Springbok coach, Peter de Villiers, has made a few changes to the Bok team as some are rested and some injured.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers and the National selectors have made four changes to the forward pack for Saturday’s Test against Italy in Udine.
Cheetahs prop Wian du Preez will make his Test debut, while Adriaan Strauss, Andries Bekker and Danie Rossouw replace Bismarck du Plessis, Victor Matfield and Schalk Burger respectively.
Du Plessis and Burger are injured, with Matfield included on the bench.
The Springbok team is (Test caps in brackets):
Zane Kirchner (2)
JP Pietersen (31)
Jaque Fourie (52)
Adi Jacobs (29)
Bryan Habana (55)
Morne Steyn (10)
Fourie du Preez (53)
Ryan Kankowski (11)
Danie Rossouw (44)
Heinrich Brüssow (11)
Andries Bekker (19)
Bakkies Botha (64)
John Smit (91) – captain
Adriaan Strauss (6)
Wian du Preez (uncapped)
Replacements:
Tendai Mtawarira (20)
BJ Botha (17)
Victor Matfield (90)
Jean Deysel (uncapped)
Francois Hougaard (uncapped)
Ruan Pienaar (35)
Wynand Olivier (25)
Good team this, we are going to nail them big time!
Danie at #7, great….
Pity Jacobs is still in there, hope Wynand comes on after half-time.
i still would have preferred deysel at seven piet
danie is also not playing well as is kanko
and also deysel is a natural 7
danie is a lock and is too slow for 7
Behalwe vir Adi en Kanko, is dit ‘n goeie span. Sou eerder vir WO en Dewald daar wou gesien het.
Bekker is die een oomblik oppad terug SA toe, en die volgende oomblik is hy in die beginspan. Lyk my hy herstel darem vinniger as wat hy seer kry !
@2 Sharky
Agreed.
But PdeV sees Deysel as a #6 all of a sudden, wtf?
2: hoor wat jy sê, maar Snorre het seker gedink dan is die lostrio te onervare, darem vir Danie op 7. Hierdie wedstryd sou egter ‘n goeie proeflopie gewees het om met Dewald, Deysel en Brussow te begin.
But to start with John at th is a good move, he will move to hooker after halftime, BJ coming on.
We are going to win the Aitaays easily, mark my words, that big whatshisname CasterGio is going to eat grass this time round, watch!!!
Hierdie saterdag is OK, dit is die een daarna wat ons ‘final’ vir die jaar gaan wees.
Not a bad side… except Danie Rossouw has’nt been the “Pakslae” we know.. he’s been tired and jaded.
Also Kanko is a waste of space at the moment….
I Would have had Deysel at Blindside (No 7), Dewalt Potgieter at No 8.
… and I would have started Wynand at 12, with Juan de Jongh on the bench, dropping Adi completely.
… also would have had Earl Rose on the bench in Ruan’s spot… sorry but Ruan is underperforming and Earl has actually performed on tour.
The revelation on tour for me has been Andries Bekker… he’s been a performer and has actually grafted hard… and I never liked him before.
Moes dalk vir FDP ook op die bank gesit het, en laat FH begin sodat hy ervaring kan opdoen.
@2 Sharky
Deysel will be there, don’t worry, after half-time.
But DanieR is the ‘enforcer’ in this game, for sure.
And I tend to agree with GBS on Langbek, and on Dewald at #8
But we have a good frontrow this time….
Cheers ouens, ek is op n telefoon plaaslyn dial-up hier….sien julle by die wedstryd.
Mooi loop.
Cheers Pieta
piet deysel is not a 6 , brussow has shown what a 6 is
i agree with danie as what he normally would play like but like kanko he is not in form
i dont agree with gbs on too many change he shows
pienaar again is taking most of the blame when he is getting the shittest service possible
adi was also one of the better players last week , however i would start with WO and have adi off the bench
WO on wednesday himself was not that sharp , and i would like pottie in the main squad too atleast on the bench
GBS ek kan nie glo jy kan partykeer sommer so uit die blouete (punt intended) sin praat nie.
