South Africa Vs World XV

Could be a very good game, on Sky sports.
Squads

 S.A.
 Springbok squad – Willem Alberts, Bakkies Botha, Schalk Brits, Schalk Burger, Marcell Coetzee, Damian de Allende, Lodewyk de Jager, Juan de Jongh, Bismarck du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis, Fourie du Preez, JJ Engelbrecht, Johan Goosen, Bryan Habana, Cornal Hendricks, Francois Hougaard, Zane Kirchner, Siya Kolisi, Willie le Roux, Francois Louw, Victor Matfield, Teboho Mohoje, Tendai Mtawarira, Lwazi Mvovo, Coenie Oosthuizen, Ruan Pienaar, JP Pietersen, Jan Serfontein, S’bura Sithole, Gurthrö Steenkamp, Frans Steyn, Morné Steyn, Flip van der Merwe, Marcel van der Merwe, Duane Vermeulen, Callie Visagie.

 World XV squad:

 Backs: James O'Connor (London Irish, Australia - 44 Test caps), Drew Mitchell (Toulon, Australia - 63), Hosea Gear (Toulouse, New Zealand - 14), Sititiveni Sivivatu (Clermont, New Zealand - 45), Aurelien Rougerie (Clermont, France - 71), Rene Ranger (Montpelier, New Zealand - 6), Matt Giteau (Toulon, Australia - 92), François Trinh-Duc (Montpelier, France - 48), Rory Kockott (Castres, South Africa - uncapped) and Jimmy Cowan (Gloucester, New Zealand - 51).

 Forwards: Steffon Armitage (Toulon, England - 5 Test caps), Alexandre Lapandry (Clermont, France - 6), Roger Wilson (Ulster, Ireland - 1), Mamuka Gorgodze (Montpellier, Georgia - 51), Alistair Hargreaves (Saracens, South Africa - 4), Joe Tekori (Toulouse, Samoa - 26), Juandré Kruger (Racing Metro, South Africa - 17), Craig Burden (Toulon, South Africa - uncapped), Andrew Hore (New Zealand - 83), Schalk Ferreira (Toulouse, South Africa - uncapped), Sona Taumololo (Perpignan, Tonga - 5), Julian Redelinghuys (Lions, South Africa - uncapped) and Carl Hayman (Toulon, New Zealand - 45).

my World XV

 1) Redelinghuys
 2) Burden
 3) Haymen
 4) Kruger
 5) Tekori
 6) Wilson
 7) Armitage
 8) Gorgodze
 9) Kockett
10) Trinh-Duc
11) Gear
12) Giteaau
13) Rougerie
14) Ranger
15) Mitchell

16) Hore
17) Taumololo
18) Ferreira
19) Hargreaves
20) Lapandry
21) Cowan
22) O'connor
23) Sivivatu

Well, if nothing else it'll be a chance to see how Steffon Armitage goes against international opposition.

Interesting number of 'uncapped' RSA players in the World XV.

I'd take that world xv to win the RWC next season to be honest.

For a bunch of OAPs and rejects its pretty impressive!

Problem is you would never get a true 'Worlds Best XV' playing together due to all the commitments teams have Tours, 6 Nations, RC etc etc

The World XV looks suspiciously like the Barbarians team from Sunday

Gorgodze vs Alberts. Get ready for the new big bang

Bam Bam

Yeah i was wondering, what the difference is between this World XV and the Baa baas.

The name.

The result?

Biltong wrote:The name.

  

SecretFly wrote:The result?

I would definitely say so. Bookies are still taking bets but I can't see anything but a SA win. They may have changed the name but the post-drink celebrations are still going strong methinks.

would be surprised if this toulon extended squad world XV gets anywhere close to SA...

that said Mallet is taking of things seriously when it comes to bringing players from Europe:

https://twitter.com/Magicsteffo7/status/473815848969584640/photo/1

https://twitter.com/drew_mitchell/status/473824294615916544/photo/1


Wynand Olivier replacing Rougerie as well.

Jhamer25 wrote:Gorgodze vs Alberts. Get ready for the new big bang

Going to be an amazing battle.

Gorgodze isn't blessed with the best temperament either, so I fully expect it to overflow a couple of times.

