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[2014 TRC] Australia v South Africa in Perth (06/09/2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 667027" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Juan Smith dropped like a sack of rotten potatoes. Sad but fair enough, he had his sentimental return game and couldn't match the pace like the other loosies did (and who kept us in the game). Marcel Coetzee brought a lot of energy with him off the bench and I'd like to see him rewarded with a start again seeing as Alberts will probably be rusty after injury lay-off so I'd play him off the bench in case of injury. Also think Coetzee's speed to the rucks will be necessary here to combat Hooper; we've lost games against Aus purely because of being outstripped to and at the ruck numerous times in the P Divvy era, lets not repeat our mistakes.</p><p></p><p>Botha went flying into contact and was a step up from De Jager who struggled with the pace Argentina played at and I expect Aus to at least be wanting to play at the same pace if not upping the tempo even more and we've struggled in the set pieces so I'd have Etzebeth, Botha and Matfield as the locks. </p><p></p><p>Front row... very difficult too call here but I still maintain our struggles at the scrum is ass much JdP and Steenkamp being passed it as it is the integrity and power of the Argentine Bajada scrum. Lets just give those guys a rest! I'd like to see Beast, Strauss and Van der Merwe starting with Nyakane, BdP and JdP on the bench (unless we call in prop reinforcements which we really should with Malherbe out)! I say rewarding Strauss is motivation for both our frontline hookers.</p><p></p><p>Out in the backs I'd go for keeping the backline as we had it at the end;</p><p></p><p>9)Hougaard, 10)Steyn, 11)Habana, 12)JdV(c), 13)De Allende, 14)Hendricks, 15)Le Roux, 20)Reinach, 21)Pollard, 22)Mvovo</p><p></p><p>Drop Pienaar totally and close that book; we just ccan't get going with the **** service he offers. The saddest thig is the try he scored in the 1st and the one he set up in the 2nd being arguments (flawed) to keep him starting ala Kirchner (just doing enough to keep the right but hard decision at bay) despite him not providing the fundimental crisp, ready service.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 667027, member: 39190"] Juan Smith dropped like a sack of rotten potatoes. Sad but fair enough, he had his sentimental return game and couldn't match the pace like the other loosies did (and who kept us in the game). Marcel Coetzee brought a lot of energy with him off the bench and I'd like to see him rewarded with a start again seeing as Alberts will probably be rusty after injury lay-off so I'd play him off the bench in case of injury. Also think Coetzee's speed to the rucks will be necessary here to combat Hooper; we've lost games against Aus purely because of being outstripped to and at the ruck numerous times in the P Divvy era, lets not repeat our mistakes. Botha went flying into contact and was a step up from De Jager who struggled with the pace Argentina played at and I expect Aus to at least be wanting to play at the same pace if not upping the tempo even more and we've struggled in the set pieces so I'd have Etzebeth, Botha and Matfield as the locks. Front row... very difficult too call here but I still maintain our struggles at the scrum is ass much JdP and Steenkamp being passed it as it is the integrity and power of the Argentine Bajada scrum. Lets just give those guys a rest! I'd like to see Beast, Strauss and Van der Merwe starting with Nyakane, BdP and JdP on the bench (unless we call in prop reinforcements which we really should with Malherbe out)! I say rewarding Strauss is motivation for both our frontline hookers. Out in the backs I'd go for keeping the backline as we had it at the end; 9)Hougaard, 10)Steyn, 11)Habana, 12)JdV(c), 13)De Allende, 14)Hendricks, 15)Le Roux, 20)Reinach, 21)Pollard, 22)Mvovo Drop Pienaar totally and close that book; we just ccan't get going with the **** service he offers. The saddest thig is the try he scored in the 1st and the one he set up in the 2nd being arguments (flawed) to keep him starting ala Kirchner (just doing enough to keep the right but hard decision at bay) despite him not providing the fundimental crisp, ready service. [/QUOTE]
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