but I shudder to think that Australia will lose by ten in Bloemfontein. Most of the journos I have read question the mental toughness of the Wobblies, a nice name appropriately. I do think the Wobblies are frail in certain areas, the questionable headcase Quade Cooper being one of them. Another is why not get rid of Nathan Sharp once and for all. He can't possibly be the only jumper on the squad...if he is the go to man, I am a monkey's uncle and unfortunately is quite possible.
Selecting a lock at number eight in McCalman is , well. not a new thing but at altitude it's a bit of a surprise. Richard Brown really wasn't up to test level rugby anyhow.
Stephen Moore isn't the sharpest tool in the box but he is better than Fainga'a who I have no idea how he got there in he first place.
Some sort of marketing ploy that failed.
Now that brings us to the hippos in tutus, the Boks. The Boks are a team under seige like I have never seen before.....worse than England under Lady Clive.
For some reason they are underappreciated both at home and abroad.
It must be a strange feeling having so much history and getting so little respect.
It's not that I don't trust PDV because I don't. But I don't trust John Smit surprisingly.
I don't trust the Afrikaans mindset in the laager because I have the feeling that the Bees Roux incident is a reflection on the whole society temperament in South Africa now.
I sense this by the astonishment of all regarding the fact that the Lions in the Currie Cup coach, itinerant Kiwi John Mitchell, is living in Beirut...er..I mean Johannsburg.
When the word is on the street that a place is extremely dangerous and black as night, to make that a point of interest tells me a lot about the political climate being sugarcoated......and the guys who might feel quite nervous about it all are , for the most part, rugby souls.
I said last week that the Wobblies will run them off their feet, which they did, but errors dominated both sides and the Boks were able to admirably hang on for a not so famous display of rugby talent.
But having endured that, there is no reason why the Boks shouldn't be prepared for it once again and make the most of it.
I don't see it that way. I see politics involved in this one on both sides.
On one side we have Quade Cooper ready to jump ship like the rat he on the other we have the mental stress of a contry embnodied in a likable guy ;like John Smit.
Take your pick.
I am holding out for the Wobblies by the same margin of ten but betting this game even up.
This is a huge match for both Deans and Pieter. One of them may leave the party early.
