Denny, to some of us...that backline selection is a no-brainer. It's so clearly, so infuriatingly obvious to most of us.
I'm willing to bet you that 90% of the board agrees.
But it's not the lineup we'll get.
So annoying.
Denny, to some of us...that backline selection is a no-brainer. It's so clearly, so infuriatingly obvious to most of us.
I'm willing to bet you that 90% of the board agrees.
But it's not the lineup we'll get.
So annoying.
Yep
klop............. but with Dassie its about the BombSquad / the pack
DdA & JK will be there
Hope I'm wrong
Yep again, he'll forget that the much hyped pack took nigh on 18 minutes to score a push over try in that infamous AB friendly at Twickers and that with the AB's gun shy with two send offs.
Is there not a deadline for the announcement of a team?
A no brainer is the selection of two small wings. At the very least Moodie must start.
To me Pollard must start as well. We must build scoreboard pressure and keep the French in their half.
Springbok legend Jaque Fourie is convinced that only one centre combination will do when South Africa take on France in an almighty World Cup quarter-final clash this weekend.
Fourie, a World Cup champion in 2007 and British & Irish Lions series winner two years later, arguably redefined the role during his tenure with the Boks in a career that spanned 11 years and 72 Test caps.
Now coaching at the Lions, Fourie spoke exclusively to Independent Media regarding who he would select at No 12 and 13.
The Boks have a number of options there, and their inner circle will have to think carefully on who they pick for Les Bleus at the Stade de France on Sunday (9pm kickoff).
The return of Lukhanyo Am has complicated matters, as they also consider Damian de Allende, Jesse Kriel, Andre Esterhuizen and Canan Moodie. But for 40-year-old Fourie, it is rather elementary.
“I enjoy Esterhuizen,” said Fourie at Wits University this week, after the Lions wrapped up their final pre-season match against the Bulls ahead of the new United Rugby Championship season.
“He gets over the advantage line and he is a big momentum-stopper. Moodie has also been playing well.
“He is just a natural ball-player, so you can play him any time.
“Yes, Am is back, but he hasn’t played in three months. It will be a tough ask going into a quarter-final against one of the top five teams in the world.
“He has the ability, but he lacks game time.
“That would be my centrepairing: Andre and Moodie.”
The bookies have France as the odds-on favourites to beat the defending champions, but Fourie remains hopeful that the Boks will cause an upset with a victory that will keep them on course to lift the Webb Ellis Cup for a fourth time.
“It is going to be a tough game,” he said.
“There are a lot of factors that come into play and, hopefully, we can stick to our plan.
“If we can bully them and put their No 9 (possibly Antoine Dupont or Maxime Lucu) under pressure, then we have a chance.
“They are also very physical, and they will want to match us there. It is going to come down to the team that uses their chances. It was the same against Ireland.
“It’s do or die.
“This, for me, will be our toughest game we are probably going to play. Ireland, I think we could have beaten.
“So, for me, France was always going to be – looking at the draw – the toughest to beat in France. We have a good chance. If we beat them, we will go all the way to the final.”
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I can't wait for the announcement, there's not a more defining moment for the future of the Boks winning the WC.
The forwards pretty much pick themselves it's the all important backline that will win the quarterfinal.
My backline would be
Kolbe
Faf/ Williams
Pollard/ Marnie
AE
Moodie
Arendse
Willemse
Allende and Kriel don't make the bench.