Here is a really interesting article that chronicles the worst, best and funniest moments of the RWC pool stages:
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Here is a really interesting article that chronicles the worst, best and funniest moments of the RWC pool stages:
CLICK ME FOR AWESOME RUGBY ARTICLE
Ha I reached the limit at Telegraph. Have been visiting it every day since the tournament started.
Did you guys see all the media sites with:
1. The top players of the pool stages. What a load of tripe! Lood de Jager doesn't feature in any of them. In fact South Africa is completely absent, except for Bismarck in one of them and Kriel in another. I'm not sure that these people watched any games. Plus if you look at the stats South Africans are leading or part of the leaders in almost all the stats. De Allende has the most defenders beaten. Habana the most clean breaks and joint leader in tries scored. De Jager is one of the top defenders. Burger one of the most carries. And so forth.
2. The favourites for the tournament. South Africa is completely ignored on the multiple sites that I visited. In fact a lot of sites feel that Wales will beat South Africa. South Africa didn't have a great year but they seem to forget that we lost the games against the All Blacks and Australia in the final moments of the game and back then we were still trying to play with people like Oupa. That yes we lost to Argentina but then destroyed them in their own backyard.
I've got a feeling the Bokke may just do it. It's going to be a tough road but go Bokke!
Last edited by Solitude; 13-10-2015 at 09:09 AM.
Good, let them underestimate the Boks. Let them think they can easily come and beat us. It's good motivation for a team to be treated like the underdogs, because they have something to prove on the day, and they end up playing even better. They'll be singing a different tune next week this time
The Springbok team to face Wales in London is:
15. Willie le Roux Toyota Cheetahs (31 caps, 45 points)
14. JP Pietersen Cell C Sharks (63 caps, 110 points)
13. Jesse Kriel Vodacom Bulls (8 caps, 15 points)
12. Damian De Allende DHL Stormers (10 caps, 5 points)
11. Bryan Habana Toulon (114 caps, 320 points)
10. Handré Pollard Vodacom Bulls (17 caps, 141 points)
9. Fourie du Preez (captain) Suntory (74 caps, 75 points)
8. Duane Vermeulen DHL Stormers (32 caps, 10 points)
7. Schalk Burger (vice-captain) DHL Stormers (83 caps, 80 points)
6. Francois Louw Bath (40 caps, 40 points)
5. Lood de Jager Toyota Cheetahs (16 caps, 20 points)
4. Eben Etzebeth DHL Stormers (41 caps, 5 points)
3. Frans Malherbe DHL Stormers (9 caps, 0 points)
2. Bismarck du Plessis Cell C Sharks (76 caps, 55 points)
1. Tendai Mtawarira Cell C Sharks (72 caps, 10 points)
Replacements:
16. Adriaan Strauss Vodacom Bulls (51 caps, 30 points)
17. Trevor Nyakane Vodacom Bulls (20 caps, 5 points)
18. Jannie du Plessis Cell C Sharks (67 caps, 5 points)
19. Pieter-Steph du Toit Cell C Sharks (7 caps, 0 points)
20. Willem Alberts Cell C Sharks (35 caps, 35 points)
21. Ruan Pienaar Ulster (87 caps, 135 points)
22. Pat Lambie Cell C Sharks (47 caps, 131 points)
23. Jan Serfontein Vodacom Bulls (23 caps, 10 points)
That's probably the current best team we can pick for the RWC. I'm glad both Lood and Eben is back as the lock pair. Should be a strong enough team to beat the Welsh senseless.
i would have liked to see Bismarck come off the bench as well... but thats just cause i dont want the du plessis bros to give away any penalties unnecessarily.
i honestly dont think Wales will be able to beat us on saturday, they never looked like they were going to score against the aussies even with them only having 13 players on the field.