Coach Peter de Villiers on Tuesday made four changes to the Springbok starting XV and one positional switch for Saturday’s Test against Scotland at Murrayfield in Edinburgh. Zane Kirchner, Francois Hougaard, Lwazi Mvovo and Ryan Kankowski were all promoted to the starting line up while Gio Aplon moves from fullback to wing from the team that defeated Wales 29-25 in Cardiff on Saturday.
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In addition hooker Adriaan Strauss and center Adi Jacobs are involved in a match-day 22 for this match on tour as they were drafted onto the bench.
Bjorn Basson’s injury and subsequent suspension made him unavailable for the right wing position and his place is taken by Gio Aplon, who moves from fullback. Aplon’s No 15 jersey is taken by Zane Kirchner who moves up from the bench.
Bryan Habana, originally chosen in the team for Saturday, fractured a bone in his left hand and as a result is out of the rest of the Tour, returning home now to South Africa.
Francois Hougaard is given the starting position at scrumhalf after his cameo performance from the bench on Saturday, while Ryan Kankowski comes straight into the starting XV at eighthman.
“We’ve got a talented squad and a long tour like this gives us an opportunity to try out a few options,” said Peter de Villiers.
“Francois Hougaard played well for us in the Vodacom Tri-Nations and did well when he came on on Saturday and brings a different style.
“Ryan is one of two talented eighthmen in the squad and we wanted to give him an opportunity to show us what he can do.”
The changes on the bench are caused by the departures of Basson and Chiliboy Ralepelle, who returned a positive test for a banned stimulant following the Test against Ireland on November 6.
Adriaan Strauss comes onto the bench as the replacement hooker and the uncapped Lwazi Mvovo takes the place of Bryan Habana as left wing, with Adi Jacobs as backline replacement.
De Villiers added that the squad had now put the shock of the positive results behind them.
“There is a process in place in these cases and that is now being followed. As a squad we have moved on and are focusing only on Scotland.”
South Africa v Scotland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, November 20 2010
| Name | Province | Age | Caps | |
| 15 | Zane Kirchner | Vodacom Blue Bulls | 26 | 12 |
| 14 | Gio Aplon | Vodacom Western Province | 28 | 11 |
| 13 | Frans Steyn | Racing Metro | 23 | 40 |
| 12 | Jean de Villiers | Vodacom Western Province | 29 | 65 |
| 11 | Lwazi Mvovo | The Sharks | 24 | 0 |
| 10 | Morne Steyn | Vodacom Blue Bulls | 26 | 23 |
| 9 | Francois Hougaard | The Vodacom Blue Bulls | 22 | 6 |
| 8 | Ryan Kankowski | The Sharks | 25 | 16 |
| 7 | Juan Smith | Vodacom Cheetahs | 29 | 67 |
| 6 | Deon Stegmann | Vodacom Blue Bulls | 24 | 2 |
| 5 | Victor Matfield (captain) | Vodacom Blue Bulls | 33 | 103 |
| 4 | Bakkies Botha | Vodacom Blue Bulls | 31 | 70 |
| 3 | Jannie du Plessis | The Sharks | 28 | 22 |
| 2 | Bismarck du Plessis | The Sharks | 26 | 34 |
| 1 | Tendai Mtawarira | The Sharks | 25 | 24 |
| REPLACEMENTS | ||||
| 16 | Adriaan Strauss | Vodacom Cheetahs | 24 | 7 |
| 17 | CJ van der Linde | Vodacom Cheetahs | 30 | 67 |
| 18 | Flip van der Merwe | Vodacom Blue Bulls | 25 | 8 |
| 19 | Willem Alberts | The Sharks | 26 | 1 |
| 20 | Ruan Pienaar | Ulster, N Ireland | 26 | 45 |
| 21 | Patrick Lambie | The Sharks | 20 | 2 |
| 22 | Adi Jacobs | The Sharks | 30 | 30 |
hmmmm, rather hoped to see alberts, lambie and mvovo start this week
but
its results pdv is after and if you take that into account, theres not much wrong with the team for this game
Snorrie’s determined to give Bryan Habana his try for that elusive personal record…
Bit of a conundrum, if we hope Habana gets his try so that henceforth a left wing could be chosen on merit, then Snorrie will think Habana has redeemed himself and will continue to pick him… if we hope that Habana again fails miserably then it will cost the Bokke.
Between a rock and a hard place.
Best we can hope for is for Mvovo to get enough game time and play out of his socks for those minutes… force his way in…. and if I’m really baaaaddddd or evil-minded I could say I hope Habana is injured, sorry for this one but he’s had more chances than Lindsay Lohan has had at sobriety…. I’m not serious by the way.
