Willemse is fit again I would call him up and hive him the full back position instead of Gelant - who is NOT a test standard player.

I would rather give Jantjies another start and put Steyn on the bench.  At halftime I will move  Willemse to flyhalf and bring Steyn on at full back, where his club recently played him.  Too slow in pace and too slow thinking,  playing at center and flyhalf is not his forte..  

I am not sure what team the Pumas would bring to SA to play on Saturday,   In 2015 they used their "B" team for the warm-up test against SA - so what will happen this year?   

Frans must start and play all 80 minutes if he can. 

Brief little performances prove nothing. He has to prove himself or otherwise. So let's settle this issue. 

Glad Willemse is fit. Give him a shot. That said Gelant did well against Oz.

It's going to be a hard time telling some of the guys they haven't made it. 

What has Steyn done in the three games he came from the bench ?

First game  

Fouled up the defensive line in the try scored by Foley.  Three carries making 18 meters - ie a 3 meter average  per carry.  No tackles - missing 1   very average performance with a serious question mark as to defense.

Second game

Carried the ball twice - making zero meters, 5 tackles made I missed - a totally inadequate performance

Third game   

Four carries making 18 meters - a bit better than the first match. No tackles made and he was passed once when going forward to make tackle.

Very dicey to put any money on Steyn as starting center.   He may be useful at full back - bu t at center or flyhalf he is not test material at all.        

Frans has performed better in these past three tests than Damian has in his entire test career! There. Case closed. If you want to gush over his breakdown skills, Louw and Kwagga have that spot down. 

Kwagga was blown away. 

He cant play in tests where it's a forward battle. 

Take it from Beeno, the one who knows. 

Frans has done precious little. He has hardly been on the field!

I need hard evidence not emotional gushes. 

Beeno standing for hard headed rugby realism. Huffer huffing away. Global warming threat! 

Herr Sitzsack, you have been seduced by the wicked sorcery of Damme Lügnerin. We are only trying to help you. 

Idiot Soeak at its loudest again.  I thought the humiliation you two suffered through the capture of the RC Trophy - a first since the introduction of the RC in 2012 - would teach you a valuable lesson to avoid rugby idiocy - but apparently idiocy continues unabated.

That shows the team is BETTER and coached better than anything that happened under the daft Meyer and useless Coetzee.  Comprehende?   

No Mozart

The difference between Erasmus and Meyer is vast.  Meyer did not use the backline properly and never put an emphasis on attacking - while he missed out on defense as well.   Fact is that Meyer had no game plan and was totally ignorant about backline usage.   Erasmus is the exact opposite using all players playing a comprehensive game - which idiots like you and AO cannot identify properly.  

Ceradunce

Sure a WC squad is made up of 31 players and there are some players to be eliminated from the squad and that is where some experiments need to be finalized,  

Unlike Meyer - who used reputation as a selection criterium - Erasmus is interested in getting the best performers in his WC squad,   Unlike Meyer  in 2015 he does not want to include as many as 10 unplayables in his squad for the 2019 WC. .  

Ceradunce

Sure a WC squad is made up of 31 players and there are some players to be eliminated from the squad and that is where some experiments need to be finalized,  

Unlike Meyer - who used reputation as a selection criterium - Erasmus is interested in getting the best performers in his WC squad,   Unlike Meyer  in 2015 he does not want to include as many as 10 unplayables in his squad for the 2019 WC. .  

"If Rassie still has to experiment, at this stage of the game, we are fucked."

Really?

Well, consider this.....I hope it doesn't happen but if it does the Boks would be in deep trouble.......who is Pollard's replacement in the event of an injury? Besides i t would be ridiculous playing Pollard in all of the WC games.

Noticeably little Elton didn't make the bench and he is not a like for like replacement anyway so forget him.

Doubt this is a dead rubber test for the players. At stake is a place in the RWC for Pete's sake. There is a chance to play oneself in or out of the squad.

Fact is there are players who are pretty close when is comes to selection. This is last chance saloon.

J-Raz had his WC team pencilled in last year. He is a very stubborn man, never discarding a bad idea, or player. He only has one way to play and that's it for the Bok. Skop 'N Pop to glory. Maybe.