The new-look Bok squad: the debates begin
South Africa’s twelfth post-isolation national rugby coach seems determined to begin duty with a pretty clean slate.
Stormers
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Has Allister Coetzee named the best players for the Rugby Championship?
You’d expect the Bok side to be loaded with Lions players. However just seven Lions players made the cut. Warren Whiteley is injured and Ruan Dreyer, Ruan Combrinck, Rohan Janse van Rensburg and Faf de Klerk – all previous Springboks – are out of favour.
Is an early Super Rugby exit beneficial for players earmarked for a Bok call-up?
Does a solid break from rugby leave a side rusty or rejuvenated when they return to action?
Who’s in contention for the Springbok’s first Test against France?
In Allister Coetzee’s first year as Springbok coach, he was not afraid to move players around and play them out of their specialist positions.
Too many “passengers” in the Springbok team?
You might say a shiny locomotive has been attached, in the form of Warren Whiteley, and certain gratifying, sleek new carriages added as well. But Allister Coetzee’s first Springbok train of 2017 also carries a few too many conspicuous “passengers”.