As far as I could make out his team at present is as follows:-
PR - C Oosthuizen, T Mtawarire
Bench - S Kitshoff
HO - B du Plessis
Bench - M Marx
LO - P du Toit, L de Jager
Bench - J Kleyn
BR - D Vermeulen, J Kriel, A Botha
Bench - R Bothma
SH - C Reinach
Bench - P van Zyl
FH - H Pollard
Bench - Partirck Lambie
CE - D de Allende, Jan Serfontein
Bench - H Mnisi
OB - C Kolbe, W le Roux, J Engelbrecht
Bench - S Sithole
His balance is $ 344 100
Our first objective should be to get a full playing team on the field. The players likely to be playing and to be retained are indicated in bold.
Comments
Props
We have two props available in Oosthuizen and Kitshoff - no immediate change necessary.
Hookers
We have one hooker -in Bismarck du Plessis - no immediate change necessary.
Locks
Pieter-Steph du Toit is fine - but we need another lock preferably cheap. What about Eben Etzebeth if he is in the Stormers starting line-up?
Back Row
I think we need another loosie - what about Hooper or Labuschagne instead of Arno Botha. I prefer the former.
Scrumhalf and Flyhalf
No change needed
Centers
No immediate change needed
Outside Backs are weak
Le Roux is OK - I would change the other two
Immediate changes needed
Lock? - Etzebeth (bearing in mind cost)
Loosie - Hooper
OB's - Folau, Kriel
Captain - Folau
SUMMARY
I Have tried to make the above changes - bar the Hooper one - and am left with only $5000 in the Kitty. The other suggestion is to take out an expensive player like Mtawarire and put in a cheapie like Mienie this week and try to make other important changes (like Hooper) next week.
What do you guys think?
