2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA
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Springbok team to face the British & Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium:
15 – Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz) – 62 caps, 60 pts (12t)
14 – Cheslin Kolbe (Toulouse) – 14 caps, 40 pts (8t)
13 – Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks) – 15 caps, 15 pts (3t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Munster) – 47 caps, 30 pts (6t)
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks) – 14 caps, 70 pts (14t)
10 – Handré Pollard (vice-captain – Montpellier) – 49 caps, 465pts (6t, 78c, 89p, 4d)
9 – Faf de Klerk (Sale Sharks) – 30 caps, 20 pts (4t)
8 – Kwagga Smith (Yamaha Júbilo) – 7 caps, 5 pts (1t)
7 – Pieter-Steph du Toit (DHL Stormers) – 56 caps, 25 pts (5t)
6 – Siya Kolisi (captain – Cell C Sharks) – 51 caps, 30 pts (6t)
5 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 40 caps, 5pts (1t)
4 – Eben Etzebeth (Toulon) – 86 caps, 15 pts (3t)
3 – Trevor Nyakane (Vodacom Bulls) – 43 caps, 5 pts (1t)
2 – Bongi Mbonambi (DHL Stormers) – 37 caps, 40 pts (8t)
1 – Ox Nché (Cell C Sharks) – 2 caps, 0 ptsReplacements:
16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 34 caps, 30 pts (6t)
17 – Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers) – 48 caps, 5pts (1t)
18 – Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers) – 39 caps, 5pts (1t)
19 – Lood de Jager (Sale Sharks) – 45 caps, 25 pts (5t)
20 – Rynhardt Elstadt (Toulouse) – 2 caps, 0 pts
21 – Herschel Jantjies (DHL Stormers) – 11 caps, 25 pts (5t)
22 – Elton Jantjies (Pau) – 38 caps, 283 pts (2t, 63c, 49p)
23 – Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 7 caps, 5pts (1t) -
Kwagga Smith is a big call
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Lions tests against the Boks to take place in Cape Town, Cape Town and Cape Town.
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Republic of the Western Cape. This suit the BILs. Cold and wet at the moment.
Obvious the Bok selectors need to select 50% PoC and the reason for our starting fatties.
If they can stand their ground you can expect the Bom squad to kill it off.
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@mikethesnow Kwagga come some distance with NieNaber. Myself would liked van Staden to have the best combination.
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@oompb said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@mikethesnow Kwagga come some distance with NieNaber. Myself would liked van Staden to have the best combination.
I rate Kwagga, always have. But it's a very different back row with him in it.
Faster, for sure.
Maybe that's Rassie's cunning plan
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This is doing the rounds at the moment
The Times I think broke it
Lawes must have photos
Looking more and more that it's legit
If so, then a big fuck you to the Times for breaking it.
What goes on tour...
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@oompb said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
Republic of the Western Cape. This suit the BILs. Cold and wet at the moment.
Obvious the Bok selectors need to select 50% PoC and the reason for our starting fatties.
If they can stand their ground you can expect the Bom squad to kill it off.
Yep. Good old home advantage.
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Can't see it. Most glaring omission is Adams, so unless he's copped an injury, that selection is fucked. No Faletau or Simmonds? Nah. Lawes warrants a bench spot but no more. Owens is firmly third choice hooker in anyone's eyes.
I will buy* you a virtual beer if that is the side.
*Meaning that in reality I will do nothing of the sort. This is what virtual means in this instance.
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@catogrande said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
Can't see it. Most glaring omission is Adams, so unless he's copped an injury, that selection is fucked. No Faletau or Simmonds? Nah. Lawes warrants a bench spot but no more. Owens is firmly third choice hooker in anyone's eyes.
I will buy* you a virtual beer if that is the side.
*Meaning that in reality I will do nothing of the sort. This is what virtual means in this instance.
I'll spill it if I'm right
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That is a big advantage for the Lions.
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@dagrubster said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
That is a big advantage for the Lions.
Do you really mean somewhat less of an advantage to RSA?
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@mikethesnow will be great if Duhan vd Merwe make the test team.
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@oompb said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@mikethesnow will be great if Duhan vd Merwe make the test team.
He has to be very close. His performances so far have been bloody good.
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@oompb said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@mikethesnow will be great if Duhan vd Merwe make the test team.
His possible selection is not the head scratcher.
All of the 4 wings have done enough to be selected.
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@bones said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
Geez has Davies form dropped that much that he can't even make the squad and Daly is the starting centre?
I would always start Daly over Davies at centre, based mainly on the fact that Davies is a scrum half, plus he has not been playing very well. But this could be my English bias talking.
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You could read it that way I suppose!
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@catogrande said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@bones said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
Geez has Davies form dropped that much that he can't even make the squad and Daly is the starting centre?
I would always start Daly over Davies at centre, based mainly on the fact that Davies is a scrum half, plus he has not been playing very well. But this could be my English bias talking.
And a damn fine halfback he is too.
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@mikethesnow said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@catogrande said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
Can't see it. Most glaring omission is Adams, so unless he's copped an injury, that selection is fucked. No Faletau or Simmonds? Nah. Lawes warrants a bench spot but no more. Owens is firmly third choice hooker in anyone's eyes.
I will buy* you a virtual beer if that is the side.
*Meaning that in reality I will do nothing of the sort. This is what virtual means in this instance.
I'll spill it if I'm right
Been written as fait accompli. Wonder if SA holding back top props has influenced bench.
Of the 23, surprised Van de Merwe for Adams, six man forwards bench, and AWJ risked. Rest of calls fairly marginal.
