Predictions(only for the brave)

Bokke by 8 points

ABs by 1. It’s payback time for RWC Final…..

32-22 All Blacks

Got a feeling too much is gonna go wrong for the Boks in this first game.

The All Blacks have the advantage of a clean slate in their new coach. They won't be too worried about recent results.

The Boks are in a weird situation. Of the two recent games, one of them was clearly more dominant. But those games were away from home and the dominant game was a gamble that paid off.

Rassie might feel that the Eden Park strategy wasn't successful in NZ but that in SA it will be enough, and safer. He'll remember how had Kolbe not made that intercept in Wellington, the ABs could easily have won that game.

I have a feeling that Sacha hasn't been selected for his running game but rather because he has the biggest high ball of our three 10s.

The Boks have kicked the living shit out of everything this year, and I don't think Saturday will be different.

Perhaps I'm just voicing my fears but I think we'll kick all possession away and then fail to properly shut down the lighting fast AB ruck.

Of course I'm hoping for a Bok win!

Aussie bliksemed us up there just two years ago ... I truly dunno, so its either a draw or one team winning by a solitary point or two.

Boks by 12.
37 - 25 . Two late tries from penalty lineouts. Kolbe in the corner, Manie scuffs the kick.

One can dream.

Boks by ten. As Gavin Rich Rich wisely noted, how will the ref ref this game. Will he have been influenced by all the BS coming out of NZ about how they insist the game must be played. I will post a video on this.
My main concern about the Boks is match sharpness, match fitness and the fact the test side has not played together for some time.- this of course has positives to it like freshness and building depth.
What is certain is that the wee ab ballarinas will not have come up against anything like the Boks on this tour playing as they did against badly depleted franchise teams. Its easy to look impressive against weak opposition. The wee abs are getting carried away with their imagined greatness. Bwahahahahahhahaha
I also think that as the series progresses the Boks will likely become stronger. We shall see what happens.
I can only wonder what Plumpster is smoking. That game against the Argies was an aberration when compared to what the Boks have been producing. Hence all our big scores etc.