Zane Kirchner (2) OK, hy’t gametime nodig, mind you, volgende jaar is Jantjes in die hot seat
JP Pietersen (31) OK, het ok gametime nodig
Jaque Fourie (52) WP jou lekka ding
Adi Jacobs (29)No comment except ek dink De Jongh en Olivier moes hier speelkans kry
Bryan Habana (55) WP jou lakka ding!
Morne Steyn (10)Hoop hy kry sy form vinnig terug
Fourie du Preez (53) Generaal
Ryan Kankowski (11) Potti by verre beter as Kanko.
Danie Rossouw (44)Modet aftree joppie in moddereiland soek. Time to move on. Deysel time.
Heinrich Brüssow (11) Tha man!
Andries Bekker (19) Jaaaaaaaa OK. Hy’t al baie tyd gekry om homself te bewys. Whatever.
Bakkies Botha (64) The enforcer man!
John Smit (91) – captain Barnie word gemoor op 3. Eish
Adriaan Strauss (6) Very Happy
Wian du Preez (uncapped)Very very happy
Replacements:
Tendai Mtawarira (20) Cool
BJ Botha (17)Baie bly
Victor Matfield (90)Oi!
Jean Deysel (uncapped)Moes bo wees
Francois Hougaard (uncapped)ek like die klein stront, maar dink steeds hy’s ‘n Brent Russel in the making
Ruan Pienaar (35)Moet sy sokkie flippen vinnig optrek
Wynand Olivier (25) Most unlucky player of 2008/9 season
Sharky
Ruan don’t want to play at 10 and everybody seems to know and see this in his play, except Snorre and Dick that is.
Somebody said the best thing Ruan can do now is to go to OVS and play scrumhalf there. I agree.
I can not recall 1 great game I saw Kank play in a Bok jersey. Like Bekker, he simply never stepped up imo.
14: “Morne Steyn (10)Hoop hy kry sy form vinnig terug” ? Een swak wedstryd, waar almal swak gespeel het(behalwe Brussow), en nou is hy nie op vorm nie ? Eish, jy is streng. Nee man, gee vir MS ook so 100 wedstryde kans, soos ou Snorre met RP gedoen het.
Kanko het nog min kanse gekry, so hy het dalk ‘n verskoning, maar as daar nou twee spelers is wat baie gelukkig is om nog in die groep te wees, is dit Adi en RP. Maar toemaar, as hul ook teen Italie sukkel, het hul darem nog so 50 kanse oor om hulself te bewys voor die WB in 2011 … 😉
13@ Tjarky – You say I’m suggesting too many changes… let’s look at my suggestions critically…
Danie Rossouw at blindside is a “change” as well…. we would have been better served by Deysel, a player less jaded, who has had 2 games on tour.
Kankowski is a “change” as well, having replaced the injured Spies, and Kanko only having played ONE dismal game in the Test against France…. Dewalt Potgieter has played 2 blinders on tour, has played at No 8 a lot of his carreer, knows Fourie du Preez very well, so should link well with him.
Adi has been disapointing…. Wynand Meisiekind knows Morne Steyn’s play well, so too that of Fourie du Preez & Habana & Zane.
The rest of my suggestions refer to bench players, who have shown more form than Adi or Ruan respectively!
Sooooooo, the combinations would be in tact, the changes positive…..
bdb
Nie eintlik bedoel hy is van form af. Eintlik ritme.
Jip, moes ritme gewees het.
gbs broer jou mieliepit 😆
my probleem met wat jy gese het is nie oor wo nie
ek het selfs gese WO moet begin
ek laaik ook pottie en hy moes atleast op die bank gewees het
de jonge has not been that good so what would be the reason he should be infront of adi??ruan pienaar was not bad on wednesday and also played 10
he is on the bench covering 09 and 10
hougaard basicly cost us the game on tuesday , so what now??
or is he above critism ?
his inexperience showed , and brudda thats what i am getting at,
make one or 2 changes,
keep as much experience as possible
kanko we all know is only in because spies is injured so thats a forced change
18: stem, dink die verloor teen Frankryk het ‘n paar ouens hopelik bietjie laat wakker skrik. Jy is net so goed soos jou laaste wedstryd. Daardie wedstryd het net weereens gewys: basiese vaardighede en TOEWYDING/PASSIE wen wedstryde. Dink nie daar sal enige ander spanne gewees het wat die Franse sou kon klop laas vrydag nie. Ja, ons het sleg gespeel, maar dit was omdat die Franse so toegewy was en ons gedwing het om foute te maak. Tien teen een gaan die Franse nog babbelas hê saterdag, en weer verloor teen Samoa !
