SA best XV - An Unbiast Perspective

Heres my opinion on Sa best starting XV

1. The Beast 2. Adriann Strauss 3. Frans Malhbe 4. Eben Estebeth 5. Peiter Steph-Du Toit 6. Francois Louwe 7. Marcel Coetzee 8. Duan Vermulen 9. Cobus Reinach 10. Handre Pollard 11. Bryan Habana 12. Jean De Villiars 13. Jan Serfointain 14. Cornal Hendricks 15. Willie Le Roux

16. Franco Van Der Merwe 17. Bismark Du Pleesi 18. Victor Matfeild 19. William Alberts 20. Warren Witely 21. Francois Houggard 22. Patrick Lambie 23. Damian De Allende

Dead Weight: Jannie Du Pleesi, Morne Steyn, JJ

Should be elevated: Fafi De Klerk

Louw at 6 is not even close. Serfontein is not a 13......so you are off the sheet already

The best side would be:

15. Willie 14.JP 13. JJ/de Allende 12. Serfontein/Frans 11. Sinatla  10. Goosen/Pollard/Lambie 9. Hougaard/Reinach/de Klerk 1. Beast/T.du Toit 2. Bismark/Strauss 3.Coenie/Marcel v/d Merwe/Malherbe 4. Etzebeth/Willemse 5. Lood/Etzebeth/PSDT 6. Brussouw/Coetzee/Kolisi 7. J. du Plessis/PSDT 8. Vermeulen/Arno Botha

Mike do you honestly think you telling me that Frans is not a centre is ever going to change my mind?

Geez man get a grip......I laugh when I read some of the crap you write about some players......so please in future save your time and don't bother trying to tell me a guy like Frans is not this that or the other......the same applies to players like Hougaard etc.

Frans is a class act always has been always will be. He is a 12 and will always feature in my squad until he gets too old.

As for Coenie nothing has been said about him so I trust he is ok

3ku1
I like your team, you're XV is better than Meyers present team surely however with esteem to you there are players I wouldn't select. Can you go more into detail as to why you would select JDV? I and many others have noticed a huge setback in JDV's form compared to last year, in general play and speed as well. I would rather selected Sefontein at 12 who has a better understanding between Pollard who also played outside him in Junior world cup and Bulls, having said that I think Serfontein needs to play in his usual position and develop with Pollard but not at 13. Serfontein is truly a fantastic player at 12. There are other players that I wouldn't select in you're XV but its pretty self explanatory why I wouldn't.  

There has been huge issue in the front row this year for us and Meyer continues to fall in to the same mistake by selected Jannie who only makes the situation even worse. I don't think Malherbe is the best prop in prospect in SA nor do I think he is a reliable at scrumming but I believe Tomas Du Toit and Marcel Van Der Merwe can do well in the front row trio. SA do have quality players but its important for Meyer to be aware of what the under-rated players can do at test level that the others can't if not the team ends up in another critical moment year in and year out like I've said. There have been great players that have been overlooked too quickly and are unlucky not to be selected this year but I commend Meyer for introducing Whitely, Pollard, Serfontein and Hendricks to the bok setup this year. I hope the team only gets better next year in the world cup but there are players that definitely need to be dropped in order for the team to be successful in next years world cup.