Boks v Wobblies I

[pakman]

https://wallabies.rugby/news/oconnor-starts-as-schmidt-opts-for-consistency-to-break-ellis-park-hoodoo-2025814

[pakman]

What happens if JOC goes down???

[sparky]

Wallabies team to play the Boks at Ellis Park:

[pakman]

I imagine niggles played a part, but I’d have had LSL on bench.

[Bones]

@pakman said in Boks v Wobblies I:

What happens if JOC goes down???

Tupou happens.

[pakman]

[Bovidae]

@pakman said in Boks v Wobblies I:

What happens if JOC goes down???

I think that Wright would move into 1st 5 and Kellaway comes on at fullback.

[KiwiMurph]

@pakman said in Boks v Wobblies I:

What happens if JOC goes down???

Schmidt has side they may still tweak the bench as the Donaldson injury happened late Thursday.

Kellaway can play 10 or someone like Paisami or Edmed could come onto the bench

[ACT Crusader]

Nic White can actually play 10 also.

[Kruse]

@pakman Watching that - I wouldn't mind him coaching the ABs.
And I loved him throwing shade on Rassie by omission. Repeatedly giving praise to Tony Brown, Felix Jones, and "the athletes he has at hand" - but... the unsaid was greater than the said.

[pakman]

David Skippers  /  Aug 15  /  Australia

Rassie Erasmus makes late tweak to Springboks team for Wallabies showdown

🗣️ "Saturday's clash will offer Venter the opportunity to make only his second Test appearance for the Springboks." #RSAvAUS #RugbyChampionship

[PN]

Unfortunately no story here. Just a genuine injury to a reserve prop requiring a like for like replacement.

Schmidt however, was the first to blink by dropping a forward for a reserve 10. (Rightly so, Madness to be reliant on a 35 y/o SR part timer)

[booboo]

@PN said in Boks v Wobblies I:

Unfortunately no story here

But Rassie.

Still a genius.

[PN]

@booboo said in Boks v Wobblies I:

@PN said in Boks v Wobblies I:

Unfortunately no story here

But Rassie.

Still a genius.

The reeducation camp youve been attending has finally got reality sinking in mate!

[NTA]

Edmed to bench in place of CdC

[pakman]

To be fair the original squad was named within an hour of Donno going down.

[stodders]

@MiketheSnow Heard that before Mike. Pride comes before a fall, and the Boks are not always at their best when they are heavily favoured.

One red card could change a lot

[PN]

@stodders said in Boks v Wobblies I:

@MiketheSnow Heard that before Mike. Pride comes before a fall, and the Boks are not always at their best when they are heavily favoured.

One red card could change a lot

So Mike’s neutral take on the match somehow becomes, in your view, “Springbok arrogance”? That’s quite a leap.

Out of interest—what exactly was the moment that marked the All Blacks’ own “pride before a fall”?

[Billy Webb]

Some commentary and second guessing I'm not following on this thread...
So here's my uneducated view:
Boks favourites. Why? Because they're good, and at home, and at altitude - always an adjustment.
BUT: I believe this is is a vastly underrated Wallaby team. They have been well hardened by the Lions Tour. Being underdogs is going to play into their hands. They could (need to) front up to Bok aggression in the pack, and if they do, they have some electric players out wide. This will be a close one.

[NTA]

These are all very nice words I'm seeing.

Boks by 23.