I am surprised nobody is considering playing Mannie at 10 and Sasha at 15! Excpet for the kicking of tee, Mannie has played really well. With Sasha at 15 taking care of the kicks, I think Mannie will play even better without the pressure of kicking penalties/conversion.
I prefer RG off the bench. He, like Kwagga, seems to just do better as an impact player. I am not opposed to starting with Moerat and ending with RG and his offloads when the game is more open at the end.
RG is the safe bet, you rather start strong and have the bench just keep the momentum. It’s easier for youngsters to get their bearings coming in against an opposition that’s been worn down. It’s actually why kwagga is so deadly cause he menace so imagine being tired and now you gotta deal with a relentless menace
Overall a great lineup. I think Reinach will start though and Grant coming on in the first 10min of the second half. He’s an immense player and brings a lot of impact, so think Williams will come on the bench to force tired forwards of Australia to run around a bit
Reinach can do the same off the bench. Grant Williams has improved his game management a lot, like box kicking. He deserves the start, when he came on for Faf in Durban, we were so much more dominant. And Reinach is old, give the start to Grant, because he has a real chance of making that 9 jersey his going forward.
I bought my tickets for the game in Brisbane. Departing for Australia on Friday. Surely this is when we break our Brisbane hoodoo - we are a settled team up against a new wallabies group who came under the pump at times against Wales - a team we beat with ease. I will be really disappointed if we do not come out of Australia with two wins
I agree with you here, the only thing that I think won't allow us to win is the springboks mindset, if they rock up like they did in that second Ireland test, thinking it's going to be easy we might be chasing the game early and we can't have that, they need to be sharp from kickoff.
The number of ways that Rassie can switch his players around without losing quality is crazy! Would be interesting to see how Damian Willemse would've shaken up the convo Also, special shout-out to the Knight, Damian De-Allende - alwyas showing up! Has anyone heard if he's been injured before?
We need to break up Handre and Willie. If Pollard is going to be our 10 during this cycle, the attitude of Willie being the creator has to stop. Play Fassi at 15 and tell Handre you have to take it to the gain line and play make. If he can’t do it, it’s Sacha time sooner rather than later.
Pi don’t know if you’ll agree with me but if we can just get Handre to be a better play maker then I think he’s certainly our best 10 because he’ll have the full package
Looking forward to this game. I hope we give youngsters a chance - oldies looked stale in 2nd test against Ireland. We need to get the hunger to win every game up; not just World Cup’s, without for a moment underestimating what our boys did to win the ones we have!
The truth is that SA's international-class lock stocks include Etzebeth, Snyman, PSDT (if we're desperate), + Mostert, Lood De Jager, Jean Kleyn (all hurt). So.. I think Rassie is just trying to find where the future talent will come from (because we've seen Orie and knows he's not it). Personally, I thought Dan Du Preez looked brilliant in the UK, but I think Rassie has something against those brothers cos they're never really included.
Leadership and potential. There’s a reason he’s captained Paarl Boys, SA schools, SA U20s and now the boks. You don’t see it cause you not at training with him, you don’t see the behind the scenes which matter a hell of a lot. You just see him come in as a youngster getting his bearings.
I think that Rassie has no choice but to rest some big names for NZ. The big names, especially in forwards but not only, are likely to be on the bench with many new boys starting.
Swop Marco v Staden for Dixon. Already have Marx & Kwagga off bench who are good fetchers. Dixon extra jumper and play like Pieter Steph. Also, agree more with RG of bench. But will play Nortje not Moerat then in 15
I think he may go 5-3, to put Am on the bench and give him 30 minutes with De Allende. Kriel has taken the 13 jersey, but Lukhanyo deserves a chance to take it back.
This isn’t about rewarding players, this is about fielding whatever team you feel are the best choices to win. He’s probably going to put one here and one on the second test or one for AU and one will stay home and rest for the AB. My guess Am might head to AU cause so far from the WC Kriel earned that 13 jersey and shows no sign of slowing down so he might keep him for the AB. Since both are absolute machines you can alternate them for your two biggest opponents and have one rest for the AB. Then against Argentina you got more room to wiggle and you can bring both. Bringing one and keeping the other for the big game against the AB is what makes the most sense to combat travelling fatigue. Time difference is a bitch so hosting the AB is a good opportunity to have rested players ready to pummel and use your home ground advantage to the fullest.
I think your team is pretty much the one we will see against the Aussies. Like the idea of including Jan-Hendrik Wessels as well. We really need to start putting together complete performances or at least start looking more clinical. I'd be happy with a one point win against our traditional bogey team but I reckon we need to go over there and make a statement. Wouldn't mind Sacha getting a good 30 odd minutes. He's pretty much an unknown factor to the Aussies and Kiwis so letting him loose from the bench I think will take some pressure and spotlight off him which is conducive to a confidence player like Sacha.
