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[2017 Rugby Championship] Round 2: Argentina v South Africa (26/08/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="Durbanite" data-source="post: 869993" data-attributes="member: 73156"><p>I don't think Reinach is eligible for selection anymore, or at least not for much longer. Can we at least agree that Hougaard should stay as our option off the bench rather than become a starter?</p><p></p><p>One thing I didn't see mentioned enough was the boks' improved handling. Soft hands, less errors and more accurate compared to jittery handling last year, many of the scrums at first were due to Arg errors. I think that they've been practicing but Coetzee is putting emphasis on pairing starting players ie: Lions half back pairing, bulls centre pairing, sharks props etc and the familiarity is paying dividends imo.</p><p></p><p>Rhule had a great game compared to what I was expecting, but I still think that he will be a defensive liability against Aus and NZ when they start purposefully targeting his channel with hard and fast runners. Arg started to kick onto him toward the latter stages of the game and he was putting Coetzee under a bit of pressure by being a bit sluggish on the pass, where as Crombrinck or Mvovo would've been able to easily clear the ball themselves.</p><p></p><p>The Pumas are already channeling their last win at Salta and that crowd can make you feel like the world is against you when things go wrong so I expect them to come prepared to win. This is to be the first real test of this team since last year and as [USER=74118]@George Ford[/USER] pointed out in the other match thread AC has yet to win away from home. Travel might be a slight factor seeing as the boks leave on Wednesday I believe, which is a bit late imo.</p><p></p><p>I rate Garces over Poite and think he has a better idea on the scrums/breakdown. I think if the game gets close the boks should still edge it. It would freak me out if we get another 37 - 1x but I think this will be the combo breaker.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Durbanite, post: 869993, member: 73156"] I don't think Reinach is eligible for selection anymore, or at least not for much longer. Can we at least agree that Hougaard should stay as our option off the bench rather than become a starter? One thing I didn't see mentioned enough was the boks' improved handling. Soft hands, less errors and more accurate compared to jittery handling last year, many of the scrums at first were due to Arg errors. I think that they've been practicing but Coetzee is putting emphasis on pairing starting players ie: Lions half back pairing, bulls centre pairing, sharks props etc and the familiarity is paying dividends imo. Rhule had a great game compared to what I was expecting, but I still think that he will be a defensive liability against Aus and NZ when they start purposefully targeting his channel with hard and fast runners. Arg started to kick onto him toward the latter stages of the game and he was putting Coetzee under a bit of pressure by being a bit sluggish on the pass, where as Crombrinck or Mvovo would've been able to easily clear the ball themselves. The Pumas are already channeling their last win at Salta and that crowd can make you feel like the world is against you when things go wrong so I expect them to come prepared to win. This is to be the first real test of this team since last year and as [USER=74118]@George Ford[/USER] pointed out in the other match thread AC has yet to win away from home. Travel might be a slight factor seeing as the boks leave on Wednesday I believe, which is a bit late imo. I rate Garces over Poite and think he has a better idea on the scrums/breakdown. I think if the game gets close the boks should still edge it. It would freak me out if we get another 37 - 1x but I think this will be the combo breaker. [/QUOTE]
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