I’m not sure Goosen is your panacea, it could make matters worse because all the other parts of the game bok plan lack inventiveness, creativity or flair. The one area they are strong is defense around the gain line – damn good effort on Sat night.

Brusouw never lost a game against the AB. MOTM awards in two of the 4 games played. HM is insisting that his penalty count is to high to include him in the team but he selects the 3 players with the highest penalty count in the super 15 play-offs in his squad (Coenie, Bismark and Alberts).
How many penalties did Brussouw really concede in a springbok jearsy and how many penalyies did he won?? Hoe many of these penalties were converted into points? How many turn-overs from Brussouw prevented the opposition from scoring tries when they were on our goal line?
Sorry guys: Brussouw 4 and Heyneke Meyer 0.
My looseforwards would be Brussouw, Flo and Alberts. Dwaine is a lock rather than a loose forward.

Have to admit Jean is not looking the part any longer. Jordaan, Mapoe or even JPP there, though prefer JPP on the wing.

Oh please go cry elsewhere, so the cheater copped one on the shnoz, build a bridge………

Probably right to an extent Te Ranga, but each time Goosen has come on (allbeit for only short stints) I could see the difference. Running and jinking 100 times more than Steyn. They will still play the percentages but I just think it will change for the better.

Saturdays game gave me hope, cause it is glaringly obvious that if some changes are made we can win those games………..I think the AB’s are pretty much at their peak whereas the Boks will get better. They came close with a cr ap gameplan and a few cr ap selections……

Yes but Goosen is a running 10, just watch the Cheetahs games. I’m giving HM the benefit of the doubt here and assuming he would not instruct Goosen to sit in the pocket and kick………..I hope I’m not wrong!

The game plan would automatically change with Goosen at 10…………its actually quite simple

Boks tactics are 1 dimensional yes, but with a different goalkicker…

Scoreboard pressure does funny things, look at the RWC final. If weepu had kicked his goals it would have been 17-0 at halftime. The fact Morne & Franc missed all those meant the pressure never built on the ABs.

The gameplan is not fundamentally flawed, but without a 85%+ goalkicker it will not work against the top teams.

The sad thing is how dangerous the boks were when they played with width, Habanna overran that pass by 2m in the 1st 5 mins or it would have been 7 nil…

Richie is incredible. He was better then Read & Biz on saturday, he was possibly the difference between the teams.

Kiakaha Richie

With this B team we are fielding, and I hope the black match was not a one off, we should start to realise that the depth we are going to have next yr is going to be amaising. If these dudes continue like this, imagine, Burger, Brusow, Smith, Louw, Alberts, Vermeulen,Coetzee as a line up. Pretty hard to beat i think.
Now we just need locks and a backline and we should be sorted…and…lol

How can the Boks present a challenge without the right type of coaching to actually win games rather than reduce score lines? His lack of a dynamic attacking platform in favor of a defensive, then kick and hope style will never produce the right result

Take away Habanas moment of brilliance, and the Boks looked a bit static most of the game. Yeah you can say the same thing about Smiths try for the AB’s, but where we were developing ascendancy, the Boks opted for luck – you can only go so far on luck.

Whatever – I do not even think its the change of personnel you propose. Its the development of an attacking game plan, coupled with the right troops to do the right job and make all the right decisions out there. The AB’s have a key decision makers, there is an expectation and a plan to support that.

Having said that – the AB’s are playing some very bad rugby at present, the flow has gone, and the credit must be handed to Argie / SA /Aus for shutting us down and forcing us to push passes. We are not playing with patience.