2015 rwc xv

[Sker]

Completely forgot about those, and how old is Sarel Pretorius now? Completely agree with you, you just can't wait to see how the Springbok team is going to change over the coming years. I just hope we have a coach with some revolutionary ideas.

 

[dan the man nz]

id say these are very likely, but its all guess work.. obviously..

3-owen franks
4-sam whitelock
5-anthony boric
7-sam cane
8-kieran reid(c)
10-beudan barrett
11-julian savea
15-dagg

still on my wishlist.. a world class halfback

 

[ranger]

id say these are very likely, but its all guess work.. obviously..

3-owen franks
4-sam whitelock
5-anthony boric
7-sam cane
8-kieran reid(c)
10-beudan barrett
11-julian savea
15-dagg

still on my wishlist.. a world class halfback

Kerr-Barlow, Paranara and Aaron Smith have a hell of a lot of potential. Probably the best crop we have had since Kelleher/Marshall/Duggan.

 

[TRF_heineken]

Completely forgot about those, and how old is Sarel Pretorius now? Completely agree with you, you just can't wait to see how the Springbok team is going to change over the coming years. I just hope we have a coach with some revolutionary ideas.

What's making me even more excited is the amount of quality of backline players coming through... all of a sudden it looks like there's going to be an enormous battle at the fly-half position... Elton Jantjies, Pat Lambie, Goosen, Catrakilis...

and we shouldn't worry about the forwards, the platteland boys are eating their pap as always... speaking of which, one of my friends works with the Bulls u/19 squad (he's a conditioning coach)... apparently the Bulls signed a guy from Ermelo, he's now 18 years old, weighs in at 118kg's, is 1.95m tall and runs the 100m in 11 seconds flat. He plays 8th man.

 

[Muzzy]

Yanuyanutawa
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Yalayalatabua
Nakarawa
Qovu
Waqaniburotu
Qera
Vunisa
Matawalu
Matavesi
Nalaga
Sauturaga
Vulivuli
Nagusa
Talebula

Murimurivalu
Luveniyali/Fatiaki
Kenatale
Makutu
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Nasiga
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T. Rawaqa

 

[TRF_heineken]

Yanuyanutawa
?
Yalayalatabua
Nakarawa
Qovu
Waqaniburotu
Qera
Vunisa
Matawalu
Matavesi
Nalaga
Sauturaga
Vulivuli
Nagusa
Rawaqa

Murimurivalu
Luveniyali/Fatiaki
Kenatale
Makutu
?
Nasiga
Rabonaqica

oh come on, now you're just making up random words...

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

I know it's a bit silly, but I'd like the Ebersohn brothers to play in the Bok team. It's just... I don't know, hard to explain.

I'll give the backline an attempt...

9. F. Hougaard
10. J.Goosen
11. L.Mvovo
12. J.de Jongh/S.Ebersohn (can he play 12?)
13. R.Ebersohn
14. That Sharks winger setting the world on fire/G.vd Heever/JJ Engelbrecht
15. P.Lambie

Bah! Can't really choose, all I know is we have some exciting young talent on the way!

What about Jantjies, Taute, Sithole? I guess we have some nice talent coming through the ranks... man, that's why I love the Currie Cup more in RWC years

Completely forgot about those, and how old is Sarel Pretorius now? Completely agree with you, you just can't wait to see how the Springbok team is going to change over the coming years. I just hope we have a coach with some revolutionary ideas.

What's making me even more excited is the amount of quality of backline players coming through... all of a sudden it looks like there's going to be an enormous battle at the fly-half position... Elton Jantjies, Pat Lambie, Goosen, Catrakilis...

and we shouldn't worry about the forwards, the platteland boys are eating their pap as always... speaking of which, one of my friends works with the Bulls u/19 squad (he's a conditioning coach)... apparently the Bulls signed a guy from Ermelo, he's now 18 years old, weighs in at 118kg's, is 1.95m tall and runs the 100m in 11 seconds flat. He plays 8th man.

Pretorius and Viljoen could play for another 2 years but it'd be taking a big gamble investing in them for 2015 as the are quite old; 27 and 28 respectively.

Yeah, the CC is great in RWC years as you get to see the youngsters and this year they are really stepping up with a noticable lift in the quality of the backline players IMO. If we can get the right coach and/or assistants we should be able to play a very complete brand of rugby.

A lot of guys won't make the step up or won't get the opportunity to and there are gonna be guys that will only come onto the radar in 2 years or so but at this stage (let me know if I left someone out) and counting the more experienced guys that should be able to go the distance;

Props
Tendai Mtawarira
Coenie Oosthuizen
Steven Kitshoff
Wiehan Herbst
Eugene van Staden
Werner Kruger
Dean Greyling
Heinke van der Merwe

Hookers
Bismarck du Plessis
Adriaan Strauss
Chiliboy Ralepelle
Deon Fourie

Locks
Andries Bekker
Gerhard Mostert
Flip van der Merwe
Rynhardt Elstadt
Eben Etzebeth
Anton Bresler

Backrowers
Heinrich Brussow
Dewald Potgieter
Willem Alberts
Joshua Strauss
Ashley Johnson
Siyathanda Kolisi
Arno Botha
Boom Prinsloo

Scrumhalves
Francois Hougaard
Dewaldt Duvenhage

Flyhalves
Patrick Lambie
Sias Ebersohn
Johan Goosen
Elton Jantjies
Dimitri Catrakilis

Centers
Francois Steyn
Juan de Jongh
Johann Sadie
Francois Venter
Robert Ebersohn

Wingers
Bjorn Basson
JP Petersen
Lwazi Mvovo
Sibusiso Sithole
Lionel Mapoe
JJ Engelbrecht

Fullbacks
Jaco Taute
Louis Ludik (Lambie, Steyn and S Ebersohn can/have played at 15 as well)
<LAMBIE, Ebersohn Steyn,>
<FRANS Steyn>


<SIAS Ebersohn>

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

In:

- Marcel Coetzee (backrow)
- Kyle Cooper (hooker)


Out:

- Eugene van Staden will be too old
- Anton Bresler might play for Namibia
- Ashley Johnson won't step up since he lacks serious defensive qualities