Tuesday, July 21, 2009

State of the Nation - South Africa

Andrew's tips based on the Springboks starting XV:

Essential Buy: Bismarck du Plessis. Second only to Mealamu as the highest scoring FR in this year's S14 and he racked up the Test Rugby points in last year's Tri-Nations. Barring injury he'll be a cert to start next week too so buy him before his price rises.

Bargain Buy: Heinrich Brussouw. At $1,045,000, he's the cheapest of the South African LFs and, thanks to his superb scavanging skills and Burger's ongoing ban, has a good chance of being the highest scoring among them.

Overpriced: Bakkies Botha. The big lock's brutality and aggression are legendary but it rarely transfers into TR points - he often fails to get into triple figures. At $1,117,500 you'd be much better spending your money elsewhere.

Wild Card: JP Pietersen. Likely to be overlooked for Habana or Steyn, the flyer has a history of occasionally scoring a lot of points and might be worth taking a gamble on.

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