Team Selection - Round 2 - August Internationals

New  Zealand   vs   Australia

New Zealand

15  Beauden Barrett, 14  Sevu Reece, 13  Anton Lienert-Brown, 12  Sonny Bill Williams, 11  George Bridge, 10  Richie Mo’unga, 9  Aaron Smith, 8  Kieran Read (c), 7  Sam Cane, 6  Ardie Savea, 5  Samuel Whitelock, 4  Patrick Tuipulotu, 3  Nepo Laulala, 2  Dane Coles, 1  Joe Moody

Replacements  :  16  Codie Taylor, 17  Ofa Tuungafasi, 18  Angus Ta’avao, 19  Jackson Hemopo, 20  Matt Todd, 21  TJ Perenara, 22  Ngani Laumape, 23  Jordie Barrett

Australia

15  Kurtley Beale, 14  Reece Hodge, 13  James O’Connor, 12  Samu Kerevi, 11  Marika Koroibete, 10  Christian Lealiifano, 9  Nic White, 8  Isi Naisarani, 7  Michael Hooper (c), 6  Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 5  Adam Coleman, 4  Izack Rodda, 3  Allan Alaalatoa, 2  Tolu Latu, 1  Scott Sio

Replacements  :  16  Folau Fainga’a, 17  James Slipper, 18  Taniela Tupou, 19  Rob Simmons, 20  Liam Wright, 21  Will Genia, 22  Matt To’omua, 23  Adam Ashley-Cooper

Wales  vs  England

Wales

15  Liam Williams, 14  George North, 13  Jonathan Davies, 12  Hadleigh Parkes, 11  Josh Adams, 10  Dan Biggar, 9  Gareth Davies, 8  Ross Moriarty, 7  James Davies, 6   Aaron Wainwright, 5  Alun Wyn Jones (c), 4  Jake Ball, 3  Tomas Francis, 2  Ken Owens, 1  Nicky Smith

Replacements  :  16  Elliot Dee, 17  Wyn Jones, 18  Dillon Lewis, 19  Aaron Shingler, 20  Josh Navidi, 21  Aled Davies, 22  Jarrod Evans, 23  Owen Watkin

England

15  Elliot Daly, 14  Ruaridh McConnochie, 13  Jonathan Joseph, 12  Piers Francis, 11  Joe Cokanasiga, 10  George Ford (c), 9  Willi Heinz, 8  Billy Vunipola, 7  Lewis Ludlam, 6  Courtney Lawes, 5  Maro Itoje, 4  Joe Launchbury, 3  Dan Cole, 2  Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1  Ellis Genge

Replacements  :  16  Jamie George, 17 Joe Marler, 18  Kyle Sinckler, 19  George Kruis, 20  Jack Singleton, 21  Ben Youngs, 22  Owen Farrell, 23  Manu Tuilagi

South Africa  vs  Argentina

South Africa 

15  Warrick Gelant, 14  S'bu Nkosi, 13  Jesse Kriel, 12  Andre Esterhuizen, 11  Dillyn Leyds, 10  Elton Jantjies, 9  Cobus Reinach, 8  Marcell Coetzee, 7  Rynhardt Elstadt, 6  Siya Kolisi, 5  Lood de Jager, 4  RG Snyman, 3  Vincent Koch, 2  Schalk Brits (c), 1  Thomas du Toit

Replacements  :   16   Scarra Ntubeni, 17   Lizo Gqoboka, 18   Wilco Louw, 19   Marvin Orie, 20   Marco van Staden, 21   Kwagga Smith, 22   Faf de Klerk, 23   Frans Steyn

Argentina

15  Joaquin Tuculet, 14  Sebastián Cancelliere, 13  Jeronimo de la Fuente, 12  Lucas Mensa, 11  Ramiro Moyano, 10  Joaquín Díaz Bonilla, 9  Felipe Ezcurra, 8  Javier Ortega Desio, 7  Marcos Kremer, 6  Pablo Matera (c), 5  Tomas Lavanini, 4  Guido Petti, 3  Santiago Medrano, 2  Julian Montoya, 1  Mayco Vivas

Replacements  :  16  Agustin Creevy, 17  Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 18  Juan Figallo, 19  Matias Alemanno, 20  Tomas Lezana, 21  Gonzalo Bertanou, 22 Benjamin Urdapilleta, 23 Santiago Carreras

