Official 2015 Rugby Championship Thread

[OrbitalDawn]

I'm a huge Jordan Taufua fan. So much heart.

 

[FoXtroT]

Louws yellow was such a joke.

 

[Kilgore_Trout_Redux]

I'm a huge Jordan Taufua fan. So much heart.

He really is a great player.

Also De allande is a great example of why you should pick a player on form. He isn't the best player in the world but he is in great form and is at the top of his game.

If that makes any sense.

 

[APoc184]

Good win but it was not like the opposition put up a massive fight.

Especially on defence.

And against piss poor defence like that we kicked way too much.

Discipline is another big worry.

 

[FoXtroT]

MOM for me was Marcell

 

[Vrotappel]

The only thing I can take out of this match is that J du Plessis should be dropped straight away.

 

[Agent_Smith]

The only thing I can take out of this match is that J du Plessis should be dropped straight away.

+1

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Yes it wasn't against the best opposition but I can't wait to see the De Allende / Kriel combo again, I think it works well. Thought Louw had a meh game and the difference between Pollard and Lambie is clear as day - we need Lambie for the WC, not Pollard at all. Reinach and Whitely also impressed.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

I also think Coetzee was our top performer. Missile-like tackles, turnovers, couple of nice runs.

First international game though, so rust will always be there. It'll pass.

Also glad de Villiers could get a nice run in.

 

[APoc184]

Hey Arthur. It was Arthur, right?

Any chance you have some of those nice xls spreadsheets to import into Google Calendar for rugby Champs and World Cup?

Pushing it a bit. Currie Cup too?

Loved the SuperRugby and cricket world cup ones earlier.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Well then...

[video=youtube;nEorIWAGos0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEorIWAGos0[/video]

 

[Arthur]

Hey Arthur. It was Arthur, right?

Any chance you have some of those nice xls spreadsheets to import into Google Calendar for rugby Champs and World Cup?

Pushing it a bit. Currie Cup too?

Loved the SuperRugby and cricket world cup ones earlier.

Yeah, I've been doing them for years and circulating to friends, etc.

Will see what I can do.

 

[DWPTA]

Yeah, I've been doing them for years and circulating to friends, etc.

Will see what I can do.

http://www.ougrote.com/category/fixtures-2/

 

[OrbitalDawn]

SA team for Saturday:

15 Willie le Roux, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Schalk Burger, 7 Marcell Coetzee, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Beast Mtawarira.

Substitutes: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Heinke van der Merwe, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 Lood de Jager, 20 Oupa Mohoje, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Pat Lambie, 23 Lwazi Mvovo

No Whiteley at all in the match-day squad. I'd pick him over Burger, easily.

New Zealand:

15-Israel Dagg, 14-Waisake Naholo, 13-Ma'a Nonu, 12-Sonny Bill Williams, 11-Charles Piutau, 10-Daniel Carter, 9-TJ Perenara, 8-Kieran Read, 7-Richie McCaw (captain), 6-Jerome Kaino, 5-Brodie Retallick, 4-Luke Romano, 3-Owen Franks, 2-Keven Mealamu, 1-Tony Woodcock

Substitutes: 16-Codie Taylor, 17-Wyatt Crockett, 18-Nepo Laulala, 19-Jeremy Thrush, 20-Liam Messam, 21-Andy Ellis, 22-Colin Slade, 23-Ryan Crotty

 

[Solitude]

MyGaming pools:

The Rugby Championship Predictor
http://www.superbru.com/rugbychampionship/pool.php?p=11398331
Pool name: MyGaming
Pool code: eelsheal

The Rugby Championship Fantasy Lite
http://www.superbru.com/rugbychampionshipfantasylite/pool.php?p=11420422
Pool name: MyGaming
Pool code: kalesued

They are generally a bit bigger than the MyBroadband ones. We won't have prizes this time around though.

 

[thestaggy]

Nice to see that SA's most exciting and promising team doesn't even get a token presence on the bench.

I sincerely hope those du Plessis brothers don't pull any stupid moves.

 

[APoc184]

Australia side to take on Boks

1. James Slipper – (Reds – 63 Tests)
2. Stephen Moore, (capt) – (Brumbies – 92 Tests)
3. Sekope Kepu (Waratahs – 52 Tests)
4. Will Skelton (Waratahs – 8 Tests)
5. Rob Simmons (Reds – 50 Tests)
6. Scott Fardy (Brumbies – 20 Tests)
7. Michael Hooper, VC – (Waratahs 42 Tests)
8. Scott Higginbotham (Rebels -31 Tests)
9. Will Genia (Reds – 58 Tests)
10. Quade Cooper (Reds – 53 Tests)
11. Rob Horne (Waratahs 25 Tests)
12. Matt Giteau (Toulon – 92 Tests)
13. Tevita Kuridrani (Brumbies – 20 Tests)
14. Adam Ashley-Cooper, VC – (Waratahs – 104 Tests)
15. Israel Folau (Waratahs – 29 Tests)

Reserves

16. Tatafu Polota-Nau (Waratahs – 50 Tests)
17. Scott Sio (Brumbies – 5 Tests)
18. Greg Holmes (Reds – 13 Tests)
19. James Horwill (Reds – 58 Tests)
20. David Pocock (Brumbies – 46 Tests)
21. Nick Phipps (Waratahs – 28 Tests)
22. Matt Toomua (Brumbies 21 Tests)
23. Drew Mitchell (Toulon – 63 Caps)

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Not a bad side that. Quite surprised that it's not Phipps + Foley in the halves. No Foley at all, actually.

Guess Cheika wants the versatility of Toomua.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Argentine side ain't bad...

15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Jeronimo De la Fuente, 11 Santiago Cordero, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Tomas Cubelli, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 6 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 5 Guido Petti Pagadizabal, 4 Manuel Carizza, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Agustin Creevy (captain), 1 Marcos Ayerza.

Substitutes: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Lucas Noguera, 18 Nahuel Chaparro Tetaz, 19 Benjamin Macome, 20 Javier Ortega Desio, 21 Martin Landajo, 22 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 23 Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino

 

[Pitbull]

NZ by 15+

Aus by 5+

We won't win Australia on the weekend. I'm glad though, I actually hope we have a bad Quad nations and peak at RWC /optimist