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Why do we keep making away kits that clash with the only team we wear it against?
I imagine it's for the perceived psychological advantage it gives you. Whether it works or not who knows but I guess the idea is to build confidence in your team and also intimidate the other team by saying we don't care we announce it early, we're going to win regardless kind of thingWhy do the Springboks always announce their team on a Tuesday? I don't see the advantage in doing this. Why not wait until just before the deadline on Thursday, like all other international teams do?
We play Ireland, then France next week, then Italy then England. The ENG game falls outside the test window, so we will likely have no European Boks to choose from.I think without Am we lose to both Ireland and France away from home at this stage more often than not. Might even not be overly close. I do expect us to be up for England in the middle
Nailed the team selection it's spot on.Possible Ireland team (v South Africa):
15. Hugo Keenan
14. Robert Baloucoune
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Robbie Henshaw
11. Mack Hansen
10. Johnny Sexton (captain)
9. Conor Murray
1. Andrew Porter
2. Dan Sheehan
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Tadhg Beirne
5. James Ryan
6. Peter O'Mahony
7. Josh van der Flier
8. Caelan Doris
This is from Murray Kinsella, who is nearly always correct with his leaked teams. Barring someone pulling up with injury today I'd imagine it's accurate.
Delighted Bobby B comes in. Other than that it's kinda what you'd expect based on who is fit. JGP probably not 100% yet. We will see how Keenan goes after injury, but we're not exactly flush with fit back three players right now, so he is needed.
I think I'd also make us slight favorites for this, but it could go either way. I'd agree with Alpha we're probably the better organized, but