England vs Springbokke
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@stodders to say nothing of the SA coaches in Ireland now and Nienaber and Rassie’s time at Munster.
And they’re in the same pool in 2023…
On RG, it is going to be very interesting whether he’ll be able to come back at anything like his previous best. There are very, very few examples of completely successful double rupture rehabs.
Granted, I’m not a 2m revivified Viking bezerker, but we crawled out of the same primordial gene pool and had very similar timing on our second go round. From rebuilding muscle mass and strength, to regaining flexibility, coordination and proprioception it’s all so much more challenging and timeconsuming.
But the biggest factor is trusting the damn joint to do it’s job.
Having said all that, I’m led to understand by people what know that the Irish rehab pros are at the leading edge. And RG is a mutant. Would be inspiring to see him back at anything near his previous form.
@smuts said in England vs Springbokke:
@stodders to say nothing of the SA coaches in Ireland now and Nienaber and Rassie’s time at Munster.
And they’re in the same pool in 2023…
On RG, it is going to be very interesting whether he’ll be able to come back at anything like his previous best. There are very, very few examples of completely successful double rupture rehabs.
Granted, I’m not a 2m revivified Viking bezerker, but we crawled out of the same primordial gene pool and had very similar timing on our second go round. From rebuilding muscle mass and strength, to regaining flexibility, coordination and proprioception it’s all so much more challenging and timeconsuming.
But the biggest factor is trusting the damn joint to do it’s job.
Having said all that, I’m led to understand by people what know that the Irish rehab pros are at the leading edge. And RG is a mutant. Would be inspiring to see him back at anything near his previous form.
If he does come back fully-firing, he's a game changer for the Boks. Etzebeth is a brute, but he's not really a ball player. Snyman can be for the Boks what Retallick is (was) for the ABs. a real point of difference.
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Springbok team to face England in London:
15 – Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz) – 71 caps, 60 pts (12t)
14 – Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles) – 50 caps, 60 pts (12t)
13 – Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks) – 25 caps, 25 pts (5t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Munster) – 57 caps, 35 pts (7t)
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks) – 24 caps, 95 pts (19t)
10 – Handré Pollard (Montpellier) – 59 caps, 586 pts (6t, 83c, 126p, 4d)
9 – Cobus Reinach (Montpellier) – 20 caps, 40pts (8t)
8 – Duane Vermeulen (Ulster) – 60 caps, 15 pts (3t)
7 – Kwagga Smith (Yamaha Júbilo) – 18 caps, 5 pts (1t)
6 – Siya Kolisi (captain, Cell C Sharks) – 62 caps, 30 pts (6t)
5 – Lood de Jager (Sale Sharks) – 55 caps, 25 pts (5t)
4 – Eben Etzebeth (Toulon) – 96 caps, 15 pts (3t)
3 – Trevor Nyakane (Vodacom Bulls) – 53 caps, 5pts (1t)
2 – Bongi Mbonambi (Cell C Sharks) – 47 caps, 45 pts (9t)
1 – Ox Nché (Cell C Sharks) – 8 caps, 0ptsReplacements:
16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 45 caps, 50 pts (10t)
17 – Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers) – 58 caps, 5pts (1t)
18 – Vincent Koch (Saracens) – 30 caps, 0 pts
19 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 50 caps, 5pts (1t)
20 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers) – 10 caps, 0 pts
21 – Herschel Jantjies (DHL Stormers) – 20 caps, 25 pts (5t)
22 – Elton Jantjies (NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes) – 43 caps, 323 pts (2t, 65c, 60p, 1d)
23 – Frans Steyn (Toyota Cheetahs) – 73 caps, 147pts (11t, 7c, 23p, 3d)Springbok record against England:
Played 43; Won 26; Lost 15; Drawn 2; Points for 919; Points against 729; Tries scored 85; Tries conceded 54; Highest score 58; Biggest win 48; Win % 60.5%
Match stats:
Handré Pollard needs 14 more points to reach 600 career points for the Springboks.
Frans Steyn needs three more points to reach 150 career points for the Springboks.
Makazole Mapimpi is one try short of 20 Test tries and 100 Test points.
Bongi Mbonambi needs one try to reach 10 tries and 50 career points.
Miscellaneous:The total Test caps for the Springbok starting line-up is 705.
There are 306 caps in the backline with 399 caps amongst the forwards. On the bench there are a further 329 caps.
The average caps per player in the backline are 43, the forwards 49, while the players on the bench average 41There's always some very cool names in the Saffa team. Not quite up there with Wales as they have Basham and Samson Lee, but close.
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Ireland making the All Blacks their bitch last week. England thumping the Boks this week. Welcome to the era of Northern Hemisphere Rugby dominance.
@sparky said in England vs Springbokke:
Ireland making the All Blacks their bitch last week. England thumping the Boks this week. Welcome to the era of Northern Hemisphere Rugby dominance.
But Sth Africa aren't making dumb mistakes and giving up stupid penalties when under pressure. And their senior players are stepping up. Unlike us last week.
Good game to watch.
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Ireland making the All Blacks their bitch last week. England thumping the Boks this week. Welcome to the era of Northern Hemisphere Rugby dominance.
@sparky said in England vs Springbokke:
Ireland making the All Blacks their bitch last week. England thumping the Boks this week. Welcome to the era of Northern Hemisphere Rugby dominance.
Maybe wait until the end of the match. 12-17 from where I’m sitting at half-time.
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@tordah said in England vs Springbokke:
Good to see the ref penalising the sealing off of the ball by the attacking team
I think both team are milking it a little bit by pushing the guys over ball down - need to move further forward stopping the defender from getting close to the ball.
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@sparky said in England vs Springbokke:
Ireland making the All Blacks their bitch last week. England thumping the Boks this week. Welcome to the era of Northern Hemisphere Rugby dominance.
Maybe wait until the end of the match. 12-17 from where I’m sitting at half-time.
@billy-tell it is, but I have this creeping sensation that the rugby gods are somewhat less than gruntled.
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Tactically I think South Africa like DDA running at Smith and Slade. The maul looks like it might cause some real damage.
We need to be a little smarter defending out wide. England is quite deep, and the rushing winger are being caught in no man land.
Think the front change is coming very soon
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Mr Sinkler, meet Mr Marx.
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Mr Sinkler, meet Mr Marx.
@victor-meldrew said in England vs Springbokke:
Mr Sinkler, meet Mr Marx.
First time he hasn't been mouthing off at break in play
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England forwards being monstered.
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England forwards being monstered.
@victor-meldrew and they might be 7 on 8 soon
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Great individual defence by Malins.
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Ireland making the All Blacks their bitch last week. England thumping the Boks this week. Welcome to the era of Northern Hemisphere Rugby dominance.
@sparky said in England vs Springbokke:
Ireland making the All Blacks their bitch last week. England thumping the Boks this week. Welcome to the era of Northern Hemisphere Rugby dominance.
Premature ejaculation there I think sparky.
