I cannot find fault with that team. Only two players in there do not impress me: first is Brussouw. I would rather put in CJ Stander. Secondly, Frans Steyn at 12 still does not gel with me. If he can get rid of the Bostik on his hands, maybe, but his lack of intelligence in that position and his bulk bothers me. I seriously think that Meisiekind has more to offer than Steyn, but I would have neither of them. I am a firm believer in quick feet, quick hands and creativity in the backline. Whitehead and R Ebersohn impress me in those departments. I reckon that a combo of De Jongh at 12 and Taute at 13 will wreak havoc.

My Team:

1. Kitshoff/Greyling
2. Bismarck
3. W Kruger
4. Etsebeth
5. Bekker
6. Burger
7. Kolisi
8. Vermeulen

9. Vermaak
10. Lambie
11. Hougaard
12. JDV
13. De Jongh
14. Habana
15. Aplon

16. Chiliboy
17. Kitshoff/Greyling
18. J Kruger
19. CJ Stander
20. Basson (Hougie to cover 9)
21. Taute
22. JP Pietersen

Finished and Klaar.

A nice young team however it is a bit thin experience.

That front as good as it is for the future will get demolished by a more experience frontrow like Englands. They are a very good scrumaging team with very experience players.

The other problem that I have is that you have to “jumping locks” and that very rarely works, you need one good “pushing lock”, like a Bakkies Botha. I think Flip is the closest to him at the moment.

It’d going to be interesting times ahead.

1. Kitshoff
2. Chilliboy (c)
3. Cilliers
4. Etsebeth
5. Kruger
6. Brussouw
7. Kolisi
8. Vermuelen
9. Du Preez
10. Goosen
11. Hougaard
12. Steyn
13. De Jong
14. Aplon
15. Pietersen

I’m down with Hougaard / Goosen. Ultra talented pair. No point in waiting for the sun. Get these two together in green and gold ASAP and they will rain on anybody’s parade. A coach with balls needs to make this call.

Duvenhage, Taute, Cilliers could be bolters.

But reality is. Cant see Meyer introducing many new faces against the english. Who I feel will bring down a far superior tight 5.

Sadly – Dean would get murdered by Dan Cole in scrum.

I believe we will lose the battle at scrumtime against English.

If we had a all the choices available to us and all the players are FIT – JDV/ Burger would battle to make the bench

Loosies
Brussow / Smith
Centre
JDJ / Steyn

Might play Burger at 8 – as Spies is just not on the game, but Vermuelen and Daniels should get a chance – Daniels is playing good rugby and could captain just for England tests but doubt he will even get a look in….He would def be a better option than bringing VM out of retirement.

Instead of fighting to get FDP back they should try and get Sarel Pretorius back that boy has some skills, and he will be around for at least 2 W cups..

You seem too smart to be a PrickBoks supporter – Mum’s a foreigner ?!

Bekker would be a sh*t Capt, cant last a game; Brussow is a thespian cheat. Bizmarck is the obvious choice, and he’s a serial thug cheat.

why not recall that fat knut who did so well as Capt at the RWC ?

squeeze lemons = lemonaids

15 Zane Kirchner
14 JP Pietersen
13 Juan De Jongh
12 Francois Steyn
11 Bjorn Basson
10 Morne Steyn
9 Fourie Du Preez
8 Pierre Spies
7 Schalk Burger
6 Heinrich Brussouw
5 Victor Matfield
4 Danie Russouw
3 CJ Van Der Linde
2 Bismark Du Plessis
1 Tendai Mtawarira

16 Adriaan Strauss
17 Jannie Du Plessis
18 Juandre Kruger / Andries Bekker
19 Willem Alberts
20 Francois Hougaard
21 Patrick Lambie
22 Johaan Sadie

15 Jaco Taute
14 Gio Aplon
13 Juan De Jongh
12 Francois Steyn
11 Bryan Habana
10 Peter Grant
9 Francois Hougaard
8 Duane Vermeulen
7 Schalk Burger / Willem Alberts
6 Heinrich Brussouw
5 Andries Bekker
4 Eben Eztebeth
3 Jannie Du Plessis
2 Bismark Du Plessis
1 Tendai Mtawarira

16 Chillyboy Ralepelle
17 CJ Van Der Linde
18 Juandre Kruger
19 Joshua Strauss
20 Jano Vermaak
21 Patrick Lambie
22 JP Pietersen

23 Adriaan Strauss
24 Coenie Oosthuzyen
25 Steven Sykes
26 Derrick Minnie
27 Fourie Du Preez
28 Elton Janjtes
29 Johaan Sadie
30 Lwazi Mvovo

If Meyer goes for his insurance policy of Matfield and FdP and f’ng LOSES first series up against England he should be axed for being a cowardly chicken second grade bang broek and not going for broke and taking the BULL by the horns and riding it into the goddamn turf….

If he went with form young players and lost he can be forgiven for being courageous in the face of inexperience and throwing the young guns into the cauldron only for them to learn and grow from the exercise.. BUT if he goes for retrograde rear guarded cowardice and picks Matfield and FDP and LOSES he should be turfed out on his ear for being a conservative coward .. just like most of his fear of losing psyched out predecessors before him…

Bok half back pairing should be Hougaard – Goosen.. with Duvenhage as No.9 back up unless he goes for Pienaar as a utility back… Lambie as utility back off bench or starting at 15..

Grant should have been Bok fly half in 2008 and De Villiers tenure as coach would have seen a formidably different result to the fck’d up hopeless case of a LOSING setup we had under that fatfuck idiot Smit and his band of cherry picked bumchums… where we LOST more than 70% of our encounters against top 5 opposition under Smit – FdP with either Butch in the saddle in 2008 or Morne Steyn since EOYT 2009