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<blockquote data-quote="Draggs" data-source="post: 695476" data-attributes="member: 42052"><p>Yep, we wasted time with Bakkies in hindsight. Ok he had a few tests, but he didn't do anything that others couldn't do. Etzebeth is injury prone, as is PSdT. I am very skeptical of Matfield's ability to make it to 2015, he has had a few good performances, but will he survive the RWC encironment? There's just a handful of tests to prepare, so they will have to do something! I'd go with PSdT, Etzebeth as first choice, probably De Jager bench, and someone like Matfield or Lewies as the last second row (I assume four will go). </p><p></p><p>Meyer has some sort of thing about experience. He'd rather play someone retired for three years than a new guy... I really feel he has a fear of the unknown, and this year is much worse for SA than results show. They were very close to a loss to Wales in June. They barely beat Arg in the rain, and then got so lucky down in Arg. The ABs match was a good result, but very much out of he ordinary.</p><p></p><p>I was genuinely confused why Ludik never even made a Bok wider training squad. I'm not saying he was Percy, but I felt he offered a more reliable option than Kirchner yet still capable of attack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Draggs, post: 695476, member: 42052"] Yep, we wasted time with Bakkies in hindsight. Ok he had a few tests, but he didn't do anything that others couldn't do. Etzebeth is injury prone, as is PSdT. I am very skeptical of Matfield's ability to make it to 2015, he has had a few good performances, but will he survive the RWC encironment? There's just a handful of tests to prepare, so they will have to do something! I'd go with PSdT, Etzebeth as first choice, probably De Jager bench, and someone like Matfield or Lewies as the last second row (I assume four will go). Meyer has some sort of thing about experience. He'd rather play someone retired for three years than a new guy... I really feel he has a fear of the unknown, and this year is much worse for SA than results show. They were very close to a loss to Wales in June. They barely beat Arg in the rain, and then got so lucky down in Arg. The ABs match was a good result, but very much out of he ordinary. I was genuinely confused why Ludik never even made a Bok wider training squad. I'm not saying he was Percy, but I felt he offered a more reliable option than Kirchner yet still capable of attack. [/QUOTE]
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