Roos might as well

Leave SA and go qualify to play for another country as fucking Rassie has yet again snubbed him. Shit I feel for the lad. Rassie’s anti Roos is pathetic

I feel for Papier as well, snubbed after a good performance against the Scots in favour of 36 year old Reinach - what is the bloody point?

Ruben v Heerden on standby? WTF is Mostert still doing in the squad ahead of him.

Some players just have a free pass while others regardless of what they don’t just can’t seem to penetrate the selection wall.

Moyo given a free pass again, while Reinach and Mostert continue to ride the wave

Piss poor calls

Cameron and Divvy are there though.

Roos might be there there too if played smarter rugby instead of attempting to convince us all that he's our next hulk. YOU ARE NOT THAT GUY! GET IT THROUGH YOUR SKULL!

Still, i feel for Roos because he really does have the makings of a world class hybrid player. As much as you don't like to hear it, Dave, Roos does have the skillset and athleticism to do a job in the backline as well as play upfront. For that reason alone i would have thought Rassie would include him. Once AE goes, who else do have that is suited to the hybrid role?

As for Moyo, it seems he got quite a few negative reports here after the weekend but i thought he did quite well considering he's barely been a professional for a year. Also, and while very abstract, watching the game on the weekend, when he was taking one of his kicks at the posts, the nickname "Policeman" popped into my head. I have no idea why. From now on, that's my name for him..."Policieman". I like him and i think he has a big future ahead of him. Honestly, I'm glad he's being included.

Disagree that he is trying to play like a hard man. He plays it narrow and wide for the Stormers and is probably under instruction to play it narrow for the Boks which is sad considering he would lend himself perfectly to playing Brown ball

Moyo is at best solid, he offers very little on attack, does the basics well - is that really what we need?

Considering how good Yaqeen Ahmed has been for the Baby Boks it makes absolutely no sense that Moyo is the one playing test rugby. Foote the Baby Bok coach knew this - he started the impressive Ahmed with Moyo on the bench and rightly so - it was literally not even close

I have to agree that Rassie missed a trick by leaving out the most attacking players of the URC for aging or out of form players. Rassie hasn't evolved, continues with one dimensional running around the corner and don't want players that can break the line.

However, did you notice how few blacks are in the team. Coloured players are almost not even considered.

Poor lad needs to leave SA and go qualify to play for another country where his skills will be appreciated

Rassie is a twat with his treatment of such a good player

If he ever gave him the opportunity and gave him a run of 5 consecutive tests he would soon realise his value

Same treatment was dished out on the du Preez twins which is strange in itself as they are very much in the Wiese mould

Even Doos is not consistent enough. It could be a mental or coaching thing. He has the potential in body, but not everything is clicking. He seems to struggle to follow a game plan, and his role in this.

Only so many positions available until Rassie gets rid of the old guard. Elrigh already does what Roos can do and adds a lineout option as well as more dog work around the park. Doesn't help that Roos also comes with baggage. although he does look to have sorted out his discipline.

Elrigh Louw does not do what Roos does - does not have the same skill set, he plays it direct, abrasively like Wiese does and the way Rassie wants his 8 to play

Roos’s downfall seems to be that he is too skilful, with an instinct to play both the wide and narrow game which is not the Bok blueprint when it comes to 8.

This is very unfortunate and for me is a Rassie shortcoming as a coach should want to have choices and variety in his squad. What makes it even more absurd is the fact that at times he picked Kwagga and even Kolisi at 8, both players who look take it wider and to be fair Hanekom is more of the Roos type of player

So I guess Rassie sees it as Wiese the incumbent and his model 8, with Elrigh Louw providing a similar blueprint and Hanekom the more expansive version.

I’d prefer to see Roos included with Louw being used more as a 7 with the option of playing him 8 if need be

Roos concedes too many turnovers as he is that good that his support players are unable to keep up with him to protect him from getting isolated. So in order to make it he has to redefine himself and reign himself in which is sad

Rassie should be embracing him, using him and Hanekom off the bench to play it wide once the bruisers have done the damage in the first 50. Kwagga is getting on we need to be looking elsewhere

So much looseforward depth to choose from outside the incumbents of Siya, PSDT, Wiese and Kwagga

At 6 in order

de Villiers, Mahashe, Pepsi

At 7

Ruan Venter, Elrigh Louw, Vincent Tsituka, BJ Dixon, Ludwig, Batho (needs to rediscover his mongrel)

At 8

Roos/ Hanekom, Manu Tsituka / Horn

Big fan of Morabe at the Stormers as well, plays mostly 8 but 6 at the moment. Was out for ages with an injury

Cobus Wiese looks the best fit to replace Eben at 4 post WC