Springbok team announced . . .

South Africa: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Raymond Rhule, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Uzair Cassiem, 7 Jaco Kriel, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth (c), 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Tendai Mtawarira

Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 20 Jean-Luc du Preez, 21 Rudy Paige, 22 Curwin Bosch, 23 Damian de Allende

Francois Hougaard in for the injured Ross Cronje is the only change to the starting XV with Rudy Paige moving up to the bench.

Scrumhalf could be a problem area. Hougaard is an impact scrummy of the bench when things open up. He is not a starter. Although neither is Paige. Vermaak has not leap frogged either player. 

This is so freaking tragic. There was a time when we had at least two scrummies who could both do the job, despite one of them sometimes being regarded as a fat over rated quota. Ricky Januarie at his very worst was probably on par or even better than the best we have at the moment. He was after all the one who had the skill to pull of that try in our win over the ABs in Dunedin.

@Sarah... Januarie was awesome when he wasn't fat!
He could cut a defense wide open!


@sharkbok... I believe you meant to say "Hougaard is an impact scrummy off the bench"

I actually have no issues with this side at all. Both Cassiem and Hougat played nicely last week.

Lets hope Franco Smith and Brendan Venter's troops keep building the momentum!

GO THE BOKS!!!!