15. Fassi

14. Kolbe

13. Kriel

12. de Allende

11. Arendse

10. Sacha

9. Reinach

1. Ox

2. Bongi

3. Malherbe

4. PSDT

5. Nortje

6. Kolisi

7. BJ Dixon

8. Wiese

16. Marx 17. Steenkamp 18. Koch 19. Elrigh Louw 20. v Staaden 21. Kwagga 22. Williams 23. Pollard

Not all the picks I would have made but I'm v ery pleased to see Fassi getting the nod ahead of Willie and Sacha ahead of Pollard.

Yes and listening to Rassie in the press conference he says that Willie now knows his role which is the mentor the youngsters. He has 94 caps and says he wants to get him to 100

Also it’s seems Eben trained pain free yesterday and if he does again today the team will be changed to include him with one of the loosies dropping off the bench

So I’m guessing it will be Eben at 4 with PSDT at 5 and BJ Dixon at 7 or Eben at 4, Nortje at 5 and PSDT at 7

I’d prefer to see the first option

So do I.   Du Toit  an extemely valuable player ad he haas shown that at lock he did nt lose his ball sense and still playes wider out as well.   

Insifar as he abckline si concerned I thought Willie's role will be limied in future - he is n the squad as a mentor and will serve as that role in future,   The aim is apparently to keep him in th squad - but he wll not play after he got his 100th cap.

Pity about Etzebeth not being available and hope he comes in afte irther training tomorrow.   He wll probably repace Van Staden or Wiese.   Du Toit is a magic player - he will be part of the ball-in-hand game irrespective of whether he plays a lock or at 7.   By far the best loose forward SA ever had.    . 

Eben won’t replace Wiese as Wiese is starting - Rassie said one of the bench loosies would go so it will either be v Staaden or Louw preferably v Staaden

Are we going to have Kwagga as an impact lock?

3 loose forwards on the bench, with no locks. Certainly looks like a team that is expecting Eztebeth to be fit. Kolisi will get a short outing if it is actually 3 loose forwards.

Back to a 6/2 split. I would have dropped  van Staaden, and put Willie Leroux on the bench if needed.

I’m guessing that if Eben does not make it and one of the locks gets injured Ben Jason Dixon would move to lock

I really don’t get why v Staaden makes the match 23, he is ok, nothing special - dumb muscle nothing subtle

There are many better looseforwards about. The sooner Hanekom is called up the better - hopefully for the games against the Argies as he is fit to play for the Bulls again