Springboks EYT 2017

[PaarlBok]

The Springboks’ tour fixtures are:
11 November vs Ireland in Dublin
18 November vs France in Paris
25 November vs Italy in Padova
2 December vs Wales in Cardiff
The Springbok tour squad for the 2017 Castle Lager Outgoing Tour to Europe
Forwards (in alphabetical order)
Uzair Cassiem (flank, 26 years, Cheetahs), 6 caps, 5 points (1 try)
Lood de Jager (lock, 25 years, Blue Bulls), 32 caps, 20 points (4 tries)
Ruan Dreyer (prop, 26 years, Golden Lions), 4 caps, 5 points (1 try)
Dan du Preez (No 8, 22 years, Sharks), 0 caps, 0 points
Ruan Botha (lock, young debutant)
Pieter-Steph du Toit (lock/flank, 25 years, Western Province), 29 caps, 20 points (4 tries)
Eben Etzebeth (lock, 26 years, Western Province), 63 caps, 15 points (3 tries)
Steven Kitshoff (prop 25 years, Western Province), 19 caps, 0 points
Siya Kolisi (flank, 26 years, Western Province), 25 caps, 20 points (4 tries)
Francois Louw (loose forward, 32 years, Bath, England), 54 caps, 40 points (8 tries)
Wilco Louw (prop, 23 years, Western Province), 1 cap, 0 points
Malcolm Marx (hooker, 23 years, Golden Lions), 11 caps, 15 points (3 tries)
Bongi Mbonambi (hooker, 27 years, Western Province), 11 caps, 0 points
Oupa Mohojé (flank, 27 years, Free State Cheetahs), 17 caps, 0 points
Franco Mostert (lock, 26 years, Lions/Ricoh Black Rams, Japan), 15 caps, 0 points
Tendai Mtawarira (prop, 32 years, Sharks), 95 caps, 10 points (2 tries)
Trevor Nyakane (prop, 28 years, Blue Bulls), 34 caps, 5 points (1 try)
Coenie Oosthuizen (prop, 28 years, Sharks), 29 caps, 20 points (4 tries)
Chiliboy Ralepelle (hooker, 31 years, Sharks), 22 caps, 5 points (1 try)
Backs
Lukhanyo Am (centre, 23 years, Sharks), 0 caps, o points
Curwin Bosch (flyhalf, 20 years, Sharks), 1 cap, 0 points
Andries Coetzee (fullback, 26 years, Golden Lions), 9 caps, 0 points
Ross Cronjé (scrumhalf, 27 years, Golden Lions), 6 caps, 10 points (2 tries)
Damian de Allende (centre, 27 years, Western Province), 27 caps, 15 points (3 tries)
Warrick Gelant (fullback, 22 years, Blue Bulls), 0 caps, 0 points
Elton Jantjies (flyhalf, 27 years, Lions/ NTT Shining Arcs, Japan), 20 caps, 198 points (2 tries, 37 conversions, 38 penalties)
Jesse Kriel (centre, 23 years, Blue Bulls), 25 caps, 30 points (6 tries)
Dillyn Leyds (wing, 25 years, Western Province), 5 caps, 0 points
Rudy Paige (scrumhalf, 28 years, Blue Bulls), 11 caps, 5 points (1 try)
Handré Pollard (flyhalf, 23 years, Blue Bulls), 22 caps, 190 points (2 tries, 30 conversions, 37 penalties, 3 drop goals)
Raymond Rhule (wing, 24 years, Free State Cheetahs), 7 caps, 5 points (1 try)
Louis Schreuder (scrumhalf, 27 years, Sharks), 0 caps, 0 points
Courtnall Skosan (wing, 26 years, Golden Lions), 9 caps, 10 points (2 tries)
Francois Venter (centre, 26 years, Free State Cheetahs), 3 caps, 0 points

 

[dru]

I’m really hoping that the Boks run rampant in Europe. France and Italy should be a doddle. Neither Wales nor Ireland can be approached half cocked.

Pity to do Europe without meeting England.

 

[PaarlBok]

Pity to do Europe without meeting England.

Wise planning by Eddie Jones, they miss the All Blacks also.

 

[PaarlBok]

Irish by 50. Cant see us keeping it close.

 

[PaarlBok]

Teams:

Ireland

15 Rob Kearney, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Sean O'Brien, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 5 Devin Toner, 4 Iain Henderson, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Rory Best (captain), 1 Cian Healy

Substitutes: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 John Ryan, 19 James Ryan, 20 Rhys Ruddock, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Darren Sweetnam

South Africa

15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Dillyn Leyds, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Ross Cronje, 8 Francois Louw, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6, Siya Kolisi, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth (captain), 3 Coenie Oosthuizen 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Tendai Mtawarira

Substitutes: 16 Bongi Mbonambi , 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Uzair Cassiem, 21 Rudy Paige, 22 Handre Pollard, 23 Francois Venter

 

[RugbyReg]

Wow. Ireland by 9

 

[Hawko]

Wow. Ireland by 9

I know Joe Schmidt is a super coach, but that's a pretty decent Saffer team and they drew both games with us. I reckon the SA team would be favourites in my book.

 

[JJJ]

Should be a cracking match. Probably the game of the weekend. I wouldn't put any money on it.

 

[Wales Fan]

Not seen any of this but sounds like a good old fashioned stuffing for the Boks.

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[Derpus]

Seems the Bok are capable of one passable performance per two matches at the moment.

 

[PaarlBok]

what a hiding of note, but it isnt finished. We need more pain to gain.

 

[PaarlBok]

Seems the Bok are capable of one passable performance per two matches at the moment.

Yep, got this one wrong.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Following the loss to Wales, the Springboks have dropped to sixth in the World Rankings:

https://www.worldrugby.org/rankings/mru

Questions for our SA friends: how safe is Cootzee? Will there be a full review of his & the team's performance, or just another workshop/ conference/ whatever it was they had last year?