Springbok End of Year Tour - 2013...

thestaggy

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Mephisto_Helix said:
Woot, tell BOTH of the best young locks in SA that they can fling poop from the sidelines ...... go HM :rolleyes:
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Agreed. With all due respect to the Scots they are the perfect opposition to test your young guns. Pieter-Steph, Etzebeth, Kolisi and Ntubeni from the bench (you brought him along, may as well use him) should all feature against marginal tier 1 opposition. Hell, I'd even rest de Villiers and go pure youth in the backline.
 
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thestaggy said:
Agreed. With all due respect to the Scots they are the perfect opposition to test your young guns. Pieter-Steph, Etzebeth, Kolisi and Ntubeni from the bench (you brought him along, may as well use him) should all feature against marginal tier 1 opposition. Hell, I'd even rest de Villiers and go pure youth in the backline.
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I would have like to see:

Willie le Roux
JP Pietersen
Jaque Fourie
Jean de Villiers (Would have played Serfontein and Kept Jean on the bench for a what if scenario)
Bryan Habana
Patrick Lambie
Fourie du Preez (I would have put screuder (sp?) on the bench and given him 10 minutes)
Duane Vermeulen
Willem Alberts (I would have played Kolisi and had Alberts on the bench)
Francois Louw
Flip van der Merwe (PSdT would have been my choice and I would have kept Flip on the bench to give Eben a break)
Bakkies Botha
Frans Malherbe
Adriaan Strauss
Gurthro Steenkamp.

This team offers enough experience as well as youth, also it includes JP and Jaques who both need some serious high level game time.
 
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Two of my friends claim to have just met Eben Etzebeth. Isn't he still in the UK with the Springbok squad, considering we're playing Scotland tomorrow.
 
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thestaggy said:
Agreed. With all due respect to the Scots they are the perfect opposition to test your young guns. Pieter-Steph, Etzebeth, Kolisi and Ntubeni from the bench (you brought him along, may as well use him) should all feature against marginal tier 1 opposition. Hell, I'd even rest de Villiers and go pure youth in the backline.
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They bullied us at the breakdowns last time we played them. It's pay back time. I don't care who starts as long as we murder them at the breakdowns!!
 
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sand_man said:
Yes. Been there for just under 3 weeks.
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Yeah they a got a picture with him. Turns out it wasn't Etzebeth, but a guy who won You's best Etzebeth lookalike 2 weeks ago haha.

Friends and I were all debating whether it was Etzebeth or not but the fact that the Springboks are playing Scotland tomorrow gave them away.
 
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Geeze, tough game last night between the All Blacks and the Poms. ABs are vulnerable without the ball. Joubert had a decent game, but had two shockers that he missed - blatant obstruction by the English.
 
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My brother is going to the game...lucky bugger. Says it is freezing cold (no surprise there).

Think the weather conditions could have an impact on the game as Bokke not used to such cold conditions.
 
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DJ... said:
Boks by 30...
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MickeyD said:
That's what I said as well... Scottish patrons were not amused! :p
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GreGorGy said:
Boks by a good few - at least 14
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BobsLawnService said:
So any predictions?

I say Boks by 23.
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The Scots will look to boss us at the breakdowns like they did in July! I reckon the Boks will be out to prove a point, that being July was a fluke! I expect a physical intensity the Scots will find impossible to match. Clean outs had better be ferocious! I suspect Bakkies has been selected specifically for this purpose and with Willem fit, watch the 2 of them hitting those rucks HARD!!

It may be cold in Scotland today but apparently it's dry (although there is a good chance of rain later on), so good conditions for an open, running game of rugby!

I think Boks by 30 isn't unrealistic. Of course that all depends on how many yellow cards we concede! It's inevitable that there will be at least 1 against us for 'dangerous play'. Some idiot ducking into a tackle... Jérôme Garcès from France is the ref so expect fun and games at the breakdowns and scrums...
 
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We are spreading the ball way to flat resulting in pressure passes. Forwards gtfo of the back line on second phase
 
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