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So what team is Rassie going to name tomorrow?

Started by Saffolk 11 REPLIES45 VIEWS· 21 Sept 2026, 17:08
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Saffolk Captain30,952 posts
21 Sept 2026, 17:08
#1
21 Sept 2026, 17:08#1

There is much talk of a new backline and some of the players being rested but equally we can’t underestimate Oz who we have often struggled to overcome

They have a solid enough tightfive, a bloody good loose trio, very good centres and handy out wide

I just hope we don’t see the likes of Mostert and v Staaden selected

Id go with something along the lines of

15 Fassi 14 Arendse 13 Moodie 12 Willemse 11 Hooker 10 Sacha 9 vd Bergh 1 Ox 2 Marx 3 Sadie 4 Cobus Wiese 5 Lood 6 de Villiers 7 Esterhuizen 8 Hanekom

16 Wessels 17 Mchunu 18 Porthen 19 Eben 20 Jasper 21 Williams 22 Pollard 23 Edwil / Horn

What team would you lot like to see out there?

CL
Coach57,869 posts
clevermike21 Sept 2026, 15:57

Look a solid team to start off with - but who will be the captain. I will definitely prefer Horn at full back ahead of Fassi. who seemed to have lost the plot totally, Not sure about Pollard at all, He did not have a half-decent game at both Springbok and URC level this year at all.

Agree with you about Mostert and Van Staden - both are waste of space in the squad,

SA
Captain30,952 posts
Saffolk 21 Sept 2026, 16:14

@clevermike nope Fassi over Horn and your take on Pollard is nonsense

Captain would have to be Marx or Willemse

KI
kingcornPro3,870 posts
21 Sept 2026, 19:29
#2
21 Sept 2026, 19:29#2

So Dud and Steph got on the plane and went home, not sure why they went all the way to Oz. Maybe they need to stop off in Japan, but they currently having typhoons over there.

Interesting backline. I don't rate Willemse at 12.

I would go with the backline that got them that first record score against AB at Twickenham

  1. Stenekamp / Jan Hendrik
  2. Grobbies / Marx
  3. Louw / Thomas Du Toit
  4. De Jager
  5. Nortje
  6. De Villiers
  7. Kolisi
  8. Hannekom
  9. Van Den Berg
  10. Manie
  11. Hooker
  12. AE
  13. Moodie
  14. Arendse
  15. Horn (No Fassi)
  16. Jan Hendrik
  17. Ox
  18. Thomas Du Toit
  19. Mostert (No other lock, other than Eben)
  20. Wiese
  21. Reinach, (Williams has been piss poor)
  22. Pollard
  23. Willemse
SA
Captain30,952 posts
Saffolk 21 Sept 2026, 19:48

@Mozart you know I could not stand Mostert, I see Nortje as a slight upgrade but still way off the mark and it’s purely down to that lack of grunt

CL
Coach57,869 posts
clevermike21 Sept 2026, 20:21

@Mozart
We need a more mobile player at 8 - like in the Ardie Savea mode - then having a basic extension of the Tight 5 like Jasper Wiese is - to play at 8,

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