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June International Test: South Africa vs. Ireland [1st Test] (11/06/2016)
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<blockquote data-quote="SomeOke" data-source="post: 800869" data-attributes="member: 59145"><p>I'll think we'll see de Allende and Mapoe at 12 and 13, DdA has certainly been off form but his last two games have been better. He's still beaten 17 defenders in the few games he's played which shows his quality, DdA and Mapoe on form would be an absolutely scintillating centre pairing. Serf has certainly been better this season, but his injury means that DdA is the only option really - within our squad and without weird positional changes.</p><p></p><p>Other than that it should be pretty standard. Beast, Strauss, Malherbe, Etzebeth, Lood/Pstd (Injury), Flouw, Vermulen, Kriel/Kolisi (depending on if quota plays a role), Faf/Paige (again depending on quota), Lambie/Elton (depending on Elton's fitness), DdA, Mapoe, Mvovo, JPP/Combrink (quota?), and Willie le Roux.</p><p></p><p>Even a worst case team with all the injuries playing a role and quota being a big factor, we will still be a strong team IMO.</p><p></p><p>Edit: Kriel <em>could</em> start at 13 but I think it's highly unlikely we'll see him start ahead of Mapoe, purely because Mapoe is both the better player <em>and</em> the quota option Kriel would be a nice 23 anyway, and honestly Mapoe should have been in the team last year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SomeOke, post: 800869, member: 59145"] I'll think we'll see de Allende and Mapoe at 12 and 13, DdA has certainly been off form but his last two games have been better. He's still beaten 17 defenders in the few games he's played which shows his quality, DdA and Mapoe on form would be an absolutely scintillating centre pairing. Serf has certainly been better this season, but his injury means that DdA is the only option really - within our squad and without weird positional changes. Other than that it should be pretty standard. Beast, Strauss, Malherbe, Etzebeth, Lood/Pstd (Injury), Flouw, Vermulen, Kriel/Kolisi (depending on if quota plays a role), Faf/Paige (again depending on quota), Lambie/Elton (depending on Elton's fitness), DdA, Mapoe, Mvovo, JPP/Combrink (quota?), and Willie le Roux. Even a worst case team with all the injuries playing a role and quota being a big factor, we will still be a strong team IMO. Edit: Kriel [I]could[/I] start at 13 but I think it's highly unlikely we'll see him start ahead of Mapoe, purely because Mapoe is both the better player [I]and[/I] the quota option Kriel would be a nice 23 anyway, and honestly Mapoe should have been in the team last year. [/QUOTE]
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