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Let’s take a moment to enjoy a pretty darn good performance by the Junior Boks over in Georgia, our lads running in 11 tries during a 72-14 demolition.

That win once again booked our spot in the semi-finals, and we should bask in this glory before our senior side take on the French at Loftus tomorrow.

Run riot Bokke:

I enjoyed that.

So… I guess we should talk about the Bok chances tomorrow?

First, in case you missed it, our team:

15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Raymond Rhule, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Ross Cronje, 8 Warren Whiteley (captain), 7 Oupa Mohoje, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Tendai Mtawarira

Substitutes: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 20 Jean-Luc du Preez, 21 Francois Hougaard, 22 Frans Steyn, 23 Dillyn Leyds

I’m not inspired.

On the balance of that team Frans Steyn should start at 15, or 13, or 12, or 10. Jantjies has had another solid Super Rugby tournament, but truth be told he has been shown up time and time again at Test level.

Maybe this is the series where he makes the step up, but we’ve said that before.

In the front row Malherbe hasn’t even been starting for the Stormers, and now he makes the Boks? At least we have Malcolm Marx in there, which should add some speed to the breakdown.

As for the French? Below from Business Day, from a piece titled “Ultimate humiliation as France pick ‘B team’ to play Boks”:

France left out captain Guilhem Guirado and made 10 changes to their team…

Manager Guy Noves, announcing his side on Thursday, did not pick any of the seven players from Top 14 finalists Clermont Auvergne and Toulon, who decided the French title last Sunday and only joined up with the touring party in Johannesburg on Tuesday, including Guirado.

Instead lock Yoann Maestri captains a much changed side from their last outing, a 20-18 win over Wales at the end of the Six Nations Championship in March.

I don’t do predictions, but I will advise you have the fridge well stocked before kick off.

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