Personally I would have started with Alberts ahead of Kankowski at No 8, Flip ahead of Bakkies at No 4 (just to see what Flip does when he gets a start). Would also have rested Morné and let Lambie have a full go, with Elton on the bench as cover and of course had Mvovo in for Hasbeenbanana…
Anyway, Midrand is calling… chat later.
gbs @ 2
“Would also have rested Morné and let Lambie have a full go, with Elton on the bench as cover”
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dont you think that wouldve been a bit risky?
spook daai drie nie dalk so by branana dat dit dit is wat al die kakkas veroorsaak nie?
smallies @ 4
got the impression that habana WANTED to score that try last week … think some fan last week had a go at him on twitter and i got the impression habana wanted to rub his face in it by scoring that try … if i’ve read the situation correctly, then i’m a bit worried about the mental state of habana at the moment!! 😯
Habana out for tour.
De Villiers added that the squad had now put the shock of the positive results behind them.
I found the above quote from the writer quite amusing!!
habana speel swak maar watse agter speler speel die wereld aan die brand?dit is alles muir se skuld.daardie muir weet niks van n agterlyn afrig nie.wie is die verdedings afrigter van die bokke of multi tash muir en snor met dit.tot dan carter sal hopeloos wees onder die snor en muir.
gbs … see what you’ve done?? 😯
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from news24
Edinburgh – Bryan Habana was forced out of the Springbok tour of Britain and Ireland on Tuesday because of a hand injury.
Habana fractured a bone in his left hand during morning practice and will return to South Africa shortly. His place in Saturday’s team is taken by Lwazi Mvovo – who is promoted from the bench – while the experienced Adi Jacobs joins the replacements.
Habana suffered the injury during a defensive drill when he fell awkwardly on his hand after tackling Morne Steyn.
The injury reduces the tour squad to 27 players. An announcement on replacements will be issued in due course.
piet visagie
ñ paar jaar gelede het meeste v ons gebitch en gemoan oor allistair en het ons presies dieselfde gesê … spelers soos carter ens ens ens sal nie goeie rugby speel onder sy afrigting nie … dink jy meeste v hulle wat dit daai tyd as ñ feit aanvaar het dink nog steeds so?
Ashley wrote:
Well, all I can say is that he didnt need tackling practise, he needed positioning practise.
lets see how the new laaitie goes….MOVEOVER (Mvovo)
Ashley as jy praat van die world cup 2007.eddie jones het die agterlyn wonderlik afgerig.met die wp en stormers rig robbie fleck af.coetzee was op skrif bok agterlyn afigter maar jones het wondere verig met hulle.maar muir?
Hoog tyd dat Spies so bietjie gedrop word !
Dink Habs en Spies het ook steroides gedrink, gesuig,gespuit, gesnuif … daarom vlug hul nou land uit. As dit so aangaan, sal ons die Poemas moet stuur om volgende week teen die Ingelse uit te draf.
of dalk van die lions,pumas en luiperds.
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaa
Mvovo gets a startttttttttt.
Hibby Jibbi, maybe I jinxed Bryan Habana…. my karma is stroooonnnnggggggg!
Article updated….
Sorry for the jubelation but I cannot help but be happy about the cruel turn of fortunes.
Nothing but injury was going to cause Habana to lose his place, the gods must be smiling upon Snorrie, they are assisting him…. first it was the rain against Ireland, now the injury to Habana.
Now we should klap Scotland, well and solid…
Hehehe, maybe Kanko can tweak a mustle, causing Alberts to start at No 8…..
Shit, I’m naughty….. sorry folks.
…all in all, a stronger and stronger Bokke team is picked as the Tour progresses…
First we had a right wing at fullback, a left wing at right wing, no No 13 Center, a wonky left wing and an overseas based player at scrummie…
Then we had a right wing at fullback, a left wing at right wing, a real center back at No 13, a wonky left wing and the overseas based scrummie was subbed with 20 min to go in game 2.
Now we have a fullback at fullback, a right wing at right wing, 2 proper centers, a proper left wing at left wing and our best halfback pairing…..
It’s getting better and better, by the minute…. we might just make the Grand Slam, the way things are going.
…. now we only need a new backline coach and head coach…..
snaaks hoe tim noaks se voorspelling stadig maar seker waar word barney bismark fdp brussow bakkies,meltdown,mossie,habanna,gutro,almal met ernstige beserings uit sit daarby juan se besering dan se dit als oor die prof ne,ek glo dat habanna vervris en net so kookwater soos hy was gaan terug kom
18@ smallies72:
Stem saam oor Prof Noakes… waar woorde van hom.
… maar oor Habana…. sy kop het te groot vir sy lyf geword…
Watch, Mvovo gaan die wêreld aan die brand speel….
Who wants to take me on at a bet…. I say Mvovo will score a try (or more than one) on debut…. at left wing, where Habana cannot even score a decent tackle…
@gbs sal ma sien ek dink daai record spook by hom dis nou soos cullinin en warne die een is nie goed vir die anner nie,ek sal laaik as morne sy ingebore vrystaatse flair terug kan kry want sy skop voet is op die staduim die bokke se redding,jy word nie sommer uit san du plessis vir die vrystaat craven week span gekies as jy nie pretty spesial is nie
@ grootblousmile:
17
moer maar jy is skep vanaand 😆
@ smallies72:
aaagh bull man, gaan kyk waneer elkeen beseer is , party van hulle sommer hier vroeg in die seisoen(Brussow) en FduP het heel S14 met die besering aangekaring tot die job(S14) klaar was. Hy is eenvoudig beseer, niks met moeg of oorspeel te doen nie.
