Our pack must be mobile and of course powerful. Beat this selection if you can.
Ox, Marx and Wilco
Eben and Nortje
Hanekom Wiese and Du Toit
Williams Manie
Allende and Kriel
Hooker, Kolbe and Willemse
Reserves
Steenekamp Grobbelaar Portens
De Villiers, AE
Van der Berg, Pollard and Sascha.
What think the oaks!
If Deon gets picked I will not complain. In fact to close out the match he could be the better bet?
Top notch team, but why pick a 40 year old over a 23 year old, when we have the world cup next year and need to get the guy up to min 15 caps.
Kolisi, Kwagga, Deon are all over 30. Two over 35?!!! And one nearly 40!!!
Interesting to see Sasha and Pollard on the bench.
Mallet commented that Sasha is trying to much and he is hardly on is feet or trying to direct traffic and setup play.
I would put Sasha at 15, he has better distribution than Willemse. Pollard at 10 for tactical play and when we need to roll the dice, Sasha can join the line to keep the defense guessing.
But the real team will be:
Willemse
Arendse
Kriel
Dud Allende
Kolbe
Sacha
Reinach
Ox
Marx
Thomas
Eben
Nortje
Kolisi/de Villiers if Kolisi is injured
Dud Toit
Wiese
Boan Venter, Wessels, Wilco, Esterhozen, Hanekom, Williams, Pollard
Winning the first test is important. Pick your best side. Deon got called up for a reason. lets see what happens
I hear Kolisi has again got hamstring problems - his most recent injury problem was his hamstring. He is going for scans to see how severe the problem is. I have a feeling he could miss the first test.
Sacha coming at least off the bench is a must. The man can turn a match. He could play 15, flyhalf or even wing or center.