Italy  vs  Russia

Italy

15  Jayden Hayward, 14  Mattia Bellini, 13  Michele Campagnaro, 12  Luca Morisi, 11  Matteo Minozzi, 10  Tommaso Allan, 9  Tito Tebaldi, 8  Sergio Parisse (c), 7  Jake Polledri, 6  Abraham Steyn, 5  Federico Ruzza, 4  David Sisi, 3  Tiziano Pasquali, 2  Luca Bigi, 1  Andrea Lovotti

Replacements  :  16 Federico Zani, 17  Simone Ferrari, 18  Marco Riccioni, 19  Alessandro Zanni, 20  Sebastian Negri, 21  Callum Braley, 22  Carlo Canna, 23  Edoardo Padovani

Russia

15  Vasily Artemyev, 14  German Davydov, 13   Vladimir Ostrouhsko, 12  Dmitry Gerasimov, 11  Kirill Golosnitsky, 10  Ramil Gaisin, 9  Dmitry Perov, 8  Viktor Gresev, 7  Tagir Gadzhiev, 6  Nikita Vavilin, 5  Andrei Ostrikov, 4  Andrei Garbuzov, 3  Kirill Gotovtsev, 2  Stanislav Selsky, 1  Valery Morozov

Replacements  :  16  Evgeny Matveev, 17  Andrei Polivalov, 18  Vladimir Podrezov,19  Bogdan Fedotko, 20  Vitaly Zhivatov, 21  Vasily Dorofeev, 22  Yuri Kushnarev, 23  Vladislav Sozonov

France  vs  Scotland

France

15  Maxime Medard, 14  Damian Penaud, 13  Gael Fickou, 12  Wesley Fofana, 11  Alivereti Raka, 10  Camille Lopez, 9  Antoine Dupont, 8  Gregory Alldritt, 7  Charles Ollivon, 6  Francois Cros, 5  Sebastien Vahaamahina, 4  Paul Gabrillagues, 3  Rabah Slimani, 2  Camille Chat, 1  Jefferson Poirot (c)

Replacements  :  16  Peato Mauvaka, 17  Dany Priso, 18  Emerick Setiano, 19  Felix Lambey, 20  Louis Picamoles, 21  Baptiste Serin, 22  Romain Ntamack, 23  Thomas Ramos

Scotland

15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Duncan Taylor, 11 Byron McGuigan, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 Ali Price, 8 Josh Strauss, 7 Jamie Ritchie, 6 John Barclay, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Ben Toolis, 3 Simon Berghan, 2 Stuart McInally (c), 1 Jamie Bhatti

Replacements: 16 George Turner, 17 Gordon Reid, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Matt Fagerson, 21 George Horne, 22 Rory Hutchinson, 23 Blair Kinghorn

Scotland  Updated.

Springboks updated

Springboks updated

Springboks updated

Springboks updated

Pretty weak loosies, but Elstadt looks like he could be a handy carrier. Looked immensely strong for the brief carried into the Wallaroo line. One half of our best centres is there. 

Poor AO

you have not realized yet that Steyn and Esterhuizen are both useless and that Erasmus is in a quandary about who should play.  Fact is the three centers in the EC squad is already obvious - De Allende, Am and Kriel.  No chance for Esterhuizen or Steyn on test level at all.

AB's updated

I knew very well J-Raz was going with Damian last year. It's abundantly clear that he isn't astute where matters of attacking on the ground are concerned.

No AO 

Erasmus knows what he is doing and you know FA about rugby - perhaps on the same level as Meyer wh en it comes to rugby,   

If I knew as much as Meyer I would be running SARugby like Gilgamesh! 

Running and destroy the Springboks like Meyer ended up doing. LMAO   

Scotland  Updated

Australia updated

Wale s and France updated

England Updated

Rooinek do not criticize Mozart - he remains the best laughter material on site through silliness and his total lack of rugby knowledge.  Every posting of Mozart is incredulously  funny. LMAO  

England Updated

Rooinek do not criticize Mozart - he remains the best laughter material on site through silliness and his total lack of rugby knowledge.  Every posting of Mozart is incredulously  funny. LMAO  

Argentina Updated  - only Italy and Russia outstanding.

Italy and Russi a updated