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With the forecast of cloudy and mild day in Amsterdam on Saturday, we can be assurred of a red hot atmosphere by the time kick off happens. Both teams come into this game with very different form, Netherlands managed to finish their group with a convincing victory over REC new boys, Switzerland after 2 defeats against Spain and Georgia. Whilst, Germany finished their group with 3 defeats after having positive spells in each game but discipline and game management scuppered their chances of victories.
The Netherlands go into this game fairly unchanged, Odin Rujgrok comes in at Loosehead and Chistopher Van Leeuwen slots into the row, alongside the Captain Koen Bloemen. They stick with the exciting Scrumhalf with Boris Hadinegoro looking to cause mayhem at the breakdown and put the Dutch on the front foot if the pack create the platform. A few changes to the bench will be made to look to add strength at the right times against a strong tackling German outfit.
Netherlands Starting XV (1-15) Odin Ruijgrok, Robbie Coetzee, Thymo Peters, Chris van Leeuwen, Koen Bloemen, Spike Salman, Tim de Jong, Chris Raymond, Boris Hadinegoro, Vikas Meijer, Bjorn Dolman, David Weersma, Oliva Sialau, Te Campbell, Mees van Oord
Netherlands Replacements (16-23) Lars Linnenbank, Shane Fikken, Bilaal Egberts, Monty Leverstein, Joris Smits, Mark Coebergh, Will Edwards, Sam Verplancke
The Germans have rung the changes going into this critical game! a big roll of the dice but they have regularly changed the team throughout this tournament trying to find the right setup. Probably the headline change is the full international debut for Flyhalf, Christopher Hennig. Who was a stand out performer in the U20s Europe Championships, now we get to witness his step up in a big game for Germany. Shawn Ingle retains his spot in the side, having been a stand out performer throughout this tournament. Even though he has being on the losing side through the tournament so far, he is definitely in the conversation for team of the tournament. Germany will be hoping for Leo Wolf to also continue with his strong tournament and take them through to the 5th place final.
Germany Starting XV (1-15) Jorn Schroder, Andrew Reintges, Christophe Edene, Hassan Rayan, Henning Brockmann, Justin Renc, Shawn Ingle, Nico Windemuth, Jan Piosik, Christopher Hennig, Bastian van der Bosch, Leo Wolf, Enrich Bulow, Cameron McDonald, Nikolai Klewinghaus
Germany Replacements (16-23) Mathis Blume, Dustin Mizera, Cosmo Zymvragos, Markus Bachofer, Tim Frauenfeld, Michael McDonald, Felix Lammers, Alexander Brosowski
All form is technically out the window now, we are in the knockout stages. All eyes are of the 5th place fianl and that road to RWC 2027 in Australia. But I can’t see past the Dutch in this match up, with the Germans finding themselves all out of sorts at times in this tournament.
