In another bizarre move by coach Peter De Villiers, he has announced a team with only a few obvious blunders (Ricky Januarie, I'm looking at you). The midfield, sketchy at best during the Lions series, looks decidedly solid with a return to Jake White's favorite combo. Pienaar's defensive fragility (and the absence of Burger's midfield cover tackling) will be more than compensated for by the hulking presence of JdV and Fourie.
I'm also pleased that I won't have trade any of my early SA picks from my fantasy team -- PdV and I see eye to eye (for once).
The All Blacks will be disappointed that sanity has prevailed, and their hopes of a victory must be all but snuffed out by now.
Springboks – 15 Frans Steyn, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 John Smit (c), 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Beast Mtawarira.Subs: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Morne Steyn, 22 Wynand Olivier.
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