I think that Pollard may not be available due to injury and guess the following would be the team to play on Friday:-
15 Willie le Roux14 JP Pietersen13 Jesse Kriel12 Damian de Allende11 Bryan Habana10 Handre Pollard 9 Fourie du Preez 8 Duane Vermeulen 7 Schalk Burger 6 Francois Louw 5 Pieter-Steph du Toit 4 Eben Etzebeth 3 Frans Malherbe 2 Adriaan Strauss 1 Tendai Mtawarira
16 Bismarck du Plessis17 Jannie du Plessis18 Trevor Nyakane 19 Lood de Jager20 Siya Kolisi21 Rudy Paige22 Patrick Lambe23 Jan Serfontein
I think the highlighted players are likely to announce their retirement from international rugby after the match. I left out Matfield because of his disaster in the semi - but Meyer may want to give him a farewell gift by selecting him on the bench. I would put De Jager on the bench because he was clearly over-played in the matches in the RWC. He played in all the pool matches the quarterfinal and the semi-final giving a full go in every match he played in. He should have been rested in at least one game.
Coach57,555 posts
27 Oct 2015, 08:01
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27 Oct 2015, 08:01#1


