Month: June 2013

The Boks ran out comfortable 56-23 victors over Samoa. Pierre Spies was again the worst player for the home side – the efforts of Francois Louw and Willem Alberts to pick up the slack earned them the highest ratings for the Boks. Louw was a deserved Man of the Match.

Springboks in order of ratings from 3 sources:

Francois Louw 8.5 / 8 / 8.5
Willem Alberts 8 / 8 / 8
Bryan Habana 8 / 7 / 8
JJ Engelbrecht 7.5 / 7.5 / 7.5
Willie le Roux 7.5 / 7.5 / 7.5
Jean de Villiers 7.5 / 7 / 7.5
Eben Etzebeth 7 / 7.5 / 7.5
Jannie du Plessis 7.5 / 7 / 7.5
Morné Steyn 7 / 7 / 7
Adriaan Strauss 7 / 7 / 7
Tendai Mtawarira 7 / 7 / 7
Siya Kolisi 7 / 6 / 7
Bjorn Basson 7 / 6.5 / 6.5
Ruan Pienaar 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5
Flip van der Merwe 6 / 7 / 6
Pierre Spies 4 / 5.5 / 4.5

Springboks

15 Willie le Roux (GWK Griquas), 2 caps
14 Bryan Habana (DHL Western Province), 85
13 JJ Engelbrecht (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 3
12 Jean de Villiers (captain, DHL Western Province), 86 / Jan Serfontein (Bulls), 2
11 Bjorn Basson (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 8
10 Morné Steyn (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 44
09 Ruan Pienaar (Ulster, N-Ireland), 65
08 Pierre Spies (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 52
07 Willem Alberts (The Sharks), 20 / Siya Kolisi (DHL Western Province), 1
06 Francois Louw (Bath, England), 18
05 Flip van der Merwe (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 25
04 Eben Etzebeth (DHL Western Province), 13
03 Jannie du Plessis (The Sharks), 44
02 Adriaan Strauss (Toyota FS Cheetahs), 23
01 Tendai Mtawarira (The Sharks), 43

Replacements

16 Bismarck du Plessis (The Sharks), 47
17 Trevor Nyakane (Toyota FS Cheetahs), 2
18 Coenie Oosthuizen (Toyota FS Cheetahs), 3
19 Juandré Kruger (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 10
20 Siya Kolisi (DHL Western Province), 1 / Marcell Coetzee (The Sharks), 14
21 Piet van Zyl (Toyota FS Cheetahs), 1
22 Pat Lambie (The Sharks), 22
23 Jan Serfontein (Bulls), 2 / Juan de Jongh (DHL Western Province), 14

The Boks made hard work of beating Scotland 30 – 17 on Saturday. Here are the Bok players ranked according to ratings from 3 sources:

Siya Kolisi: 7.5 / 8 / 8
Eben Etzebeth: 7 / 6 / 7
Bjorn Basson: 6.5 / 6.5 / 6
Bryan Habana: 6 / 6.5 / 6
Willie le Roux: 6 / 6 / 6
Marcell Coetzee: 5.5 / 6.5 / 6
JJ Engelbrecht: 5.5 / 6 / 6
Jean de Villiers: 6 / 5 / 5.5
Adriaan Strauss: 5.5 / 5 / 5.5
Jannie du Plessis: 5.5 / 4 / 5.5
Tendai Mtawarira: 5 / 5 / 5
Morne Steyn: 5.5 / 4 / 5
Ruan Pienaar: 5.5 / 4 / 5
Juandre Kruger: 5.5 / 4 / 5
Pierre Spies: 5 / 4 / 4

The Springbok Test against Italy starts at 17h15 in Durban, following the match between Scotland and Samoa (14h15)

Springboks (Caps)

15 Willie le Roux – 0
14 Bryan Habana – 83
13 JJ Engelbrecht – 1
12 Jean de Villiers (c) – 84
11 Bjorn Basson – 6
10 Morné Steyn – 42
09 Jano Vermaak – 0
08 Pierre Spies – 50
07 Willem Alberts – 20
06 Francois Louw – 17
05 Juandré Kruger – 8
04 Eben Etzebeth – 11
03 Jannie du Plessis – 42
02 Adriaan Strauss (vc) – 21
01 Beast Mtawarira – 41

Impact players
16 Chiliboy Ralepelle – 21
17 Trevor Nyakane – 0
18 Coenie Oosthuizen – 2
19 Flip van der Merwe – 23
20 Arno Botha – 0
21 Ruan Pienaar – 63
22 Pat Lambie – 20
23 Jan Serfontein – 0

The new guys: Willie le Roux, Jan Serfontein, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Lappies Labuschagne, Lourens Adriaanse, Trevor Nyankane, Arno Botha, Siya Kolisi, Jano Vermaak

Union breakdown: Bulls (12), Sharks (8), WP (6), Cheetahs (5), Overseas (2), Griquas (1)

Backs

Zane Kirchner – Blue Bulls – Fullback
Pat Lambie – The Sharks – Flyhalf / Fullback
Gio Aplon – Western Province – Wing / Fullback
Willie le Roux – Cheetahs – Fullback / Wing
Lwazi Mvovo – The Sharks – Wing
Bryan Habana – Western Province – Wing
Bjorn Basson – Blue Bulls – Wing
JJ Engelbrecht – Blue Bulls – Centre / Wing
Juan de Jongh – Western Province – Centre
Jean de Villiers (C) – Western Province – Centre
Jan Serfontein – Blue Bulls – Centre
Morné Steyn – Blue Bulls – Flyhalf
Ruan Pienaar – Ulster, Ireland – Scrumhalf
Francois Hougaard – Blue Bulls – Scrumhalf
Jano Vermaak – Blue Bulls – Scrumhalf

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