So ook Bakkies. Regtig soos met stats probeer die wetenskaplikes alles met stats verduidelik. Vat Githro, lank beseer , uitgerus , word weer fiks en wham arm gebreek, absoluut niks met oorspeel te doen nie…………….
@superbul ek moet verskil met jou dis net vreemd dat die meeste ernstige beserings senior bokke is,ek sal nie se oorspeel in een seisoen nie maar eerder oorspeel oor n tydperk van 8 tot 10 jaar
@ smallies72:
Hieroor sal ek stry tot die kalwers huis toe kom. Ek is seker naar maar n rugby speler in my oe het n rak lewe, jy moet hom skerp maak en hou en klaar gebruik. Nie soos Habana hou en hou en hou nie. Agterspelers sal ek se het 8 jaar, (op of af met 2 jaar) op die meeste. Voorspelers dalk nog minder.
Jy kam maak wat jy wil maar jy kan nie 20 jaar uit hom kry soos in Tendulkar se geval in krieket nie.
25@ superBul:
SuperBees, die sportwetenskaplike…. hehehe
Ek stem nogal saam met smalpielletjies 7.2mm, daar’s so paar hand en arm-breke maar in totaliteit is daar darem moer baie van die voorste spelers gekrok…. 13 wat nie eers vir die toer oorweeg was nie… plus nog so paar Provinsiale spelers wat nie eers as Bokke oorweeg is nie.
Die enigstes wat nounog by die Bokke is na hulle ononderbroke vir jare nou speel is Victor, Morné…. en ons het gesien hoe hard try Frans Ludeke al om vir Victor te “manage”… en ons weet ook almal dat Morné se vorm ‘n dip gevang het…
Gaan kyk mooi…. Beast was beseer, Bissie het daai nekoperasie gehad en was lank af, Jannie Dup was ook beseer en het lank gevat om terug te kom, Bakkies was lank beseer en geskors, Stegmann was lank beseer, Juan was lank beseer en met sy Pa se dood besig, Spies was lank beseer.
Hougie speel nou nogal lank maar is nog jonk en is noggie soveel jare as Victor permanent aan die gang nie.
Jean was al hoeveel keer beseer en hy was maar kak toe hy van oorsee af teruggekom het, Fransie Steyn se vorm is maar swak, Gio Aplon moes lank wag om deur te breek in WP en die Stormers met Naqelevuki wat so aanhoudend gespeel was so hy speel maar nou ‘n jaar ononderbroke, Zane speel omtrent nou so lank ononderbroke as Hougie en was ook maar in en uit die Bok-span.
Dan weet ons almal hoe kak Habana nou vir 6 maande se Internasionale rugby is, Mvovo is nog vars want hy het maar vir 1 hele seisoen nou deurgebreek in die Sharks in…
So ja, ons praat van 2 Bokke, Victor en Morné wat nou erg oorspeel is, wat nie met beserings sukkel nie.
Jy kan hoe ookal argumenteer oor raklewe en kak, maar as 2 uit 22 nog in die span operate, dan weet jy Noakes praat waarheid!!
@ grootblousmile:
Stem 100% saam GBS.
Snaaks, dit lyk my ons scrum coach kom nie onder so baie vuur nie. Ou fools Gold doen sy job. Seker nie te moeilik met die spelers wat daar is nie. En dan is Os ook in die omte om ui te help.
Dalk het GG net gese “Div, jou more, ek sal jou wys ek KAN die voorspelers coach. Gaan suig jy net aan die helium tenk, ek werk met die manne” nadat Div blykbaar ander manne benader het om hom en Dick Muir te vervang.
Wens Muir het diesefde frame of mind gehad.
grootblousmile wrote:
Face dit. En as jou liggaam vars en jonk is, genees dit baie vinneger van beserings as wanner jy ouer is. So ek sal bv nie verbaas wees dat ouens soos Smit 3 maande vat om van ‘n besering nou te herstel, in teenstelling met, kom ons se, 2 maande, toe hy jonger was nie.
27@ Greenpoint-Gunner:
Ons het ‘n goeie tight 5 en daar was balans in die loosies in die laaste 2 wedstryde… so met sulke voorspelers as jy nie suksesvol coach nie, dan is daar ‘n moerse probleem met jou intelligensievlakke.
Bygesê, soos jy tereg opgemerk het, Os du Rand is daar om ‘n verskil te maak by skrumtyd en as mentor…. so Gary Glitter het darem goeie hulp…. Tricky Dicky het geen hulp nie…. en weinig coaching verstand.
Engeland se voorspelers is egter sterk… ek sien moeilikheid oor 2 weke…
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