Wallabies v Springboks II
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3 Bok changes -
In the two personnel changes in the starting line-up, Marvin Orie takes over at lock from Lood de Jager, who has started his concussion return to play protocol, and Trevor Nyakane was named at loosehead prop, with Steven Kitshoff named amongst the replacements in place of Retshegofaditswe Nché.South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Sibusiso Nkosi, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Francois de Klerk, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Mostert, 6 Siyamthanda Kolisi (captain), 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Mbongeni Mbonambi, 1 Trevor Nyakane.
Replacements: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Marco van Staden, 20 Albertus Smith, 21 Jasper Wiese, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Damian Willemse. -
@oompb said in Wallabies v Springboks II:
Expected more changes to the starting XV.
How many losses will it take before the coaches cut on our kicking and play more attacking rugby?
Expect a fair bit of fire from our Tygerberg High locking pair.
The funny thing is its not like they can't play rugby with ball in hand, imho the backs are some of the most talented in world rugby, though Colby is sorely missed.
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@daffy-jaffy said in Wallabies v Springboks II:
3 Bok changes -
In the two personnel changes in the starting line-up, Marvin Orie takes over at lock from Lood de Jager, who has started his concussion return to play protocol, and Trevor Nyakane was named at loosehead prop, with Steven Kitshoff named amongst the replacements in place of Retshegofaditswe Nché.South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Sibusiso Nkosi, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Francois de Klerk, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Mostert, 6 Siyamthanda Kolisi (captain), 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Mbongeni Mbonambi, 1 Trevor Nyakane.
Replacements: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Marco van Staden, 20 Albertus Smith, 21 Jasper Wiese, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Damian Willemse.No wonder they call him Ox
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@dmx Legacy issues. Torn between amateur and pro. Tests won 9-6. Etc. Mindset of people having jobs and playing for Boks too. It hasn’t gone even if demographics have mutated into something more respectable. And tests can be tight. So take your kicks. If Pollard had, we would have been up…let alone butterfingers day for Lukhanyo. Rather Cheslin fit for ABs and get our missed tackle count down for Oz is the thinking…🤷🏻♂️
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Wallabies team to play South Africa:1 James Slipper (107 Tests)
2 Folau Fainga’a (18 Tests)
3 Taniela Tupou (32Tests)
4 Izack Rodda (27 Tests)
5 Matt Philip (16 Tests)
6 Lachlan Swinton (5 Tests)
7 Michael Hooper (c) (112 Tests)
8 Rob Valetini (11 Tests)
9 Nic White (40 Tests)
10 Quade Cooper (71 Tests)
11 Marika Koroibete (40 Tests)
12 Samu Kerevi (35 Tests)
13 Len Ikitau (6 Tests)
14 Andrew Kellaway (6 Tests)
15 Tom Banks (18 Tests)Replacements
16 Feleti Kaitu’u (1 Test)
17 Angus Bell (9 Tests)
18 Tom Robertson (24 Tests)
19 Darcy Swain (6 Tests)
20 Pete Samu (12 Tests)
21 Tate McDermott (9 Tests)
22 Reece Hodge (50 Tests)
23 Jordan Petaia (11 Tests)Tupou, White return to starting side as Hooper makes history
Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has elevated Nic White and Taniela Tupou to the starting side for their second Test against South Africa in a historic match for Michael Hooper.
White comes into the side for Tate McDermott, who reverts back to the bench, whilst Tupou will replace Allan Alaalatoa after the Brumbies prop returned back to Canberra for the birth of his child.
Meanwhile, Hooper will become the Wallabies' most capped captain when he leads the side out for the 60th time on Saturday at Suncorp Stadium. -
@stargazer how tf has Reece Hodge got 50 tests?
Also that kick that he did with a minute to go was an absolute brain explosion. I can't believe Hooper was considering him to kick the final penalty when he had just shown that kind of bottler mentality.
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I can't see the Boks being as crap as they were last week. I was at the game and they were crap, slow, bumbling. I mean, who puts a bomb up 25-30M out from the opposition try line these days?
Interesting Paisami, who was the form midfielder for Wallabies can't get a look in now that Kerevi is back. Another is JOC didn't get a gig off the bench.
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@themojoman the Boks will be better , the Wallabies more with a lot of confidence, add Suncorp and they are firm favourites.
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@themojoman said in Wallabies v Springboks II:
I can't see the Boks being as crap as they were last week. I was at the game and they were crap, slow, bumbling. I mean, who puts a bomb up 25-30M out from the opposition try line these days?
Interesting Paisami, who was the form midfielder for Wallabies can't get a look in now that Kerevi is back. Another is JOC didn't get a gig off the bench.
I mean, who puts a bomb up 25-30M out from the opposition try line these days?
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@themojoman said in Wallabies v Springboks II:
I mean, who puts a bomb up 25-30M out from the opposition try line these days?
Oooh ooh, I know this one! Teams in green.
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Tongan Thor is starting? Does that happen often? He always seems to be off the bench against the ABs...
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@smuts said in Wallabies v Springboks II:
I’d like to see more adventure from the boks but don’t expect it. I do expect much more brutality.
Yeah, at their best the Boks don't play ten-man rugby. Stylistically they play 15 man rugby, just that 13 of the players play more like forwards
(relentlessly brutal and can be overwhelmingly physical). Add a couple of speedy wingers like Habana.That game at Jo-berg, I think back in 2013(?), was one of the best. Both teams totally committed to playing. A young BB got simply flattened for a try by Jean DeVilliers, then came back with a great try to seal the game, beating JDV's tackle. No matter who had lost that game, it was a clash of titans and rugby won.
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@nostrildamus no. Allan Ala'alatoa is out.
