What’s the thought process with this squad?

Dave have you got any info on the Irish touring  squad?       

Gibson-Park and Conan are absentees. Both are injured. 

That makes it easier. So Ireland pick Leinster and add 4 better players….the Boks pick the Bools and add 14 better players.

I wa at he match es in the 2007 WC and was in respect of the Tonga match  really horrifid,  Up to 7 minutes before he end of he match Tonga was leading in the match  and it seemed as if th ey were ging  to win.   It wa not a S pring bok team playing - it was just a mess.  

As to the final I must have watched all the finals many imes - t he 2007 as the worst of the four.   There was no real game plan and Jhn  Smit afterwards admis that there were no planning in the game plan to create tryscoring oppornities,   

The only thing that worked in facvor of the Springboks was silly  penalties given away by the English team - some of the penalties were really poor.

he game plan aaprently as that the only plan White ahd depended on the Sprinbok forwards should force e Eng lish ones n the match - the backline was there for defense only.    It just did not happen.  Take for example  the only real effort came from the Springbok team ween th ey were attacking the Eng lish tryline for about 5 minutes - they never got anywhere near to scoring  and th e ball never went to the backline - it was kept by the forwards - and in th e end the eng lish forced a turnover of possession.   In that scrum - like in all scrums during h match - the Spring boks was neutralized and never went forward in scrums - it as stagnant or the Springboks went back slightly.

What was also troubling  was the fact that potection at beakdowns where the English made 3 turnovers of possession at breakdowns as against zero in favour of the Springboks.

in comapring th finals and performances in the finals I rated he four finals based on the game plan and implemetation as follows:-

1    The 2019\final

2    The 1995 final

3    The 2023 final

4     The 2007 final

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The team that won us another RWC must be chosen. As the season progresses changes can be made but you don't arbitrarily drop 'em cupwinners.

2007 Boks point difference plus 214 

2023 Boks point difference plus 121

Case closed.

If you bothered to find out what Rassie's policy is you would simply watch videos showing what he has plainly said - he will gradually bring in new blood.

This is incremental change and the right policy. 

While Jake is a reasonably good coach he is a step or two down from Rassie. That much is obvious unless you are a biased bigot like poor mozzietard who is still smarting from Rassie winning two consequetive RWCs. 

Will the buffoon survive Rassie winning a third RWC? What excuse will he come up with should this happen. The guy has too fragile of an ego to admit he got it wrong. Heck even Rooitwit had the grace to do that.

As a Bok " supporter" mozzietard is a disgrace. He never stops trying to diminish the Bok win. I doubt whether his whining will stop. He is obsessed and can't let it go

It's called Rassie Derangement Syndrome  (RDS) and poor Mozzie has it real bad. 

Mozzietard should just fit a cotk. His whining regarding all this is a total bore. 

The only thing that matters is trophies in the cabinet and as far as that goes Rassie is undisputably numero uno.

Winners are grinners.

Well, on this one I have to agree with Beeno, Rassie is using this time to blood new players in gradually. He knows he has an aging core team and will need to find new players, but he has time. He is keeping his head and want to continue a winning culture. This team can beat Ireland 2-0

Groupies will be groupies…..one decent WC, one lucky WC….miserable years in between.