This attitude hinders Handre. All our other 10s are primary playmakers, Handre needs to be forced to do that, so take Willie out and let Handre control everything. If he can’t do it, then someone else can in the 10 jersey.
@@jameswyatt4443y’all talk like Handre didn’t win two back to back world cups carrying this team. Why y’all love rushing so much and try fix things that aren’t broken 😂 man has one game under the weather and you panic, don’t worry the man proved himself. The system works so let it work as it has and slot on some youngsters to let em cook.
@@dreammaker9642 I’m not criticising Pollard, I’m saying let him play. Willie is too old, we have to start looking forward, and that means letting 15s play more, and letting Pollard play without him.
@@jameswyatt4443 Pollard is also on the way out he doesn’t need to reinvent himself. He works great with Leroux because he gets the pressure taken off and can focus on exploiting what he is good at. Look at the second test we lost Leroux early and we struggled hard on attack took us toll half the second half to wake up. Granted their were other factors but we were lucky Sasha took great control else things would have been much worse. Yes Leroux isn’t as showy as willemse or Sasha and you don’t notice what he does but he is incredibly good at the little things he does. Honestly I encourage you to look back especially in World Cup high pressure conditions and focus on the little things like having your wings in strings, exploiting play making and especially notice how many tires he sets up for others by opening up the space. See I learned a while ago sometimes the best players are the ones you don’t notice but that consistently create the showy tries Kolbe scores or mapimpi scores but if you look closely where then opportunities arises from it’s usually from him. He’s incredibly good at the little unnoticeable things which is incredibly hard to do. During the finals the bulls really struggled without him and Rassie isn’t an idiot there’s a reason why he’s been holding that 15 jearsey and still does. Now it’s true he won’t make next cycle but got replacements but why discard something that still works fine and rush the replacement. Let him do what he does while the youngsters cook. Rather than just say he’s old he must not be selected with Rassie having proved himself twice now ask yourself why is Leroux still there? Then look closely at the little things and see how they accumulate and become game changing after 80mins. Why force Handre to change his style when you still have Leroux and you still have a working system and you even have great youngsters cooking. By trying to change everything at once that’s how you ruin a perfectly good thing, it’s a classic.
@@jameswyatt4443 Im with you on this one, Willie used to be the x-factor player for the boks but those days are gone, that 15 jersey needs a Sacha/ Willemse/Fassi, great that Rassie has all these options
Hey Jordan Great video as usual 🔥 just wondering do you know when the springboks play the all blacks because that game will be as good as the game against us Irish
@@JordanBuhrsRugby then he'll have to work on stamina. Tony's game plan outgassed Handré in the first test against the Irish. Rassie slowed down the tempo in the second test.
This springbok team is full of old crocs, unfortunately they will not win the rugby championships as much as I would have liked them to win it. Without Siya Masuku the Sharks hit rock bottom until they unleashed him.. I'm concerned about the likes of Daltons Papali i
Your prediction is almost perfect. I'd have Sacha at 15 and Aphelele fassi coming off the bench. Willie is quality, dont get me wrong, but blooding these younger guys is more important. Willie is a great recovery player and can definitely be an impact player - as we have seen before.
@@JordanBuhrsRugby I think it's really how well he attacks. Willie is a great attacker because he sees things others don't. I believe Sacha has that ability too, as does Handre. The question is, who is the better attacker and also defender. 15 is pivot for both those jobs
Rassie also mentioned in press conference that he may rest Malcolm for the first test to make sure he recovers properly so we may see Groberlaar? let's wait and see, good team otherwise.
Anything less than a 2-0 win against the Aussies would be a failure in my couch sitting coach’s opinion We need to put our foot on the throat and nee it there
Start the game by attacking with Manie to get tries and finish with Pollard coming off the bench. When the Bomb Squad comes on that's when Pollard must come on to accumulate penalties. Sacha stays on the bench as replacement 15 for now while Willemse is injured.
1. Ox 2. Bongi 3. Koch 4. Eben 5. RG 6. Kolisi 7. Dixon 8. Louw 9. Reinach 10. Pollard 11. Arendse 12. De allende 13. Kriel 14. Kolbe 15. Willie 16. Grobelaar 17. Steenkamp 18. Du toit 19. Moerat(although i dont rate him at all) 20. Kwagga 21. Marco 22. Williams 23. Sasha....marx and psdt must first be 100% good...give dixon and grobelaar game time
I agree that Marx is more of an impact player but with a question mark around his fitness, they might start him, let him empty the tank and then let Bongi finish (like they did v Wales).