Such a shame Etzebeth is injured. Would have loved to see those two going at eachother

South Africa team is as follows:

South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 JP Pietersen, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira

Replacements: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Gurthro Steenkamp, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Flip van der Merwe, 20 Schalk Burger, 21 Fourie du Preez, 22 Johan Goosen, 23 Lwazi Mvovo

Pietersen at 13 ahead of the likes of De Allende seems a strange call, and has Flip VDM been off form this season? He looked a real quality lock in the Autumn games to me, thought he would have been a mainstay going forward

The forwards off the bench are just scary, Oosthuizen, Brits, Flip and Burger is some serious power with FDP running the show late on

Can't wait to see Burger running around in a Springbok shirt again.

Got to love that pack as well. Never thought we'd see Bakkies and Matfield pairing again.

GeordieFalcon wrote:Bam Bam

Yeah i was wondering, what the difference is between this World XV and the Baa baas.

Funny, I was wondering the exact same thing recently. Maybe one's slightly more 'invitational' than the other, whatever that means

Is this game capped?

Knowsit17 wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:Bam Bam

Yeah i was wondering, what the difference is between this World XV and the Baa baas.

Funny, I was wondering the exact same thing recently. Maybe one's slightly more 'invitational' than the other, whatever that means

Depends on who is organising the World XV/Baa Baas I guess, Barbarians rugby club will be the latter but who organises the former is anyone's guess

De Allende has been withdrawn from the squad, he is injured and won't play in June

Wynand Olivier replacing Rougerie as well

That's like being told your champagne has been replaced with Lambrini.

Should be a good game, certainly not lacking in big names and big physicality.

Biltong wrote:De Allende has been withdrawn from the squad, he is injured and won't play in June

Unless Frans Steyn can pull through SA are looking increasingly thin in midfield. Or do they yet have untapped resources who could potentially do a job?

Knowsit17 wrote:

Biltong wrote:De Allende has been withdrawn from the squad, he is injured and won't play in June

Unless Frans Steyn can pull through SA are looking increasingly thin in midfield. Or do they yet have untapped resources who could potentially do a job?

We still have Jan Serfontein at 12 as well, and Engelbrecht and Sithole at midfield.

If it goes haywire, Willie le Roux can step in as well, or Gossen to 10 and Morne Steyn to 12

World XV: 15 James O'Connor, 14 Drew Mitchell, 13 Rene Ranger, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Matt Giteau, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Roger Wilson, 7 Steffon Armitage, 6 Mamuka Gorgodze, 5 Alistair Hargreaves, 4 Juandré Kruger, 3 Carl Hayman, 2 Craig Burden, 1 Sona Taumalolo.
Replacements: 16 Andrew Hore, 17 Schalk Ferreira, 18 Pat Cilliers, 19 Joe Tekori, 20 Alexandre Lapandry, 21 Jimmy Cowan, 22 François Trinh-Duc, 23 Benson Stanley

 That Back line, That Back Row, That Front Row.

 If they work together we could have a really good game.

 Looking forward to this.

Looks like the Ulsterman is going to have to carry the rest of the World backrow - couple of lightweights 

Seriously chuffed for him - should have gone to the Emerging Ireland tour as an old experienced hand.

The invitational side look up for this game.

Habana try puts South Africa ahead 8-7 with a conversion to come.

Who scored for the World XV? Missed the start. Also who the hell picked the colour for the World XV? They could have had any colour, why pick one so close to the South African home jersey!!!

Well the world XV have come to play

Welly's got a thread already up for this one. Suggest all comments should go there:

https://www.606v2.com/t54127-south-africa-vs-world-xv

Jaysus wrote:Who scored for the World XV? Missed the start. Also who the hell picked the colour for the World XV? They could have had any colour, why pick one so close to the South African home jersey!!!

 Hargreaves

Thanks welly

Very poor discipline by the Boks in this half.

George Clancy has far overachieved the level that a referee of his limited ability should have ever achieved. How can someone be this pedantic during a Barbarians match.

Biltong why is Pat Cilliers not n the South African Team. He has been the best scrummaging bok on the pitch since he's come on. Very under rated player, he is probably the best scrummaging tight head you have yet he isn't even in the set up

Meyer is dumb.

Biltong wrote:Meyer is dumb.

haha fair enough, Your missing out on a stable scrum with him. Jannie isn't reliable in the scrum and is terrible around the pitch