Pos 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1 Steenkamp Kitschoff Oosthuizen Greyling 2 Chiliboy Strauss Liebenberg Bismarck 3 J.du Plessis - - - 4 Etzebeth F.van der Merwe Rossouw - 5 J.Kruger Bekker - - 6 Brussow Kolisi Stegmann - 7 Schalk Johnson Alberts - 8 Spies Daniel - - 9 Hougaard Du Preez - - 10 M.Steyn Goosen - - 11 Habana Mvovo Basson A.Ndungane 12 F.Steyn Whitehead De Villiers Olivier 13 de Jongh Fourie R.Ebersohn - 14 JP Pietersen Le Roux Aplon - 15 Viljoen Pietersen Kirchner Lambie
Aristocrat, are these your personal preferences or are these picked on the number of points accumulated?
This is my own handywork.
I hope you realize you are a bit off target with some of the players and there is a distinctive indication of Bulls bias in your list.
Kirchner ahead of Lambie - blaas my siel. The list should read Taute, Lambie, Pretorius, Viljoen
Morne Steyn - maybe third or foruth on the list - Goosen, Grant. Lambie and Steyn.
Du Preez - Blaas my siel nog 'n keer. Did you see the Heineken Cup qurterfinals todat. Pienaar is the real thing in this case.
Could suggest some further changes - particularly in respect of the hookers. However, I hope that Danie Rossouw is not included in that list - that would really show a love for rugby geriatrics.
Spies - are you really serious. He has been average in the Bulls games in Super 15. And then Keegan - hard worker - but average.
You clearly need help - what a load of crap that is. Bismark at 4, no Beast - bwhaahaaaaaaa
1. Beast/ Coenie/ Kitshoff/ Greyling
2. Bismark/ Chiliboy/ Strauss/ Burden
3. Mujati/ J du Plessis/ Malherbe/ R. de Klerk
4. Etzebeth/ Flip/ P.Willemse/ Q.Roux
5. Bekker/ J.Kruger/ Elstadt/ JA Marais
6. Brussouw/ Daniel/ Kolisi/ CJ Stander
7. Schalk/ Coetzee/ Alberts/ Potgieter
8. Spies/ J.Strauss/ Vermeulen/ Kankan
9. Hougaard/ Pienaar/ Duvenhage/ v/Zyl
10. Goosen/ Jantjies/ Morne/ James
11. Habana / JJ.Engelbrecht/ v/d Heever/ Mjekevu
12. Frans/ Jean/ Whitehead/ F.Venter
13. Fourie/ Taute/ Sadie/ de Jongh
14. JP/ Mvovo/ le Roux/ Basson
15. Lambie/ Kirchner/ Joe/ Jordaan
Steenkamp has been one of the best Boks over the last two years, well above Beast (When exactly will Beast be back, and how will he respond to having a broken leg? He needs to rejustify selection upon return). Bismarck is having a very poor season even by his average standards. Mujati has a lot to prove and no other tighthead is putting his hands up for test selection. Strauss is very substandard, Kanklownski is a proven test disaster. In fact, Kantkowski has only had one successful test; his debut against Wales in 2007 after the World Cup. Jantjies is a nonentity, Butch is finished, Duvenage is not playing well as are most of our 9s not in the greatest form. Sadie ahead of de Jongh? Hmmm our two best performing 13s are de Jongh and Ebersohn, the rest lag behind. Taute is not a 13. Mvovo is a weak link on defence, Jordaan is long way down the pecking order. Coetzee likewise has been very porous on defence. You are overstating our depth significantly with players that aren't doing anything special.
Mujati proves himself week after week against Test looseheads. Beast is better than Steenkamp. I rate Guthro but Beast is better. Bismark has been great all season. Josh has been physical all S15. Kankan like Olivier has had very little test investment, he is a quality player. Jantjies is twice the player Morne is. Duvenhage was great yesterday. de Jongh has done nothing all S15, nor has Sadie, but Sadie is a better prospect. Taute like Fourie, will make a great 13, played there all through school and U20. Coetzee has been a revelation - pure class