So when exactly are the new players going to get tested?Another Portugal type opponent?And if we don't see them against Australia, we'll definitely not see them against NZ.So Argentina then.Flipping boring.
Manie at 10 and Sasha at 12 would be good against Aus This combo works at the stormers Manie can concentrate on rugby while Sasha kicks at goal Give Damian a break for a bit
There’s no way we don’t have a fetcher of some kind starting. I prefer Kwagga on the bench, but then Marx has to start, so that someone can win turnovers until Kwagga comes on.
Not realistic but just who I’d like to see play 1. Ox 2. Bongi 3. Malherbe 4. Eben 5. Moerat 6. Kolisi 7. PSDT 8. Kwagga 9. Williams 10. Sacha 11. Cheslin 12. De Allende 13. Am 14. KLA 15. Fassi 16. Marx 17. Wessels 18. Steenekamp 19. RG 20.Louw 21. Van Staden 22. Reinach 23. Le roux If you want 5-3 drop van staden and put kriel. From an American 🇺🇸 springbok fan
I have a 9 year old cousin who lives in Australia and my uncle is South African, so this is probably gonna be the hardest couple of test matches to watch for them
I’ve also just realised, what about Edwin van fed Merwe? He had a great game against Wales, so surely he should warrant a start in the Rugby Championship
I fully agree with you that it is Grant Williams time. I hope they back him. I would still go with Pollard at 10 for now and keep blooding Sacha off the bench. He allows us to have a 6-2 split as you highlighted.
People sleep on declerk cause he ain’t as fast when it comes to getting the game going and recycling ball but here’s the thing one of the most successful season I’ve had we had a combination of one slower pace scrummy and one fast pace and aggressive with both good at the tactical stuff. What that ended up doing is having the slower one set the pace by starting and the fast one come in and suddenly pick up the pace as the other team starts feeling the heavy legs. If done right it can be deadly and I think partly Williams had the glow up he had because of this, Ireland couldn’t keep up with him the moment he came on. Had he started idk if he’d have had the same impact
@@dreammaker9642 we know but we can't keep playing Faf every game. We have many more scrumhalves that we should be giving s chance, faf is old now. He won us 2 World cups, what more do you want from him? Let him go as a legend he is. And let the new scrummies get their chance.
@@tsaki_titan Look y’all need to understand something and you may not like it but it’s how it is. Test matches are not about rewarding players they are about winning. When you field a team or even selecting a squad you not thinking who should be rewarded and get to play, you trying to field the best team possible with the highest chance of winning. When you have small tests like Portugal then you can reward and test players see how they do but when you versing Australia in Australia that’s not the time to be experimenting and rewarding players that’s the time to field a winning team. Sometimes players play well and get selected not as a reward but because the coach believe they the best fit. Take Masukun for example (forgive spelling) great fly half and arguably would deserve a shot but it would be pointless because he is the same age as pollard and nowhere near as good (doesn’t have nearly the same record). So now why would you field two old fly half’s and come the time they retire next cycle you left with your dick in your hands. So instead Sasha gets a shot cause he’s also shown great potential but has 3-4 WC cycles in him. So I’m not saying you shouldn’t select players that are doing well, I am saying select them because you believe they are the best fit not to reward them. Simple reason for that is a reward is for after the work is done, while getting a cap means the work is just starting. Experience is extremely important in big test matches cause remember they are pros they can all play well but the point is when sht hits the fan an experience player will take charge and keep everybody in their game, if you fail to do that you lose 50-0
Sacha over Manie at 10? Utility backs is like Temu - yes you can get everything, but at what cost?! Manie is the best 10 in the world at the moment, if someone else kicks to goal.
@@JordanBuhrsRugby true we’ll see. I think the boks and saffas as a whole need to keep an eye on some of very young Locks. Jf van heerden needs time at only 20 but looks like he could have the potential to be a world class lock
@@Bambi157 watch him compared to our other locks coming through. Ruan nortjé, Ben Jason-Dixon, venter, Reinhardt Ludwig and Swanepoel are all better options than moerat for example.
5 Moret >> Snyman Snyman is better second half 11 Kurt le Arendse 13 Lukhanyo Am >> Jessie Kriel Am is a better 13 than Jessie Kriel. 14 Kolbe . 15 Fassi Fassi should be our fullback. His defence is better than before
@@JordanBuhrsRugby Sacha & Mannie are the future for me i don't see how Pollard can continue to feature if the Boks are really committed to the new attacking type rugby
@@vkeen_observer Yes he is. I didn't think so initially, wwatch the latest press conference from Rassie, he even says he needs game time, implying that he will play in at least one of the Australia games.
