RG Snyman set for debut as Leinster roll out stars in formidable team

Selection at hooker looks fine. I'd personally have gone with Langdon ahead of Cowan-Dickie, but I can see the argument for LCD.

I'm surprised there isn't another lock in the squad. Specifically I think Tuima could have been included ahead of someone like Tom Willis, particularly given Tuima can cover 8.

Happy to see Pearson and Fisilau given a shot, but honestly I might not have gone for either of them myself. I'd have been tempted to swap out Pearson for Pepper - or possibly even Pollock - and Fisilau for Mercer. But I appreciate none of these guys are likely to get much gametime this autumn, so its more about where Borthwick sees the squad going over the next few years.

At 9 I'm extremely happy to see JVP brought back in. I was wondering if we might see Will Porter introduced at the expense of Spencer, but I'm not too surprised that Borthwick didn't go there.

In the backs I'm forever perplexed by the positional spread. Beard, Dingwall, Lawrence, Lozowski, and Daly are all outside centres, and Borthwick hasn't picked a single specialist 12. I'd have dropped Lozowski, Beard, and Daly, and brought in Will Butt (or Dan Kelly, or Seb Atkinson). Those droppings would also free up space for Cadan Murley, and potentially another forward.

With their track record, is it any wonder the clubs don’t trust the fcukers…?!!!

"They also are producing a steady stream of positive drug tests." No 'They' are not. A few players outside the Bok squad like Jantjies and Nkosi have tested positive and often players are testing positive once they've moved to another country to play club rugby. Meanwhile, the ABs seem to have no problem turning a blind eye to wife beaters.

"Kolbe being the same guy who deliberately slaps down passes." Really he goes out to do this every game? How many players get carded for going for interceptions and getting it wrong? Why not mention them? Is it because it happened against the ABs in the World Cup final?

"Kolbe running into props and pretend to have been flattened." Tyrel Lomax changed his line and took Kolbe out. Clear yellow card and the latest in a long line of dumb plays by the All Blacks who, let us not forget, collected two red cards for dangerous head contact in the last four games they played against the Boks.

If you don't like the Boks, fine. Just find better reasons than this.