Boks v Wobblies I

[Bones]

@Billy-Webb said in Boks v Wobblies I:

(fill in the blank reasons)

Oh come on, we all know your reason is he chose his birth country over the grandparent rule.

[delicatessen]

@Smuts said in Boks v Wobblies I:

@pakman said in Boks v Wobblies I:

Boks are beatable. Main strike weapon will be maul.

Imminently beatable. Main strike weapon is the maul and the scru…

Imminently beatable. Main strike weapons are the maul and the scrum and Arendse (5 tries in 2 tests against Oz), bugger

Imminently beatable. Amongst their arsenal are such diverse weapons as:
the maul and scrum
Arendse (5 from 2) and
Fassi and Moodie (each 1 from 1)

Also shouldn’t forget the hot hand of Edwill van der Merwe (5 tries in 3 tests for the Boks) aaargh …

I’ll come in again [exit and immediate reentry]

Imminently beatable. Their ever-expanding arsenal is easily underestimated but contains such diverse weapons as:
the maul and scrum
The tryscoring threats of Arendse (5 from 2), Fassi and Moodie (each 1 from 1)
Along with the hot hand of Edwill van der Merwe (5 tries in 3 tests for the Boks)
To say nothing of two-time and current world player of the year PSDT

Bugger.

They are beatable if you can nullify their many and diverse threats.

*eminently

[antipodean]

@delicatessen said in Boks v Wobblies I:

@Smuts said in Boks v Wobblies I:

@pakman said in Boks v Wobblies I:

Boks are beatable. Main strike weapon will be maul.

Imminently beatable. Main strike weapon is the maul and the scru…

Imminently beatable. Main strike weapons are the maul and the scrum and Arendse (5 tries in 2 tests against Oz), bugger

Imminently beatable. Amongst their arsenal are such diverse weapons as:
the maul and scrum
Arendse (5 from 2) and
Fassi and Moodie (each 1 from 1)

Also shouldn’t forget the hot hand of Edwill van der Merwe (5 tries in 3 tests for the Boks) aaargh …

I’ll come in again [exit and immediate reentry]

Imminently beatable. Their ever-expanding arsenal is easily underestimated but contains such diverse weapons as:
the maul and scrum
The tryscoring threats of Arendse (5 from 2), Fassi and Moodie (each 1 from 1)
Along with the hot hand of Edwill van der Merwe (5 tries in 3 tests for the Boks)
To say nothing of two-time and current world player of the year PSDT

Bugger.

They are beatable if you can nullify their many and diverse threats.

*eminently

As we get closer it will be imminently again.

[pakman]

@delicatessen My bad. I realised I’d mistyped, but after @smuts had taken the bait so magnificently, there seemed little point in correcting!

[ACT Crusader]

@mariner4life said in Boks v Wobblies I:

word is JOC to start at 10?

Let’s go ‘straya

[KiwiMurph]

Supposedly SARU have buggered the pricing strategy for this one and there's gonna be a load of empty seats

[Mr Fish]

@KiwiMurph said in Boks v Wobblies I:

Supposedly SARU have buggered the pricing strategy for this one and there's gonna be a load of empty seats

It's about 100NZD for the cheapest tickets, from what I've seen. Which is criminal in SA.

[pakman]

When is the team named?

[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:

https://twitter.com/wallabies/status/1955963051271671970?s=46

[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]

https://www.planetrugby.com/news/rassie-erasmus-makes-late-tweak-to-springboks-team-for-wallabies-showdown

[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)