I am surprised nobody is considering playing Mannie at 10 and Sasha at 15! Excpet for the kicking of tee, Mannie has played really well. With Sasha at 15 taking care of the kicks, I think Mannie will play even better without the pressure of kicking penalties/conversion.
I prefer RG off the bench. He, like Kwagga, seems to just do better as an impact player. I am not opposed to starting with Moerat and ending with RG and his offloads when the game is more open at the end.
He’s never had the chance to start for the main team though.
RG is the safe bet, you rather start strong and have the bench just keep the momentum. It’s easier for youngsters to get their bearings coming in against an opposition that’s been worn down. It’s actually why kwagga is so deadly cause he menace so imagine being tired and now you gotta deal with a relentless menace
Gonna be at the game in Perth and it will be my birthday. So excited 🇿🇦🔥
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Overall a great lineup. I think Reinach will start though and Grant coming on in the first 10min of the second half. He’s an immense player and brings a lot of impact, so think Williams will come on the bench to force tired forwards of Australia to run around a bit
I agree with you!
I want Williams to start but the Rienach-Pollard combo is more settled.
Reinach can do the same off the bench. Grant Williams has improved his game management a lot, like box kicking. He deserves the start, when he came on for Faf in Durban, we were so much more dominant. And Reinach is old, give the start to Grant, because he has a real chance of making that 9 jersey his going forward.
Fine except I have questions on Moerat - would have tried to include louw instead
I put Louw starting. If you don't want Moerat then we need to go Ryan Nortjie on the bench which I don't mind at all!
@@JordanBuhrsRugby I'm just not seeing Moerat as a bok. But I agree with the rest of the team entirely
I'd like to see Manie or Fassi starting so that we have a game-breaker regularly finding holes..
I wouldn't be surprised to see one of them start
I bought my tickets for the game in Brisbane. Departing for Australia on Friday. Surely this is when we break our Brisbane hoodoo - we are a settled team up against a new wallabies group who came under the pump at times against Wales - a team we beat with ease. I will be really disappointed if we do not come out of Australia with two wins
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I agree with you here, the only thing that I think won't allow us to win is the springboks mindset,
if they rock up like they did in that second Ireland test, thinking it's going to be easy we might be chasing the game early and we can't have that, they need to be sharp from kickoff.
The number of ways that Rassie can switch his players around without losing quality is crazy! Would be interesting to see how Damian Willemse would've shaken up the convo
Also, special shout-out to the Knight, Damian De-Allende - alwyas showing up! Has anyone heard if he's been injured before?
South African rugby is in the best place it has been in probably a decade. A lot to look forward to!
We need to break up Handre and Willie. If Pollard is going to be our 10 during this cycle, the attitude of Willie being the creator has to stop. Play Fassi at 15 and tell Handre you have to take it to the gain line and play make. If he can’t do it, it’s Sacha time sooner rather than later.
That’s valid
Pi don’t know if you’ll agree with me but if we can just get Handre to be a better play maker then I think he’s certainly our best 10 because he’ll have the full package
I think the issue is that willemse being injured.
@@user-ou7cj6oy1x I love Handre, and I think he can be the full package, he just hasn’t been asked to be it under Rassie.
This is silly. I don't see Fassi in the squad long term.
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Nice team but I think many underestimate Ben Jason Dixon. He will be a monster for next world cup.
Agreed, he has been a pleasant surprise, he ticks all the right boxes.
Looking forward to this game. I hope we give youngsters a chance - oldies looked stale in 2nd test against Ireland. We need to get the hunger to win every game up; not just World Cup’s, without for a moment underestimating what our boys did to win the ones we have!
Don’t rush the youngsters, let them cook
I reckon we are going to surprise a lot of people in this rugby championship. Clinical and deadly!
Aphelele 'weekend special' Fassi is also a utility backline player like Sacha. Fassi can play all positions
Can someone explain to me why Salmaan Moerat is in the squad? which area of his play is suppose to be good? because I just don't see it...
I'm starting to think he has something on Rassie😒
The truth is that SA's international-class lock stocks include Etzebeth, Snyman, PSDT (if we're desperate), + Mostert, Lood De Jager, Jean Kleyn (all hurt). So.. I think Rassie is just trying to find where the future talent will come from (because we've seen Orie and knows he's not it). Personally, I thought Dan Du Preez looked brilliant in the UK, but I think Rassie has something against those brothers cos they're never really included.
Leadership and potential. There’s a reason he’s captained Paarl Boys, SA schools, SA U20s and now the boks. You don’t see it cause you not at training with him, you don’t see the behind the scenes which matter a hell of a lot. You just see him come in as a youngster getting his bearings.
