Wallabies v Springboks 2 - Sydney

MiketheSnow

@antipodean said in Wallabies v Springboks 2 - Sydney:

No Lukhanyo Am, how are they going to attack and score tries?

See above

Willemse to actually take the ball on

Le Roux coming in to the line at pace

antipodean

@MiketheSnow Le Roux is a dependable fuck up. I'd have more confidence if Am played with Willemse.

MiketheSnow

@antipodean said in Wallabies v Springboks 2 - Sydney:

@MiketheSnow Le Roux is a dependable fuck up. I'd have more confidence if Am played with Willemse.

We'll see

SidBarret

I am wondering whether Nierasmus are reading posts online and have decided to trigger me with that selection.

Where to start.

Wiese can fuck right off, and keep fucking off.

Mostert is not a blindside, how many times are we going to make the same mistake. I really like him as a lock, but we have Louw in the squad or we could bring Kwagga in like last year, when he did very well.

No lock on the bench.

Willemse at 10 - hes been good at fullback for the boks and was brilliant at 12 for the stormers, but asking him to now switch position again and take goal kicks is a lot to ask. The coaches have stubbornly refused to look at any flyhalfs other than Jantjes and Pollard (even in the squad and training camps) and this what we are left with.

Fourie, wtaf. He was good for the stormers (as an openside), but he is 35 years old. Bit ok maybe we have an emergency? Well not really, we still have Grobbelaar that was in the squad last year and who was very good for the Bulls in the URC, or we could call in Acker van der Merwe. The stormers were down four hookers this season, they were calling up guys on loan to cover, you know what they didnt do? Play Fourie at hooker. Now all of sudden hes on the bench for the boks

NTA

Bit of light rain predicted, building from Wednesday night onward. We'll see if the new ground has decent drainage with the NRL Friday night, and how it stands up to scrums Saturday.

Boks might look a bit wounded but the game plan is the same.

Wallabies haven't put together good performances on the trot in quite a while.

Visitors by 4.

OomPB

@MiketheSnow plus Gelant on the bench.

OomPB

@SidBarret Fourie deserve his chance. Will be great to see him in tandem with Marx, Duanne and Kwagga.

You right about Damian Willemse. Despite his disastrous time in 10 for WP/Stormers, it's his preferred position and played all his schoolboy rugby for Paul Roos/WP and SA Schools in 10. His kicking is a worried.

Smuts

@SidBarret spot on, but you missed Kriel at centre. The rugby gods are torturing us.

The Fourie thing is madness. if we must have a swing hooker/openside, it makes far more sense to coach Grobbelar as a poacher than to rip a page from the Markgraaf jobs for boys coaching manual.

Machpants

South Africa make choices no other rugby team does, it's so interesting. A 35 year old debuting as a hooker openside mix this year? I'm not sure I've seen another international team with that mix, let alone starting once they hit 35!

NTA

@Machpants said in Wallabies v Springboks 2 - Sydney:

I'm not sure I've seen another international team with that mix, let alone starting once they hit 35!

Probably happy to make himself available whereas younger guys are worried about their Euro contracts.

I don't think the bloke they started last week is good enough. Absolute unit, sure, but needs more time off the bench.

OomPB

@Machpants well as a Stormers supporter Brannas was our player of the season winning the URC.

They say you are never to young to be talented, then sure you can never be to old to be talented.

In my books he should start in the 6 jersey from the start of the international season based on form players.

OomPB

@NTA You won't get Saffers making themself available for a Springbok jersey. Johan Grobbelaar from the Bulls is probably next in line.

He started as a 2 changed to 6. He had enough time with the team to fully understand his role.

nostrildamus

@OomPB said in Wallabies v Springboks 2 - Sydney:

Big test for x Boland Boer School Canan Moodie.

Sounds like he could be quite emotional.

NTA

Surely they're taking the piss, now...

Tom Decent / Aug 31, 2022 / Rugby Union

Springbok apologises for high school urination

A Springboks team management official said the player, who has not been identified, walked away during training to an isolated location near trees “as it was unfortunately an urgent call of nature”.

A South African rugby player has apologised to a Sydney boys’ high school after he was caught urinating during a training session on school grounds ahead of this weekend’s clash with the Wallabies at Allianz Stadium.

The South African rugby team arrived in Sydney on Sunday following their 25-17 loss to Australia on Saturday in Adelaide. Before the team’s arrival, the Springboks organised for training sessions at Randwick Boys’ High School.

Sources familiar with the incident, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told the Herald an incident took place during a training session at the school on Monday afternoon.

A Springboks team management official said the player, who has not been identified, walked away during training to an isolated location near trees “as it was unfortunately an urgent call of nature”.

“The player apologised to the school headmaster,” the official said.

Sources say the incident was witnessed by the school’s principal, Lance Raskall, and one other adult.

South African management was quickly alerted to the incident after a complaint was made. The tourists were told their behaviour was not appreciated given the school had been kind enough to let the reigning world champions use their facilities.

When contacted by the Herald on Wednesday afternoon, Raskall denied any incident had taken place relating to the South African team this week.

However, a spokesperson for the NSW Department of Education later confirmed an incident did occur at the school but stressed no students from Randwick Boys’ High witnessed the Springboks player urinating on the field.

The training session did not begin until school had finished on Monday, but the oval where the team trained could have been viewed by people on the street.

Following discussions, the Springboks were granted permission to continue training at the school, which they did on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The team has a day off on Thursday before their captain’s run on Friday ahead of their clash with the Wallabies.

Randwick Boys’ High has invited other rugby teams, including the Wallabies, to use their facilities in the past. Wallabies representatives Jack Maddocks, Tom Robertson, Tolu Latu and others visited the school in 2018.

The Springboks, who defeated England 2019 Rugby World Cup final in Japan, have not beaten the Wallabies in Australia since 2013.

The team is under pressure from fans back in South Africa after their latest eight-point loss in Adelaide.

Coach Jacques Nienaber has made nine changes to his starting XV for Saturday’s match after a below-par performance to begin their Australian tour.

The Springboks have one more match in Australia before facing Argentina in their final two Rugby Championship fixtures.

Excitement is building in both Australian and South African camps ahead of the first rugby Test to be played at the $830 million Allianz Stadium on Saturday evening.

The Wallabies last played at the Sydney Football Stadium in June 2018 against Ireland before the venue was knocked down.

More than 40,000 fans are expected to attend the match at Moore Park.