Ring the changes . . .

I will be disappointed if Heyneke Meyer doesn't make several changes for the next match against Italy.

No disrespect intended but there's no question that Italy is the weakest of our opponents on this tour and if we don't have the confidence in our "B team" to beat the Italians then we don't have the depth we like to think we have. If the All Blacks can make 12 or 13 changes and still beat Scotland, we should be able to do something similar against Italy so let's see the changes. We also don't want to play anyone into the ground and this is an ideal opportunity to rest some of our key players.

I want to see the likes of Johan Goosen, Nizaam Carr, Lwazi Mvovo, Lood de Jager, Damian D'Allende, and Warren Whiteley all getting starts with the likes of Seabelo Senatla and Jaco Kriel at least getting some game time off the bench.

The interesting selection for me will be at flyhalf, not so much this weekend but against Wales. I reckon Meyer will give Morne Steyn the #10 jersey against Italy and whichever one of Handre Pollard and Pat Lambie Meyer picks for the Wales game will be the one who has the inside lane and who we can expect to be our RWC starting flyhalf.

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Again, Mozart, different conditions and therefor different gameplans.

Did you see the try Lambie scored against OZ?

Broke through 4 tackles.

You are nitpicking stars to suit your argument. It isn't working because you provide no context to your assumptions.

Your two Bk Flyhalves is Lambie and Pollard, let's move on to another position.  

Lambie then missed a second kick at goal, but he did find his range with the last kick of the half.

The gap was 12 points at the break, but that was reduced to seven straight afterwards as a kind bounce by a Piri Weepu kick-ahead fell kindly for the Blues attack, with the ball then spread cross-field to a lurking Halai who ran in on the right.

Five minutes later the New Zealanders were level after replacement Ranger picked up and sliced his way over for a sixth try of the campaign.

Lambie could have put the Sharks back in front before the hour mark but he wasted a third penalty, again won by the powerful home scrum.

Bismarck du Plessis finally made his anticipated return in the black and white after over 10 months on the sidelines due to injury, but he could do little to prevent the visitors from taking a 61st minute lead when Baden Kerr popped over a penalty.

Lambie should have drawn the scores level with 12 minutes to play, but his woeful afternoon continued.

He was saved, however, by Viljoen who collected from James and dived over the tryline.

Final Score Sharks 22 (17) Blues 20 (5)