Springbokke vs Ireland series

[OomStruisbaai]

All roads lead to Loftus. Ireland the big favorites.

[fishfoodie]

All roads lead to Loftus. Ireland the big favorites.

Have you recently had a bang to the head ?

[boere wors]

Bokke 23 pretty straightforward I think, only 3 position up for debate. Eightman, Kwagga or Roos, flyhalf Manie or Polly and outside centre Kriel or Am. Especially the latter is interesting. Has Kriel become the incumbent 13?!
Bench probably 5-3, as we are missing a utility back like Willemse, except they trust SMZ with it already.

[assfly]

Good warm up for the Portugal test.

[Blake]

Looking forward to this one.

Got my ticket and flying up to Pretoria on Thursday. The last test match I attended at Loftus was the 2nd Lions Test in 2009.

Hopefully a good omen and I hope the Boks reward my efforts with a good performance.

[LoveOfTheGame]

Looking forward to this one.

Got my ticket and flying up to Pretoria on Thursday. The last test match I attended at Loftus was the 2nd Lions Test in 2009.

Hopefully a good omen and I hope the Boks reward my efforts with a good performance.

Nice one squirrel, enjoy Blake! Reckon the atmosphere in the stadium is going to be bonkers, hopefully the game also lives up to the hype.

Ps: Please do us all a favour and take the DJ out. We don't care how, naartjie.. take your kettie...anything. Just take him out. Please Blake, you're our only hope.

[Sandstorm]

Looking forward to this one.

Got my ticket and flying up to Pretoria on Thursday. The last test match I attended at Loftus was the 2nd Lions Test in 2009.

Hopefully a good omen and I hope the Boks reward my efforts with a good performance.

Nice one squirrel, enjoy Blake! Reckon the atmosphere in the stadium is going to be bonkers, hopefully the game also lives up to the hype.

Ps: Please do us all a favour and take the DJ out. We don't care how, naartjie.. take your kettie...anything. Just take him out. Please Blake, you're our only hope.

+1 000 000

[OomStruisbaai]

Springboks – 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Kwagga Smith, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche.
Subs; 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Salmaan Moerat, 20 RG Snyman, 21 Marco van Staden, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu.

[OomStruisbaai]

SFM and Moerat surprise.

[boere wors]

As i said, they needed a utility back for the 6-2 Split, hence SMZ

[boere wors]

Strong team

[assfly]

Very strong starting line up. Although personally I'm not mad about Kwagga starting at 8, but I think Rassie's hand has been forced on this one.

A few questions over the bench.

[handyman]

Has Steenekamp jumped a few props?

[boere wors]

Would have loved to see Roos given a start at 8, Kwagga on the bench iso Marco. Maybe next test.
Selection is pretty straightforward, they wanted a 6-2 and 2 locks. Those are exactly the Players for that. Only surprise is Steenekamp, guess they want to see how he goes at the highest Level. And why not.

[Blake]

Very strong starting line up. Although personally I'm not mad about Kwagga starting at 8, but I think Rassie's hand has been forced on this one.

A few questions over the bench.

Very strong team and very happy with it. Given the available players, it's the exact one I would've selected.
If Jasper was available, I maybe would've started with him and had Kwagga on the bench instead of Marco. But that's it.

[Blake]

Would have loved to see Roos given a start at 8, Kwagga on the bench iso Marco. Maybe next test.
Selection is pretty straightforward, they wanted a 6-2 and 2 locks. Those are exactly the Players for that. Only surprise is Steenekamp, guess they want to see how he goes at the highest Level. And why not.

Steenekamp was great agains Leinster.
I think that counted heavily in his favour when it came to selection.

[boere wors]

Would have loved to see Roos given a start at 8, Kwagga on the bench iso Marco. Maybe next test.
Selection is pretty straightforward, they wanted a 6-2 and 2 locks. Those are exactly the Players for that. Only surprise is Steenekamp, guess they want to see how he goes at the highest Level. And why not.

