He'll use CFS at 11 before he would ever consider him at 13. It's good that he is on tour though, he rightfully is next cab off the rank with an injured cummins.
I thought Timani added excellent value in his cameo against the argies. He's an intimidator, his defense at the 2 and 3 positions (5-10m wide of the ruck) was rock solid. Literally once he was on the field, the Argies inside ball and that little pop to a looping Matera that they kept doing was completely ineffectual as he kept turning them back.As far as others, Fardy excellent, Slipper good around the ground but was outscrummed, Mowen ok, Hooper good, Fainga'a enthusiastic, Simmons largely absent, McCalman likewise and Kepu ok. Don't much are about the backs to be honest, the barely saw the ball and made a ok fist of it when they did and kicked well.
For a game at Newlands against an angry at the best of times, and currently bee-stung, South African pack you will certainly need intimidators in defence and technicians of the set piece. We might be able to cobble a few of the former together (Horwill, Fardy and Timani starting) but are sorely lacking the latter. Robbo I think is worth starting. He has historically done some good work post scrum-engagement under the old laws (notably against Jannie du Plessis). I've given up trying to solve the tighthead issue. If robbo, Moore, who knows, Horwill and Timani, Fardy Hooper and Mowen start, I think that would represent the best cross section of our capabilities up front currently. Just pray that they get 30-35 minutes of enough parity that gives us a chance to score some tries and establish a lead the White and Lilo's boot can defend.
