The Rugby Thread - Part Deux

[sand_man]

Team for Saturday:
1.OX
2.Marx
3.TDT
4.Eben
5.Nortje
6.PDV
7.PSDT
8.Wiese
9.Reinach
10.Manie
11.Hooker
12.De Allende
13.Kriel
14.Kolbe
15.Willemse

No bench?

 

[Mike7]

No bench?

16.Steenekamp
17.JHW
18.Porthen
19.Wiese
20.BJD
21.Van Staden
22.Williams
23.SFM

Edit: Replaced Brannas with JHW.

I do think we might see a surprise with Fourie somewhere on the bench.

 

[Devo1]

No decent AB fetchers? You DID watch their previous game right?
The MOM, Anton Segner was superb and stole several ..

Jordie Barret their other centre. Good player. PSDT kept him humble back in the WC final...

Plenty of relentless fetchers in their squad.

Segner, Ardie (real breakdown menace), Blackadder, Parker etc.

 

[DarkStarMonday]

Team for Saturday:
1.OX
2.Marx
3.TDT
4.Eben
5.Nortje
6.PDV
7.PSDT
8.Wiese
9.Reinach
10.Manie
11.Hooker
12.De Allende
13.Kriel
14.Kolbe
15.Willemse

Is Ox ok for the game ? His injury all good ?

Kurt Lee and Grant will start I think.

 

[sand_man]

16.Steenekamp
17.JHW
18.Porthen
19.Wiese
20.BJD
21.Van Staden
22.Williams
23.SFM

Edit: Replaced Brannas with JHW.

I do think we might see a surprise with Fourie somewhere on the bench.

Interesting bench, I must say...

 

[Speedster]

Team for Saturday:
1.OX
2.Marx
3.TDT
4.Eben
5.Nortje
6.PDV
7.PSDT
8.Wiese
9.Reinach
10.Manie
11.Hooker
12.De Allende
13.Kriel
14.Kolbe
15.Willemse

Where Cameron?

 

[Mike7]

Is Ox ok for the game ? His injury all good ?

Kurt Lee and Grant will start I think.

I saw OX training with the team in a Instagram clip. I don't think he would be with the team if he was not fit. I think Rassie now prefers Hooker to KLA. Bigger, stronger and the ABs do have a few big wingers. He also had a really good game in NZ last year. Grant is in better form compared to Reinach but Rassie might want to have him come on later in the game to speed things up.

 

[sand_man]

I think the side for the 1st test pretty much picks itself. The 2nd Test is going to be the interesting one.

We may see wholesale changes.

 

[Mike7]

Where Cameron?

Who would he replace? Rassie made it clear Wiese is his number 1. I don't see where he would fit in.

 

[Jean Claude Vaaldamme]

I don't know how to call the first test.
Boks does not seem to have really fired on all cylinders recently.
And the AB's have me puzzled, there seem to be no game plan, just throw the ball around and see what happens. Or maybe they hiding something for the tests.

 

[DarkStarMonday]

Who would he replace? Rassie made it clear Wiese is his number 1. I don't see where he would fit in.

Van Staden out and Cam in.

JHW ain't going no where, Rassie loves him.

 

[Mike7]

Van Staden out and Cam in.

JHW ain't going no where, Rassie loves him.

JHW is back in my bench team. I forgot about him. Van Staden is very similar to PDV. I don't think Hanekom is as good as those two over the ball.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Sfm will be in starting 15

 

[Werner1975]

Sfm will be in starting 15

I won't bet against it. Or Rassie starts with Manie and brings Sasha on for the last 25-30mins.

 

[DarkStarMonday]

I won't bet against it. Or Rassie starts with Manie and brings Sasha on for the last 25-30mins.

Because…

 

[sand_man]

If Andre the giant is over his concussion, he might be on the bench...

 

[sand_man]

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

I won't bet against it. Or Rassie starts with Manie and brings Sasha on for the last 25-30mins.

Makes the most sense if we start by blitzing and then settle

 

[Werner1975]

Because…

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Manie started in that big win against the AB's in 2023 where we beat them 35-7. Then came on as replacement last year when we hammered them 43-10.

 

[DarkStarMonday]

Manie started in that big win against the AB's in 2023 where we beat them 35-7. Then came on as replacement last year when we hammered them 43-10.

Don’t jinx it now my bru !