After the great win over France win over the next three weeks on rugby issues the following are coming up:-
The team for the Italian test on Saturday 15 November 2025
The players who were disappointing on Satirday wasnot really looked at on sight and hen there are those who did not play on Saturday against France that needs to be borne inmind as well that should play on Saturday to earn their livingL-
15 Van der Merwe
14 Hooker
13 Moodie
12 Willemse
11 Arendse
10 Pollard
9 Van den Berg
8 Kwagga
7 Du Toit
6 Estehuizen
5 Mostert
4 Nortje
3 Du Toit
2 Grobler
1 Porthen
16 Grobelaar
17 Ntlabakanye
18 Louw
19 Etzebeth
20 Nortje
21 Kolisi
22 Williams
23 Libbok
Some of the above player were disappointing against France and in that category I include Arendse. Kolbe Libbok, Willemse, Kriel and Etzebeth.
The Irish test
Basically the team against F rance will be unchanged against Ireland.
The Wales Test
None of the major NH teams - bar Wales - are playing in a test on 29 November 2025 - so why this test was ever considered as necessary is really a mystery, The URC restarts on 28 November 2025 and the test against Wales and the Welsh clubs may refuse to release their players to play for Wales, The clubs will refuse to release their players to play in a test that will fall outside of the test window and all foreign players will be gone after the Irish test,
The only other tests to be played on 29 and 30 November are teams trying to be qualifying for the NH teams.
In essence the Wales test makes no objectvie other than weakening the SA URC teams to the benefit of the NH teams they have to play. The URC match of importance to SA franchises are the Stormers at present the no 1 team on the URC log - playing Munster the number 2 ranked team on 29 November and their star player would be missing on that day.
The URC matches on 29 November will be the following:-
Connacht vs Sharks - 11h on the log
The Bulls vs the Lions - 7th and 8th on the log
Munster vs the Stormers, - 1st on the log playing the second team on the Log. .
So why play another aimless test on 29 November 2025 - one moe et than any other top tems - oth NH and Southern teams will play this year?. .