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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 655949" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Hmm. I don't much care for crystal balling; like Big Ewis above me I don't think we'll see too much change from HM's stated preferences. I can see us fielding a team looking like the left hand column whereas my own selections if I were to be in charge would be on the right;</p><p></p><p>Players I assume as being unavailable but which I (in my current capacity as fantasy SA selector) or I think HM would consider include:</p><p>Arno Botha, Boom Prinsloo (guy was in some awesome form leading up to injury), PSdT, De Villiers. Otherwise, though not injured I also see Jaque Fourie and Frans Steyn as unavailable.</p><p></p><p>[TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 500"]</p><p><tbody>[TR]</p><p>[TD]<strong>My reading of HM's mind</strong>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]<strong>My own considerations</strong>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]<strong>Starting XV</strong>[/TD]</p><p>[TD][/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]1 Tendai Mtawarira[/TD]</p><p>[TD]1 Heinke van der Merwe[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]2 Bismarck du Plessis[/TD]</p><p>[TD]2 Bismarck du Plessis[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]3 Jannie du Plessis[/TD]</p><p>[TD]3 Frans Malherbe[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]4 Eben Etzebeth[/TD]</p><p>[TD]4 Lood de Jager[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]5 Victor Matfield[/TD]</p><p>[TD]5 Eben Etzebeth[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]6 Francois Louw[/TD]</p><p>[TD]6 Francois Louw[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]7 Willem Alberts[/TD]</p><p>[TD]7 Duane Vermeulen[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]8 Duane Vermeulen[/TD]</p><p>[TD]8 Warren Whiteley[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]9 Fourie du Preez[/TD]</p><p>[TD]9 Fourie du Preez[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]10 Morne Steyn[/TD]</p><p>[TD]10 Handre Pollard[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]11 Bryan Habana[/TD]</p><p>[TD]11 Lwazi Mvovo[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]12 Jan Serfontein[/TD]</p><p>[TD]12 Jan Serfontein[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]13 JP Pietersen[/TD]</p><p>[TD]13 Damian de Allende[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]14 Lwazi Mvovo[/TD]</p><p>[TD]14 Jesse Kriel[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]15 Willie le Roux[/TD]</p><p>[TD]15 Willie le Roux[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]<strong>Bench</strong>[/TD]</p><p>[TD][/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]16 Coenie Oosthuizen[/TD]</p><p>[TD]16 Coenie Oosthuizen[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]17 Adriaan Strauss[/TD]</p><p>[TD]17 Adriaan Strauss[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]18 Lood de Jager[/TD]</p><p>[TD]18 Juandre Kruger[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]19 Schalk Burger[/TD]</p><p>[TD]19 Schalk Burger[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]20 Ruan Pienaar[/TD]</p><p>[TD]20 Cobus Reinach[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]21 Handre Pollard[/TD]</p><p>[TD]21 Pat Lambie[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]22 Damian de Allende[/TD]</p><p>[TD]22 JP Pietersen[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD][/TD]</p><p>[TD][/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p></tbody>[/TABLE]</p><p></p><p>Some motivations for my own selections other than what I expect from HM; I really think Beast, Jannie and Alberts need an extended break and I can't see Jake White giving it to them with him being a bit of an A-hole and the Sharks sure to make the play-offs. I certainly see Beast and Alberts as part of 'my' Bok team further on though. I don't see Matfield as up to the pace I expect form NZ and Aus and think we don't need him. Other than that I pick overseas based players I think we can get what we need from in Heinke van der Merwe and Juandre Kruger while I drop Pienaar and Hougaard who have not delivered on so much time afforded to them. Morne Steyn and Habana I leave but will have in the RWC squad of 31. I reward the form backrower (ITO play-making I think we are lacking at 8) and top SA tackler (Warren Whiteley) and back (Damian de Allende- power and fine skills already? sign me up) with call ups and starts to send a message that SR form and being based locally does count. Jesse Kriel I have as a bolter on the wing because I like the skillset he posesses on top of enough beef for test rugby and he has a way of getting into try scoring positions (and a good understanding with Pollard already).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 655949, member: 39190"] Hmm. I don't much care for crystal balling; like Big Ewis above me I don't think we'll see too much change from HM's stated preferences. I can see us fielding a team looking like the left hand column whereas my own selections if I were to be in charge would be on the right; Players I assume as being unavailable but which I (in my current capacity as fantasy SA selector) or I think HM would consider include: Arno Botha, Boom Prinsloo (guy was in some awesome form leading up to injury), PSdT, De Villiers. Otherwise, though not injured I also see Jaque Fourie and Frans Steyn as unavailable. [TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 500"] <tbody>[TR] [TD][B]My reading of HM's mind[/B][/TD] [TD][B]My own considerations[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]Starting XV[/B][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1 Tendai Mtawarira[/TD] [TD]1 Heinke van der Merwe[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2 Bismarck du Plessis[/TD] [TD]2 Bismarck du Plessis[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3 Jannie du Plessis[/TD] [TD]3 Frans Malherbe[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4 Eben Etzebeth[/TD] [TD]4 Lood de Jager[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5 Victor Matfield[/TD] [TD]5 Eben Etzebeth[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6 Francois Louw[/TD] [TD]6 Francois Louw[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7 Willem Alberts[/TD] [TD]7 Duane Vermeulen[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8 Duane Vermeulen[/TD] [TD]8 Warren Whiteley[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9 Fourie du Preez[/TD] [TD]9 Fourie du Preez[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10 Morne Steyn[/TD] [TD]10 Handre Pollard[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]11 Bryan Habana[/TD] [TD]11 Lwazi Mvovo[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12 Jan Serfontein[/TD] [TD]12 Jan Serfontein[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]13 JP Pietersen[/TD] [TD]13 Damian de Allende[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]14 Lwazi Mvovo[/TD] [TD]14 Jesse Kriel[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]15 Willie le Roux[/TD] [TD]15 Willie le Roux[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]Bench[/B][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]16 Coenie Oosthuizen[/TD] [TD]16 Coenie Oosthuizen[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]17 Adriaan Strauss[/TD] [TD]17 Adriaan Strauss[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]18 Lood de Jager[/TD] [TD]18 Juandre Kruger[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]19 Schalk Burger[/TD] [TD]19 Schalk Burger[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]20 Ruan Pienaar[/TD] [TD]20 Cobus Reinach[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]21 Handre Pollard[/TD] [TD]21 Pat Lambie[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]22 Damian de Allende[/TD] [TD]22 JP Pietersen[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] </tbody>[/TABLE] Some motivations for my own selections other than what I expect from HM; I really think Beast, Jannie and Alberts need an extended break and I can't see Jake White giving it to them with him being a bit of an A-hole and the Sharks sure to make the play-offs. I certainly see Beast and Alberts as part of 'my' Bok team further on though. I don't see Matfield as up to the pace I expect form NZ and Aus and think we don't need him. Other than that I pick overseas based players I think we can get what we need from in Heinke van der Merwe and Juandre Kruger while I drop Pienaar and Hougaard who have not delivered on so much time afforded to them. Morne Steyn and Habana I leave but will have in the RWC squad of 31. I reward the form backrower (ITO play-making I think we are lacking at 8) and top SA tackler (Warren Whiteley) and back (Damian de Allende- power and fine skills already? sign me up) with call ups and starts to send a message that SR form and being based locally does count. Jesse Kriel I have as a bolter on the wing because I like the skillset he posesses on top of enough beef for test rugby and he has a way of getting into try scoring positions (and a good understanding with Pollard already). [/QUOTE]
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