@@dreammaker9642 Can you name 1 thing he is better at then any other locks in the sqaud?
@@FilmDecoded000 leadership
What if PSDT starts at 5 with BJD at 7 and RG on the bench
Why would you not want RG in the squad?
Creative, aka Rassie, thinking. 🧐
If tou have PSDT at lock then you don't have the machine he is on tackling. Rg is a good lock and also have ball skills
@@lekolanemolapo8066Technically RG is a 4, not a 5. There is a difference. Not a big one, but it still exists, and can affect scrums.
I like it.
I think that Rassie has no choice but to rest some big names for NZ. The big names, especially in forwards but not only, are likely to be on the bench with many new boys starting.
Sacha at 10, Fassi at 15.
Libbok and Pollard can battle it out for the bench, 5-3 bench split
That's a massive call but I would love to see it
Swop Marco v Staden for Dixon. Already have Marx & Kwagga off bench who are good fetchers. Dixon extra jumper and play like Pieter Steph.
Also, agree more with RG of bench. But will play Nortje not Moerat then in 15
Going to be interesting to see who Rassie goes with
I think you have an excellent team. That team can beat any team.
I like the team good luck guys can't wait for Saturday ❤❤❤
I think he may go 5-3, to put Am on the bench and give him 30 minutes with De Allende. Kriel has taken the 13 jersey, but Lukhanyo deserves a chance to take it back.
This isn’t about rewarding players, this is about fielding whatever team you feel are the best choices to win. He’s probably going to put one here and one on the second test or one for AU and one will stay home and rest for the AB. My guess Am might head to AU cause so far from the WC Kriel earned that 13 jersey and shows no sign of slowing down so he might keep him for the AB. Since both are absolute machines you can alternate them for your two biggest opponents and have one rest for the AB. Then against Argentina you got more room to wiggle and you can bring both. Bringing one and keeping the other for the big game against the AB is what makes the most sense to combat travelling fatigue. Time difference is a bitch so hosting the AB is a good opportunity to have rested players ready to pummel and use your home ground advantage to the fullest.
I think our superpower is the bomb squad so I'm not sure how likely that is
I think your team is pretty much the one we will see against the Aussies. Like the idea of including Jan-Hendrik Wessels as well. We really need to start putting together complete performances or at least start looking more clinical. I'd be happy with a one point win against our traditional bogey team but I reckon we need to go over there and make a statement. Wouldn't mind Sacha getting a good 30 odd minutes. He's pretty much an unknown factor to the Aussies and Kiwis so letting him loose from the bench I think will take some pressure and spotlight off him which is conducive to a confidence player like Sacha.
I agree, we need to go down there and get a win (hopefully two) at all cost. it doesn't have to be pretty but we need to get it done
Disagree on the fullback/flyhalf combo if you play Pollard you have to play Willie for the creativity
This attitude hinders Handre. All our other 10s are primary playmakers, Handre needs to be forced to do that, so take Willie out and let Handre control everything. If he can’t do it, then someone else can in the 10 jersey.
@@jameswyatt4443y’all talk like Handre didn’t win two back to back world cups carrying this team. Why y’all love rushing so much and try fix things that aren’t broken 😂 man has one game under the weather and you panic, don’t worry the man proved himself. The system works so let it work as it has and slot on some youngsters to let em cook.
@@dreammaker9642 I’m not criticising Pollard, I’m saying let him play. Willie is too old, we have to start looking forward, and that means letting 15s play more, and letting Pollard play without him.
@@jameswyatt4443 Pollard is also on the way out he doesn’t need to reinvent himself. He works great with Leroux because he gets the pressure taken off and can focus on exploiting what he is good at. Look at the second test we lost Leroux early and we struggled hard on attack took us toll half the second half to wake up. Granted their were other factors but we were lucky Sasha took great control else things would have been much worse. Yes Leroux isn’t as showy as willemse or Sasha and you don’t notice what he does but he is incredibly good at the little things he does. Honestly I encourage you to look back especially in World Cup high pressure conditions and focus on the little things like having your wings in strings, exploiting play making and especially notice how many tires he sets up for others by opening up the space. See I learned a while ago sometimes the best players are the ones you don’t notice but that consistently create the showy tries Kolbe scores or mapimpi scores but if you look closely where then opportunities arises from it’s usually from him. He’s incredibly good at the little unnoticeable things which is incredibly hard to do. During the finals the bulls really struggled without him and Rassie isn’t an idiot there’s a reason why he’s been holding that 15 jearsey and still does.
