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Opinionated Rugby Commentary - by Fans for Fans
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Trinations Game 2: NZ v SA Squads 14 views
28 July 2011 by deep
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Check out the line-ups for the second rounds of the series.
Good to see my predictions for last weekend were on the money. The 'flash and dash' of the Ozzy backline was high class, and simply too much for the Boks to handle. More like what I had expected them to show against Samoa.
This week the South African line-up has an even bigger showing of fresh faces, as the injury toll continues to mount - and I suspect the AB's are also going to carve them up, not quite to the extent as last weekend, but still convincingly.
To their advantage, the Boks have a week of hard learning under their belt, while the AB's have only had a sloppy run against Fiji. But with a home ground advantage plus the wealth of experience on show, I can only see one result for the All Blacks and that's a good one.
I still don't think we can learn much from these games with a view of the upcoming RWC. They're fun games and classically grunty internationals, but the experimentation is also high and we are still clearly on a pathway to the main event.
One good thing is that there's a few more affordable players to pick from in the Trinations Fantasy game! :-)
New Zealand
15. Mils Muliaina, 14. Cory Jane, 13. Conrad Smith, 12. Ma'a Nonu, 11. Zac Guildford, 10. Dan Carter, 9. Jimmy Cowan, 8. Adam Thomson, 7. Richie McCaw (captain), 6. Jerome Kaino, 5. Ali Williams, 4. Sam Whitelock, 3. Ben Franks, 2. Andrew Hore, 1. Wyatt Crockett.
Reserves:
16. Corey Flynn, 17. John Afoa, 18. Jarrad Hoeata, 19. Liam Messam, 20. Piri Weepu, 21. Colin Slade, 22. Sonny Bill Williams.
South Africa
15. Patrick Lambie, 14. Bjorn Basson, 13. Adrian Jacobs 12. Juan De Jongh, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Morne Steyn, 9. Ruan Pienaar, 8. Danie Roussouw, 7. Jean Deysel , 6. Deon Stegmann, 5. Alistair Hargreaves, 4. Gerhard Mostert, 3. Werner Kruger, 2. John Smit, 1. Dean Greyling.
Reserves:
16. Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17. CJ van der Linde, 18. Ryan Kankowski, 19.Ashley Johnson l, 20. Charl McLeod, 21. Wynand Olivier, 22. Odwa Ndungane.
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