Wallabies vs Springboks I
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Springbok team to face Australia in Gold Coast:
15 – Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz) – 66 caps, 60 pts (12t)
14 – Sbu Nkosi (Cell C Sharks) – 12 caps, 40 pts (8t)
13 – Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks) – 19 caps, 20 pts (4t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Munster) – 51 caps, 30 pts (6t)
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks) – 18 caps, 80 pts (16t)
10 – Handré Pollard (vice-captain, Montpellier) – 53 caps, 521 pts (6t, 82c, 105p, 4d)
9 – Faf de Klerk (Sale Sharks) – 32 caps, 25 pts (5t)
8 – Duane Vermeulen (Vodacom Bulls) – 53 caps, 15 pts (3t)
7 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 44 caps, 5pts (1t)
6 – Siya Kolisi (captain, Cell C Sharks) – 56 caps, 30 pts (6t)
5 – Lood de Jager (Sale Sharks) – 50 caps, 25 pts (5t)
4 – Eben Etzebeth (Toulon) – 90 caps, 15 pts (3t)
3 – Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers) – 43 caps, 5pts (1t)
2 – Bongi Mbonambi (DHL Stormers) – 41 caps, 40 pts (8t)
1 – Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers) – 52 caps, 5pts (1t)Replacements:
16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 39 caps, 35 pts (7t)
17 – Ox Nché (Cell C Sharks) – 4 caps, 0 pts
18 – Vincent Koch (Saracens) – 24 caps, 0 pts
19 – Marco van Staden (Leicester Tigers) – 6 caps, 0 pts
20 – Kwagga Smith (Yamaha Júbilo) – 12 caps, 5 pts (1t)
21 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers) – 5 caps, 0 pts
22 – Herschel Jantjies (DHL Stormers) – 14 caps, 25 pts (5t)
23 – Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 12 caps, 5pts (1t)Springbok record against Australia:
Played 88; Won 48, Lost 37, Drawn 3; Points for 1733, Points against 1550; Tries scored 202, Tries conceded 159; Highest score 61 pts, Biggest win 45 pts; Win %: 54%.
Milestones:
Makazole Mapimpi has scored 16 tries in 18 Tests, which equates to a try-scoring record of 88.9%. The player with the best try-scoring ratio with more than 20 Test caps, is former Springbok centre Danie Gerber, who ended his career with 19 tries in 24 Tests (79.2%).
Duane Vermeulen will start his 53rd Test in the Springbok No 8 jersey, stretching his number of starts to six more than the second-placed Pierre Spies (47).
Miscellaneous:The total Test caps for the Springbok starting line-up is
There are 251 caps in the backline with 429 caps amongst the forwards. On the bench there are a further 116
The average caps per player in the backline are 36 the forwards 53 while the players on the bench average 14. -
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@booboo said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@oompb 6-2 bench?
Edit: so don't expect too much razzle-dazzle
Damian Willemse covers 1st 5, 2nd 5 and fullback.
If one of their wingers go off Lukhanyo Am covers wing and Willemse comes on to 2nd 5 and de Allande moves to centre.
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@nta said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
Boks by a THOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWSAND.
@duluth said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
Anyone picking the Aussies?
@nta said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@duluth said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
Anyone picking the Aussies?
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@act-crusader said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@booboo said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@oompb 6-2 bench?
Edit: so don't expect too much razzle-dazzle
Damian Willemse covers 1st 5, 2nd 5 and fullback.
If one of their wingers go off Lukhanyo Am covers wing and Willemse comes on to 2nd 5 and de Allande moves to centre.
Kwagga can also cover a position or 2 in the backline if needs be.
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@g-man said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
Still think it's not going to be easy for the Boks. The Aussies will be coming out firing with the kitchen sink and baby. Would not be surprised with the score if it is within a converted try.
Boks scrum will need to be firing at full cylinders.
Wasn't the Bok scrum dominant against the Lions?
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@antipodean said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@g-man said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
Still think it's not going to be easy for the Boks. The Aussies will be coming out firing with the kitchen sink and baby. Would not be surprised with the score if it is within a converted try.
Boks scrum will need to be firing at full cylinders.
Wasn't the Bok scrum dominant against the Lions?
'Tis was, but not as dominated during the RWC final
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Oz can win against 14
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19 – Marco van Staden (Leicester Tigers) – 6 caps, 0 pts
20 – Kwagga Smith (Yamaha Júbilo) – 12 caps, 5 pts (1t)
21 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers) – 5 caps, 0 ptsWhy? Three very similar loose forwards, would have preferred an extra back and/or another lock on the bench
Also would preferred Fassi to Nkosi, I think Fassi is something special and we need to get him on the field more.
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@oompb said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
Springbok team to face Australia in Gold Coast:
7 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 44 caps, 5pts (1t)Great details, thanks.
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@l_n_p said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
I've watched Bledisloe 3 a couple of times but with my AB eye-patch on
I don't really get the Aussie tactics. Playing the AB's at their own game as they did seems insane, the result was pretty much what you'd expect.
Especially with the Boks next up, why did they not try a tighter more set-piece (yes defensive) orientated game. Perhaps it would have been damage limitation but occasionally you get lucky. The aussie backs look either pretty average or pretty inexperienced (or both) at the moment.
For all the hyping of Tate McDermott, he has a slow pass with limited range. And his running game doesn't bring others into play ... perhaps says more about aussie team than him. Noah Lolisio may be good in time but in NZ rugby he would probably be treated more like Zarn Sullivan i.e. give him time to develop (and Zarn, from what I've seen, may have that ultimate gift for a 10, he always seems to have time).
I'd have Nick White at 9 versus the Boks. Decent pass. Brings his forwards in better. Better kicking game. There are no decent options at 10 until JOC is back and JOC is still only a safe pair of hands at 10.
I don't envy Dave Rennie tbh.
Dave's big problem is that Aussie sports / rugby fans will never get behind a team that plays "pragmatic" rugby. They love a winner that plays hard and pushes boundaries, but they really hate dour, defence-first, conservative teams. It's probably part of the national psyche that their sports teams, and people, are meant to have a crack.
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@act-crusader said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@booboo said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@oompb 6-2 bench?
Edit: so don't expect too much razzle-dazzle
Damian Willemse covers 1st 5, 2nd 5 and fullback.
If one of their wingers go off Lukhanyo Am covers wing and Willemse comes on to 2nd 5 and de Allande moves to centre.
@g-man said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@act-crusader said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@booboo said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@oompb 6-2 bench?
Edit: so don't expect too much razzle-dazzle
Damian Willemse covers 1st 5, 2nd 5 and fullback.
If one of their wingers go off Lukhanyo Am covers wing and Willemse comes on to 2nd 5 and de Allande moves to centre.
Kwagga can also cover a position or 2 in the backline if needs be.
I revkon this is kind of making my point. The backs are there as cover. A necessary evil. Not to provide impact.
That bench screams 10 man rugby to me, perhaps even 9 man.
