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June International Tests: South Africa vs. France (1st Test) (10/06/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="SomeOke" data-source="post: 855298" data-attributes="member: 59145"><p>Unfortunately this is pretty much the best team we can field, there are no incumbent wings remaining, we have enough centre injuries to be forced into Serf/Kriel, Elton is just about our only option and with Jaco Kriel injured their are no other 6's in the squad.</p><p></p><p>I personally would rather play Jean-luc over Mohoje, and the props could probably be shuffled a bit, but these are our experienced guys and Beast and Malherbe haven't been terrible.</p><p></p><p>If you want to be hyper critical you could say we should have included another 6 in the squad (Cloete or K Smith), but ultimately the selection has some positives as well (like most of the Lions).</p><p></p><p>In the end its not really about selection, it's about seeing an improvement in our culture and tactics, I no longer want to beat the AB's as we're years off that goal. At this stage, we need to win this series and show some improvement. If that doesn't happen AC must go.</p><p></p><p>As a Springbok fan I'm never happy, but the minimum to keep my griping away would be us in the top 3 rugby playing nations.</p><p></p><p>Losing to number 6 at home, will solidify that we belong with the bottom tier 1 and top tier 2 nations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SomeOke, post: 855298, member: 59145"] Unfortunately this is pretty much the best team we can field, there are no incumbent wings remaining, we have enough centre injuries to be forced into Serf/Kriel, Elton is just about our only option and with Jaco Kriel injured their are no other 6's in the squad. I personally would rather play Jean-luc over Mohoje, and the props could probably be shuffled a bit, but these are our experienced guys and Beast and Malherbe haven't been terrible. If you want to be hyper critical you could say we should have included another 6 in the squad (Cloete or K Smith), but ultimately the selection has some positives as well (like most of the Lions). In the end its not really about selection, it's about seeing an improvement in our culture and tactics, I no longer want to beat the AB's as we're years off that goal. At this stage, we need to win this series and show some improvement. If that doesn't happen AC must go. As a Springbok fan I'm never happy, but the minimum to keep my griping away would be us in the top 3 rugby playing nations. Losing to number 6 at home, will solidify that we belong with the bottom tier 1 and top tier 2 nations. [/QUOTE]
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