Springbok fullback Gelant ruled out of 2021 Lions tour

And if the displays of their counterparts recently are anything to go by - it won’t take too much to do just that.

And that Galthie is a crafty one. I don’t like him, but he’s a good rugby mind.

However, I think Roigard would win that fight hands down. Unfair reach advantage. While Dupont is as wide as he his tall, he is still only about knee high to Roigard.

I hope the NH ups its game. Not 12 months ago it was declared that the game of rugby belonged to the NH.

That was short lived wasn’t it?

If you miss him so much, give him a call. You may find he misses you too.

Sio and Ainsley are better scrummagers than AAA and Slipper. Latu is at least as good as BPA at scrum and is better over the ball. Kerevi and Hodge are better than Paisami and Hodge is useful at fullback for wrights off days which are pretty frequent and has 70m boot.

If Schmidt keeps the same squad through to the lions, which is the immediate concern, he will have ground guys like Bell into dust. Same thing that Eddie jones did to the top ranked England team in the penultimate World Cup. Players are already playing too many games in a season.

Skelton should start. He’s not an impact guy his strength and maul defence, niggle at the breakdown and ball carrying. Rennie made that mistake before.

Let me ask this... Is your excuses for losing against the Boks written by Thursday and ready to hand out with the team announcement?

Because that is the wrong thing to say currently. The English isn't winning any games currently except against Tier 2 nations. Granted it's close losses, but instead of getting better, they seem to get worse.

SA is targeting the English game with their best. The Boks is in great form, despite the Scottish game. The Scottish would have destroyed the English on Saturday if they played them instead of the Boks. They were brilliant despite the scoreline.

I'd suggest that they concentrate on the next game. Each and every time. Forget about the WC and 6N. Start by winning each game you play. It doesn't matter if it's an ugly win or not. It doesn't matter if people say you play boring rugby.

Winning is winning. Extravagant or not. If their minds is on the WC already they will lose. Yes, build depth for the WC in 3 years time. Get the talent and test them. Give them that chance to compete like Rassie does. Learn from a coach who is arguably the best coach ever.

You don't need to play like the Boks. All that is needed is to get the talent in for the WC in 3 years time, but to say IF WE WIN the WC, but you can't even win a game...