Am I missing something??Lions team

What benefit does starting Ross Cronje have and benching Faf. Does anyone here think Ross Cronje is even a good player deserving to play at Super Rugby level?

I honestly think guys like Ross are a dime a dozen in SA club level. He is just a nothing player! He is not particularly great at anything. The difference Faf made when coming on against the Force was so significant, even the commentators harped on about it.

How has this man slid under the radar for so long?

1. Ross is the fastest scrummie in the country
2. He tackles like a trojan
3. His pass is more accurate and quicker that FDP
4. He has 180% vision
5. He kicks out of hand better than FDP as well!
6. But most of all, he makes sniping runs around the fringes that make Joost look like a lumbering prop

 Very strange decision and Saffex is right. Ross and his brother a mere local club/pub players. I remember Guy Cronje's first start for the Sharks senior team in the Currie Cup. It was at 10 against WP in Durban. He was clearly shielded. It was very noticeable that his team mates had little confidence in him on attack or defence and I thought to myself then, these "kids" are out of their depth!

Fast forward a couple years and they playing Super Rugby! Makes me feel so sh!t as I can bet most of us on this site that played 1st xv for our schools can produce what these guys can. At the end of the day, rugby is not rocket science. Its throwing a ball around and tackling men running with it. We are all able to play the game...Guys playing CC, Super rugby and international rugby are just simply faster and stronger than us. They have more skill as rugby is their job and they spend a lot more time honing that skill.

Cronje is simply not faster or stronger or more skillful than 90% of those local club players! He is just average as we would be in his situation. Sure, he may be "better" than us now but give us a contract at Super Rugby level, give us the coaching and gym/eating programmes/trainers that he has had and make rugby our fulltime job and I can assure you I can be just as "good" as Ross. There is nothing special about him! He ain't even built like a pro rugby player!