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Post Match Discussion Springboks-Australia

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u/Baraka_1503 Flair Up! 4d ago

Boks are in trouble. The old guard, while class, seemed slow and lacking in conditioning. Age is an issue. We have real problems at 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 15.

Marx and Bongi have been great servants but there’s little behind them.

In the engine room RG is 30, Lood 32, Eben 33 and Franco 34. Two years is a long way away for them.

Ditto Siya and PSDT.

Who are our best loosies among the new wave of players? hanekom is promising while Roos is unconvincing.

Sacha needs more game time at 10. His potential is unlimited. Libbok is a baller but won’t get any better. We must wrap Polly in cotton wool. Most clutch player of all time?

Fassi’s defence was woeful today. Love WLR but don’t know if he’ll still have the legs in 2027.

Rassie needs to make some radical changes and give youngsters an extended run. Otherwise our team of pensioners will be out in the quarters of the next RWC

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u/Flyhalf2021 Flair Up! 3d ago

I'm not sure we in big trouble yet but we are getting to that point where if we point a bunch of the old guys together the team starts to look dated,

The game we looked our best in (Italy 2) is the game we had most of the new guys sprinkled with veterens like Mapimpi, and Willie.