Captain my captain

Saffolk getting poetic in his old age  

Captain 55 min, hasn't played a single full match in a World Cup final or World Cup match. Kwagga has to come on to turn the tide. Duanne Vermeulen was the real captain. Played the full game in 2019 and you can see him on the field doing all the talking and leading by example. In the 2023 World Cup Duanne at the tender age of 37 played up to 75 min. Kolisi being much younger never did his primary role of playing to the ball. Prefers to stand off the ruck and wait for the ball the to come to him. Often assist in tackles, but doesn't really knock players back. Afraid of contact. 

I remember when Francis Louw was still playing. He came on in the last 15 against All Blacks in NZ, previously Shannon Frizzel bull dozed over kolisi to score a try, but when Louw came on, the guy would be the first person to stop the pick up and drive. He put his body on the line and when the dust settled, you saw louw emerging from the bottom of the ruck all bloodied, but he stopped the an almost certain try if Kolisi was on the field. 

The guys is a great token for SA, the boks could cope with him on the field. Not many captains are the best players. We saw that with John Smit, we saw it with Victor Matfield and we even saw it with Teichman and Francious Pienaar. 

But I never saw kolisi rally the troops ever. It was quiet PSDT that had to give the guys kick up the arse in the Semi when we looked to have lost the game.