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<blockquote data-quote="Gay-Guy" data-source="post: 109632"><p>Sorry I don't have a 30 man squad or a 22 game day squad but I do know which players I think should run on to the field for the <strong>Springboks</strong> to win the RWC.</p><p></p><p>1. Gurthro Steenkamp </p><p>2. Jon Smit</p><p>3. BJ Botha</p><p>4. Bakkies Botha</p><p>5. Victor Matfield</p><p>6. Schalk Burger</p><p>7. Luke Watson</p><p>8. AJ Venter</p><p>9. Ruaan Pienaar</p><p>10. Andre Pretorius</p><p>11. Bryan Habana </p><p>12. Myer Bosman</p><p>13. Francois Steyn</p><p>14. JP Pietersen</p><p>15. Percy Montgomery</p><p></p><p>This team is full of powerful natural leaders up in the pack, experienced wise heads at 10 and 15, unpredictable real talent at 9, creative flair in the midfield, and wingers who will have actually have a go at their opposites. The forward pack is massive yet mobile especially in the loosies where all three don't shirk away from rucks. Players one to eight are all hard tacklers so there won't be any easy metres around the fringes. The scrum is strong and the lineouts have 3 proven jumpers. Feeding off this powerful pack is the creative Pienaar who will mix play up between power forward play and options from Pretorius. Andre is a good runner and passer himself but his main weapon at the world cup will be getting field position for his intimidating lineout jumpers to put pressure on the opposition throw. The defensive line around the rucks is led by the hard hitting locks and a few metres out the imposing Venter. Burger and Watson will clean up and rip the ball from smaller men running between the forwards and backs. The midfield of Bosman and Steyn may be less know for their defence but luckily they will be guided by the experienced Montgomery behind them. If the oppostion try and out kick the Springboks they will find the aerial battle against Montgomery to be a bit too much. Percy also has the options of letting Pietersen attack from deep or perhaps running himself to set Habana off into space. </p><p></p><p>Steenkamp and BJ Botha are props who would be fitter and more mobile than the proven CJ van der Linde and the aging Os du Randt. This is vital because the Springboks need all 15 players to be mobile. They are also big men in the Hayman category so they won't be lacking with their primary job come scrum time.</p><p>Smit is the worlds best lineout thrower and an inspirational leader by example with his go forwrd type of approach. Bakkies and Victor are without doubt the best lineout jumpers in the world as well as putting real power behind the front row. Burger is never ending as a scavenger while Watson provides a bit of creativity in the loose when the Springboks do have the ball. Venter is the real hard rock at the back of the scrum and will give even the AB loosies a hard time. All this protection around Pienaar will give him time and space to be creative as only he can. In the backs Pretorius has one of the worlds best tactical field kicks as well as being an extremely good runner and distributor of the ball on the run. Outside him are the creative talents of Bosman and Steyn who are real talents particularly with their individual abilities and are beautiful passers of the ball for anyone running into space. Steyn also gives a kicking option at centre to mix it up for the pacy Habana to run after little grubbers and chips. Habana has out and out speed on the left wing but JP on the other wing adds another dimension with his elusiveness and alround ball skills and rangy support play. At the back is the experience of Montgomery who can kick the Springboks out of trouble into better field position for the powerful pack to take advantage of. Montgomery is the calming influence for the Springbok backs and he and Pretorius combined will guide the excitable Bosman and Steyn when needed.</p><p></p><p>All in all the Springboks have a team with players that are very specialised in their abilities as opposed to being alrounders, yet combined together they cover all the various aspects of any game plan. The can keep it close, play it wide, kick it long, mix it up in the middle with flair, have a strong close in defence, an organised wide out defence, etc etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gay-Guy, post: 109632"] Sorry I don't have a 30 man squad or a 22 game day squad but I do know which players I think should run on to the field for the [b]Springboks[/b] to win the RWC. 1. Gurthro Steenkamp 2. Jon Smit 3. BJ Botha 4. Bakkies Botha 5. Victor Matfield 6. Schalk Burger 7. Luke Watson 8. AJ Venter 9. Ruaan Pienaar 10. Andre Pretorius 11. Bryan Habana 12. Myer Bosman 13. Francois Steyn 14. JP Pietersen 15. Percy Montgomery This team is full of powerful natural leaders up in the pack, experienced wise heads at 10 and 15, unpredictable real talent at 9, creative flair in the midfield, and wingers who will have actually have a go at their opposites. The forward pack is massive yet mobile especially in the loosies where all three don't shirk away from rucks. Players one to eight are all hard tacklers so there won't be any easy metres around the fringes. The scrum is strong and the lineouts have 3 proven jumpers. Feeding off this powerful pack is the creative Pienaar who will mix play up between power forward play and options from Pretorius. Andre is a good runner and passer himself but his main weapon at the world cup will be getting field position for his intimidating lineout jumpers to put pressure on the opposition throw. The defensive line around the rucks is led by the hard hitting locks and a few metres out the imposing Venter. Burger and Watson will clean up and rip the ball from smaller men running between the forwards and backs. The midfield of Bosman and Steyn may be less know for their defence but luckily they will be guided by the experienced Montgomery behind them. If the oppostion try and out kick the Springboks they will find the aerial battle against Montgomery to be a bit too much. Percy also has the options of letting Pietersen attack from deep or perhaps running himself to set Habana off into space. Steenkamp and BJ Botha are props who would be fitter and more mobile than the proven CJ van der Linde and the aging Os du Randt. This is vital because the Springboks need all 15 players to be mobile. They are also big men in the Hayman category so they won't be lacking with their primary job come scrum time. Smit is the worlds best lineout thrower and an inspirational leader by example with his go forwrd type of approach. Bakkies and Victor are without doubt the best lineout jumpers in the world as well as putting real power behind the front row. Burger is never ending as a scavenger while Watson provides a bit of creativity in the loose when the Springboks do have the ball. Venter is the real hard rock at the back of the scrum and will give even the AB loosies a hard time. All this protection around Pienaar will give him time and space to be creative as only he can. In the backs Pretorius has one of the worlds best tactical field kicks as well as being an extremely good runner and distributor of the ball on the run. Outside him are the creative talents of Bosman and Steyn who are real talents particularly with their individual abilities and are beautiful passers of the ball for anyone running into space. Steyn also gives a kicking option at centre to mix it up for the pacy Habana to run after little grubbers and chips. Habana has out and out speed on the left wing but JP on the other wing adds another dimension with his elusiveness and alround ball skills and rangy support play. At the back is the experience of Montgomery who can kick the Springboks out of trouble into better field position for the powerful pack to take advantage of. Montgomery is the calming influence for the Springbok backs and he and Pretorius combined will guide the excitable Bosman and Steyn when needed. All in all the Springboks have a team with players that are very specialised in their abilities as opposed to being alrounders, yet combined together they cover all the various aspects of any game plan. The can keep it close, play it wide, kick it long, mix it up in the middle with flair, have a strong close in defence, an organised wide out defence, etc etc. [/QUOTE]
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