Springbok team . . .

The Springbok team to play Argentina in Salta has been announced . . .

15 Johan Goosen, 14 Ruan Combrinck, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Elton Jantjies, Faf de Klerk, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Teboho Mohoje, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c) , Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Lourens Adriaanse, 19 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 20 Jaco Kriel, 21 Rudy Paige, 22 Morne Steyn, 23 Jesse Kriel.

Just the one change in the starting XV, Vincent Koch replaces the injured Julian Redelinghuys.

Ah Rooi, you beat me to it by 21 seconds! Fair is fair, yours to the top. 

Morne Steyn on the bench will no doubt cause some debate...but with Pollard and Lambie out, there isn't really anyone kicking down the no.10 door. I don't know what Louw has to do to get dropped?

Our flyhalf stocks looked so good about a year ago and suddenly we're looking very thin again.

If Elton doesn't start taking his chances then we will basically be pinning all our hopes on Handre Pollard returning fit and in form and hopefully not becoming another permanent sick-note.

I really hope I'm wrong but I don't think Pat Lambie is going to have a very long rugby career. Serious concussion is not something you mess with and at some point (if not already) Lambie will probably be faced with the same decision that my own son had to make . . . and it's not really a choice at all.

My thoughts on Flouw are well documented. Allister Coetzee is one of an ever decreasing minority of people who think Flouw is worth his place in the squad let alone the starting XV. The fact that we have bright talents like J aco Kriel and Skuna Notshe waiting in the wings makes it even harder to understand.

Lambie faces the same decision as your son.....hmmm....what decision is that? Giving up playing for the Springboks?

 To add to that ... a knock like that must surely have hurt his confidence and could end with him avoiding contact. 
I certainly hope he makes a full recovery ... especially mentally.
We need him.