Aphelele Fassi

We all seem to agree that Aphiwe Dyantyi was the Bok find of the season. He's bloody fast, and bloody good. But apparently, not that bloody fast! In the article below, check how fast Fassi hauled him in. Its a cliche, but there is no substitute for speed. Dyanti passed him already at pace, he turned around and set off after Dyanti from a standing start, and had already reeled him in by the 10 meter line. Damn!!!! Talk about a future prospect!!! 

https://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/CurrieCup/watch-you-thought-aphiwe-dyantyi-was-the-fastest-player-in-sa-think-again-20181022

Ja, that was spectacular to watch.

Great watch, important to note though that Dyanti had been on the field for the whole game at this point and Fassi was fairly fresh – regardless to gun down Dyanti like that you need to have some serious, serious pace – only 20 too as well isn’t he?

APD

Youi must realize you are entering the arena of prejudicial attacks on players which members do not like.   I do not really take too seriously what members say, especially when attacking players and trying to undermine their abilities.  

I managed to watch the 2nd half of this game. The lions seem to have found a good rhythm and managed to claw back some points. But the general play was extremely poor. To much throwing around trying to play expansive. 

The quality of the game was that of a club match, nowhere near Super rugby quality. I won't get too excited about these guys. 

Dyanti seem to hit a bit of speed wobble in his legs or maybe hit a heavy patch of grass at kings park. 

But Fassi was quick though, lets hope he gets some chances next year in SR15. Would love to see him catch some high balls under pressure and make some one on one head on tackles against bigger South Sea islanders. Our quotas always seem to struggle to stand up and gets easily bumped off. 

We'll see what Fassi can do, our fastest players seldom produce. We already have a fast attack, so if he can contribute, that'll add some nice depth.

EDIT: I just looked this kid up. Very sleight frame. Around the 70kg mark. Will he be able to cope with physicality? Looks like Nokwe II.

@KingKorn: I've watched a few Currie Cup games now, and I'm not at all impressed by the quality. This is by no means a definitive measure of talent. 

Given his pace, he may already be due a Bok call up. No substitute for raw pace, and by looks of the early footage he can play rugby. 

He is playing inside centre, flyhalf and fullback in this video.                                                 

Nice person to have on the bench as a utility player....

I would call him up to the Bok Squad, just to get him into the environment- and a possible dark horse for the world cup.

Fassi has experience at 10, 12 and wing. He is hardly just a 7's style of winger that can only finish tries. He can create and finish tries.

Bryan Habana and Ray Mordt were also lightning fast.

Chavangha scored 6 ties against Uruguay in the 134-3 demolition of 2005. The Boks scored 21 tries in total. Those were his only tries in his 4 test appearance. Nothing against New Zealand in the same year, nothing in the two tests against Wales in 2008.

In that video, the defence was absolutely shocking. He did look like he has a good boot, maybe some good passing skills. He has spacial awareness that Damian lacks. 

Looks like a 15 year old Pogba on the move. 

Guys...Dayimani

100+kg and 10.4

Much better chance to break a tackle and if he does there's very few that'll catch him.

Looks closer to the JP type, bodywise. I'll check him out. 

I could see that kind of running from 15. It'll be interesting to see how he progresses. All the best to him. 

@Ceradyne...

"no sub for raw pace"

I think that comment was made in a general sense.

Because someone makes a general statement, doesnt mean you need to shoot him down.

Obviously the guy also needs a rugby brain and some brawn to make those big hits...

but out and out pace is in a general sense.... the most vital commodity for a great winger.

There are a few skills needed. Pace is one of them . Can't believe how this discussion turned out. The incident in discussion had a few aspects, pace being one. Tackling a Bok winger another...getting up immediately,  summing up the situation, picking up the ball and counter attacking in one smooth process was fantastic to watch. Definitely worth another look. Looking for reasons to dismiss him from the get go is plain short sighted...and that's being polite.

I'm not trying to dismiss him, but too often highlight videos are made up of huge defensive lapses. The defence was extraordinarily poor. A C- defensive pressure would have caused many more problems. So the question becomes, what can he do in the face of a strong defence? What is the potential for him to exert his running ability against a physical rush? What kind of decision making does he have? How can he bring teammates into the game? Can he direct play? Can he manage a game with the boot? Can he defend? What's he like under the high ball? These questions aren't answered in this video. 

He has speed, but at the pro level everyone has speedy players. I credited him for his spacial awareness. Something many of our players lack. It's very early days. It all depends on how he grows physically and mentally. I hope he succeeds, I would never hope a player fails. The more talent we have the better.

We must be careful when building youngsters up, as our ignorant media creates reputations that these players can't match. We end up selecting reputations, not players. This needs to be kept in check at all times. Our rugby community has a Barabus fetish. 

Fair enough. To be honest, that's all I have seen from him. Nice to see, but that's all ATM.

We all seem to agree that Aphiwe Dyantyi was the Bok find of the season.

Who is that we, certainly not the SA player who took the first opportunity in the last game to ram that so called find into the ground.

SA people on this board have obviously no troubles in denying the most obvious thing.

The thing is that SA rugby will never grow half of a decent rugby player out of the main population.

All of them are quota players.

Terminate rugby in SA.

We all seem to agree that Aphiwe Dyantyi was the Bok find of the season.

Who is that we, certainly not the SA player who took the first opportunity in the last game to ram that so called find into the ground.

SA people on this board have obviously no troubles in denying the most obvious thing.

The thing is that SA rugby will never grow half of a decent rugby player out of the main population.

All of them are quota players.

Terminate rugby in SA.

Whatever...

DAYIMANI 

The next quota wonder to be lodged in the backline from a rugby that has yet to find out how to initiate back line play...

So many of them when SA rugby will never produce one single half decent rugby player from the core population.