What a backline

This backline is fucking mouth watering. The flair and skill level would be insane

15. Fassi

14. Kolbe

13. Moodie

12. Willemse

11. Arendse

10. Sacha

9. Williams

With Green, Jurenzo Julius, David Kriel, Jordan Hendrikse, Libbok, Nohamba, Papier, vd Bergh and Hendrikse pushing to be a part of it

l look forard to that one!!!   Pace galore 

but can they tackle? 

15. Fassi - Great under the high ball, but still doesn't get into the right position to tackle and still slips off too many like he did against Portugal

14. Kolbe - Struggle against bigger wingers, but he did improve in the recent years and very smart and hard working player. 

13. Moodie - Rock solid and can knock players back with his size, but got exposed in there URC. Very hard channel to defend

12. Willemse - Very good at stepping, can tackler and chase players down. Better at 15, but also had a break out season for the Stormers at 12. I prefer a bigger more physical 12. 

11. Arendse - For his size, better tackler than Kolbe

10. Sacha - Untested, but better than Manie. 

9. Williams - Not as ferocious as Faf, prone around the ruck. But again, a lot of pace and good on cover defence. 

Nonsense Fassi has sorted out his defence his miss against Portugal was over running his cross defence not a one on one miss

Kolbe never gets beaten nor Arendse

Moodie will fine tune his defensive reads at 13

Willemse is no smaller than Jordie Barrett - he is a powerful player and certainly muscled up to at least the same size and bulk as Jessie Kriel

Bio Damian WILLEMSE is a 26-year-old South African rugby player standing at 1.84 m tall (6 ft 0 in) and weighing in at 96 kg (15 st; 211.64 lb)

Sacha so far looks good defensively

KC

With all due respect the team had to play with 6 bakline players actually playing and that twould upset defense badly,    It is very difficult to get other plauers to fill all the gaps all the time.   I saw deficiencies in defence - but believe it was due to my reason gven.    .    

If the Bok pack has a purple patch for 20 minutes, that backline could score 3-4 tries against a good team and potentially end the game as a contest. 

A ball playing and physical pack to go with that backline

1. Ox 2. Marx 3. Thomas du Toit 4. Eben 5. RG 6. Hanekom 7. BJ Dixon 8. Roos

That backline is a no brainer.

Not a knock, I used to think that Arendse is express speed but having watched him against Portugal it's clear that he's quick but not express quick.

Also think Faasi has bulked and lost a yard and so has the wily Kolbe. 

Yeah all these players have to bulk in order to survive but with that they lose a yard or two but still quick enough to create havoc

There's so many good loosies around which makes it hard to pick the best three, Van Staden doesn't cut the mustard in Bok2024. It's cruel that there's just too many in almost every position.

Will we ever see a speedster like Habana again. To me he is one of the top 3 wingers of all time. Lomu, Caucacuacbuni and Habana. However, Habana had longevity Caucau had stops and starts to his career, but that guy, when he is on he was on and no-one could stop him. Lomu faded towards the end, but we all know that his kidneys couldn't carry him. 

But just who in the world have genuine pace. Seabelo Sanatla was probably the fastest player in the 15s game but Bundi Aki put an end to his career with dumb clear out to the back of his head. 

I am always rather old-fashionedas to whay I believe wings and full backs shoudd have/   To my min d here are acually three issues, namely -

*    pace 

*    ball sense; and 

*    reading of the game to deide n attack lines,

combined the three is dangerous for all opposition - but it must also be brne in mind that especially the latter two develop through experience.    That is what made Habana such a star performer,

Kolbe had gained experience - but Arendse needs more. and so does Fassi,

Wen it comes to centers the outside center must be close to the wings requirements - while te inside center needs to be a playmaker or decide on drawing in defenders and either go down and ensure quick recovery of the ball for the attack to continue.    That is why a physically strong 12 is needed and it helps if he canrecover opposition balls in breakdown situations as well/   

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Hahahahaha….Wanker thinks wings need pace, brilliant.

Can they tackle, good point . Kolbe is usually solid. So is Willemse ,Sacha and Arendse. Moodie has had some problems with his defence positioning in the 13 Channel and so has Fassi at the Back…Best is just to start them against a top team and see how they fare.