Burger's performance today

 Wrong again. Burger's physical play along with Etzebeth turned the tide. He made10 tackles, got a try assist and nullified Hooper. He was penalized a lot the one negative....but also forced a penalty at the breakdown. Schalk is looking good,

 Burger made a turnover in the beginning of the second half, I say this because I just watched him make it as I play catch up on the game.

 Another sweeping statement by Mozart - making ten tackles by an open-sider and missing 2 is really not much to write home about - Brussow for instance made 21.  I think that he was just about average - not much to write home about.         

 Burger certainly nullified Hooper. He was all over him like a cheap suit. His physicality was there, but as mentioned gave a few penalties away. His shoulder charge on Skelton was pretty half hearted. But he was a big part of the relentless defensive line that broke the Tahs in the second half. Would have thought a 6.5 out of 10.

Spot on Claydog.  

 Burger brings so much energy and aggressiveness. Its contagious. Always looking for the offload. A m ust for the Boks on current form.

 Personally I am not sure about Burger - he did particularly well from the bench as an impact player and when he started he would not be consistent throughout matches.  Personally I think he should be on the Springbok bench - not in the starting line-up.  
Much of the credit for the win against the Waratahs could be attributed to the fact that the Stormers Tight 5 was considerably better than the Waratahs unit.  That allowed the loosies some space to operate in - but other than Burger inconsistently, the other loosies after especially the replacement of Rhodes was not really a factor in the game.   

Schalk was careless.....not a great performance  

Not often you see Skulk sent flying like a rag doll but that monster hit from Will Skelton on Skulk must have been a bit embarrassing for one of the alleged hard men of SA rugby. Pwned!

Anyone got a video of that hit?