Sards wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 11:17 am
Springboks –
15 Willie le Roux,
14 Cheslin Kolbe,
13 Jesse Kriel,
12 Damian de Allende,
11 Kurt-Lee Arendse,
10 Manie Libbok,
9 Grant Williams,
8 Duane Vermeulen (c),
7 Pieter-Steph du Toit,
6 Marco van Staden,
5 Marvin Orie,
4 Eben Etzebeth,
3 Frans Malherbe,
2 Malcolm Marx
, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Subs: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Faf de Klerk, 22 Lukhanyo Am, 23 Damian Willemse
Pack is maybe our best selection so far. Well balanced backrow at last.
Weak link probably Orie. But he is a bit underrated, he's a massive guy official stats are a lie I reckon, I've seen him in person and he's over 120kg. When you see Orie and Etzebeth together they're a very similar size. Boks sometimes do this with bigger forwards, Os had weight knocked off in his official stats (Jake White confirmed this), better a player looks normal in the stats so an opponent doesn't think "we have to tire them out".
Backline is more experimental and very fast.
