England vs Springboks
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BREAKING: Springboks unveil new-look side to tackle England
The Springboks have made a host of largely enforced changes to their match-day 23 for this Saturday's Test against England.
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A few “who the hell is that?” On the bench, but still a good starting XV
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@Catogrande the bench look pretty strong. You can expect when Libbok enters the Springboks may run it, hope it's not to late.
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@canefan said in England vs Springboks:
Off thread I know, but why have the ABs finished their tour a week earlier than their SANZAR counterparts?
Obviously these two negotiated revenue sharing matches outside the Test window.
Interesting as England have been the biggest opponents of revenue sharing.
Which is IMO why NZ v Eng has not happened more regularly.
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@booboo said in England vs Springboks:
@canefan said in England vs Springboks:
Off thread I know, but why have the ABs finished their tour a week earlier than their SANZAR counterparts?
Obviously these two negotiated revenue sharing matches outside the Test window.
The date of the final test last year (vs France) was pretty much the same as England this year. IIRC the Welsh test was outside the start of the test window last year.
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Money
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@booboo said in England vs Springboks:
@canefan said in England vs Springboks:
Off thread I know, but why have the ABs finished their tour a week earlier than their SANZAR counterparts?
Obviously these two negotiated revenue sharing matches outside the Test window.
Interesting as England have been the biggest opponents of revenue sharing.
Which is IMO why NZ v Eng has not happened more regularly.
Fact or supposition?
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@Catogrande said in England vs Springboks:
@booboo said in England vs Springboks:
@canefan said in England vs Springboks:
Off thread I know, but why have the ABs finished their tour a week earlier than their SANZAR counterparts?
Obviously these two negotiated revenue sharing matches outside the Test window.
Interesting as England have been the biggest opponents of revenue sharing.
Which is IMO why NZ v Eng has not happened more regularly.
Fact or supposition?
Supposition. But it is outside the window.
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@booboo said in England vs Springboks:
@Catogrande said in England vs Springboks:
@booboo said in England vs Springboks:
@canefan said in England vs Springboks:
Off thread I know, but why have the ABs finished their tour a week earlier than their SANZAR counterparts?
Obviously these two negotiated revenue sharing matches outside the Test window.
Interesting as England have been the biggest opponents of revenue sharing.
Which is IMO why NZ v Eng has not happened more regularly.
Fact or supposition?
Supposition. But it is outside the window.
Deans did score!
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@Catogrande said in England vs Springboks:
@booboo said in England vs Springboks:
@Catogrande said in England vs Springboks:
@booboo said in England vs Springboks:
@canefan said in England vs Springboks:
Off thread I know, but why have the ABs finished their tour a week earlier than their SANZAR counterparts?
Obviously these two negotiated revenue sharing matches outside the Test window.
Interesting as England have been the biggest opponents of revenue sharing.
Which is IMO why NZ v Eng has not happened more regularly.
Fact or supposition?
Supposition. But it is outside the window.
Deans did score!
The bit you highlighted is pretty reasonable supposition.
It's outside the Test window.
The second and third paragraphs in that post is more of a conspiracy theory than the first.
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@booboo said in England vs Springboks:
@canefan said in England vs Springboks:
Off thread I know, but why have the ABs finished their tour a week earlier than their SANZAR counterparts?
Obviously these two negotiated revenue sharing matches outside the Test window.
Interesting as England have been the biggest opponents of revenue sharing.
Which is IMO why NZ v Eng has not happened more regularly.
England aren’t against revenue sharing for outside of window matches. They’re broke, for a start. However they have previously refused to pay the amount that the ABs wanted, obvs SA asked for less
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Eddie rings the changes - a bit:
England: Steward; Freeman, Tuilagi, Farrell (capt), May; Smith, Van Poortvliet; M Vunipola, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Hill, Coles, Curry, B Vunipola.
Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Genge, Stuart, Ribbans, Simmonds, Youngs, Slade, Nowell.
Persisting with Billy V seems stubborn to me, I can only think of one time he really bent the line with his carrying last week. Simmonds made more ground with the ball than Bill and did so the week before and in his cameo against Argentina. I like Mako as a finisher but his mauling in the RWC final v the Saffers still haunts me. True, Genge didn't have his best scrummaging game last week but overall he's a far more aggressive scrummager than Mako. Hill lucky to stay as Ribbans looked the goods last week. Still only one flanker in the 23 - why? Nowell lucky to retain his place in the squad IMO.
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SA could really do a job here if they play fast and direct
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@canefan said in England vs Springboks:
Off thread I know, but why have the ABs finished their tour a week earlier than their SANZAR counterparts?
ABs played Japan on the way over and Wales outside the test window. Wallabies played Scotland and now Wales outside test window etc. So all bsaically played the same number anyway.
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@Dan54 said in England vs Springboks:
@canefan said in England vs Springboks:
Off thread I know, but why have the ABs finished their tour a week earlier than their SANZAR counterparts?
ABs played Japan on the way over and Wales outside the test window. Wallabies played Scotland and now Wales outside test window etc. So all bsaically played the same number anyway.
Wales match was in the Test window
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@Catogrande who on the bench are you unfamiliar with?
Thomas Du Toit is fourth string tighthead (with Nyakane and Koch not available). Has been around the squad for a while now, but doesnt get many opportunities due to the depth we have in the position. Best known for being fucken massive, but probably a step down from Koch scrummaging wise.
Hendrikse is young nine that. Was first choice for much of the rugby championship. Very technically correct scrumhalf with a great boot.
Libbok is a flyhalf (probably the most unknown player in the side). Had a couple of years as journeyman moving between the bulls and the Sharks. He moved to the stormers in 2021 and has been amazing since. There have been calls for him to be more involved since Pollard and Jantjes became unavailable, but Rasnaber have gone with Willemse and Steyn rather. Solid all round flyhalf with a bit of pace. Threw a gem of a pass last week against Italy to set up the final try.
Moodie is a very you winger known mostly for his defence. Very good in the air, but less of stepper than Arendse or Kolbe.
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Van Staaden and the ones you mentioned mean little to me. Not sure I’ve seen anything of them. Look forward to seeing what they’ve got
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@Catogrande van Staaden is nuggety groundhog openside that spent a season at Leicester (so I assumed youd know him). Hes been having trouble with concussions recently so havent shown much form coming into this tour