Steenekamp was great agains Leinster.
I think that counted heavily in his favour when it came to selection.

Actually would be very clever thinking from our coaches. Let him build on that Performance

[assfly]

Rassie will have picked him for a reason.

[Chilli2]

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[Uncle fester]

Kitshoff injured?

Looks pretty strong there as you'd expect for the world champions and world's no. 1 ranked team.
*Taps table*

[assfly]

Kitshoff injured?

He needed a rest after all of those man of the match performances for Ulster.

[Blake]

Kitshoff injured?

He needed a rest after all of those man of the match performances for Ulster.

Poor man's back was fucked after carrying that team all season...

[Biffer]

All roads lead to Loftus. Ireland the big favorites.

Have you recently had a bang to the head ?

It wasn’t recent.

[sturginho]

Are the summer internationals on Prime this year? (in the uk)

[_Os_]

How many times is Loftus going to play our song?

[Sandstorm]

All roads lead to Loftus. Ireland the big favorites.

Have you recently had a bang to the head ?

It wasn’t recent.

Or a singular bang either.

[OomStruisbaai]

Have you recently had a bang to the head ?

It wasn’t recent.

Or a singular bang either.

Fuck you all.

[_Os_]

It wasn’t recent.

Or a singular bang either.

Fuck you all.

Well said my captain!

[boere wors]

Just read that on Planet Rugby:

Damian de Allende and Jesse Kriel equal the remarkable record of the most starting appearances for the Springboks as a centre combination, matching the record of the iconic Jean de Villiers and Jaque Fourie tally of 29.

[Sandstorm]

Just read that on Planet Rugby:

Damian de Allende and Jesse Kriel equal the remarkable record of the most starting appearances for the Springboks as a centre combination, matching the record of the iconic Jean de Villiers and Jaque Fourie tally of 29.

If Fourie and DDA had partnered in Brighton instead of Miss Jean and Jessie, we wouldn’t have that black mark on our record.

[Uncle fester]

Kitshoff injured?

He needed a rest after all of those man of the match performances for Ulster.

Poor man's back was fucked after carrying that team all season...

Oom isn't the only one with bangs on the head.

[boere wors]

More stats: saturdays game against ireland will be etzebeths 121st sprinbok test. He ist going to easily surpass Matfields record of 127 caps

[Blake]

He needed a rest after all of those man of the match performances for Ulster.

Poor man's back was fucked after carrying that team all season...

Oom isn't the only one with bangs on the head.

It was said with my tongue very firmly in my cheek ;-)

[yermum]

Are the summer internationals on Prime this year? (in the uk)

Sky sport for the sa Ireland series

[sturginho]

Are the summer internationals on Prime this year? (in the uk)

Sky sport for the sa Ireland series

Thanks, I've been looking to see if samoa v italy is being shown anywhere, it's apparently on Sky in italy, but that's no help to me, no mention of it being shown on sky over here

[SaintK]

Are the summer internationals on Prime this year? (in the uk)

Sky sport for the sa Ireland series

Thanks, I've been looking to see if samoa v italy is being shown anywhere, it's apparently on Sky in italy, but that's no help to me, no mention of it being shown on sky over here

I find this site good for checking which broadcaster is showing matches
https://www.wheresthematch.com/live-r ... -on-tv/

[epwc]

Thanks for that, it's almost impossible to know what's available where now

[assfly]

Thanks for that, it's almost impossible to know what's available where now

The Sofascore app is pretty good too.

[Uncle fester]

Lucky I'm in a hotel this weekend so hopefully they will have the match on. Is it being shown after 9pm to protect small children from the footage of extreme violence?

[bok_viking]

How many times is Loftus going to play our song?

Haha unfortunately not that one, will only be the Cranberries version and the crowd will add Rassie into the chorus as usual

But the Loftus DJ often plays the Early B song