Good news for the game against this world champion Springbok The team is that you know exactly what is about to happen.
They announced their team in advance– This tuesday -When they do, it contains many familiar faces.Saturday at Twickenham, Where the maximum limit of 9 starters and 3 substitutes exceeds 50 times. There are five more people on the team than 25 people. The teams that won the World Cup in 2019 are still intact, and the scarred nature of their every victory is still etched in the minds of their opponents.
The bad news is that knowing what is about to happen does not make it easier to stop. There is nothing you can do about being overwhelmed.
U.K Head coach Eddie Jones assembled the team as much as possible within the parameters of the team he chose. He has a three-guard, Joe Marchant comes in, Anyone can catch it. There are three locks in his backpack, and two open spaces for chasing fastballs. There are six forwards on his bench.
The problem is that he is understaffed in key areas. In terms of props, he has Bevan Rodd, a 21-year-old player with a hat, in fact, he may be his fifth best mind. In terms of prostitutes, he has Jamie Blamire, who made headlines for trying to score instead of set-pieces. He is the club’s second choice and the third choice for his country. He has a rookie guard and guard, and misses his captain Irving Farrell. Victory is indeed a good achievement.
On Thursday, Jones tried to position his team as underdogs and used one point to prove their strength. The problem is that they have not only met the Springboks in form-they have defeated the All Blacks, Wales and Scotland in recent weeks-but they have also been scorned. Feeling wronged, bunker mentality and desperately proving that the outside world is wrong can easily frustrate the South African rugby team.
Somehow, in the two years after they won the World Cup for the third time, South Africa It has gone from a highly admired team, a symbol of inclusiveness, to a team that seems to have little respect outside of their home country because of their unpopular and straightforward playing style. This seems unfair, especially because they still have perimeter guards and scoring capabilities.
England vs South Africa
Springbok star watching
Eben Etzebes
Back to his best partner, Lood de Jager, Etzebeth is in the state of his career. The enforcer gives the Bok team a tough advantage, but at the same time is also a skilled forward.
He turned 30 after 10 years and 96 appearances on the scene last month. Before the arrival of the bomb squad, Tetsumaro Ito and others will face severe challenges.
Cobbs Reinach
Reinach made different threats to the injured Faf de Klerk. The focus of the first half of the game shifted to Handley Pollard, but Reinach is a live line, and the threat of running is much greater.
He is familiar with his former Northampton teammate Courtney Laus, and he will fly on the court, especially hunting down one of his iconic interceptions.
Makazole
Cheslin Kolbe may not be suitable-and Jesse Kriel is a scarred presence in his position-but Mapimpi means that South Africa still has a sharp finisher.
It has overcome adversity and reached its peak, and its forms are rich. He has 19 attempts in 24 tests, including two against Scotland last week.
This week, the main motivation came from the Dublin Office of the World Rugby Association-twice.First, the agency decided to ignore the Boks — and the All Blacks —’ The shortlist of the best male player of the year. There are no Lukhanyo Am, Eben Etzebeth or any other South Africans.
So Boks will support World Rugby with two fingers, and they will do it for Rassie, which is a dangerous combination. Jones knew this, but wanted to use it against them.
“We know what South Africa will bring,” he said. “We know physical fitness. We know Rassie’s story will help them. It suits them very well. But we have to write our own stories, and we think our stories may be better than theirs.”