Ek het op die ‘poll’ gestem vir ‘n loosie-combo wat daar nie is nie: Danie, Dewald en Brussow. Deysel kan ook in Dewald se plek, maar aangesien jy reeds vir Danie daar het as ‘enforcer’, dink ek Dewald se beter spoed en vaardighede as Deysel sal meer handig wees vir die span.
19@ Tjarky – You’re not going to convince me of the merits of the 2 wayward Tjarkies… Ruan & Adi… off form and dismal and absolutely shyte at the moment.
Yes, I mean it when I say Ruan is super shit at the moment.
Yes, I mean it when I say Adi runs sideways and that Juan de Jongh is a better option from the bench.
Yes, I mean it that Earl Rose should be the player on the bench to cover No 10 and No 15
Yes, I mean it when I say that Francois Hougaard is better cover for No 9, No 11 or No 14…. he has showed that at the Bulls…. unfortunately Sarel Pretorius is not on tour.
Oh, and to add…. Ruan’s kicking to posts is SHOCKINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG !
ok danie se better spoed en vaardighede??? ok now you have me in stitches
hell thats funny
last game played hougaard was shit pienaar was ok
sorry but i sense the bias
also you throw away far to much experience in rose and hougaard on the bench
rose and pienaar and adi should be bench
wo should have played
porrie should have been on the bench with deysel to start , danie has made no impact at all in any game on this tour
just like i agree beast to bench and wian to start
24@ Tjarky – so you would keep Kanko………… farkkkkkkkk, he was Mr Knock-it, Mr Absent, Mr Penalty, Mr Yellow card last Saturday !!
Pienaaaaaaaaaaaar was only OK on Tuesday night I suppose if you look through Tjarky glasses!
But hey… it shines through… Kanko is a SHARK, Ruan is a SHARK, Adi is a SHARK…. am I surprised…. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!
Isi @ 15
I agree with you re Kanko. I don’t recall seeing him play a decent game at international level, BUT IMO Wynand Olivier also really struggled to take the step up to this level, and now APPEARS to have done so.
Whilst I am no great fan of Kankowski I think it’s plain to see that the potential is certainly there.
What is very intersting for me is how many young players step up to international level relatively easily but then go through a big lean patch (Ruan, Frans Steyn), and then others like Adi Jacobs and Wynand Olivier struggle initially and then seem to “grow” into it.
never said that gbs
just saying he was a forced change to snorre
had spies played kanko would not have played
i would prefer pottie to play , he atleast is on form
pottie is a bul hougaard is a bull danie is a bull am i surprised NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
hehehehe
gbs you forget how long spies was crap and kanko was on form and they stuck to spies because of his class
so why cant pienaar be afforded the same grace??
justa thought
please dont tell me hougaard or rose is in ruans class specially when all on form
its the same as spies and kanko , if both on form spies has that sometihng xtra
Jis jis
Soos meeste hier sal ek ook eerder vir Dysel in Danie se plek wou sien en vir WO in Adoons se plek, met Juan op die bank. Verstaan nie hoekom daar 2 skrummies op die bank is nie? Hougaard moet passop, nes Ruan en Francois Steyn beter hy besluit waar hy wil speel anders gaan hy binnekort nself nie meer weet of hy ‘n skrumhalf, senter of vleuel is nie!!
GO BOKKE!!
27@ Tjarky – Are you blind? I want Danie Rossouw (Bull) OUT, Deysel (Shark) IN!
I would have liked Sarel Pretorius as backup scrummie… but he’s not on tour, so Francois Hougaard is not my first choice, he’s simply better than Ruan at the moment.
Kanko should not even be NEAR the team…. in fact Willem Alberts (not a Bull) and/or Duane Vermeulen (not a Bull) should have been on tour….
I hope Snorrie does not put Ruan on as a replacement Saturday… finish and klaar!
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