Boks ready for French

After the Springboks defeat at the hands of Leicester on Friday a full strength Boks team should be to much for the quivering French. They are already doing the talking off the field saying the Springboks are the most robust team going out to hurt their opponents, perhaps they should stick to playing Football then after all they know just how to fake it.

The Boks will look to erase the poor display from our minds from Friday, but perhaps it is also not fair to really call them Springboks because in all honesty it was not even the second best team that played. The time has come for the selectors to look past the “transformation” tag they so proudly through around and start picking a team on merit. The team to face the french on Saturday are a well balanced unit and the only real surprise is the inclusion of Adrian Jacobs at inside center ahead of Wynand Olivier a specialist in his position.

Springboks: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Adi Jacobs, 11 Bryan Habana,  10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 John Smit (captain), 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Wian du Preez, 18 CJ van der Linde, 19 Andries Bekker,  20 Danie Rossouw, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Wynand Olivier.