Thursday 21 November 2013

SPRINGBOKS - who are the future?



In the mid year tests before the Championship competition Heyneke Meyer was often asked why he isn't picking any youngsters and giving them a chance. I for one feel a Bok jersey isn't something just handed out but earned through great performances and consistency.  However, looking back here is a list of youngsters included in Springbok squads and you then get an idea of the squad Meyer is trying to build for the future.

FUTURE BOKS: (players who have already been involved in Bok setup)
(backline & looseforwards 24 and younger)
(tight five 25 & younger)

1: Coenie Oosthuisen (24) / Trevor Nyakane (24)
2: Scarra Ntubeni (22)
3: Lourence Adriaanse (25) / Frans Malherbe (22)
4: Eben Etsebeth (22)
5: Pieter-Steph du Toit (21)
6: Marcell Coetzee (22)
7: Siya Kolisi (22)
8: Arno Botha (21)
9: Piet van Zyl (24)
10: Johan Goosen (21) 
11:
12: Jan Serfontein (20)
13: JJ Engelbrecht (24) / Jaco Taute (22)
14: Willie le Roux (24)
15: Patrick Lambie (23)

Looking at the above team I believe that we have a pretty good base of players for the following 5 - 8 years and combined with some older players giving us another 2 - 4 years service with maybe few more youngsters coming through the systems in the future I think we should be OK till 2020 and Meyer has included many youngsters over his term and is building a team for the future without compromising the present.  

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