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Meyer would love the Rugby Championship (the Four Nations, as it is known in popular parlance), for next year's World Cup win and have already explained j at the beginning of the season j how important it is for him to win this year the Rugby Championship.
The two tough wins against Argentina can still be excused because of the All Blacks and Wallabies j games against the Pumas, it was clear that these men hardcore received and not the milk cow of the series. j However, the defeat against Australia in Perth Meyer's planning really is botched.
Meyer, however, a man who believes in miracles and in his career reached all the seemingly impossible with his teams. He will certainly have a plan for Saturday's Test at Newlands so to proceed, if the miracle Sunday morning (SA time) in the Estadio Ciudad La Plata, Argentina happens and the All Blacks might stumble, the Springboks a week later not only a test of academic interest to the All Blacks have to play to complete j the series.
There is no point for Meyer and his Springbok team with a conservative effort just Saturday's win against the Australians. The Springboks have received full and a large victory needed to let keep the flame of hope for the miracle fire. The Springboks will have to build early momentum and the Wallabies must crush front.
Meyer's team has decided to lay the solid foundation to five, especially if their Line-outs and scrums two weeks ago to be considered against the All Blacks. Though not the technique of Aussie- and New Zealand's specialists have not, Marcell Coetzee will also present form tricky enough at the breakdown could be Michael j Hooper besigte keep and even neutralize. About Duanne Vermeulen's capabilities have South Africa not to worry.
The calculated risk that Meyer was required to take under political pressure to include Grandfather Mohojo in the team, a spoke in the wheel to be of his plans. Can Mohojo for the team to do what Willem Alberts did last year when the Boks beat the Aussies twice easily?
That way the team's backline also a cause for concern. This will help the little Wallaby j forwards to overpower, but the back with unimaginative game to kill the ball every time, or to struggle back to finish as the momentum is there and opportunities emerge. j
The Boks have two excellent wings and a fullback who can finish. The creativity of Hougaard, Pollard, De Villiers and Serfontein can be the difference between yet another missed opportunity and the vague possibility to realize that miracle.
If Jean de Villiers and his men can successfully hunt this goal, the entire South Africa will extra firewood and buy rooibos tea on Saturday late night to prompt the Pumas to their contribution to the possible miracle.
South Africa: 15. Willie le Roux, 14 regular flyers Cornal Hendricks, 13 Jan Serfontein, 12. Jean de Villiers j (captain), 11. Bryan Habana, 10. Handre Pollard, 9. Francois Hougaard, 8. Duane Vermeulen, 7 . Teboho "Papa" Mohoje, 6. Marcell Coetzee, 5. Victor Matfield, 4. Eben Etzebeth, 3. Jannie du Plessis, 2. Adriaan Strauss, 1. Tendai Mtawarira. Bank: 16. Bismarck du Plessis, 17. Trevor Nyakane, 18. Marcell van der Merwe, 19. Bakkies Botha, 20. Schalk Burger, 21. Cobus Reinach, 22. Pat Lambie, 23. JP Pietersen.
Australia: 15. Israel Folau; 14. Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13. Tevita Kuridrani, 12. Matt Toomua, 11. Joe Tomane; 10. Bernard Foley, 9. Nick Phipps, 8. Ben McCalman, 7. Michael Hooper (captain), 6. Scott Fardy, 5. Rob Simmons, Sam Carter 4; 3. Sekope Kepu, 2. Saia Fainga'a, James Slipper 1.. Bank: 16. James Hanson, j 17. Benn Robinson, 18. Ben Alexander, 19. James Horwill, j Scott Higginbotham 20., 21. Nic White, 22. Kurtley Beale, 23. Rob Horne.
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