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I wish Spies would be dropped. Ashley, Duane Vermeulen and Willem Alberts all offer so much more. I'd even prefer Schalk at 8. I think Spies is playing for his starting spot this test. Perform or I think he will be dropped when the other back rowers return. Based on the Sydney game against...

Latest news is that Spies may not recover from a groin injury (the one he came back with from his honeymoon :) and Danie Rossouw has gastro (Susie is warming up for the World Cup :) Kankowski and Ashley Johnson called up as cover. I would love to see Johnson get a start for a Brussow / Rossouw...

In 199o I was working in Cape Town and we decided to drive up to Paarl early on the morning of that game. We reached the outskirts of Paarl at about 8 in the morning and after an hour we parked the car in the veldt and walked the rest of the way. Had we not snuck in a service entrance behind an...

Well I think it's no secret that you guys target the Aussie pack and will fancy your back row to take the spoils. Mind you the way your fatties played against England last year, you will have Deans very worried.

True, which is why I bite my tongue when people started criticizing the way SA teams play because it's pointless trying to explain something that grew up with. We like it. You don't have to :) Same rules, rectangle, very different approach. Even within the provinces the game is approached very...

I'll take ugly because when it's done right it's a thing of beauty :)

No problem! Anything else? :) Seriously the way to beat us remains the same. 1. Move the ball away from the contact areas as quick as possible, 2. accurate kicking game (don't get caught up in a ping pong battle and on second phase du Preez will be the sweeper when you kick and he will make...

I predict they will turn up in a big way. I have been skeptical but I sense a big effort brewing. It won't be enough to defend the cup because our game plan will be too limited but we will worry a few. We had a golden run. All I care for is playing good rubgy. I'd hate to go down with the shit...

Boks likely starting team according to Supersport: http://www.supersport.com/rugby/springboks/news/110808/Spotlight_on_Du_Preez_and_Brussow Probable Bok team for Durban: Frans Steyn, JP Pietersen, Jaque Fourie, Jean de Villiers, Bryan Habana, Butch James, Fourie du Preez, Pierre Spies, Danie...

Not the Beast but if Steenkamp is fit again it's a different story. He'll make a mess if a Mafood / Finger combination.

Nobody other than Brussow have played CC. I think this squad remained in training camp, previously knows as sick bay. Yup. Two things that will help Wobs are that the game's at sea level and the Boks are short of a run. So none of the travel up and down country. I honest have no idea what to...

Updated Bok squad. Brussow officially added. BACKS: Gio Aplon Frans Steyn JP Pietersen Bryan Habana Jaque Fourie Juan de Jongh Jean de Villiers Morne Steyn Butch James Ruan Pienaar Fourie du Preez Francois Hougaard FORWARDS: Pierre Spies Jean Deysel Danie...

You can't be serious. Same players, supplemented with the best in a number of positions and playing in black. If by now you haven't figured out that those two things make a stratospheric difference, you haven't been paying attention for the last 100 years. Comparing Super Rugby and test rugby...

Brussow got through half hour against Western Province and from reports he tore them up at the breakdown. Paarl? Looks like he will start for sure as there is no other openside in the 24. So it's a Rossouw / Brussow / Spies back row with Deysel on the bench (should have been Ashley Johnson for...

Welcome to the wonderful world of John Smitland. Captain oh my Captain come hell or high water.

Lol maybe he can't do a whole lot else!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SKJehmB_WU Leon Power vid. Seems quite athletic. Hope he can push in the scrums.

Blecks by 10. Old forwards will be too hard and crusty. Sorry. AB 26-16

Quality.

Thinking about this again I think Robbie sees something in Simmons that he doesnlt think Sharpe can bring (doh, obvious, I know). Bear with me. The real estate where the World Cup will be won is in the collission with the way the game has evolved this year and the way the refs are fucking it...