Now it’s true he won’t make next cycle but got replacements but why discard something that still works fine and rush the replacement. Let him do what he does while the youngsters cook. Rather than just say he’s old he must not be selected with Rassie having proved himself twice now ask yourself why is Leroux still there? Then look closely at the little things and see how they accumulate and become game changing after 80mins. Why force Handre to change his style when you still have Leroux and you still have a working system and you even have great youngsters cooking. By trying to change everything at once that’s how you ruin a perfectly good thing, it’s a classic.
@@jameswyatt4443 Im with you on this one, Willie used to be the x-factor player for the boks but those days are gone, that 15 jersey needs a Sacha/ Willemse/Fassi, great that Rassie has all these options
Hey Jordan Great
video as usual 🔥 just wondering do you know when the springboks play the all blacks because that game will be as good as the game against us Irish
After the two test matches against Australia.
Thanks brother, they play on the 31st of August and 7th of September
Thanks 🙏
How can you not include Ben Jason Dixon? Did anyone see that boy play?
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Pollard is mr reliable but not a great running fly half...good to bring on near the end of a game ie.england wc semi final
Morné VDB, I think, has to have more playing time. He needs to get the last 10-15 minutes of both games, game dependent. I think he could be Faf 2.0
,Manie 10, Sacha 12,
That’s the future 👌
And Willemse 15
@@JordanBuhrsRugby that’s the future , with Fassi on the bench 👌
Good selections Jordan
Appreciate it
Fassi is definitely not good enough to play for the Boks. Leave the back three exactly as they played in the world cup matches.
We do need to lineup a 3rd choice fullback after Willie and Willemse. Especially going into the 2027 World Cup
If y'all play Handré at 10 then Le Roux must be his fullback. Le Roux creates, Pollard kicks. Observation over the years.
That's a good point but I do think Pollard will look to create a bit more under Tony Brown
@@JordanBuhrsRugby then he'll have to work on stamina. Tony's game plan outgassed Handré in the first test against the Irish. Rassie slowed down the tempo in the second test.
15 Sascha
14 Arendse
13 Kriel
12 De Allende
11 Colbe
10 Libbock
9 Williams
8 Louw
7 PSDT
6 Siya C
5 Nortje
4 Eben
3 Malherbe
2 Bongi
1 Ox
16 Marx
17 Steenekamp
18 Vincent
19 RG
20 Van staden
21 Smith
22 Reinach
23 Pollard
This would be my starting lineup too but I think Rassie will go with Reinach at 9.
I really hope he plays Grant at 9
@@JordanBuhrsRugby I think he is going to do a 5-3 for this game
Reinach is old, He can come on when the game is settled a bit, Grant is just a way better player. He deserves to start
Great team selection
Appreciate it!
Aussies got bullied by the welsh in the lineout which should be the way for boks to go
This springbok team is full of old crocs, unfortunately they will not win the rugby championships as much as I would have liked them to win it. Without Siya Masuku the Sharks hit rock bottom until they unleashed him.. I'm concerned about the likes of Daltons Papali i
I reckon we win the rugby championship unbeaten 👀
I will start Eben and RG and let Ruan nortje be on the bench
I would love to see that
Your prediction is almost perfect. I'd have Sacha at 15 and Aphelele fassi coming off the bench. Willie is quality, dont get me wrong, but blooding these younger guys is more important. Willie is a great recovery player and can definitely be an impact player - as we have seen before.
I don't disagree but I do think Rassie still values Willies game management and experience
@@JordanBuhrsRugby I think it's really how well he attacks. Willie is a great attacker because he sees things others don't. I believe Sacha has that ability too, as does Handre. The question is, who is the better attacker and also defender. 15 is pivot for both those jobs
Rassie also mentioned in press conference that he may rest Malcolm for the first test to make sure he recovers properly so we may see Groberlaar? let's wait and see, good team otherwise.
Salmaan is not an international lock. Never will be
Agree
Apparently a two back to back WC winning coach disagrees with you 😂 who has more credibility here?
I think he's got a few more games to prove himself
@@dreammaker9642Rasie is not immune to politics. He hasn't proven himself. That part is clear as daylight.
Anything less than a 2-0 win against the Aussies would be a failure in my couch sitting coach’s opinion
We need to put our foot on the throat and nee it there
We don't have a great record in Australia but I do agree with you. It feels different this time around
I think you got BJD wrong..he will be on the bench instead of MVS. KS is the fetcher.
Definitely possible
Start the game by attacking with Manie to get tries and finish with Pollard coming off the bench. When the Bomb Squad comes on that's when Pollard must come on to accumulate penalties. Sacha stays on the bench as replacement 15 for now while Willemse is injured.
