Great player but after that incident he can never lead a side again.
For once the 6N was far more entertaining to watch than the crap performances by our S15 sides.
At half time in the Lions game I was about to post saying what a pathetic side they are but they sure as hell turned that around. Their issue is a lack of grunt in the pack. They have good loosies and Mostert at 5 is great but they struggle thereafter. v/d Merwe has lost the clout he had at scrum time last year......not sure what has happened to him.
Faf was great at 9, Mapoe was good at 13 and Coetzee made a big difference at 15 when he came on begging the question why he was dropped in the first place. Whitely was phenomenal.
The Cheetahs were in it until Willie got carded, the wheels came off thereafter. Venter and Sadie were good in the midfield and Rhule has some serious pace. Kockott once again got away with scrumming inwards, I could not believe how the ref failed to pick up on this. Brussouw had another good game.
For the Bulls, Pollard was very good. Marcel v/d Merwe was strong in the scrums and du Plessis had another physical game. Kriel was good and Hougaard remains wasted on the wing.......made more bizarre given how average Paige has been and out of form v/Zyl is. JJ had a poor game.
For the Sharks, Lambie was outstanding......he has a wonderful eye for a gap. Botha put in some good hits and Coetzee was very good. JP was crap at 12 and Frans was stupid with that spear.
All in all it was a poor showing but we came away with 3 wins. The weather hardly helped
