Springboks face first Test of the year against Wales
With the Super 14 coming to a conclusion our Bokke can now have a chance to shine, and they will be kicking off the Test season with a game against Wales in Cardiff this weekend. Despite being limited by the Super 14 finals, the selectors still chose a team with quite a few of the Bulls and Stormers players who did their thing in the final, and luckily all of them have been deemed fit to play, despite some minor concerns about Andries Bekker’s foot and Juan de Jongh’s thigh.
Jannie predicts an excellent year for our national side, which includes not only a lot of the Bulls and Stormers players who helped drive their teams to success in the past Super season, but some of our best players currently based abroad, as well as quite a few Cheetahs and Sharks players who will be wanting a chance to kick some after their team’s poor form over the Super season.
For the coming match against Wales, there are two new caps in the starting line-up, in the form of Stormers wing Gio Aplon and flanker Francois Louw, as well as Cheetahs wing Bjorn Basson on the bench, acknowledging his good performance in the Super. There are also six overseas-based players in the starting 15: Frans Steyn, Jean de Villiers, Butch James, Joe van Niekerk, BJ Botha and CJ van der Linde.
This is very much a new team and coach Peter de Villiers doesn’t have too much time to get them ready, and we’re facing a strong Welsh team. But I do think we’ll win, and without many problems either, with our team set to be confident and geared for a triumph after South Africa’s success in last week’s the Super.
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Saturdays vibe in Soweto.
Check out this video clip that I captured on Saturday before the game down Vilikazi street. Awesome stuff. What the Bulls did in bringing the semi, and the final to Orlando could not have been achieved by a million politicians. Well done Bulle! Here's the youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-HvtZiwZPg