That is very solid lineup, including Wessels for some game experience with this team could be a move rassie does.
Let's go!
It's good team but we need to have more strategy to win the game, not depend on the forward line all the time
Like your selection... Kwagga is beter off the bench.
1. Ox 2. Bongi 3. Koch 4. Eben 5. RG 6. Kolisi 7. Dixon 8. Louw 9. Reinach 10. Pollard 11. Arendse 12. De allende 13. Kriel 14. Kolbe 15. Willie 16. Grobelaar 17. Steenkamp 18. Du toit 19. Moerat(although i dont rate him at all) 20. Kwagga 21. Marco 22. Williams 23. Sasha....marx and psdt must first be 100% good...give dixon and grobelaar game time
You’re just dropping Malherbe?
For me I would like manie I that gives us a good attking platform
I agree that Marx is more of an impact player but with a question mark around his fitness, they might start him, let him empty the tank and then let Bongi finish (like they did v Wales).
Some of the games Marx started against All Blacks in last World Cup cycle, he was so dominant. He is not a bench player.
So when exactly are the new players going to get tested?Another Portugal type opponent?And if we don't see them against Australia, we'll definitely not see them against NZ.So Argentina then.Flipping boring.
I agree, but it needs to be a slow process. If we start losing games then the narrative will shift
Where can we watch the press conference
They are on RUclips
Rassie said he is going to start Louw at 8
Love that
I'm also not convinced about Salmaan Moerat, he's very underwhelming! I'll be at the game with lots of GEES, expect a massive SAFFA turnout!
Manie at 10 and Sasha at 12 would be good against Aus
This combo works at the stormers
Manie can concentrate on rugby while Sasha kicks at goal
Give Damian a break for a bit
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Glad you think so!
There’s no way we don’t have a fetcher of some kind starting. I prefer Kwagga on the bench, but then Marx has to start, so that someone can win turnovers until Kwagga comes on.
It's a good point, I think Elrigh Louw could fulfil that task though
Not realistic but just who I’d like to see play
1. Ox
2. Bongi
3. Malherbe
4. Eben
5. Moerat
6. Kolisi
7. PSDT
8. Kwagga
9. Williams
10. Sacha
11. Cheslin
12. De Allende
13. Am
14. KLA
15. Fassi
16. Marx
17. Wessels
18. Steenekamp
19. RG
20.Louw
21. Van Staden
22. Reinach
23. Le roux
If you want 5-3 drop van staden and put kriel.
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I don't think that's too far off. You never know with Rassie 😂
I have a 9 year old cousin who lives in Australia and my uncle is South African, so this is probably gonna be the hardest couple of test matches to watch for them
I’ve also just realised, what about Edwin van fed Merwe? He had a great game against Wales, so surely he should warrant a start in the Rugby Championship
@@CharlieJudson-ox7cg he's injured unfortunately - great talent
Got to love the inner family rivalries
I fully agree with you that it is Grant Williams time. I hope they back him. I would still go with Pollard at 10 for now and keep blooding Sacha off the bench. He allows us to have a 6-2 split as you highlighted.
Let pollard rest, Manie, Sacha and Siya need some time too.
People sleep on declerk cause he ain’t as fast when it comes to getting the game going and recycling ball but here’s the thing one of the most successful season I’ve had we had a combination of one slower pace scrummy and one fast pace and aggressive with both good at the tactical stuff. What that ended up doing is having the slower one set the pace by starting and the fast one come in and suddenly pick up the pace as the other team starts feeling the heavy legs. If done right it can be deadly and I think partly Williams had the glow up he had because of this, Ireland couldn’t keep up with him the moment he came on. Had he started idk if he’d have had the same impact
@@dreammaker9642 we know but we can't keep playing Faf every game. We have many more scrumhalves that we should be giving s chance, faf is old now. He won us 2 World cups, what more do you want from him? Let him go as a legend he is. And let the new scrummies get their chance.
@@tsaki_titan Look y’all need to understand something and you may not like it but it’s how it is. Test matches are not about rewarding players they are about winning. When you field a team or even selecting a squad you not thinking who should be rewarded and get to play, you trying to field the best team possible with the highest chance of winning. When you have small tests like Portugal then you can reward and test players see how they do but when you versing Australia in Australia that’s not the time to be experimenting and rewarding players that’s the time to field a winning team. Sometimes players play well and get selected not as a reward but because the coach believe they the best fit. Take Masukun for example (forgive spelling) great fly half and arguably would deserve a shot but it would be pointless because he is the same age as pollard and nowhere near as good (doesn’t have nearly the same record). So now why would you field two old fly half’s and come the time they retire next cycle you left with your dick in your hands. So instead Sasha gets a shot cause he’s also shown great potential but has 3-4 WC cycles in him. So I’m not saying you shouldn’t select players that are doing well, I am saying select them because you believe they are the best fit not to reward them. Simple reason for that is a reward is for after the work is done, while getting a cap means the work is just starting. Experience is extremely important in big test matches cause remember they are pros they can all play well but the point is when sht hits the fan an experience player will take charge and keep everybody in their game, if you fail to do that you lose 50-0
I think Grant is our scrumhalf for the 2027 world cup
When Damian Willemse is back in would love to see. 9.Grant 10.Mannie 11.Cheslin 12.DDA 13.Kriel 14.Aarendse 15.Sasha. Bench : Damian willemse.
