World Cup Squad now reduced to 36 (before final cut to 31)

The 36-man Springbok squad who have assembled for the RWC camp in Bloemfontein are:

Forwards (21)

Schalk Brits (Bulls), (The Warthog is not even 4th)

Lood de Jager (Bulls), 

Thomas du Toit (Sharks), (Can play on both sides of the scrum as badly)

Pieter-Steph du Toit (Stormers), 

Rynhardt Elstadt (Toulouse, France), (covers lock)

Eben Etzebeth (Stormers), 

Lizo Gqoboka (Bulls), 

Steven Kitshoff (Stormers), 

Vincent Koch (Saracens, England), 

Siya Kolisi (Stormers), 

Francois Louw (Bath, England), 

Frans Malherbe (Stormers), 

Malcolm Marx (Lions), 

Bongi Mbonambi (Stormers), 

Tendai Mtawarira (Sharks), 

Franco Mostert (Gloucester, England), 

Trevor Nyakane (Bulls), 

Marvin Orie (Lions),  (Quota)

Kwagga Smith (Lions), 

RG Snyman (Bulls), 

Duane Vermeulen (Bulls)

Backs (15)

Lukhanyo Am (Sharks), 

Damian de Allende (Stormers), 

Faf de Klerk (Sale Sharks, England), 

André Esterhuizen (Sharks), 

Warrick Gelant (Bulls), 

Elton Jantjies (Lions), 

Herschel Jantjies (Stormers), 

Cheslin Kolbe (Toulouse, France), 

Jesse Kriel (Bulls), 

Makazole Mapimpi (Sharks), 

Sbu Nkosi (Sharks), 

Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz, Japan), 

Handré Pollard (Bulls), 

Cobus Reinach (Northampton Saints, England), 

Frans Steyn (Montpellier, France)

Mozart Madness going strong,

Obvious deletions are Steyn. Esterhuizen, Gelant and Ori.

However the figure is 31  - not 32

Sp another one or two will have to go since I believe that Willemse may be called up as soon as Erasmus have a full report about the CC match last week.

Damian, Kolisi, Lood, Coetzee, Reinach. They do not deserve to be at the World Cup. I'd select Mapoe ahead of Kriel. One could add Gelant, Orie, Koch. I prefer Schreuder to Herschel. 

Idiots will always be idiots 

Firing blanks as always. 

Herschel looks good in broken play. Can he take command? He hasn't proven that. Opportunistic and elusive, but these are not going to be enough at the World Cup. Schreuder is the better general. He also finished the season as the top South African for try assists. I think his pass is better, especially the long dart. 

Augi, you're out on a limb with Shreuder, fine if you're after pedestrian, worse is to his side where there's plenty of it.......I prefer the snap, crackle and pop from lightening fast, Herschelle.

I'd have no hesitation dropping the ones in bold type.

Herschel is a better 2014 Reinach. These types don't suit the Bok brand. Worse still, he will be required to apply himself in a very conservative gameplan. Can he kick? We don't know. Can he pass? No especially well. He is a fast runner. Is he a better 9 than Schreuder? He hasn't proven that yet. Against good teams (he hasn't faced a particularly good team this year) that running will be schackled. Look at Papier on tour. Rassie is taking a bit of a gamble. 

Can't really understand why you rate Schreuder, Auge. He didn't do one thing that impressed me in all the SR games I watched this year - so passive. Even the semi-hopeless Cameron Wright looked like an upgrade when he replaced Schreuder in one of the games.

Accept that whatever AO writes on site is BS in the extreme and accept the exact opposite from what he wrote as correct.   The man i s a total rugby illiterate who considers scoring of tries as irrelevant when it goes to winning of games. 

So the upshot is that the 2015 team scoring 7 tries and finished last on the log losing all three matches were better coached and played better rugby than the Trophy winners scoring 12 tries was worse performers,  That type if comparison is so stupid - it is unbelievable       .  

"Can't really understand why you rate Schreuder, Auge"

That makes it both of us.......mind-boggling.

Schreuder is a player than many SA coaches have rated since he was a junior. He has shown signs of promise, but some players are good with more time and space, but crumble as the tempo gets too fast

Not as mind-boggling as it seems. When all is said and done, we don't have a complete scrumhalf. I don't like any of the skills across the board. Our passing from 9 is mediocre, our kicking is even worse. Herschel is that kind of player that thrives in space, but cannot control a game. Schreuder is a general with more rounded skills and a proven ability to create scoring opportunities for those around him. Right now our best 9 is Faf, due to his disruptive play off the ball and ability to read play. He also ranks highly for assists. He is Januarie 2.0. Next? For a time Papier and van Zyl. Schreuder overtook both of them. It's a gamble selecting Herschel as our #2. It seems Rassie is relying on "x factor" to compensate for the limitations of a painfully dour and simplistic as well as predictable gameplan. This is insufficient at the highest level. 

LMAO-  Goodness gracious more Idiot Speak