Meyer defiant on Morné

Meyer defiant on Morné

12 Sep 2012

Morne Steyn will start at flyhalf against the All Blacks in Dunedin.

Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has selected Steyn and made just two changes to the side beaten by Australia in Perth.

Francois Louw starts in the specialist openside role, with Marcell Coetzee among the substitutes.

‘The New Zealanders are good on the ground which is why we decided to go for a specialist openside flank in Francois,’ said Meyer. ‘Marcell has been very good this season and has played a lot of rugby, but in this match we feel he will be more useful as an impact option.’

Meanwhile, Flip van der Merwe starts at lock, Andries Bekker is recalled to the match 22 and tighthead prop Jannie du Plessis has been declared fit. Toulon-based lock Bakkies Botha won’t be involved and the issue with Botha is believed to be medical insurance – a similar situation which hampered Fourie du Preez’s return to Test rugby this season.

Johan Goosen is again among the substitutes and there’s a match squad call-up for Juan de Jongh and Dean Greyling.

Steyn kicked all 18 points in the Boks’ 18-5 win against the All Blacks in Port Elizabeth a year ago and holds the record of most points against the All Blacks when he scored all 31 points in the Boks’ win in Bloemfontein in 2009.

However, the Boks, with Steyn at flyhalf, have not enjoyed the kind of success that warrants continued selection. Steyn has played flyhalf in the Boks’ last 30 Tests and have won just 16.

South Africa’s rivalry with New Zealand is considered the fiercest in the game, but the All Blacks have been dominant in the professional era. Pre-isolation the Boks held a 21-16 winning advantage, but since international readmission in 1992 the All Blacks have won 30 and the Boks just 13. One Test has been drawn, 18-18 in Auckland in 1994.

Springboks – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Bryan Habana, 13 Jean de Villiers (c), 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
Subs: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Dean Greyling, 18 Andries Bekker, 19 Marcell Coetzee, 20 Johan Goosen, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Pat Lambie.


784 Comments

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  • 701.PielNeus: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:20 pm

    Wil niemand weet wat lekker eetes ek gekookamabarrow… rugby eetes. A swell entjie vir die nousies and kenners?

  • 702.gunther: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:20 pm

    @katman-692:

    I swear I saw his face in a Lays chip the other day.

    Him or Frankie Pienaar.

  • 703.I am a stormer: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:21 pm

    @grant100-699:

    jou piel, pel.

  • 704.David: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:23 pm

    @grant100-699:
    9 off 5 balls. Parnells over the 2nd highest in T20 history. :roll:

  • 705.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:23 pm

    @gunther-702: There’s a similar oil stain on Voortekker road. Kepler fans come from as far as Gordons Bay to lick it.

  • 706.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:24 pm

    Fok. Daar kak die levis.

  • 707.David: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:25 pm

    Sh*t. Think I’m off to bed.

  • 708.Jeraldjay: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:26 pm

    No not Faf.

    Faf ?s cr?cket’s equavalent of Morne Steyn.

  • 709.grant100: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:28 pm

    Amla is a good test player.. But for us 2 win this game… He must go out, let wonderkind ab win it for us…. Lets all drink to that

  • 710.PielNeus: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:30 pm

    ooo vok waar die ouens, julle lekker gerook vannaaand

  • 711.Jeraldjay: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:31 pm

    Looks l!ke Faf !s prov!ng me wrong.

  • 712.gunther: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:31 pm

    Shot fafster.

  • 713.I am a stormer: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:31 pm

    @grant100-709:

    Ag. you know what?

    Ontong or Peterson might also score the winning runs. Who cares.

  • 714.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:32 pm

    Where’s Hersch when you need him?

  • 715.gunther: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:33 pm

    @grant100-709:

    Sounds like you’ve been drinking to everything.

  • 716.gunther: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:34 pm

    @katman-714:

    I miss that guy.

    Cricket isn’t the same without him.

  • 717.grant100: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:34 pm

    Ontong is the kakkest protea in history…. The zane of cricket

  • 718.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:36 pm

    Faf it.

  • 719.grant100: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:36 pm

    Amla put to much pressure on faf…. Amla batting for his average again….

  • 720.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:37 pm

    @gunther-716: Yep. And he’d know what to do now. Either that, or he’d forget the game plan and hit 6 6′s in an over by mistake.

  • 721.I am a stormer: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:37 pm

    @katman-714:

    Probably having a smoke in the car park. But i know what you mean.

  • 722.grant100: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:38 pm

    Ab must run out amla and hit the winning runs with king kallis

  • 723.gunther: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:38 pm

    @katman-720: :lol:

  • 724.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:38 pm

    @grant100-719: There’s no hiding from stupid comments like that.

  • 725.gunther: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:41 pm

    @katman-724:

    To be fair his family have been hiding from comments like that for years.

  • 726.grant100: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:42 pm

    Amla costing us big time here…. Throw his with a beer can….

  • 727.gunther: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:42 pm

    Stuart Broad brings the teapot out again.

    The biggest bratwat in world cricket.

  • 728.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:44 pm

    @grant100-726: Throw his with a beer can? Does it get more bonehead than that? I don’t think it does.

  • 729.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:45 pm

    @gunther-727: The one guy I’d most like to see in the ring with Coenie Oosthuizen.

  • 730.grant10: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:45 pm

    Go Amla…..

  • 731.ryecatcher: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:45 pm

    @katman-714: Unlike Symcox,not a Gunston.

  • 732.grant10: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:46 pm

    fark….need Kallis and amla to gooi here man…

  • 733.I am a stormer: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:47 pm

    vokkit.

  • 734.gunther: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:47 pm

    @katman-728:

    Throw his wiv a beer can perhaps.

    He’s in the 98th percentile though.

  • 735.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:48 pm

    @gunther-734:

    Frow his wif a beer can?

  • 736.I am a stormer: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:50 pm

    uh-oh

  • 737.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:50 pm

    Sweet lord. That’s surely the end.

  • 738.grant10: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:51 pm

    great tour Amla…what a Legend!

  • 739.I am a stormer: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:51 pm

    @gunther-734:

    with an IQ to match his shoe size.

  • 740.carol: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:51 pm

    Funny old day on Keo I see.

  • 741.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:53 pm

    @carol-740: You’re only welcome here, Carol, if you join in some Broad bashing. You up for it?

  • 742.gunther: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:53 pm

    @katman-735:

    At least 12 times a night.

  • 743.carol: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:55 pm

    @katman-741:
    We thought it had been rained off!

  • 744.gunther: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:55 pm

    @katman-741:

    He’s a good home counties boy.

    The lovely Carol is a sucker for a public schoolboy.

    :lol:

  • 745.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:56 pm

    @carol-743: No, it’s been rained on.

    Our parade, that is.

  • 746.carol: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:57 pm

    Edgbaston on a cold September evening…. Humm…!

  • 747.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:58 pm

    Well fielded by Steven Kitshoff. Great play in the tight loose.

  • 748.katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:58 pm

    @gunther-744: Probably not the best choice of words there.

  • 749.carol: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 22:59 pm

    @gunther-744:
    My achilles heel!

  • 750.carol: Reply to this comment
    12 Sep 2012, 23:00 pm

    @katman-748:
    I glossed over his ‘slip of the tongue’ ! ;-)

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