Willemse coming on at 12/15?
I think Willemse is too good to play bench. Sacha in at 10 and Damian at 15 and we still have Canaan Moodie to consider, blessed with depth 😂
@@JordanBuhrsRugby and AM
Sacha over Manie at 10? Utility backs is like Temu - yes you can get everything, but at what cost?! Manie is the best 10 in the world at the moment, if someone else kicks to goal.
You need Jacques Nienaber for something like that to happen.
I rate Manie but I think giving Sacha 80 mins is more valuable at the moment
Moerat is one of the most overrated players to come out of South Africa in years
I think if he doesn't prove himself in the next couple of games then I could agree
@@JordanBuhrsRugby true we’ll see. I think the boks and saffas as a whole need to keep an eye on some of very young Locks. Jf van heerden needs time at only 20 but looks like he could have the potential to be a world class lock
Over rated? The man captained boys high, SA schools, SA U20s, Stormers and boks. You telling us you know more than the SA rugby system?
He shows up nowhere, not once did I hear a commentator mention his name after the cointoss
@@Bambi157 watch him compared to our other locks coming through. Ruan nortjé, Ben Jason-Dixon, venter, Reinhardt Ludwig and Swanepoel are all better options than moerat for example.
Gerhard Steenekamp should be there instead of Wessels
I don't disagree, it's a tough one
Sasha will start and Libbok will be on bench. Moodie will be on wing starting.
Steenkamp is a loose head?
Definitely not Wessels - Stenekamp
There's an argument for both
Am will start alongside de Allende. Le Roux probably start. Experienced brains needed.
Ben-Jason 8, Elrich bench, no van Staden
I don't think Rassie should not include Ben J Dixon in the squad.
5 Moret >> Snyman
Snyman is better second half
11 Kurt le Arendse
13 Lukhanyo Am >> Jessie Kriel
Am is a better 13 than Jessie Kriel.
14 Kolbe .
15 Fassi
Fassi should be our fullback. His defence is better than before
Who will call your lineouts?
I dot rate Salman Moorat at all at international level. We have much better players.
He needs to prove himself but he needs to do it fast
I dont think louw have done enough to warrant a start brother I'd rather play kwagga
We have to test him. If Roos was in the squad he would be starting no questions asked
Roos can’t start. He dies with the ball all the time. Tries hard, yes, talented, undoubtedly. But the ball dies with him…..
Williams + Mannie > Williams + Pollard
And we have Sacha now 😂
@@JordanBuhrsRugby Sacha & Mannie are the future for me i don't see how Pollard can continue to feature if the Boks are really committed to the new attacking type rugby
Evan Roos is poor. Start Louw and kwagga to bring the impact
Every time I see a South African comment section I realise how restated you guys are, grow up - some kiwi
They'll never. They shit on their players (especially those of colour) at every opportunity they get. 😅
Moerat is a political choice. 🦇
we all know they will lose to australia and thats how they will lose the rugby championships
Handré got replaced last time with Willemse by Nienaber.
I think the Aussies are in for a surprise this time round
handre lost the 2 games v australia the previous year and we won the one test match with willemse😂
1. Kitshoff 2. Marx. 3. Malherbe. 4. Etzebeth. 5. Nortje. 6. PSDT. 7. Siya. 8. Louw. 9. Williams. 10. Sacha. 11. Arendse 12. Am. 13. Kriel. 14. Kolbe. 15. Roux. 16. Bongi. 17. OX. 18. Koch. 19. snyman. 20. Kwagga. 21. Der Berg. 22. Pollard. 23. De Allende
Kitshoff not touring in Australia
@@vkeen_observer Yes he is. I didn't think so initially, wwatch the latest press conference from Rassie, he even says he needs game time, implying that he will play in at least one of the Australia games.
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You coming down to Cape Town for the All Blacks Game?
Oz don’t have a 7 so Boks should win easy
Willie le Roux and Manie link should not even be in the team they not that good pis guys what do you see in them