cheers RL, i’m no ‘professional blogger’ but i try my best week in and week out

1. Beast 2. Fourie 3. Cilliers 4. Flip 5. Eben 6. Flo 7. Alberts 8. Vermeulen 9. Hougaard 10. Lambie (only if no goosen) 12. JdJ 13. JdV 14. JP 15. Taute/frans

Well done WP. A young side that punched above its weight. Sort of like a Dodgeball moment

The last time WP won the cup petrol was R2.78 so its about time.

What more does Deon Fourie have to do to prove his by far the most prolific ground ball and in your face player in the country next to Bismark.. what?

Your coach first went with the combo of Spies, Potgieter, Coetsee

then he tried Albert, Potgieter, Daniel

He will start Strauss at 2 with Chili or Brits on bench when Fourie is better than all 3 of them

your coach is an absolute goddamn dunce.. I reckon if he lucky he wins 2 from 3 on tour. Perhaps only 1.

Soory Blindside (not a fetcher more of a ball carrier)

Before HM’s very first squad announcement he was asked by Ian Macintosh what his loosies combinations would look like. First name out of his mouth was Vermeulen. Spies, he said, doesn’t like the physical stuff – this from Heyneke. Arno Botha has right now leap frogged Spies.

@phil72-1045:

Thank god Potgieter didn’t crack the nod. I know you want him at 7. But don’t expect too surprises in the run-on 15. And not with a rookie. The Bok bench will look awesome.

He is replacing an open side flank in Potgieter. Believe he might even start ahead of Alberts and Coetzee who were both comprehensively outplayed over the weekend…..

I hope you right. I know HM really likes Steyn and will do anything to have him start.

@phil72-1038:

I rate Arno highly. CJ is also a class loosie… A pity he is leaving…

Don’t think so. I reckon Arno is there a the 2nd no.8.

The 2 7′s are Alberts and Coetzee – he won’t take one of their places.

HM doesn’t rate Spies. He has said as much. And Arno had a decent game for the U/21′s yesterday.

Spies, I reckon, might have slipped a notch in the pecking order at the Bulls even.

In all honesty i think we will see Arno Botha used as open-side flanker…. young, big, stong and fast. Might just be the answer?

Don’t know so much. Elton is the incumbent FH after Goosen’s injury at Soccer City. He deserves a start.

Rhule in place of Habana could be an exciting situation.

I’d go:

9 Ruan
10 Elton
11 Rhule
12 JDJ
13 JDV
14 JP Pietersen
15 Kirchner – HM will select him there for the experience factor. Although Taute would be my
favourite.

Hougaard would come off the bench.