FR Stephen Moore (AUS) - $1,105,000
FR Bismarck Du Plessis (SAF) - $1,202,500
LK Nathan Sharpe (AUS) - $1,110,000
LK Victor Matfield (SAF) - $1,235,000
LF Pierre Spies (SAF) - $1,252,500
LF Richard Brown (AUS) - $775,000
HV Morne Steyn (SAF) - $1,167,500
HV Matt Giteau (AUS) - $1,265,000
CT Berrick Barnes (AUS) - $1,167,500
CT Jean De Villiers (SAF) - $1,245,000
OB Franscois Steyn (SAF) - $1,225,000
OB Drew Mitchell (AUS) - $1,185,000
Team Value: $13,935,000
Cash in Bank: $87,500
Assuming all my selection predictions were correct (Aussie team still not announced), this team should be a humdinger. I'm untouchable -- no-one alive is going to score more than me. Sharpe is a TR demon at lock, Giteau needs no introduction, Barnes is just as good as Giteau and Mitchell was top TR scorer in Round One without even doing anything.
My only worry is Richard Brown at LF - I'm not 100 % convinced he'll even be in the matchday 22. There's been talk of Pockock getting a run against the Boks... not sure what that means. Hopefully I won't be left to rue my early buying. He was pretty much the only loosie I could afford though, so it's not as if I had a choice.
Remember, if you have the transfers, buy Aussie backline players. They are going to score more than their SA counterparts (they'll actually get the ball). Unless, of course, we have another 50 point blow-out a la Ellis Park last year. I'm not counting on it though. Australia is good this year. Deans has been working some mojo into them. I expect a close game.
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