NPR

Wales v South Africa - Team Line-ups

Wales Team

Forwards
1 Corey Domachowski
2 Elliot Dee
3 Keiron Assiratti
4 Ben Carter
5 Will Rowlands
6 Dan Lydiate
7 Jac Morgan (Captain)
8 Aaron Wainwright

Backs
9 Kieran Hardy
10 Sam Costelow
11 Rio Dyer
12 Johnny Williams
13 Mason Grady
14 Alex Cuthbert
15 Cai Evans

Replacements
16 Sam Parry
17 Nicky Smith
18 Henry Thomas
19 Teddy Williams
20 Taine Basham
21 Tomos Williams
22 Max Llewellyn
23 Tom Rogers


South Africa Team

Forwards
1 Steven Kitshoff
2 Malcolm Marx
3 Frans Malherbe
4 Jean Kleyn
5 RG Snyman
6 Siya Kolisi (Captain)
7 Pieter-Steph du Toit
8 Jasper Wiese

Backs
9 Jaden Hendrikse
10 Manie Libbok
11 Cheslin Kolbe
12 Damian de Allende
13 Jesse Kriel
14 Canan Moodie
15 Willie le Roux

Replacements
16 Bongi Mbonambi
17 Ox Nche
18 Vincent Koch
19 Franco Mostert
20 Marco van Staden
21 Duane Vermeulen
22 Grant Williams
23 Damian Willemse

Another games worth watching.

Saffers really are getting a lot of games in before the RWC.

NZ the week after this.

Thanks for opening. Thought to use the Autumn thread.

Springboks chop and change days are over. Need to find their best matchday team and bom squad.

Wales bring always their A game to the Boks.

Ymx wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 6:14 pm Saffers really are getting a lot of games in before the RWC.

We need to hit the WC full speed. Scotland waiting.

Gats gives no shits about winning or losing this friendly

This is a game to see how our props go and if the players with no game time are ready.


SA by 20

Seems strange that Wales' best two players pick have been pulled from the team.

Given the issues around injuries and red cards, I wonder if Gatland just decided it's not worth the risk this close to the WC. Can't blame him.

assfly wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:40 am Seems strange that Wales' best two players pick have been pulled from the team.

Given the issues around injuries and red cards, I wonder if Gatland just decided it's not worth the risk this close to the WC. Can't blame him.

I was thinking the same......and wondering why we are fielding our only flyhalf in the squad.

Sards wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 8:00 am

assfly wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:40 am Seems strange that Wales' best two players pick have been pulled from the team.

I was thinking the same......and wondering why we are fielding our only flyhalf in the squad.

You know why: Libbok needs game time to sort out 1) his kicking and 2) which #12 he gels with best. Esterhuizen or DDA...?

If he gets injured against Wales, NZ or Scotland....it's just bad luck. You can't hide him until the Final.

Should be a big win for SA.
10 players out for Wales lol

assfly wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:40 am Seems strange that Wales' best two players pick have been pulled from the team.

Given the issues around injuries and red cards, I wonder if Gatland just decided it's not worth the risk this close to the WC. Can't blame him.

Injuries FFS
Rowlands is Wales best player btw

Wales: 15 Cai Evans, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Mason Grady, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Kieran Hardy, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Jac Morgan (captain), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Will Rowlands, 4 Ben Carter, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Corey Domachowski.
Replacements: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Teddy Williams, 20 Taine Basham, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Max Llewellyn, 23 Louis Rees-Zammit.

assfly wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:40 am Seems strange that Wales' best two players pick have been pulled from the team.

Given the issues around injuries and red cards, I wonder if Gatland just decided it's not worth the risk this close to the WC. Can't blame him.

Boks must go flat out. Wale is never easy, totally different to their URC teams.

We always battle against Wales.
We should win, but not by much.

Chilli wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 5:12 am We always battle against Wales.
We should win, but not by much.

This is a very poor and inexperienced Wales set up.
Cai Evans for instance is fecking terrible and not even a starter for his region

C69 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:27 am

Chilli wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 5:12 am We always battle against Wales.
We should win, but not by much.

This is a very poor and inexperienced Wales set up.
Cai Evans for instance is fecking terrible and not even a starter for his region

So he’ll be Lions 2025 vice captain then.

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:38 am

C69 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:27 am

Chilli wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 5:12 am We always battle against Wales.
We should win, but not by much.

This is a very poor and inexperienced Wales set up.
Cai Evans for instance is fecking terrible and not even a starter for his region

So he’ll be Lions 2025 vice captain then.

Is Gats and his Dad picking the squad
Seriously it's an astounding call, Evans is utterly shite.

That said he will now be a revelation.lol

Typical squad for a pre RWC friendly tbh. Trying out players\combinations..

SA by 25..

I normally have a lot of confidence in a welsh side that knows it's crap, and is motivated purely by fear of humiliation, but not today.

Been riding our luck way too hard the last 2 games.

Poor selection is going to screw us today.

I noticed that if the game is sped up against the boks old timers it gers messy. As long as set pieces are mininised

Time for Libbok to shine

Great to see Kolisi back

Ai Willie

This is going to sound beyond petty, but am I the only one who finds the Welsh crowd sounding like a cacophony of random noise made from massed ranks of children really irritating? Sounds like a toy jet engine being endlessly throttled up and down.

Du Toit looking to end another game early.

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 2:28 pm Ai Willie

Not a bad game so far

Sards wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 2:39 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 2:28 pm Ai Willie

Not a bad game so far

Another try assist

Forward passes allowed now !

C69 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 2:43 pm Forward passes allowed now !

Welsh number 10 has a lot of heart

Ginga should not have gone to ground after the quick tap with 2 outside him

Brace on the whistle and Neville on the video. Never say rugby doesn't try to include.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 2:49 pm Ginga should not have gone to ground after the quick tap with 2 outside him

He wasn't even looking

Pen try on first look

And let's see if she can get one right.

Pen only, knock on first off green

So if he had knocked it out over the end in goal line, it would have been okay? But because it's the touchline, it's a pen? Even if the ball is already over the tryline?

It's definitely a yellow for Moody. Not sold on pen try.

Should have taken that clean and easy score. Wasted opportunity

Bloody fascinating watching the officials at work. Almost certainly the longest passage of pay thus far

Wouldn't give that try. He lost the ball. It does hit his hand