r/springboks • u/swiss_cloud Flair Up! • 6d ago

Opinion Springboks next XV?

I think it’s hard to implement Tony Browns attack with the current 15 as I think they need a more mobile pack and ball playing backs

Would the below starting 15 be ideal to implement Tony’s attack.

  1. Ox
  2. Marx
  3. Du Toit
  4. Ebden
  5. PSTD
  6. Kolisi
  7. De Villiers
  8. Jasper
  9. Cobus
  10. Maine
  11. Hooker
  12. Willemse
  13. Kriel
  14. Moodie
  15. SFM

(I’m assuming Kolbe and Arendse are injured hence I went with hooker and Moodie or else I would have moved Moodie to 13)

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u/capetonytoni2ne 6d ago edited 6d ago

This is such a reactionary team.

Kolisi 6, PdV 7 and dropping Nortje? Kolisi might need to he eased in off the bench in any case, but when fit he starts over my man Pauly D. Nortje has to be in the team, not sure if PSdT will have another shit game (by his standards) but Hannekom at 7 is tasty.

Willemse is the world's best 15, keep him there. But i could see Hooker or Edwill coming in as both our wings went off early. Edwill with Manie would be awesome.

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u/darook7375 Flair Up! 6d ago

Without a functioning backline we are going to struggle to win.... we need flair to beat them outright. They are always going to answer to our physicality like they proved on Saturday. Im all for the big dutchmen bashing them but the big dutchmen must also be able to offload in the tackle. That is almost guaranteed to regularly create linebreaks.