Mapoe is not physical enough for centre and needs to stay on the wing, along with Basson. The Bulls have no depth on the wing.

JJ Engelbrecht showed some great touches in last years S15, making some telling breaks, he won a few minutes of test rugby on the wing and then got dicarded by Meyer for no reason at all. It seemed to affect his CC performance thereafter. JJ needs to stay at 13 for the Bulls, he has clout. Dries Swanepoel will prove a great back-up

At 12, Jan Serfontein is a must, with Frans Venter as a back-up. Old man Olivier is a good stop gap.

The Bulls should be adventurous and pick Pollard at 10, Morne is a liability and its time to move on.

Great to see Hougaard back at 9 where he belongs. It was a poor call of Meyer to move him to the wing.

Mellet is a better option than Greyling and Kirsten is far better than Kruger at 3, who is a liability.

Chiliboy is a class act at 2 as is Visagie

I want to see Willemse break into the starting 15, he is a great prospect with plenty of agression.
Flip and Kruger are good, but the Bulls need to work on their back-ups. Steenkamp is average and I see Orie’s name mentioned elsewhere – this kid is far too light for lock. The real deal is Jacques du Plessis. Willemse and du Plessis are the future for the Bulls.

CJ Stander is a massive loss for the Bulls. Arno Botha is a class act and has to be in the starting 15. I am a Dewald Potgieter fan, not convinced about Jacques Potgieter, he lacks finesse. Spies was one of my favourite players but has failed to impress for some time now – lacks mongrel. Hattingh is a useful squad player.

The Bulls have a good squad, its just a case of selecting wisely. Lets hope they move on from the old hasbeens like Olivier, Morne, Greyling, W.Kruger and co

I almost got the same as Tacitus, with 53 points. Still nowhere near playoffs this season.

Gonna be a long one.

Morne Mellett was just as disappointing for the baby boks in 2009. Besides, in most cases, a loosehead is only as good as his tighthead. For example, Os Durandt was not as dominant in 2004 when Eddie Andrews was on the other side of the scrum – in fact, the bok scrum was probably the worst in world rugby. And Ruan Dreyer didn’t look too flash in 2011 either, but he’s looked good for the Lions in the last three weeks.

Speaking of baby boks performances, did you see Siya Kolisi in the 2011 semi final? He got the ball four times in the first half, the only time he didn’t knock it on, it was turned over. In the second half he was marginally better, he only knocked on once… Look at him now.

Forgot about Jason Thomas. Maybe they can have them both in the team, since Chilliboy never seems to finish a season… And whatever happened to Henry Bantjies?

Jason Thomas – great prospect. Would fit in well with the Stormers particularly with their hooker crisis at the moment. And the Bulls have a surplus of hookers right now.

Probably the most important player in the Bulls set up…

Last 2 years without him the Bulls have been done 6 love at the breakdown

Age matters little. You can’t say that because he’s younger he will be better. Mellett is actually a very good loosehead, and miles better then Schoeman who was disappointing for the Baby Boks in 2011.

Stegmann is just useless, even at provincial level. Nothing you say can change that. He’s not even going to make the Bulls first-choice 22 this year – pretty obvious given the line-ups they been putting out. Potgieter still a better option. They could offer someone like Jaco Kriel a small contract. I’m very interested to see how Albertus ‘Kwagga’ Smith goes for the Baby Boks this year. Could be a great openside option for anyone besides the Cheetahs probably (who already have Brussow).

And I’ll give you a better hooker then Mbonambi at the Bulls. Jason Thomas! Miles better.

Juan Schoeman at 21 is a much better prospect than 25 year Morne Mellett (Vodacom Cup player at best). Just because Stegmann couldn’t make the step up to international rugby, that does not make him a bad provincial player, all of a sudden. As for Dewald Potgieter, ground skills not good enough to be an effective openside flanker, not big enough to play blindside and will never be as good a number 8 as Arno Botha or Pierre Spies (a poorman’s Schalk Burger).

I thought Callie Visagie was on loan? And if that’s the case, there’s nobody better than Mbonambi….

But let’s agree to disagree.

Juan Schoeman at 21 is a much better prospect than 25 year Morne Mellett (Vodacom Cup player at best). Just because Stegmann couldn’t make the step up to international rugby, that does not make him a bad provincial player, all of a sudden. As for Dewald Potgieter, ground skills not good enough to be an effective openside flanker, not big enough to play blindside and will never be as good a number 8 as Arno Botha or Pierre Spies (a poorman’s Schalk Burger).

I thought Callie Visagie was on loan? And if that’s the case, there’s nobody better than Mbonambi….

He’s good at that, but was made much easier probably considering his opposite number doesn’t bother tackling.

Piet van Zyl over Pretorius please.

Okay so you haven’t a clue really.

Juan Schoeman will never crack the senior side. Morne Mellett is far better – heck even Greyling if he can stay away from brain farts is better.

Marvin Orie has a distance to go. Needs to show a rough edge if he wants to play senior rugby at lock.

Deon Stegmann is up there with Werner Kruger & Dean Greyling for worst Springboks ever. His career with the Bulls is nearing an end. To think you’ve got Dewald Potgieter on the bench behind him… laughable.

Jurgen Visser is a solid option, similar to Hennie Daniller. Clayton Blommetjies is worse, by quite a margin.

Bongi Mbonambi can go. They brought Callie Visagie in for a reason – they’re afraid of what happens when Willie Wepener leaves and something happens to Chiliboy (or he’s on Bok duty).

Would rather have Jaco Taute than either of those two at 15.

The Bulls are two years away from being SR final contenders, imo…

15 Jurgen Visser/Clayton Blommetjies
14 JJ Engelbrecht
13 William Small-Smith/Dries Swanepoel
12 Jan Serfontein
11 Bjorn Basson
10 Handre Pollard
09 Francois Hougaard

8 Arno Botha
7 Jacques Potgieter
6 Deon Stegmann
5 Marvin Orie
4 Paul Willemse
3 Marcel vd Merwe
2 Chilliboy Rallepel
1 Juan Schoeman

16 Bongi Mbonambi
17 Dean Greyling
18 Werner Kruger
19 Flip vd Merwe
20 Dewald Potgieter
21 Jano Vermaak
22 Louis Fouche
23 Francois Venter
Is Jurgen Visser better than Blommetjies?

I háven’t seen enough of him to comment. What I HAVE seen from him in the Baby Boks game, was more pace than either Francois Venter or Serfontein has. Hence, he is an option at 13 where their lack of pace limits them to 12.

But whether Small Smith is big enough to be a star at senior level, that remains to be seen.