RWC Week 1: Springboks v Scotland

[pakman]

@booboo said in RWC: Springboks v Scotland:

Only 6 forwards on the bench. Pussies.

No Quagga?

[Machpants]

Outside of grant Williams, and maybe you could say lack of experience at ten (but he's improved a lot this year) that's a great team

[MN5]

South Africa by 50

[cgrant]

De Allende and Kriel in the midfield instead of Esterhuizen and Moody. I guess De Klerk is going to kick a lot.

[MN5]

@cgrant said in RWC: Springboks v Scotland:

De Allende and Kriel in the midfield instead of Esterhuizen and Moody. I guess De Klerk is going to kick a lot.

Yeah it’s fair to say the Boks don’t really have a Havilii/ALB in their squad.

[MiketheSnow]

SA unnecessarily rolling the dice with the bench

They’re going to come unstuck sooner rather than later

Faf gets injured, SA lose

[reprobate]

@MiketheSnow what change do they make if they lose a midfielder?

[MN5]

@MiketheSnow said in RWC: Springboks v Scotland:

SA unnecessarily rolling the dice with the bench

They’re going to come unstuck sooner rather than later

Faf gets injured, SA lose

I agree. Six forwards just isn’t enough

[Smuts]

@Machpants said in RWC: Springboks v Scotland:

Outside of grant Williams, and maybe you could say lack of experience at ten (but he's improved a lot this year) that's a great team

You spelled Wiese wrong.

[SidBarret]

@MiketheSnow what are you talking about? Faf and Wiese are the two worst selections in this team. I don't want to wish injury on anyone, but losing Faf increases our chances in this game and the tournament as a whole.

[SidBarret]

@reprobate Willemse covers 10 and 12, De Allende 13.

[Smuts]

@SidBarret said in RWC: Springboks v Scotland:

@MiketheSnow what are you talking about? Faf and Wiese are the two worst selections in this team. I don't want to wish injury on anyone, but losing Faf increases our chances in this game and the tournament as a whole.

You must see something in our other scrummies that I’m not.

[MiketheSnow]

@SidBarret said in RWC: Springboks v Scotland:

@MiketheSnow what are you talking about? Faf and Wiese are the two worst selections in this team. I don't want to wish injury on anyone, but losing Faf increases our chances in this game and the tournament as a whole.

I meant injured in game time

Who plays scrum half in his stead?

Edit

My bad, see it’s Williams

[Smuts]

SCOTs:

1 PIERRE SCHOEMAN
2 GEORGE TURNER
3 ZANDER FAGERSON
4 RICHIE GRAY
5 GRANT GILCHRIST
6 JAMIE RITCHIE (C)
7 RORY DARGE
8 JACK DEMPSEY
9 BEN WHITE
10 FINN RUSSELL
11 DARCY GRAHAM
12 SIONE TUIPULOTU
13 HUW JONES
14 DUHAN VAN DER MERWE
15 BLAIR KINGHORN

SUBSTITUTES

DAVID CHERRY
JAMIE BHATTI
WP NEL
SCOTT CUMMINGS
MATT FAGERSON
ALI PRICE
CAMERON REDPATH
OLLIE SMITH

[Smuts]

Don’t begrudge the mars bar abusers Schoeman and DVDA but WP Nel deserved better than a tartan skirt.

[pakman]

If Scotland holds their own in set piece, or at least nearly so, their backs will ask some questions of Boks.
On other hand, scrum penalty/5m maul combo would quickly be pretty destructive.

[MN5]

@Smuts said in RWC: Springboks v Scotland:

Don’t begrudge the mars bar abusers Schoeman and DVDA but WP Nel deserved better than a tartan skirt.

He should be grateful the Scots threw him a bone more like.

The mighty thistles don’t just pick any old chump to play for them you know.

[taniwharugby]

I'd like Scotland to win the RWC, without us playing them, cling to one record...

[nostrildamus]

@MN5 said in RWC: Springboks v Scotland:

@Smuts said in RWC: Springboks v Scotland:

Don’t begrudge the mars bar abusers Schoeman and DVDA but WP Nel deserved better than a tartan skirt.

He should be grateful the Scots threw him a bone more like.

The mighty thistles don’t just pick any old chump to play for them you know.

True, they can also pick young chumps.

[MiketheSnow]

30 mins to go

This could go either way

Epic tussle or an SA blowout

Really hope it’s the former