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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 431951" data-attributes="member: 24910">No worries - I&#039;ve obviously got far too much time on my hands!Onto the match: I think the South African side looks stronger this week.&nbsp; Du Plessis is a big improvement on Smit, Alberts is an improvement on Rossouw (as he is actually a loose-forward), and Lambie is a big improvement on the long haired prop the Boks had playing fullback last week masquerading as Francois Steyn.&nbsp; Steenkamp for Mtawarira is an interesting change - I thought Mtawarira had a strong game last week, but Steenkamp was clearly the number one loose-head prop last year, so does need a chance to prove himself after returning from injury.&nbsp; I&#039;m not surprised to see Morne Steyn return; as SmartCooky suggests this probably means South Africa will be doing a lot of kicking.&nbsp; I don&#039;t particularly rate Butch James in any case, so I don&#039;t think they loose much by including Steyn (like many I would prefer to see Lambie or even Peter Grant in the 10 jersey).I&#039;d expect the AB&#039;s side will be named sometime tomorrow, but from reports at training the backline will be: 9. Cowan 10. Slade 11. Gear 12. SBW 13. Kahui 14. Toeava. 15. Dagg.&nbsp; There is certainly plenty of firepower, but the main issue is that most of them (Cowan and SBW aside) haven&#039;t played much top rugby for a while, so it may take them a while to gel together.&nbsp; With the AB&#039;s squad to be named next week there will certainly be a lot of pressure on the likes of Kahui, Gear, Toeava, Dagg, Jane, and Guildford (if the later two get on) to perform, which is probably a good thing from the AB&#039;s perspective, as thus far competition has brought the best out of the players.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 431951, member: 24910"] No worries - I've obviously got far too much time on my hands! Onto the match: I think the South African side looks stronger this week. Du Plessis is a big improvement on Smit, Alberts is an improvement on Rossouw (as he is actually a loose-forward), and Lambie is a big improvement on the long haired prop the Boks had playing fullback last week masquerading as Francois Steyn. Steenkamp for Mtawarira is an interesting change - I thought Mtawarira had a strong game last week, but Steenkamp was clearly the number one loose-head prop last year, so does need a chance to prove himself after returning from injury. I'm not surprised to see Morne Steyn return; as SmartCooky suggests this probably means South Africa will be doing a lot of kicking. I don't particularly rate Butch James in any case, so I don't think they loose much by including Steyn (like many I would prefer to see Lambie or even Peter Grant in the 10 jersey). I'd expect the AB's side will be named sometime tomorrow, but from reports at training the backline will be: 9. Cowan 10. Slade 11. Gear 12. SBW 13. Kahui 14. Toeava. 15. Dagg. There is certainly plenty of firepower, but the main issue is that most of them (Cowan and SBW aside) haven't played much top rugby for a while, so it may take them a while to gel together. With the AB's squad to be named next week there will certainly be a lot of pressure on the likes of Kahui, Gear, Toeava, Dagg, Jane, and Guildford (if the later two get on) to perform, which is probably a good thing from the AB's perspective, as thus far competition has brought the best out of the players. [/QUOTE]

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