RWC: Springboks - Namibia (22-09-2011, 20:00)

[Sker]

SA Team announced

taken from SArugby.co.za

South Africa v Namibia, 22 September 2011, North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

15 Pat Lambie (KwaZulu-Natal) - 8 caps
14 Gio Aplon (Western Province) - 15
13 Jaque Fourie (Western Province) - 66
12 Frans Steyn (Racing Metro, France) - 45
11 Bryan Habana (Western Province) - 71
10 Morné Steyn (Blue Bulls) - 31
9 Francois Hougaard (Blue Bulls) - 12
8 Pierre Spies (Blue Bulls) - 44
7 Schalk Burger (Western Province) - 65
6 Willem Alberts (KwaZulu-Natal) - 6
5 Danie Rossouw (Blue Bulls) - 60
4 Bakkies Botha (Blue Bulls) - 75
3 CJ van der Linde (Golden Lions) - 72
2 John Smit (captain, KwaZulu-Natal) - 108
1 Gurthrö Steenkamp (Blue Bulls) - 35
Replacements
16 Chiliboy Ralepelle (Blue Bulls) - 20
17 Tendai Mtawarira (KwaZulu-Natal) - 30
18 Francois Louw (Bath, England) - 7
19 Heinrich Brüssow (Free State) - 17
20 Fourie du Preez (Blue Bulls) - 59
21 Ruan Pienaar (Ulster, N Ireland) - 50
22 Juan de Jongh (Western Province) - 9

Hougaard at 9! woooooooooohoooooooooo!! Aplon!


Comon that is a lethal backline. South Africa by 70

 

[Deadmonton]

There's a distinct lack of Bismark in the lineup.

 

[cardassian]

Geez that's a pretty strong line up to take on Namibia.
South Africa must be looking for a Huge win (perhaps the whole for and against thing is in the coaches mind).
Feel real sorry for Namibia now.

 

[cardassian]

There's a distinct lack of Bismark in the lineup.

Saving him to start against Samoa and Aus hopefully.

 

[Nicolaas]

so i guess morne steyn just decided to not be sick anymore???

 

[Sker]

Flu probably won't last till Thursday, unless it's really bad

 

[Draggs]

1. McLeod

John Plumtree likes this.

 

[Jer1cho]

Hougaard at 9? Thank you lord!!!!!!

We could put 70 points on Namibia with this team.

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

Adding Aplon and i'd suggest putting 70 past Namibia would be considered a bit of a mercy. On the other hand we might struggle a tad without having someone there to harrass their breakdowns.

No Bismarck? Does that mean they are looking to play him as 1st choice later on? Or might there be grounds to the conspiracy theory that they are looking to push Smit into injury/fatigue? Neither is likely. I am confused.

 

[Bull]

Habana, Smit wtf? I'm a big Spies fan and he didn't have too bad a game against Fiji but he really needs to play a lot better. Wish he had the mongrel that Hougaard has.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

What bugs me a bit is Alberts at openside flanker... WTF is that about?

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

I wanted to post that all I wanted from this game was 0 injuries but then I realised the possibilities..

 

[Tricia McMillan]

Namibia need to clone Theuns Kotze 21 times.

 

[Bull]

Namibia need to clone Theuns Kotze 21 times.

Or the outside centre, van Wyk he looks like a good player.

 

[SavageLez]

I would be pretty ****** off if I were Bismarck, arguably the best hooker in the world and he get's 20 min here and there and then does not even get to start against Namibia.

Burger could captain in the first half with Fourie Du Preez taking over in the second half so don't see why John Smit needs to start.

The CLOWN should have left John Smit out totally and given Bissie a start with Ralpelle coming on off the bench.

The clown is too scared that Bissie play so well that he can't drop him from the starting lineup.

 

[Jer1cho]

I would be pretty ****** off if I were Bismarck, definitely the best hooker in the world

FIXED!

Otherwise I agree with you. I would be pretty despondent by now if I was him. Still though, it's one mother of an honor to represent your country at the World Cup. He will give his all, no matter what happens.

 

[SavageLez]

What bugs me a bit is Alberts at openside flanker... WTF is that about?

It has been changed so no worries!
It has been confirmed that Burger will act in partial fetcher role!

 

[Jer1cho]

I don't think Burger has ever stolen a ball in his life.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Namibia squad has been announced as well... Here are the teams:

[TABLE="class: grid"]
[TR][TD] Springboks [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD] Namibia [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Patrick Lambie [/TD][TD] 15 [/TD][TD] Chrysander Botha [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gio Aplon [/TD][TD] 14 [/TD][TD] Danie Dames [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Jaque Fourie [/TD][TD] 13 [/TD][TD] Danie van Wyk [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Frans Steyn [/TD][TD] 12 [/TD][TD] Piet van Zyl [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Bryan Habana [/TD][TD] 11 [/TD][TD] Heine Bock [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Morné Steyn [/TD][TD] 10 [/TD][TD] Theuns Kotze [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Francois Hougaard [/TD][TD] 9 [/TD][TD] Eugene Jantjies [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Pierre Spies [/TD][TD] 8 [/TD][TD] Jacques Nieuwenhuis [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Schalk Burger [/TD][TD] 7 [/TD][TD] Jacques Burger (c) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Willem Alberts [/TD][TD] 6 [/TD][TD] Tinus Du Plessis [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Danie Rossouw [/TD][TD] 5 [/TD][TD] Nico Esterhuyse [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Bakkies Botha [/TD][TD] 4 [/TD][TD] Heinz Koll [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] CJ van der Linde [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Marius Visser [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] John Smit (c) [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Bertus O'Callaghan [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gurthrö Steenkamp [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Johnnie Redelinghuys [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Chiliboy Ralepelle [/TD][TD] 16 [/TD][TD] Hugo Horn [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Tendai Mtawarira [/TD][TD] 17 [/TD][TD] Jané Du Toit [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Francois Louw [/TD][TD] 18 [/TD][TD] PJ van Lill [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Heinrich Brüssow [/TD][TD] 19 [/TD][TD] Rohan Kitshoff [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Fourie du Preez [/TD][TD] 20 [/TD][TD] Ryan De La Harpe [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Ruan Pienaar [/TD][TD] 21 [/TD][TD] Darryl De La Harpe [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Juan de Jongh [/TD][TD] 22 [/TD][TD] Conrad Marais [/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[Seaton]

Well, the positive side of Smit starting instead of Bismarck (apart from the wish of him being injured in this game) is that, if he starts the big games as anticipated, he should have enough opportunities to gather some form (good form that is). Whilst we all know that Bismarck can, and will perform if/ when required.

The players comments this week have been interesting to say the least, seems as though only bench/ reserve players are being interviewed or make the papers.