I am nt going t preicct anythng bar for the fact that Mngomozulu Feiberg will start again he fits in better in a running ball-in-hand player than Pollard. When othe emmebers were stil talking about Libbok I was on site speaking about him as a potential Springbok flyhalf,
Beside that I foresee that Van Staden wil not be on the bench. - he is a walking disaster as a player and his yellow card is on the same level as was the Estrhuizen red.. He is also a disaster causing penalties against the Springboks as happened in the Wales test and on Saturday. We have better loosies than him and would see Smith being used as a replacement opsensider.
I agree with you about Le Roux - he destroyed a certain try scoring opportunity on Saturdaywhen he destroyed a certain try scoring oportunity when hanging onto the ball haging onto the ball and running straight nto a defender with two players outside of him. Muchas I lke Le Roux's playing style si concerned he is not the player he used to be becuee his pace is down substantially. Willemse would be abck for the Springbok tests against the AB;s in SA. or at least hope he is.
Ithink that Etzebeth .may be on the bench - he needs some break since he was not the same level player he used to be and a rest nefore the AB matches in SA is advisable. I in fact was surprizd by his inclusion in the squad for the Aussie test.
I do not expect much oher changes for the forwards, So the eam would pick is -
15 Fassie
14 Arendse
13 Kriel
12 De Allende
11 Kolbe
10 Mngomezulu-Feinberg
9 Wlliams
8 Louw
7 Du Toit
6 Kolisi
5 Snyman
4 Moerat
3 Malherbe
2 Mbonambi
1 Nche
Bench
16 Marx
17 Steenekamp
18 Du Toit
19 Etzebeth
20 Dixon
21 Smith
22 Reinach
23 Pollard.
I believe thhat it would be an excellent opportunity to replace Kolisi as an open-sider. Dixxon to replace the 8 or the 7.
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I like the fact that Rassie announces his team on Tue. Gives us time to assess and wonder how the game will turn. I can honestly say, looks like the team is having fun and blooding youngsters. Still disappointed that we couldn't beat Ireland in Durban but then again, Willie got knocked out min 3 and the Irish were really physical.
Question is, will Rassie clear house and give all the other players a run or will he stick with the same core. There is a 2 week break before the All Blacks head to SA.
I would continue with the same settled core and then use the Argentina game to really blood new players.
Given who is in the squad, this who I think should play